Guidelines for cloud seeding to augment precipitation

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) presents a revised edition of its 1995 guide incorporating pertinent background on the science and practice of weather modification by cloud seeding to augment precipitation. Coverage includes a review of the legal, social, environmental, and economic factors motivating and limiting operational cloud seeding, and descriptions of the technologies, instrumentation, and procedures needed to implement a cloud seeding program. Specific changes from the first to second edition are not identified. For water resources managers and others involved in decision making regarding supplemental sources of water supplies. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)