Abstract
The Skywater IX Conference on Precipitation Management and the Enviroment held at Vail, Colorado, during the second week in November, 1976, was undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation to assess the present status of knowledge about what might be the environmental effects of widespread or prolonged application of the techniques of precipitation management that Project Skywater is developing, and to provide information for planning.....
Highlights
The Skywater IX Conference on Precipitation Managemenat nd the Enviroment held at Vail, Colorado, during the second week in November,1976, was undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation to assess the present status of knowledge about what might be the environmental effects of widespread or prolonged application of the techniques of precipitation managementhat Project Skywater is developing, and to provide information for planning
Awarenessof the need for a long range look at the possible consequencesof managing the weather accumulated gradually from concerns aroused by early cloud seeding experiments. This led to the convocation by the National Science Foundation of a Special Commissionon Weather Modification
Its report (National Science Foundation, 1966) noted that the scientific prospects for effective weather modification were such that the prospect for wide ranging biological and social consequencesshould be examined in a timely manner
Summary
The Skywater IX Conference on Precipitation Managemenat nd the Enviroment held at Vail, Colorado, during the second week in November,1976, was undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation to assess the present status of knowledge about what might be the environmental effects of widespread or prolonged application of the techniques of precipitation managementhat Project Skywater is developing, and to provide information for planning. Awarenessof the need for a long range look at the possible consequencesof managing the weather accumulated gradually from concerns aroused by early cloud seeding experiments This led to the convocation by the National Science Foundation of a Special Commissionon Weather Modification. Its report (National Science Foundation, 1966) noted that the scientific prospects for effective weather modification were such that the prospect for wide ranging biological and social consequencesshould be examined in a timely manner. Respecting social consequences, it noted that weather modification "may provoke intricate social changes" and called attention to areas where such changes might occur These ranged from such very general topics as "the whole fabric of society" and "organization of livelihood" to such specifics as the compensation of those who might be directly disbenefitted by particular weather alterations that benefitted others.
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