|
|
Ferdie Deering was selected to be the Chairman
of the Oklahoma Weather Modification Study Committee for the
State of Oklahoma. Cloud seeding is a common technique use to
enhance precipitation, and it entails spraying small
particles, such as silver iodine, onto clouds to affect their
development, usually with the goal of increasing precipitation.
Cloud seeding only works to the extent that here is already water vapor
present in the air. Critics generally contend successes only occur
in conditions which were going to lead to rain anyway. As you will
see by the information below, farmers needed it during dry seasons, and
those trimming the budgets doubted that it was effective.
Today, cloud seeding is used in a variety of
drought-prone regions, including the United States, China, Russia, and
India.
|
|
