“Everybody Talks About the Weather, But Nobody Does Anything About It.” –Charles Dudley Warner. Times have changed! These organizations may not “control” the weather yet, but they sure are trying hard, and experimenting in your skies daily. Each entry below has a reference link, this is all REAL!
Federal Government and Military
- US Air Force, Phillips Laboratory (AFMC), Geophysics Directorate • Link
Project Plan - Major Milestones
a. Numerical model studies completed 1996
b. Engineering design of test engine mod. 1997
c. Ground-based field trials comleted. 1999
d. Airborne test and evaluation of prototypes completed 2001
e. Engineering design for airborne carbon black delivery system completed 2003
f. Operational capability 2004
USAF is also a member of the Weather Modification Association (see below)
NASIC/DEKA - Attn: Gregory T. Marx. 4180 Watson Way, FL 2830 Technical Library. Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433. Ph: 937-522-3607. Fax: 937-522-2315. Email: gtm567@gmail.com - US Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWPNS) China Lake, California • Link
NON-LETHAL WARFARE PROPOSAL - TITLE: WEATHER MODIFICATION
PROPOSED BY: Code C2741 (Warhead Development Branch) NAWCWPNS, China Lake CA 93555-6001
CAPABILITY & USES:
(1) To impede or deny the movement of personnel and material because of rains-floods, snow-blizzards, etc.
(2) To disrupt economy due to the effect of floods, droughts, etc.
“successful completion of the proposed effort and the follow-on E&MD program(s) will give the U.S. military a viable, state-of-the-art weather modification capability again. ... I know of no countermeasures.” - US military discusses future of Weather Warfare despite ENMOD ban
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory • Link
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory • Link
- Savannah River National Laboratory • Link
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- NOAA Reported Weather Modification Activities in the United States of America (Google Fusion Table)
- <NOAA Corporate Services - Individuals Engaged in Weather Modification Activities, COMMERCE/NOAA-8 [DELETED]
- 2004 • NOAA Weather Modification Programs
- 2005 • NOAA Weather Modification Programs
- 2006 • NOAA Weather Modification Programs
- 2007 • NOAA Weather Modification Programs
- 2008 • NOAA Weather Modification Programs
- 2009 • NOAA Weather Modification Programs
- 2010 • NOAA Weather Modification Programs
- 2011 • NOAA Weather Modification Programs (partial)
- 2012 • NOAA Weather Modification Programs (partial)
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Weather Modification Experiments. View Map on ClimateViewer Mobile and ClimateViewer 3D. Also see the raw data on Also see the raw data on NOAA Reported Weather Modification Activities in the United States of America (2004-2012) - National Science Foundation (NSF) • Link
"We conclude that the initiation of large-scale operational weather modification programs would be premature."
Oldham P, Szerszynski B, Stilgoe J, Brown C, Eacott B, Yuille A. 2014. Mapping the landscape of climate engineering. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 372, 20140065 (doi:10.1098/rsta.2014.0065) · PMC free article · PubMed - US Department of Agriculture • Link
- US Bureau of Land Reclamation • Link
- US Department of Commerce • Link
- US Department of State • Link
"The agency assigned the mission of developing and testing techniques for modifying weather and climate, as a part of its overall mission, should have major but not exclusive responsibility in collaboration with the State Department for formulating and implementing weather and climate modification programs involving international collaboration with the governments of other nations. The government's activities in international cooperation can be substantially assisted by the participation of the National Academy of Sciences."
