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Cloud‑seeding contractor reports radar ‘seeding signatures’ and seasonal operations; county contributed $10,000
Summary
Jared Smith of the cloud‑seeding contractor briefed the commission on drone seeding this winter, reporting 12 operations (nine on the LaSalle range) and radar signatures consistent with targeted seeding; Grand County contributed $10,000 to the season’s effort alongside other partners and staff requested a final report with yield estimates.
A vendor update on the county’s cloud‑seeding program outlined recent operations, scientific approaches to validation and a plan for a final season report to quantify yield.
Jared Smith (cloud‑seeding contractor) described a move toward radar‑ and satellite‑based validation that seeks so‑called ‘‘seeding signatures’’ in storms — localized pulses of precipitation downwind of seeding that can be identified by…
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