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Hail: A Review of Hail Science and Hail Suppression pp 225–235Cite as

Design and Evaluation of Hail Suppression Experiments

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A number of field hail suppression experiments have been conducted over the past quarter of a century. A review of these experiments suggests that little information of basic scientific value appears to have been produced by these efforts. It is believed that this situation can be improved upon through better design, implementation and evaluation of field hail suppression experiments. A number of components of a properly designed field hail suppression experiment are presented and discussed. Suggestions are offered on how to accomplish these tasks.

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  1. Department of Statistics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    John A. Flueck

  2. Department of Statistics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA

    Paul W. Mielke Jr.

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Flueck, J.A., Mielke, P.W. (1977). Design and Evaluation of Hail Suppression Experiments. In: Foote, G.B., Knight, C.A. (eds) Hail: A Review of Hail Science and Hail Suppression. Meteorological Monographs, vol 16. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-935704-30-0_12

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