States
- State of California • Link
- State of Colorado • Link
- State of Deleware • Link
- State of Idaho • Link
- State of Kansas • Link
- Western Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 1 • Link
- State of Kansas Weather Modification Program • Link
- Kansas Water Office • Link
"The Kansas Water Office spent $156,000 on weather modification contracts for pilots to release silver iodide into clouds to reduce crystal formation despite the fact that in 2003, scientists at the National Academy of Sciences concluded there is no scientific evidence that it works. Governor’s Budget Report FY-2010 page 328 and 'Cloud-seeding gets a failing grade' " San Antonio Express-News, October 20, 2003
- State of Minnesota • Link
- State of Nevada • Link • Programs
- State of North Dakota • Link
- State of Pennsylvania • Link
- State of Texas • Link
- Texas Weather Modification Association (TWMA)
- TWMA History
- West Texas Weather Modification Association
- Southwest Texas Rain Enhancement Association
- South Texas Weather Modification Association
- Panhandle GCD Precipitation Enhancement Program
- Southern Ogallala Aquifer Rain Program (SOAR)
- Seeding Operations and Atmospheric Research (SOAR) old website
- The Edwards Aquifer
- Colorado River Municipal Water District – Engineering WXMOD
- Trans Pecos Weather Modification Association
- North Plains Groundwater Conservation District • North Plains Weather Modification Program (NPWMP)
- Powell Plant Farms, Inc. • Source
- Belding Farms, Pecos, Texas • Source
- The Rainmakers [VIDEO]
- State of Utah
- Alta Ski Resort • Snowbird Ski Resort • Source
- Barken Fog Ops, Inc. on behalf of Delta Airline, Inc.
- Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District • Source
- Bear River Resource Conservation and Development Council • Source
- John DeVore, Gunnison County • Source
- Weber Basin Water Conservancy District • Source
- Duchesne County Water Conservation District • Source
- Cache County • Source
- State of Wyoming • Cloud Seeding: Gambling With Your Weather
- State of Washington • Link
Universities and Associations
- World Meteorological Organization • Link
"Weather Modification technologies that claim to achieve such large scale or dramatic effects do not have a sound scientific basis (e.g. hail canons, ionization methods) and should be treated with suspicion." Link
- 1989 • WMO Register of National Weather Modification Projects
- 1990 • WMO Register of National Weather Modification Projects
- 1991 • WMO Register of National Weather Modification Projects
- 1992 • WMO Register of National Weather Modification Projects
- 1993-1994 • WMO Register of National Weather Modification Projects
- 1995 • WMO Register of National Weather Modification Projects
- 1996 • WMO Register of National Weather Modification Projects
- 1997-1998 • WMO Register of National Weather Modification Projects
- 1999 • WMO Register of National Weather Modification Projects
- 2000 • WMO Register of National Weather Modification Projects
- 2001-2002 • WMO Register of National Weather Modification Projects
- 2003-2004 • WMO Register of National Weather Modification Projects
- 2005-2006 • WMO Register of National Weather Modification Projects
- World Meteorological Organization Expert Team on Weather Modification • Link
- Weather Modification - The WMO's Role • Link
- The 10th WMO Scientific Conference on Weather Modification • Link
- American Meteorological Society • Weather Modification Conferences
- 2001 • 15th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
- 2005 • 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
- 2008 • 17th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
- 2011 • 18th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
- 2013 • 19th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
- 2015 • 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
- 2018 • 21st Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification • [VIDEO INTERVIEWS]
- The Weather Modification Association (WMA) link • corporate roster
- Advanced Radar Corp
- Aero Systems, Inc.
- Aerotec Argentina
- Colorado Water Conservation Board
- Deepwater Chemicals
- Direccion de Agricultura y Contingencias Climaticas (Argentina)
- Droplet Measurement Technologies
- Dynamic Aviation Group, Inc.
- Electronic Systems Developement CC
- General Aviation Applications – 3D s.a.
- Hydro-Tasmania
- Ice Crystal Engineering LLC
- Idaho Power Company
- NASIC/DEKA – US Air Force Wright-Patterson AFB
- North American Weather Consultants, Inc.
- North Dakota Atmospheric Resources Board
- Omni International, LLC
- Radiometrics Corporation
- RHS Consulting, Ltd
- Sacramento Municipal Util Dist.
- Santa Barbara County Water Agency
- Snowy Hydro Limited
- Southern California Edison County
- National University of Technology – Mendoza, Argentina
- Utah Division of Water Resources
- Vaisala.com
- Vaisala Oyj
- Vaisala – Veriteq
- Weather Modification, Inc.
