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An annotated bibliography on weather modification, 1960-1969 / / Annie E. Grimes
An annotated bibliography on weather modification, 1960-1969 / / Annie E. Grimes
Autore Grimes Annie E.
Pubbl/distr/stampa Rockville, MD : , : U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Data Service, , 1972
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (vi, 407 pages)
Collana NOAA technical memorandum
Soggetto topico Weather control
Soggetto genere / forma Bibliographies.
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910713985003321
Grimes Annie E.  
Rockville, MD : , : U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Data Service, , 1972
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Atmospheric turbulence avoidance [[electronic resource]]
Atmospheric turbulence avoidance [[electronic resource]]
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, , [1997]
Descrizione fisica 6, 3 pages : digital, PDF file
Collana Advisory circular
Soggetto topico Atmospheric turbulence - Prevention
Weather control
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910697403503321
[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, , [1997]
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Earthmasters [[electronic resource] ] : the dawn of the age of climate engineering / / Clive Hamilton
Earthmasters [[electronic resource] ] : the dawn of the age of climate engineering / / Clive Hamilton
Autore Hamilton Clive
Pubbl/distr/stampa New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (261 p.)
Disciplina 551.68
Soggetto topico Weather control
Climate change mitigation
Environmental geotechnology
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-300-19482-X
1-299-16001-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Contents""; ""Figures and Tables""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Why Geoengineering?""; ""2 Sucking Carbon""; ""3 Regulating Sunlight""; ""4 The Players and the Public""; ""5 Promethean Dreams""; ""6 Atmospheric Geopolitics""; ""7 Ethical Anxieties""; ""8 This Goodly Frame""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910452267403321
Hamilton Clive  
New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013
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Earthmasters [[electronic resource] ] : the dawn of the age of climate engineering / / Clive Hamilton
Earthmasters [[electronic resource] ] : the dawn of the age of climate engineering / / Clive Hamilton
Autore Hamilton Clive
Pubbl/distr/stampa New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (261 p.)
Disciplina 551.68
Soggetto topico Weather control
Climate change mitigation
Environmental geotechnology
ISBN 0-300-19482-X
1-299-16001-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Contents""; ""Figures and Tables""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Why Geoengineering?""; ""2 Sucking Carbon""; ""3 Regulating Sunlight""; ""4 The Players and the Public""; ""5 Promethean Dreams""; ""6 Atmospheric Geopolitics""; ""7 Ethical Anxieties""; ""8 This Goodly Frame""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910779429203321
Hamilton Clive  
New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013
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Earthmasters : the dawn of the age of climate engineering / / Clive Hamilton
Earthmasters : the dawn of the age of climate engineering / / Clive Hamilton
Autore Hamilton Clive
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (261 p.)
Disciplina 551.68
Soggetto topico Weather control
Climate change mitigation
Environmental geotechnology
ISBN 0-300-19482-X
1-299-16001-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Contents""; ""Figures and Tables""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Why Geoengineering?""; ""2 Sucking Carbon""; ""3 Regulating Sunlight""; ""4 The Players and the Public""; ""5 Promethean Dreams""; ""6 Atmospheric Geopolitics""; ""7 Ethical Anxieties""; ""8 This Goodly Frame""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910813542103321
Hamilton Clive  
New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013
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Guidelines for operational hail suppression programs : hail suppression programs / / American Society of Civil Engineers
Guidelines for operational hail suppression programs : hail suppression programs / / American Society of Civil Engineers
Pubbl/distr/stampa Reston, Virginia : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (62 p.)
Disciplina 551.68/787
Collana ASCE Standard
Soggetto topico Hail control
Weather control
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-7844-7914-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ASCE STANDARDS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""1 SCOPE""; ""1.1 Applicable Documents""; ""2 THE HAIL PROBLEM""; ""2.1 Historical Perspective""; ""2.2 The Status of Hail Suppression Technology""; ""2.2.1 American Society of Civil Engineers""; ""2.2.2 Weather Modification Association""; ""2.2.3 American Meteorological Society""; ""2.2.4 The National Research Council and Weather Modification Association Viewpoints""; ""3 HAIL CONCEPTS""; ""3.1 Requirements for Hail Development""; ""3.2 The Scientific Basis for Hail Suppression""; ""3.2.1 Beneficial Competition""
""3.2.2 Early Rainout""""3.2.3 Trajectory Lowering""; ""3.2.4 Promotion of Coalescence""; ""3.2.5 Dynamic Effects""; ""3.2.6 Other Concepts""; ""3.3 Concept Visualization""; ""3.4 Cloud Modeling""; ""4 THE DESIGN OF HAIL SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS""; ""4.1 Definition of Project Scope""; ""4.1.1 Historical Hail Losses""; ""4.1.2 Historical Radar Data""; ""4.1.3 Basic Project Area Concepts""; ""4.1.4 Initial Design Considerations""; ""4.1.5 Climatology""; ""4.2 Seeding Agent Selection""; ""4.2.1 Silver Iodide""; ""4.2.2 Dry Ice""; ""4.2.3 Other Ice Nucleants""; ""4.2.4 Hygroscopic Agents""
""4.2.5 Quality Control""""4.3 Delivery Methods""; ""4.3.1 Airborne Application""; ""4.3.2 Ground-Based Ice Nucleus Generator Networks""; ""4.3.3 Rockets and Artillery""; ""4.4 Meteorological Data Collection and Forecasting""; ""4.4.1 Forecasting and Nowcasting""; ""4.4.2 Remote Sensing""; ""4.4.3 Visual Cloud Appearance""; ""4.4.4 Updraft""; ""4.4.5 Numerical Cloud Modeling""; ""4.5 Selection and Siting of Equipment""; ""4.5.1 Aircraft Considerations""; ""4.5.2 Placement of Ground Generators""; ""4.5.3 Placement of Rocket Launchers or Artillery""; ""4.6 Legal Issues""
""4.6.1 Potential for Litigation""""4.6.2 Regulation""; ""4.7 Environmental Concerns""; ""4.7.1 Redistribution of Precipitation""; ""4.7.2 Seeding Agent Safety""; ""5 CONDUCT OF OPERATIONAL HAIL SUPPRESSION PROJECTS""; ""5.1 The Operations Manual""; ""5.2 Personnel Requirements""; ""5.2.1 Meteorological Staff""; ""5.2.2 Cloud Treatment Pilots""; ""5.2.3 Support Personnel""; ""5.3 Operational Decision Making""; ""5.3.1 Chronology""; ""5.3.2 Opportunity Recognition""; ""5.4 Communications""; ""5.5 Safety Considerations""; ""5.5.1 Safety of Field Personnel""
""5.5.2 Seeding Suspension Criteria""""5.6 Public Relations, Information, and Involvement""; ""6 EVALUATION OF HAIL SUPPRESSION EFFORTS""; ""6.1 Project Area Evaluation Approaches""; ""6.1.1 Randomized Versus Nonrandomized Programs""; ""6.1.2 Selection of Target and Control Areas""; ""6.2 Evaluation Measures""; ""6.2.1 Evaluations Using Direct Evidence""; ""6.2.2 Evaluation through Secondary Evidence""; ""6.3 Dissemination of Results""; ""7 GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ACRONYMS""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""
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Record Nr. UNINA-9910460273803321
Reston, Virginia : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , 2015
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