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    Project Stormfury was an attempt to weaken tropical cyclones by flying aircraft into them and seeding with silver iodide. The project was run by the United...
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    end of the U.S. government's hurricane modification experiment Project Stormfury. This project set out to seed clouds outside the eyewall, apparently causing...
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  • Philippines, Texas, and Florida in a hurricane study program called Project Stormfury. Operation Popeye's goal was to increase rainfall in carefully selected...
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    have remained yellowed for weeks" after being exposed to it. Project Stormfury was an attempt to weaken tropical cyclones by flying aircraft into storms...
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    researched and was subject to a weather modification experiment by Project Stormfury, in which it was seeded with silver iodide. A disturbance associated with...
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  • at the Red Deer Industrial Airport in central Alberta, Canada. Project Stormfury was an attempt to weaken tropical cyclones by flying aircraft into them...
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    annually, each seeding experiment consuming 10–50 grams. (see also Project Stormfury, Operation Popeye)[citation needed] Extreme exposure can lead to argyria...
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    experiment was deemed a success, and led to the establishment of Project Stormfury. Tropical cyclones portal Other storms of the same name List of New England...
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    the Atlantic basin using cloud seeding in the 1960s was called Project Stormfury. Only a few hurricanes were tested with cloud seeding because of the strict...
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    end of the U.S. government's hurricane modification experiment Project Stormfury. This project set out to seed clouds outside the eyewall, causing a new...
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    the western Atlantic Ocean, Ginger became the last target of Project Stormfury, which sought to weaken hurricanes by depositing silver iodide into tropical...
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    cyclones and carry out experiments on mature hurricanes through its Project Stormfury. On July 1, 1956, a National Hurricane Information Center was established...
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  • hurricane field program centered on researching Hurricane Betsy. Project STORMFURY made plans to seed Betsy to examine hurricane modification methods, but...
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    attempted to extend the monsoon season in Vietnam in 1967, and Project Stormfury, which, similar to the Typhoon Moderation Program, sought to weaken typhoons...
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  • of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury. 1961 – Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured...
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    as well as attempted to weaken storms with silver iodide via Project Stormfury. Due to the heavy damage, the name Carol was removed from the tropical...
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    1992, and Hurricane Michael in 2018. During the 1969 season, Project Stormfury conducted seeding experiments on Hurricane Debbie, which declined in wind...
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    the western Atlantic Ocean, Ginger became the last target of Project Stormfury, which sought to weaken hurricanes by depositing silver iodide into tropical...
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    encouraging results led the Weather Bureau and the Navy to start Project Stormfury in 1962, with Simpson as Director. He headed up the Project for the next...
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    Philippines, Texas, and Florida in a hurricane study program called Project Stormfury. The chemical weather modification program was conducted from Thailand...
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    August 25. Initially, Faith was scheduled to be seeded as part of Project Stormfury. However, the scheduled seeding was cancelled as Faith was approaching...
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    tropical cyclones and carry out experiments on mature hurricanes through its Stormfury project. Forecasts within the hurricane advisories were issued one day...
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    energy profile they observed. By 1966, she became the director of Project Stormfury while chief of the Experimental Meteorology Branch of the Environment...
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  • first detailed study of a supercell storm (over Wokingham, UK). Project STORMFURY begins its 10-year project of seeding hurricanes with silver iodide, attempting...
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     505. GERL 1952, p. 61. Christopher Landsea (n.d.). "What was Project Stormfury?" (FAQ). Tropical Cyclone FAQ Subject C4. Hurricane Research Division...
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    Philippines, Texas, and Florida in a hurricane study program called Project Stormfury. The chemical weather modification program conducted from Thailand over...
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    with Hurricane Esther (1961), NHRP was heavily involved with Project Stormfury, the U. S. Government's experiment in hurricane modification. They seeded...
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  • Willoughby, H., D. Jorgensen, R. Black, and S. Rosenthal, 1985, Project STORMFURY: A Scientific Chronicle 1962–1983. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 66, 505–514...
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    to increase with an accompanying decrease in wind speed, and Project Stormfury was commenced the following year. Data was collected on four hurricanes...
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    information to improve seeding operations for the now-defunct Project Stormfury. Gladys was the strongest storm to threaten the East Coast of the United...
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