WEATHER MODIFICATION: INTERNATIONAL ISSUES 



Blackburn, Paul L. Weather Modification as a Weapon of War. Army War College, 

 Carlisle Barracks, Pa. October 17, 1975. 25 p. (Available from NTIS as AD- 

 A023 878/2SL.) 



The basic question addressed in this paper is whether or not weather 

 modification can be used as a weapon of war. Possible tactical and strategic 

 uses of weather modification were examined. The national security implica- 

 tions and arguments for and against a ban on weather war were discussed. 

 Data was gathered using a literature search, and by writing letters to organi- 

 zations and individuals connected with weather modification efforts. Although 

 U.S. weather modification efforts are disorganized, weather modification has 

 great potential as a weapon of war. The advantages of a ban on weather 

 war outweigh the disadvantages because of its horrendous destructive 

 potential. Weather war should be banned, but weather modification research 

 should continue under a central agency because of the beneficial, peaceful 

 applications. . 



Climate and Food: Climatic Fluctuation and U.S. Agricultural Production. By 

 Committee on Climate and Weather Fluctuations and Agriculture Production, 

 Board on Agriculture and Renewable Resources; Commission on Natural 

 Resources, National Research Council. Washington, National Academy of 

 Sciences, 1976, 221 p. 



Discusses extent of variability in food production, national and interna- 

 tional, posed by climatic variations. Research and information strategies to 

 cope with unpredictability of climate and agriculture and discussed. 

 Gordon, D. S. Soviet Developments in Weather Modification, Climate Modification, 

 and Climatology. Rockville, Informatics, Inc. (Prepared for Advanced Research 

 Projects Agency, Arlington, Va.) September 1975. 92 p. (Available from NTIS 

 as AD-A017 675/9SL.) 



This report focuses on Soviet developments in weather modification, climate 

 modification, and climatology during the period from late 1973 through 

 mid-1975. Current Soviet work in solar meteorology and laser applications 

 in atmospheric- sounding are also surveyed. The source literature includes 

 regular Soviet scientific journals, recent monographs, popular science periodi- 

 cals, and the daily press. 

 Kelley, J. I. and S. Ruttenberg. Proceedings of the Symposium on Meterological 

 Observations from Space: Their Contribution to the First GARP Global Experiment. 

 Held at Philadelphia, Pa. on June 8-10, 1976. Boulder, National Center for 

 Atmospheric Research. (Prepared for the National Science Foundation.) Sep- 

 tember 1976, 437 p. (Available from NTIS as PB-262 530/9SL.) 



The symposium was held June 8-10, 1976, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvariia, 

 USA, to review the status of the global observing system coming into being 

 to support FGGE. It was sponsored by the international organizations that 

 have been intimately involved in designing and supporting the global observ- 

 ing system. Six sessions treated the following major topics: temperature and 

 humidity fields derived from satellite observations, surface characteristics of 

 importance to weather and climate, wind determination from geostationary 

 satellites, role of the earth's radiation budget in atmospheric dynamics, data 

 collection systems and some programmatic developments, and application 

 of satellite data to numerical analysis and prediction. 

 Mason, B. J. "The Global Atmospheric Research Programme (GARP): GARP 

 Atlantic Tropical Experiment." Royal Air Forces Quarterly, v. 16, spring 1976: 

 35-40. 



Describes the coordination and utilization of the resources of 60 countries 



in a three-month study of the structure, evolution, interaction, and transport 



properties of weather systems in the tropical eastern Atlantic Ocean. 



Orfield, Michael B. "Weather Genesis and Weather Neutralization: A New 



Approach to Weather Modification." California Western International Law 



Journal, v. 6, spring 1976: 412-428. 



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