Weather Modification in India

Scientific Weather Modification

Contents 1. Introduction 2. History of the problem 3. Physical basis for artificial modification of clouds and precipitation 4. The enhancement and redistribution of precipitation 5. Hail suppression 6. Fog dispersal 7. Dispersal of super cooled low-level clouds and precipitation 8. Other weather modification experiments 9. Conclusions Glossary Bibliography Biographical Sketches

Weather and Death in India

Weather fluctuations have shaped the economic activities of humans for centuries. And in poor, developing countries, where large swathes of the population continue to depend on basic agriculture, the weather continues to be a key determinant of production and employment. This raises the possibility that weather shocks may translate into increases in mortality. To investigate this possibility we...

A Numerical Model to Investigate Optimum Liquid Carbon Dioxide Seeding Rate in Weather Modification Projects

Weather Based Crop Insurance in India

The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expresse...

Dowry Deaths: Response to Weather Variability in India.

We examine the effect of rainfall shocks on dowry deaths using data from 583 Indian districts for 2002-2007. We find that a one standard deviation decline in annual rainfall from the local mean increases reported dowry deaths by 7.8 percent. Wet shocks have no apparent effect. We examine patterns of other crimes to investigate whether an increase in general unrest during economic downturns expl...