WEATHER MODIFICATION ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING APRIL 21-25, 2009 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
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1 WEATHER MODIFICATION ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING APRIL 21-25, 2009 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
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4 WEATHER MODIFICATION ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA 8:30-8:40 Opening Remarks WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 OPERATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM DESIGN Chair: Duncan Axisa 8:40-9:00 Krauss et al. Designing a rain enhancement program based on the climatology of rainfall and radar-cell complexes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 9:05-9:25 Silber Cloud seeding opportunities in New Mexico 9:30-9:50 Sen et al. Precipitation effect on the water levels in the lakes of Istanbul BREAK 9:55-10:10 CLOUD AND AEROSOL MEASUREMENTS Chair: Andrew Detwiler 10:10-10:30 DeFelice Cloud-aerosol interaction basics and weather modification 10:35-10:55 Axisa et al. Aircraft measurement of aerosol-cloud interactions over Istanbul, Turkey 11:00-11:20 Delene Three years of airborne measurements in Mali, West Africa 11:25-11:45 Tessendorf et al. Preliminary observations of the southeast Queensland cloud seeding research project: cloud base characteristics 11:50-12:10 Kauffman Atmospheric DC corona effect ionization as a potential tool for aerosol deposition: an experiment LUNCH 12:15-1:15 1:15-1:35 Pokharel & Snider (Deshler) The removal of ultrafine nuclei in mountain wave clouds 1:40-2:00 DeFelice Technology innovations of use to weather modification 2:05-2:25 Ware Continuous liquid and thermodynamic profiling for weather modification applications (instrumentation for aerosol & cloud physics research) SUMMER RESEARCH AND OPERATIONAL PROJECT UPDATES Chair: Terry Krauss 2:30-2:50 Bruintjes et al. Preliminary observations of the southeast Queensland cloud seeding research project: mixedphase processes and randomized seeding results 2:55-3:15 Delene et al. Report on the polarimetric cloud analysis and seeding test 2 (POLCAST 2 ) BREAK 3:20-3:35
5 3:35-3:55 Axisa et al. Hygroscopic seeding with 2-5 micron salt powder using aircraft and SF 6 tracer in Texas 4:00-4:20 Murakami Japanese cloud seeding experiments for precipitation augmentation (JCSEPA): preliminary results from summertime weather modification program 4:25-4:45 Beall et al. Texas weather modification operations in :50-5:10 Tsagalidis et al. Maximum hail size prediction THURSDAY, APRIL 23 WINTER RESEARCH AND OPERATIONAL PROJECT UPDATES Chair: Mark Solak 8:30-8:50 Marler Pit-McCloud cloud seeding project a new approach for California 8:55-9:15 Stone An update on the design of the operational program of the SCE San Joaquin cloud seeding program 9:20-9:40 Griffith A feasibility/design study for a winter weather modification program in the upper Snake basin in Idaho 9:45-10:05 Boe Wyoming weather modification pilot project update: field operations :10-10:30 Huggins Evaluating cloud seeding criteria for the Grand Mesa (Colorado) wintertime seeding project BREAK 10:35-10:50 PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS AND SIMULATIONS Chair: Mark Solak 10:50-11:10 Borkhuu & Snider (Deshler) Snowfall at a high-elevation site: a comparison of six measurement techniques 11:15-11:35 Rasmussen Simulation of snowfall over Colorado and Wyoming LUNCH 11:40-1:00 SEVERE WEATHER MITIGATION Chair: Todd Flanagan 1:00-1:20 Cotton & Lerach Simulations of aerosol impacts on tornado genesis: implications to tornado mitigation? 1:25-1:45 Cotton et al. Planned evaluation of hurricane mitigation (HURRMIT) hypothesis through an interactive program of numerical simulations and observational analyses 1:50-2:10 Biggs The sky will be falling: future technologies and techniques for the disruption and diminishment of selfsustainment cycles in tropical cyclonic systems BREAK 2:15-2:30
6 STATISTICAL ANALYSES AND MODELING Chair: Duncan Axisa 2:30-2:50 Krauss An exploratory analysis of the effects of cloud seeding, accounting for large natural variability 2:55-3:15 Teller et al. (Rasmussen) The effects of mineral dust particles on cloud microphysics, dynamics and precipitation a case study from the Saudi Arabia weather modification program 3:20-3:40 Krishna Statistical methods for evaluation of operational cloud seeding program 3:45-4:05 Bangsund & Leistritz (Langerud) Economic impacts of cloud seeding on agricultural crops in North Dakota 9:00-10:45 WMA BUSINESS MEETING BREAK 10:45-11:00 FRIDAY, APRIL 23 SPECIAL SESSION: POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CLOUD SEEDING AGENTS Chair: Don Griffith 11:00-11:30 McGurty The silver lining to a seeded cloud: more than a rainbow 11:30-12:00 Marler & Henderson Silver iodide friend or foe? (a little knowledge can be dangerous)) LUNCH 12:00-1:00 1:00-1:30 Williams & Denholm An assessment of the environmental toxicity of silver iodide and its application to a cloud seeding trial in the Snowy Mountains of Australia 1:30-2:00 Edwards Can wintertime cloud seeding increase silver levels in alpine water bodies? 2:00-3:00 Panel discussion McGurty, Marler, Denholm, Edwards, Stone
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