Session 12 New Approaches or Technological Advances Related to Weather Modification

Wednesday, 31 January 2024: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
314 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair:
CoChair:
Michelle A. Harrold, NCAR, Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO

Papers:
4:30 PM
12.1
A Paradigm Shift in Cloud-Seeding Research and Evaluation
Sarah A. Tessendorf, ; and L. Xue, PhD, S. Chen, M. E. Frediani, PhD, M. A. Harrold, R. M. Rasmussen, and J. K. Wolff

5:00 PM
12.2
Advanced Physics-AI Models for Rain Enhancement in Arid Regions
Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and M. Tewari, J. E. González-Cruz, P. Ramamurthy, F. Yu, M. Ghandehari, A. M. Ravindran, and A. Praino

Handout (2.2 MB)

5:15 PM
12.3
Toward a Practical Verification Dataset for Cool Season Orographic Glaciogenic Cloud Seeding
Caleb Steele, Weather Modification International, Fargo, ND

5:30 PM
12.4
Advancements in Autonomous Unmanned Aircraft for Cloud Seeding: From Concept to Field Campaign
Roelof Burger, North-West Univ., Potchefstroom, South Africa; North-West Univ., Potchefstroom, South Africa; and E. W. Frew, D. Axisa, D. Baumgardner, A. Hirst, J. Bird, H. Havenga, and D. Breed

5:45 PM
12.5
On the Autonomous Implementation of Rain Enhancement Operational Maneuvers by UAS
Tom DeFelice et al, PhD, PMP, CU Boulder / SSAI (Lanham, MD), Sheboygan, WI

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