Tropical cyclone modification :
the Project Stormfury hypothesis /
Robert C. Sheets.

Description

Main Author

Sheets, Robert C.

Related Names

Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory.
Environmental Research Laboratories (U.S.)

Language(s)

English

Published

Washington, DC : United States Government Printing Office, 1981.

Subjects

Weather control.
Cyclones.
cyclones.
Temps (Météorologie) > Temps (Météorologie) / Modification > Temps (Météorologie) / Modification / États-Unis.
Cyclones.
Weather control > Weather control / United States.
Cyclones.
United States.

Summary

The Project Stormfury modification theory, its physical basis, and the experiment design are described, and the possible effects of such experiments on tropical cyclone motion, rainfall, wind fields, and storm surge are examined. Studies of natural storm variability, exploratory experiments, sensitivity tests, numerical simulations, and theoretical calculations indicate that experiments conducted according to the Stormfury hypothesis could result in reductions of 10% to 15% in the maximum windspeed and associated damage reductions of 20% to 60%, with no apparent significant and/or detectable effect on storm motion or net rainfall accumulated areawide or at specific locations for a moving storm.

Note

"August 1981."
Also available online in PDF via the NOAA Central Library.

Physical Description

iii, 52 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

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