The Queensland cloud seeding research program
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Article Title | The Queensland cloud seeding research program |
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ERA Journal ID | 1961 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Tessendorf, Sarah A. (Author), Bruintjes, Roelof T. (Author), Weeks, Courtney (Author), Wilson, James W. (Author), Knight, Charles A. (Author), Roberts, Rita D. (Author), Peter, Justin R. (Author), Collis, Scott (Author), Buseck, Peter R. (Author), Freney, Evelyn (Author), Dixon, Michael (Author), Pocernich, Matthew (Author), Ikeda, Kyoko (Author), Axisa, Duncan (Author), Nelson, Eric (Author), May, Peter T. (Author), Richter, Harald (Author), Piketh, Stuart (Author), Burger, Roelof P. (Author), Wilson, Louise (Author), Siems, Steven T. (Author), Manton, Michael (Author), Stone, Roger C. (Author), Pepler, Acacia (Author), Collins, Don R. (Author), Bringi, V. N. (Author), Thurai, M. (Author), Turner, Lynne (Author) and McRae, David (Author) |
Journal Title | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society |
Journal Citation | 93 (1), pp. 75-90 |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Year | 2012 |
Publisher | American Meteorological Society |
Place of Publication | Boston, MA. United States |
ISSN | 0003-0007 |
1520-0477 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1175/Bams-d-11-00060.1 |
Abstract | In late 2006 the Queensland government decided to establish the Queensland Cloud Seeding Research Program (QCSRP) in southeastern Queensland to determine the feasibility of cloud seeding as a component of its long-term water management strategy. The Queensland water management strategy recognizes the need for a broad portfolio of water sources to account for the uncertainties and costs associated with each type of source. While it was not expected that cloud seeding would restore southeastern Queensland's water supply levels to pre-drought values, it seemed valuable to determine whether certain types of seeding techniques might impact rainfall and water supplies in the region and whether that impact could be quantified. The project was developed as a collaboration between a number of institutions from Australia, the United States, and South Africa, and included field measurements over the course of two wet seasons. A two-pronged approach was taken to a) conduct a randomized cloud seeding experiment and b) assemble state-of-the-art instrumentation systems to collect data on the complete physical process from cloud formation to seeding to precipitation. |
Keywords | ambient aerosols; Australia; Brisbane; cloud systems; dynamical process; multiparameter radar; precipitation formation; Queensland; research programs; seeding materials; water shortages; wet season |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 370199. Atmospheric sciences not elsewhere classified |
370108. Meteorology | |
370107. Cloud physics | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States |
Queensland Environmental Protection Agency, Australia | |
Collaboration for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Australia | |
Arizona State University, United States | |
Australian Bureau of Meteorology | |
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa | |
Monash University | |
Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments | |
Macquarie University | |
Texas A&M University, United States | |
Colorado State University, United States | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1273/the-queensland-cloud-seeding-research-program
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