Scientists Tried to Change Hurricanes: What Happened?
In short: From 1962 to 1983, Project STORMFURY seeded hurricanes with silver iodide to weaken their winds, until later observations showed that its encouraging results could not be separated from storms' natural behaviour.
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Sources used in this film: NOAA National Weather Service (NWS Heritage, Virtual Lab), “Almost Science Fiction: Hurricane Modification and Project STORMFURY - National Weather Service Heritage - Virtual Lab”; American Meteorological Society (Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 1985; article by Robert Black, hosted on Academia.edu), “Project STORMFURY: A Scientific Chronicle 1962–1983”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Tropical cyclone - Formation, Paths, Impacts | Britannica”; NASA (My NASA Data, NASA Langley Research Center), “Hurricane Dynamics | My NASA Data”; NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), Hurricane Research Division, “45th Anniversary of Hurricane Debbie seeding - NOAA”; BBC (BBC Future), “What a US mission to control hurricanes taught us about deadly storms”; NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), Hurricane Research Division blog, “70th Anniversary of the first hurricane seeding experiment - NOAA”; NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), Hurricane Research Division, “Project STORMFURY”; NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), Hurricane Research Division blog, “50th Anniversary of Hurricane Debbie seeding - NOAA”.
Sources used in this film
- NOAA National Weather Service (NWS Heritage, Virtual Lab) — Almost Science Fiction: Hurricane Modification and Project STORMFURY - National Weather Service Heritage - Virtual Lab · View →
- American Meteorological Society (Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 1985; article by Robert Black, hosted on Academia.edu) — Project STORMFURY: A Scientific Chronicle 1962–1983 · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Tropical cyclone - Formation, Paths, Impacts | Britannica · View →
- NASA (My NASA Data, NASA Langley Research Center) — Hurricane Dynamics | My NASA Data · View →
- NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), Hurricane Research Division — 45th Anniversary of Hurricane Debbie seeding - NOAA · View →
- BBC (BBC Future) — What a US mission to control hurricanes taught us about deadly storms · View →
- NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), Hurricane Research Division blog — 70th Anniversary of the first hurricane seeding experiment - NOAA · View →
- NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), Hurricane Research Division — Project STORMFURY · View →
- NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), Hurricane Research Division blog — 50th Anniversary of Hurricane Debbie seeding - NOAA · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Almost Science Fiction: Hurricane Modification and Project STORMFURY - National Weather Service Heritage - Virtual Lab
- Also: American Meteorological Society (Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 1985; article by Robert Black, hosted : Project STORMFURY: A Scientific Chronicle 1962–1983
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Tropical cyclone - Formation, Paths, Impacts | Britannica
- Also: NASA (My NASA Data, NASA Langley Research Center): Hurricane Dynamics | My NASA Data
- Also: NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), Hurricane Research Division: 45th Anniversary of Hurricane Debbie seeding - NOAA
- Also: BBC (BBC Future): What a US mission to control hurricanes taught us about deadly storms
- Also: NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), Hurricane Research Division blog: 70th Anniversary of the first hurricane seeding experiment - NOAA
- Also: NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), Hurricane Research Division: Project STORMFURY
- Also: NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), Hurricane Research Division blog: 50th Anniversary of Hurricane Debbie seeding - NOAA
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