INDEX 



hurricanes, 133 



volcanic ash, 41 



water supply, 198, 212 

 change, 51-74, 180 



regional, 57, 60 



models, 64, 120 

 control, 55, 57, 58, 89 

 urbanization and, 113-120 

 vegetation fire and, 306 

 world's major biomes, Fig. IX-5 

 see also Precipitation; Weather 

 Cloud seeding 



hail suppression, 151-155 

 hurricane modification, 126 

 lightning control, 158, 160-161, 

 optimum conditions, Fig. VI-5 

 possible results, 57 

 precipitation changes, U.S., 170-179 

 Project STORMFURY, 128-132 

 seeding materials, Fig. VI-6, 178 

 simulation, Fig. VI-6 

 see also Seeding techniques for fog 

 Clouds, 68, 108, 113, 174, 175 



albedo of the earth and, 66, Fig. III-7, 



c8, 69, 71 

 atmospheric circulations, 89, 165 

 billow, 109 

 cirrus 



contrails and, 69 



satellite measurement of, 103 

 cumulonimbus 



Caribbean area, 188 



hailstorms and, 154 



monsoon areas, 187, 188 



tornadoes and, 138, 144 

 cumulus 



atmosphere-ocean system, 67, 91 



cloud seeding, Fig. VI-6 



dust and, 191, 192 



hailstorms and, 150 



hurricanes and, 125, 128, 130 



nuclei, 170 

 cumulus congestus 



tropical areas, 188 

 lightning from, Fig. V-15 

 modification, 188 

 monsoon areas, 187 

 nucleation centers, 329 

 predictions, 102, 103 

 stratus clouds 



precipitation, 173 

 studies 



clusters, 126 



via satellites, 87, 123 



weather forecasting, Fig. IV-6, 95 

 water vapor and, 337 

 Coast Ranges, Cal., 29, 30 

 Coastal areas 



damage by hurricanes, 128, 133, 135 



entrapment of water, 255 



lakes 



upwelling, Fig. VIII-12 

 marine productivity, 233, 235, Fig. VIII-7 

 pollution, 254 



tundra ecosystem, Fig. IX— 16 

 see also Shore zones 

 Coastal Studies Institute, Louisiana State 



Univ., 134 



Cobalt: lake nutrient, 272 

 Coffee cultivation, Fig. VII-9 

 Cohen, S. I., 390 

 Cold fog, 180, 182 

 Colorado 



cloud seeding, 171, 172, Fig. VI-5 

 hail storm research, 154 

 seismic monitoring, 31, 39 

 Colorado Plateau, 2" 

 Columbia, Md., 118 

 Columbia Plateau, Wash., 29 

 Columbia River, Wash. -Ore., 40 

 Commerce, U.S. Department of, Fig. VI-11 

 Commission for Climatology, World 



Meteorology Organization (WMO), 59 

 Community air pollution, 319-321 

 Competition among plant species, 289 

 Computers 



ecosystem modeling 

 analogue, 281 

 digital, 281, 285 

 hybrid, 281, 285 

 forest ecosystems, 300 

 simulation 



atmosphere-stagnation periods, 118 

 ocean productivity, 233, 235 

 use, 16, 352 



space efforts, 16 



weather forecasting, 91, 94, 97, 99, 101, 

 103, 104, 125, 141, Fig. V-10, 185 

 Condensation: fog dispersal, 181 

 Congenital defects, 383, 384 

 Conglomerate rocks, 203 

 Coniferous forests, see Forests 

 Connecticut, 73, 336 

 Conservation 



air quality models, 335 

 aquaculture and, 251 

 gene pool, 278 

 water, 259 

 Constance, Lake (Ger.-Aus.-Switz.), 52 

 Construction industry 



impact of climatic change, 58, 59 

 structures resistant to 

 earthquakes, 39 

 hurricanes, 136 

 tornados, 145 

 weather forecasting for, 101 

 Contaminants 



environmental, 329-370 

 Great Lakes, 264 

 marine, 330, 357-363 

 see Pollution, Atmospheric; 

 Pollution, Water 

 Continental drift, 26, 32, Fig. II-4 

 Continental margins: sea floor discontinuity, 



29, 31 

 Continental shelf: storm damage near, 



28, 135 

 Continentality, 52, 64, 190 

 Continuity equation for air quality models, 



335 

 Continuous culture theory: oceans, 233 

 Convection 



earth's crust, 22 

 energy exchange for plants, 287 

 models, 47, 66, 67, 91, 140 

 precipitation stimulation, 173, 179 



turbulence and, 108, 111 



urban areas, llo, lio 



water resources and, 200 



weather, 96, 128, 186, 187 

 Cooling towers, 259 

 Coon, Carleton S., 373, 377 

 Copepods, Fig. VIII-5 



m food chain, 237 

 Copper, 32, 272 

 Coral reef, 232 

 Coral Sea, 186 



Cordillera Mountains, S.A., 31, 32 

 Coriolis force, 254, 258, 269 

 Corn 



hybrid, 218 



maize, 217 



systems analysis of growing, 289 

 Corona of the sun, 3, 5 

 Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, 249 

 Costa Rica 



gas deposits, 43 



mud flows, 42 



volcanic eruptions, 40 



volcanic science, 44 

 Costs, see Benefit/cost analysis; 



Economic effects 

 Cotton production 



dependence on water supply, 204 



pesticides and, 351, 355 

 Coulter, M. W., 228 

 Coulter method, 228 



Council on Economic Growth, Technology 

 and Public Policy, Committee on 

 Institutional Cooperation (CIC), 269 

 Countryman, Clyde, 306 

 Cowan, J. Ritchie, 202 

 Cox, Charles S., 82 

 Coyote, 302, 304 

 Crater Lake, Ore., 40, 41 

 Crete, Greece, 44 

 Crossbills, 302 

 Crow, James F., 373 

 Crustaceans 



trophic dynamics, 226, 228, Fig. VIII-2, 

 237, 252 



petroleum lumps and, 363 

 Cryogenics: fog modification, 183 

 Cultural enrichment of bodies of water, 



see Eutrophication 

 Currents 



coastal, 128 



lakes, 254, 255, 256, 270 



lightning strokes, 161 



ocean, 79, Fig. IV-2 



tornadoes, 139 

 Cyanide: water contamination, 272 

 Cycles 



air-sea, 84-88 



antarctic ocean currents, 84 



biospheric, 285 



climatic change, 57, 59-61 



definition, 60 



diurnal and seasonal, 51 



glacial/interglacial, 51 



motions of the earth, 54 



ocean surface temperatures, Fig. Ill— 2 



stratospheric winds, 51 



sunspots, 52 



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