Critical Issues in Weather Modification Research (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780309090537)

The weather on planet Earth is a vital and sometimes fatal force in human affairs. Efforts to control or reduce the harmful impacts of weather go back far in time. In this, the latest National Academies' assessment of weather modification, the committee was asked to assess the ability of current and proposed weather modification capabilities to provide beneficial impacts on water resource management and weather hazard mitigation. It examines new technologies, reviews advances in numerical modeling on the cloud and mesoscale, and considers how improvements in computer capabilities might be applied to weather modification. Critical Issues in Weather Modification Research examines the status of the science underlying weather modification in the United States. It calls for a coordinated national research program to answer fundamental questions about basic atmospheric processes and to address other issues that are impeding progress in weather modification.

Author: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climat
ISBN-10: 0309090539
ISBN-13: 9780309090537
Publisher: National Academies Press
Language: English
Published: 01/16/2004
Pages: 143
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 10.83h x 8.44w x 0.42d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2004 pg. 2082