Applied Weather Modification
(AtSc 252 Spring 2023)
Overview
The syllabus describes the requirements and procedures for Applied
Weather Modification (AtSc 252) class. Students are responsible for
knowing class syllabus material; hence, please read the syllabus
carefully. Any changes will be announced through email to your
University of North Dakota (UND) Blackboard site and via email.
Students are responsible for keeping up to date with class material.
Continued enrollment in the course is your implicit agreement to
abide by the class requirements. The black board site will be used
for taking quizzes, exams, and for grade book; while, the Class
Website will be used to distribute link, videos and class session
recorded via zoom.
Class Links
Class
Syllabus
Zoom Class Link
Blackboard Site (ATSC 252: Applied Weather
Modification - 08157 - Sp23)
2022
Class Website
COMET
- Wintertime Cloud Seeding
Weather Modification Links
North Dakota North Dakota
Cloud Modification Project Website
Aerocom
2019 Weather Modification Effort Article (Page 16)
Tuftedal
et al., 2022
Paper
Department
of Water Resources Intern Co Pilots Job Description (Closing
Date (3/12/2023)
Cloud Seeding
Technologies
Weather Links
Meteorological
Observational Trailer (MetTrailer)
Red
River of the North Hydrograph
In-the-news Links
2023/01/08: A
startup says it’s begun releasing particles into the
atmosphere, in an effort to tweak the climate, MIT
Technology Review.
2023/02/21: Grand
Forks Herald - UND to team with Purdue University to
study impact of ice crystals on hypersonic travel
(02/18/2023).
2023/02/27: NPR
- Winter
Storms NASA
Flights
Weather
Research
(Christian
Nairy
2:25-3:55)
2023/03/10: North
Dakota Bill
1166
2023/03/21: North
Dakota Senate
Hearing on
Bill 1166
(Hearing Opens
at 10:17:10
AM)
2023/04/06: Bill
looking to
change cloud
seeding
operations in
North Dakota
voted down by
Senate
2023/04/26: Biden
Administration
Considers
Unprecedented
Solution to
Colorado River
Crisis
2023/06/20: Fixing
the Flawed
Colorado River
Compact
Reviewed Audio and Videos
2023/01/17: Pi
Cloud Chamber Videos
2023/01/31: March
28, 2009 Cloud Video
2023/02/02: CapeEx19
Harrison Rademacher
2023/02/16: New
Zealand Scientific Ballooning
2023/02/21: Supercooled
Water Freezing in Bottle (multiple)
2023/02/21: Molecular
Dynamics Simulation of Water
Freezing Process
2023/02/23: Into
The Storm Video
2023/03/07: Hailstorm
on June 16, 2022
2023/03/09: Multicell Maintenance
(The Life Cycle of a
Single-Cell
Thunderstorm)
2023/03/21: Supercooled
Fog Seeding
2023/03/23: Detailed
Footage
Finally
Reveals What
Triggers
Lightning
2023/03/23: Rocket-triggered
Lightning
2023/03/28: Lightning
in Hurrican
Dorian
2023/03/28: How
Do Hurricanes
Form
(Scijinks.gov)
2023/03/28:
Hurricane Irma
(September
2017) Radar
Loop (Wikipedia -
Hurricane Irma)
2023/03/28: Tropical
Cyclone
Modification
and Myths
2023/04/11: What
California's
Record
Snowpack Looks
Like, Up Close
2023/04/11: Plane
Land on a
Skyscraper
Helipad
2023/04/13: