INDEX 



measurement, 1°4, 331 

 monitoring, 56, 58 

 role of aerosols, 68, 71 

 urban-induced weather change, 119 

 forested watersheds, 206, 209, 210 

 Turbulence 



earth's magnetic field, 6 

 forest canopy, 201 

 in atmosphere, 91, 335 

 urban-induced, 113 

 wave-induced, 105-112 

 in mesosphere, 12 

 lake waters, 254, 256, 260 

 tornadoes, 138 

 Turkey (country), 35 

 Turkey, Wild, 302, 306 

 Turner, J. S., 140 

 Typhoons 



study of effects, 185 

 weather forecasting, 102 

 models, 91 



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Uccle, Belgium, 68 



Udall, Kans., 139 



Ukraine, 21o 



Ultraviolet radiation, 55, 287 



ionosphere, °, 11 



urban areas, lip 

 United Nations: environmental research, 344 

 United States 



agriculture, 199, 215, 218, 219, 291, 

 Fig. X-8 



air-sea interaction, 56, 7}, 81, 89, 97, 106, 

 109 



climatic change, 57, 08, 73, 74, 220 



data networks, Fig. IV-7, 141, 147 



drought, lo5, loc, 219 



earth processes, 28, 29, 32, 45, 48 



ecosystems, 205, 232, 233, 241, 24c, 251- 

 253, 261, 293, 295, 300, 302, 30t>, 308 



environmental contamination, 69, 192, 

 194, 329-332, 334, 343, 345, Fig. X-9, 

 Fig. X-12, 367, 369, 390 



human adaptation, 373, 374, 378, 379, 

 Fig. XI-6 



pollution, 265-268, 270 



regional weather, 185, 188 



severe storms, 123, 126-128, 130, 133, 135, 

 137-139, 146, 149, 151, 153-155, 157, 

 158 



urbanization, 113, 114, 118, 119, 283 



volcanoes, Fig. II— 8 



water resources, 210, 361 



weather forecasting, 35-40, 42, 44, 94, 100, 

 103, 104, 181 



weather modification, 170, 172, 181-183 

 Updrafts, 149, 150 

 Upper Colorado Pilot Project, 172 

 Upwelling 



coastal, 80, 86 



lake water, 255, Fig. VIII-12, 259, 269 

 Uranium, 30, 32, 325 

 Urban areas 



aircraft pollution, 65 



atmospheric chemistry, 336 



biological pollution, 342, 343 



ecology of smog, 337 



hurricane damage, 135 



ice nuclei, Fig. VI-7 



solar radiation in, 55 

 Urbanization 



air pollution-smog, 385 



effects on large lakes, 22o 



effects on water supply, 198 



effects on weather, 114, 115, 118 



environmental design requirements, 278 



humid tropics, effect on ecology, 300 



sea farming and, 251 



spread of parasitic disease, 369 



water quality and, 261 



weather changes and, 113-120, Fig. IV-11 

 Urea 



cloud-seeding nucleant, 174 



fog-seeding nucleant, 180 

 Ury, Hans K„ 388 

 USGS, see Geological Survey, U.S. 

 Utah 



groundwater, 204 



seismic refraction profile, 29, 31 



Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Alaska, 



42, 44 

 Vegetation 



affected by smog, 337 



carbon dioxide removed from air, 358 



effect on aeroallergens, 349 



effect on water movement, 200, 201, 202 



effect on water quality, 212, 265 



fire and, 306 



forested areas, 302 



fossil studies, 73 



pollen profiles and, 61 



restoration upon lava flows, 41 



sulfur dioxide removal from air, 330 



urban areas, 118 



western America, 74 



see also Plants 

 VELA program, 23 

 Venezuela, 33, 203 



environmental disease, 369 



genetic differences, 374, Fig. XI-1, 

 Fig. XI-2 

 Ventilation: water movement and storage, 



200, 202 

 Ventura-Winnemucca earthquake zone 



(Cal. and Nev.), 31 

 Verification systems: weather forecasts, 102, 



103 

 Veronis, George, 82 

 Vesuvius (volcano), Italy, 40, 43, 45 

 Vigo, Bay of, Spain, 251 

 Virginia 



effects of hurricanes, 133 



Fairfax County, Fig. VII-6 



urban-induced weather change, 118 

 Viruses, Fig. X-6, 341, Fig. X-8 

 Visibility: urbanization and, 113, 117 

 Vital statistics: high altitude populations, 



385 

 Volcanoes, 21, 40-48 



carbon gases, 43 



effects on water quality, 212 



forest soil, 295 



records on, 58 



sea floor topography, 27-28 



sec also, Ash, Volcanic 

 Von Neumann, John, 97 

 Vonnegut, B., 139, 183 



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Waite, P. J., 139 



Walker's "southern oscillation", Fig. IV-5 



Waller, H. J., 388 



Walleye, 261, 263 



Wallihan, Ellis F., 201 



Wallops Island, Va., 10<> 



Walter Reed Army Institute for Research, 



3c5 

 Ward, N. B., 140 

 Warm fog, 181, 183 

 Warning systems 



ecological changes, 344 



ecological damage, 340 



hurricanes, 136 



tornadoes, 138, 144, 148 

 Wasatch Range, U.S., 31 

 Washington 



crustal velocity, 29 



fishery technology, 252 



urban-related precipitation, 113, 119 



volcanoes, 31, 40, 44 



weather modification, 101 



see also Seattle 

 Washington, D. C, 68, 98, 185 

 Washington, University of, 330 



Forest Service, 306 

 Waste management 



conservation and, 338 



detinition of wastes, 330 



forestry and, 213, 301 



human ecosystem, 278 



land pollution, 248, 323 



rivers and, Fig. X-2 

 Water 



contamination, 329 



hurricane clouds, 129 



volcanic action and, 42, 43 

 Water budget 



cloud systems, 171 



Great Lakes, 269 



Lake Washington, 273 



precipitation augmentation, 177 



urban areas, llo 

 Water conservation devices, 296 

 Water management 



development schemes and parasitic 

 diseases, 369 



Great Lakes, 266, 267 

 Water quality 



arid regions, 291 



diverted use, 198 



environmental design and, 278 



forest areas, 205-214 



Great Lakes, 2ol-270 



lakes, 226, 227, 230, 257 



standards, 214 

 Water resources, 197-204 

 Water shortages, 178 



priorities, Great Lakes, 270 

 Water supply 



agriculture, 215-216 



420 