- Western Kansas Groundwater Dist 1
- Western Weather Consultants, LLC
- Wyoming Water Development
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) • Link
- National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) • Link
- "Since 1996, NCAR’s rainfall enhancement research program has received more than 95 percent of its funding from outside the U.S." | Link
- Research Applications Lab (NCAR RAL) • Link
- North American Interstate Weather Modification Council (NAIWMC) • Link
- Desert Research Institute • Link
- The Institute of Atmospheric Sciences at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology • Link
- Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (CAIPEEX) • Link
- American Society of Civil Engineers • Link
- Hebrew University Jerusalem • Link
- What have we learned from over 50 years of artificial rain enhancement experiments and operations in Israel? • Link
- University of Alaska • Link
- Stanford University • Link
- Manchester University • Link
- Leeds University • Link
- Purdue University • Link
- University of Maryland • Link
- University of Washington • Link
- University of Edinburgh • Link
Weather Derivatives and "Event Contracts" (Stock Market)
- Understanding derivative contracts: types of derivatives
- Introduction to Weather Derivatives • [ARCHIVE]
- Weather Derivatives and the Specific Risk Event
- CFTC Requests Public Input on Possible Regulation of "Event Contracts"
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) Weather Derivatives
Weather-i™ is a CME®-developed application providing a real-time view of all weather product market data. This convenient Web-based application allows users to view current data that provides size and price of best bid/offer, volume and last sale. Weather-i can be a valuable tool when trading specific months, seasons, or block trading. • Weather-i Homepage
Weather Derivative Companies
- AccuWeather
- Artemis
- Bespoke Weather Services
- Choice Energy
- Climate Prediction Center (CPC)
- Earth Networks
- Endurance Global Weather
- EQECAT
- Energy.net
- Environmental Finance Weather Guide
- Evolution Markets
- First Enercast Financial
- GuaranteedWeather
- IPS MeteoStar
- MDA EarthSat
- Schneider Electric Weather
- Speedwell Weather Derivatives (SWD)
- Swiss Re
- Thomson Reuters/Insurance Linked Securities Community
- Weather 2000
- Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA)
- World Climate Service
- Weather Service International (WSI)
Other Weather Modification Companies
- Aquiess / Drake International – Global Rain Project
- Meteo Systems - Weathertec • Weathertec Services - Technology
- Austrailian Rain Technologies - ATLANT
- Ionogenics – ELAT
- Evergreen Aviation: Supertanker
- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) protects infrastructure with metal palm trees
- Weather Enhancement Technologies International
World Meteorological Organization Expert Team on Weather Modification • Link
| Position | Family Name | Given Name | Affiliation | Country | Starting Date | email |
| Chair | BRUINTJES | Roelof | NCAR | USA | April 2011 | roelof@ucar.edu |
| Member | ABSHAEV | Ali | High Mountain Geophysical Institute |
Russian Federation | January 2016 | abshaev.ali@mail.ru |
| Member | FLOSSMANN | Andrea | Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont Ferrand | France | January 2016 | a.flossmann@opgc.univ-bpclermont.fr |
| Member | KHANTIYANAN | Warawut | BRRAA | Thailand | October 2011 |
warawutkun@gmail.com |
| Member | KOREN | Ilan | Weizmann Institute of Science | Israel | January 2016 | Ilan.Koren@weizmann.ac.il
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| Member | MANTON | Michael | U of Monash | Australia | 2007 | michael.manton@sci.monash.edu.au |
| Member | MURAKAMI | Masataka | JMA | Japan | 2007 | mamuraka@mri-jma.go.jp |
| Member | PRABHAKARAN | Thara | Indian Inst of Tropical Meteorology |
India | January 2016 | thara@tropmet.res.in |
| Member | YAO | Zhanyu | CMA | China | January 2016 | yaozy@cams.cma.gov.cn |
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