Texas Hiplex Interim Progress Report
TEXAS HIPLEX INTERIM PROGRESS REPORT
Prepared by:
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES POST OFFICE BOX 13087 CAPITOL STATION
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711
Published October 10, 1979
Interim Progress Report for April 1--September 30, 1979
Prepared for:
OFFICE OF ATMOSPHERIC RESOURCES MANAGEMENT BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
BUILDING 67, DENVER FEDERAL CENTER DENVER, COLORADO 80225
LP-110
December 1979
MS-230 (8-70) Bureau of Reclamation
1. REPORT NO.
TEC.HNI_C_AL REPORT STANDARD TITLE PAGE
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3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NO.
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
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TEXAS HIPLEX INTERIM PROGRESS REPORT INTERIM PROGRESS REPORT FOR
APRIL 1 - SEPTEMBER 30, 1979
7. AUTHOR(S)
Staff, Planning & Development Division, Weather Modification & Technology Section
9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS
Texas Department of Water Resources
P.O. Box 13087
Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711
12. SPONSORING AGENCY NAME AND ADDRESS
Office of Atmospheric Resources Management
Bureau of Reclamation
Denver Federal Center, Box 25007 Denver, Colorado 80225
5. REPORT DATE
October 10,1979
6. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION CODE
580/310
S. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION
REPORT NO.
LP-110
10. WORK UNIT NO.
5540
11. CONTRACT OR GRANT NO.
14-06-D-7587
13. TYPE OF REPORT AND PERIOD
COVERED
Interim
14. SPONSORING AGENCY CODE
15. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
16. ABSTRACT
This report includes a description of both the continued evaluation of
1976-1978 Texas HIPLEX data and evaluation of the 1979 operational season It includes progress reports on mesoscale data evaluation, development of a synoptic climatology, analysis of satellite radiance data, radar data analyses and interpretation, and operational cloud-sampling and
seeding activities.
Analysis of the 1978 mesoscale data indicates findings similar to those of 1976-77 data. Moisture appears to be the primary parameter for establishing a suitable cloud-seeding environment for the Texas HIPLEX area. 1978 satellite imagery and radiance data are currently being analyzed and will be combined with 1976-77 data for a comprehensive analysis. Digitized M-33 (Snyder) radar tapes from 1976-78 are being reduced and analyzed; this activity is scheduled for completion
March 31, 1980.
17 . KEY WORDS AND DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
DESCRIPTORS--
Weather modification research/mesoscale data analysis/satellite cloud imagery/weather radar data analyses/synoptic cl imatology/rawinsonde observations/precipitation data collection/cloud seeding/ice nuclei
sampling
b. identifiers- High Plains Cooperative Program (HIPLEX), Big Spring, Texas
c. COSATI Field/Group
18. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT
Available from the National Technical Information Service. Operations Division, Springfield, Virginia 22151.
. SECURITY C LASS (THIS REPORT)
UNCLASSIFIED
20. SECURITY CLASS (THIS PAGE)
UNCLASSIFIED
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TEXAS HIPLEX INTERIM PROGRESS REPORT April 1, 1979 - September 30, 1979
Prepared by the staff of the
Weather Modification & Technology Section
Planning & Development Division
Texas Department of Water Resources
LP-110
October 10, 1979
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
1700 N. Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas
TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD
A. L. Black, Chairman John H. Garrett, Vice Chairman
Milton T. Potts
George W. McCleskcy Glen E. Roney
W. O. Bankston
Harvey Davis
Executive Director
October 10, 1979
TEXAS WATER COMMISSION
Felix McDonald, Chairman
Dorsey B. Hardeman Joe R. Carroll
Dr. Bernard A. Silverman
Acting Chief, Office of Atmospheric Resources Management
Bureau of Reclamation
Building 67, Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225
Dear Dr. Silverman:
Re: Texas HIPLEX Interim Progress Report
In compliance with Amendatory Agreement No. 1 to Contract No. 14-06-D-7587
between the Bureau and the Department, we hereby submit twenty (20) copies of the interim progress report for the Texas High Plains Cooperative Program (HIPLEX). The report discloses and explains all Texas HIPLEX work performed and results achieved during the interim period April 1, 1979 through September
30, 1979.
This report consists of a compilation of individual reports prepared by the Department and each of the Texas HIPLEX participants--Texas A?M University, Texas Tech University, the Colorado River Municipal Water District, Meteorology Research, Incorporated, and North American Weather Consultants, Incorporated. The individual reports consist of three sections which: (1) describe all
activity for the Report Period; (2) outline the Work Planned for the next report period; and, (3) provide an Appendix of pertinent information. A
Table of Contents and Lists of Tables are provided at the beginning of the report for order and ease of reference. An Executive Summary is included
for introduction and orientation purposes.
Please direct any questions concerning this report, or the need for further information, to the Department's Weather Modification $ Technology Section of the Planning and Development Division.
Sincerely,
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Herbert W. Grubb
Director, Planning ? Development
P.O. Box 13087 Capitol Station ? Austin, Texas 78711 ? Area Code 512/475-3187
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In 1974 the Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau) Office of Atmospheric Resources Management entered into a cooperative cost-sharing agreement with the Texas Water Development Board, one of three predecessor water agencies to the Texas Department of Water Resources (TDWR), for the
purpose of conducting a long-term, comprehensive atmospheric research and weather modification development program known as HIPLEX. The overall goal of the HIPLEX program is "....establishing a verified, working technology and operational management framework capable of producing additional rain from cumulus clouds in the semi-arid Plains States." In order to achieve this goal, three field-research sites in the U.S. High Plains region were selected by the Bureau. One site was located in Montana, another was situated in Kansas, and a third site was selected to be the Big Spring-Snyder area of Texas. The
Texas HIPLEX site has been and continues to be managed by the TDWR
under the overall guidance of the Bureau.
To date, the objective of the Texas HIPLEX program has been to understand more fully the cloud and precipitation processes associated
with natural and seeded clouds which develop in the High Plains of Texas. This objective is being accomplished through the cooperative
efforts of the following institutions and organizations:
Bureau of Reclamation
Texas Department of Water Resources Colorado River Municipal Water District
Texas A&M University (Department of Meteorology) Texas Tech University (Atmospheric Science Group)
Meteorology Research, Incorporated
North American Weather Consultants, Incorporated
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