References & Sources

Squeezing Clouds

After years of false starts, scientists have a new recipe for coaxing rain from the sky

A cloud-seeding experiment in Mexico is testing a technique that seems to enhance rainfall.

References:

Bruintjes, R.T. 1999. A review of cloud seeding experiments to enhance precipitation and some new prospects. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 80(May):805.

Further Readings:

The Bethlehem office of the South African Weather Bureau discusses its cloud-seeding work at http://nprp0.ofs.gov.za.

Sources:

George Bomar
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087

Roelof T. Bruintjes
National Center for Atmospheric Research
3450 Mitchell Lane
Building 2
Boulder, CO 80301

K. Ruben Gabriel
University of Rochester
Department of Statistics
Rochester, NY 14627

Thomas J. Henderson
Atmospherics, Inc.
5652 East Dayton Avenue
Fresno, CA 93727

Nico J. Kroese
South African Weather Bureau
Bethlehem Weather Office
Private Bag X15
Bethlehem 9700
South Africa

Deon E. Terblanche
South African Weather Bureau
Bethlehem Weather Office
Private Bag X15
Bethlehem 9700
South Africa

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 4, July 24, 1999, p. 56. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.