THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1978
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bM, three states work on plan
loud seeding studied in Texas
' r;Direction of a study of the effects
m'loud seeding has rotated to Texas
f&M University. The study is
mrded by several agencies.
“"he project focuses a large
ount of equipment and expertise
a developing methods to make
[uds produce rain. Overall admin-
tion and direction of the project
nder the Texas Departmept of
ter Resources.
t is funded by the U.S. Bureau of
lamation and three states --
intana, Kansas and Texas. The
|it program is called HIPLEX, for
;h Plains Cooperative Ex peri-
|nt.
hief scientist this year is Dr.
James R. Scoggins, Texas A&M
meteorology professor. He will co
direct the field program this sum
mer in the Big Spring area with an
official of the Texas Department of
Water Resources.
Clouds over a 4,000-square-mile
area in West Texas will be seeded
and their characteristics studied.
Some will grow into thunderstorms,
producing rainfall. They will be
sampled and measured from the
ground and air to determine condi
tions and what effect seeding has on
the cloud, Scoggins said.
“Sufficient research of this nature
has not been carried out, ” he added.
Scoggins noted that HIPLEX is a
ampus activities
large, diversified program, involv
ing scientists with Meteorology Re
search Inc. of Altadena, Calif.,
Texas Tech’s Geosciences Depart
ment, the Colorado River Municipal
Water District at Big Spring,
TDWR and Texas A&M.
They joined to conduct field pro
grams in 1976 and 1977, and again
this summer. The project utilizes
three weather radars, four aircraft,
four atmospheric sounding systems
and a 15-minute surface weather
station network. Three of the planes
will seed clouds with silver iodide
and carbon dioxide seeding agents.
Two of the aircraft are in
strumented to take cloud physics
measurements, Scoggins said.
Cloud growth, amount of water,
droplet size, how ice crystals have
been altered and precipitation ob
tained will be measured.
Data from the various sources will
then be compared to determine
seeding effects. Analysis of the three
summers’ work is expected to define
conditions in which precipitation by
seeding is feasible.
Scoggins said the 1978 field work
will be conducted in June and July,
from Big Spring. Texas A&M now
has a contract to analyze data from
the two previous summers.
“We anticipate support for
analyses of data this coming sum
mer,” Scoggins added. At Texas
A&M, the project involves research
assistant Greg Wilson, three
graduate assistants and three other
students on a part-time basis in
addition to the chief scientist.
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