INDEX 



water supply, 197-202 

 weather, 94, 95, 97, 100 



hurricanes, 123-124, Fig. V-3, 135, 136 



severe weather, Fig. V-10 



tornadoes, 137-138, 146 

 sec also Weather forecasting 

 President's Science Advisory Committee 



(PSAC),215 

 Pressure 

 atmospheric 



climatic records, 51, 58 



cloud seeding, 129 



ocean currents and, 78 



sea level, model, Fig. III-6 



sea temperature and, Fig. IV-5 



tornadoes, 137, 144, 145 



tropical regions, 188 



weather, 95 

 effect on materials, 22, 23 

 subsidence, 203 

 Primates: malarial infection, 365 

 Primitive man, 74, 378 

 Princeton University, 87, 88 

 Propane, Liquified: fog-seeding nucleant, 



180, 183 

 Protactinium-231, 53 

 Proteins 



chemical changes in, 388 

 in marine animals, 239, 240-242 

 Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 32 

 PSAC, see President's Science Advisory 



Committee 

 Public Health Service, U.S., 365 

 Puerto Rico, 135 



Puget Sound, 248, 249, 250, 270, 271 

 Pulmonary edema (HAPE), 379, 384, 385 

 Pumice, 362 



Punta Arenas, Chile, 241 

 Purdue University, 304 

 Purse seine, Fig. VIII— 9 

 Pyroclastic material, 40 



Quail, 306 



Quartz 



in dust over tropical areas, 193 

 in ocean sediments, 358 



Quaternary volcanoes, 45, 63, 344 



Quizapu (volcano), Chile, 41 



Rabbits, 304, 388 



"Race": human differences, 373, 374 



376, 377, 378 

 Radar, Acoustic 



ultra-high resolution, 108, Fig. IV-10 



WIT detection, 112 

 Radar, Coherent laser, see LIDAR 

 Radar, Doppler, 95, 110, 140-141, 144, 147 

 Radar, Frequency modulated 



continuous wave, 109, 110, 111 

 Radar, Incoherent scatter, 9-10 

 Radar, Pulsed microwave 



cloud measurements, 170, 176 



observations, 108 



air-borne, 111, 129-130 

 ground-based, 111 



hook-shaped echoes, Fig. V-7 

 weather modification, 178 



storm detection, 94, 95 

 tropical areas, 187 



weather prediction, 103, 104, 109, 138, 



141, Fig. V-8, Fig. V-9, 147, Fig. V-10 

 Radiation belt, 6, 8 

 Radiation hazards 



man in space, 5, 14, 25 



effects, 325 

 Radio waves 



commnications, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 14 



lightning, 157 

 Radioactivity 



dating techniques, 53, 54, Fig. III-3, 58, 72 



fallout, 332, 340 



wastes, 323, 335, 357 

 Radiometric sounders, 87, 90, 96, 98 

 Radiosondes, Fig. IV-6, Fig. IV-7, 98 

 Radon-222, 193, 194 

 Ragweed pollen, 345, Fig. X-9, 347, 



Fig. X-10 

 Rainfall 



air-sea rhythms and, 85-86 

 Canton Island, Fig. IV-4 



areas of malaria potential, Fig. X-19 



causes, 165 



cloud seeding model, Fig. VI-6 



for prescribed fire in forests, 310 



generation, 170 



hurricane carried, 126, 128, 131, 133 



in ecosystems, Fig. IX-5 



tropical forests, 295, 298, Fig. IX-11 



lightning and, 160 



tornadoes and, 139 



tropical areas, 186, 187, 189 



typhoons, 140 



urban-induced, 115 



see also Monsoons 

 Rajasthan Desert, India, 58 

 Ramage, Colin S., Fig. VI-10 

 RAND Corporation, The, 68 

 Rapid City, S. Dak., 153 

 Raschke, K., 202 

 Rawinsonde networks 



tornado warnings, 146 



weather analysis, 101, 104 

 Reaction rates 



ocean layers, 89 



precipitation mechanisms, 169 

 Recreation and leisure time 



effect on water quality, 205, 209, 210, 214 



factor in environmental design, 279, 280 



forest wildlife, 303 



game laws and aquaculture, 251 



hunting, 293, 307 



noise pollution, 326 



tourism in arctic, 313 



water use, 200, 254, 257 



see also Aesthetics 

 Recycling of resources, 338 



environmental design, 278 



food chain, 226 

 Red crab, 240 

 Red scale, Fig. X-13 

 Redondo Beach, Cal., 203 

 Reducers: trophic dynamics, 225 



Reflectivity of the earth, 



see Albedo of the earth 

 Regional effects: urban-induced weather 



change, 115, 119 

 Regional Meteorological Center, 



Darwin, Australia, 185 

 Residence time 



air pollutants 



carbon monoxide, 358 



water pollutants, 267 

 DDT, Fig. X-14 

 Great Lakes, 269 

 ocean-floating oil lumps, 362 

 oceans, 357 

 Resistance 



children to disease, 378 



pest species, 350 



malarial insects, 364, 365, 367 

 Resources, Nonrenewable: projection, 



Fig. X-5 

 Respiration 



air pollution and, 385, 386, 387, 388 



high altitudes, 381, 385 



plants, 288 

 Revelle, Roger (R. D.), 82 

 Reynolds numbers, 269 

 Rh babies, 374 

 Rhodesia, 297 

 Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, 369 

 Rice production, 218, 220 

 Richardson, L. F., 107, 109, 110 

 Richardson number (Ri), 107, 109, 111 

 Richter scale, Fig. II— 7 

 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 41 

 Rio Grande River, 31 

 Rio Negro River, S.A., 300 

 Riometers, 15 

 Rivers 



as a water supply, 187 



impact on lakes, 270 



nitrate concentrations in, Fig. VIII— 15 



nutrient-rich, 268 



thermal pollution, 34 

 Robbins, Robert Crowell, 330 

 Robinson, Elmer, 330 

 Robinson, George D., 68 

 Rockets 



pollution, 65, 69 



used in cloud seeding, 151, 152, 153 

 Rocketsonde programs: weather 



forecasting, 101 

 Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Col., 39 

 Rocky Mountains 



earth processes, 28, 29, 31 



precipitation, 166, 204 



severe storms, 160 



weather forecasting, 38 



weather modification, 177 

 Rodents 



in food chain, Fig. IX-6, 302 



malaria systems, 365, 366 



rat middens, 73 

 Rosenthal, S. A., 128 

 Ross Sea, Antarctica, 84 

 Rossby, Stig A., 13, 102, 103 

 Rossow, V., 139 



Rotation of the earth, see Coriolis force 

 Rotifers, 228 



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