Thesis (M. S.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Dr. Ming Cai, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Meteorology. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 19, 2005). Document formatted into pages; contains x, 60 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

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It is the purpose of this investigation to determine the amount of rain fall to be expected in various areas of the State of Florida. To date there are no published papers which are concerned with this aspect of rain fall in the state. Although this study is mainly concerned with the amount of rain fall which may be expected at ten per cent intervals throughout the state, it is probable that it has many ramifications which will be of value in other phases of water research. In speaking of the ten per cent intervals of time we are actually dealing with percentages of the total time. Hence, 25 years out of 50 years should not be construed to mean the next 25 years out of the next 50 years. / Typescript. / "August, 1949." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science under Plan II." / Advisor: LeRoy Babcock, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 58).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2003. / Advisor: Dr. Eric A. Smith, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Meteorology. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Mar. 02, 2003). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 184-194).

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Radar cells from the GATE experiment, from Spain and from the Montreal area were followed and measurements of their total rain flux and area were extracted. The values of the flux and area, for each one of the cells, for initial time increments T(,0) were used to evaluate various extrapolation schemes for forecasting purposes. The extrapolation procedure that gave the smallest error in forecasting the changes in flux and area, was found to be the linear one and the optimum increment T(,0) was about 30 min. However, even though these techniques have the advantage of establishing a trend in the behavior of the flux and area with time, a comparison of the forecast errors from the linear extrapolation scheme with those from the assumption of no change in cell area and rain flux shows insignificant improvements. A technique including both cell motion and internal changes in flux and area of the rain cells was developed to evaluate the accuracy of rain accumulation forecasts. Again, it was found that the errors were similar with those generated by the assumption of no change in rain flux and area from the moving cell. / The preceding results were used as a possible input into the design and evaluation of cloud seeding experiments. Based on this, a method is developed which gives the necessary number of experiments (i.e., seeded cases) in order for a seeding factor to be statistically significant at specified confidence levels. As a conclusion, it can be stated that the use of short term rain predictions (which are translated as differences of the rain flux in time) is very promising. In comparison to other techniques described in the literature this method appears to be superior, in the sense that fewer experiments are needed to detect seeding factors at specified confidence levels.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2006. / "May 2006." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-104). Online version available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2008. / "May, 2008." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 352-355). Online version available on the World Wide Web.