Our Mission
“ Enabling persons, political entities, and other organizations to make informed decisions about the application of weather modification technologies, to provide for adequate water supplies, and reduced natural weather hazards. ”
Our Vision
HISTORY
The Weather Modification Association was organized in 1950 to cultivate a better understanding of weather modification techniques, impacts, and expectations among program sponsors, program operators, and the scientific community, and to promote ethical professional conduct and a free exchange of information.
“Free exchange of accurate information regarding the efficacy, safety, methodology and cost-effectiveness of weather modification activities.”
WHAT WE DO
Weather modification can be both planned, as is the case in cloud seeding (cloud modification), or inadvertent, for example, when pollution affects visibility. Planned (deliberate) weather modification is also commonly known as cloud seeding, cloud modification, and atmospheric water management. The WMA fields a wide variety of inquiries, from domestic and foreign governmental agencies, to the student doing a report for the classroom.
WMA Milestones
Association Statements
The Weather Modification Association has adopted a statement on standards and ethics in order to further the Association's purposes, which include but are not limited to: Promoting research, development, understanding and application of weather modification for beneficial uses, and encouraging and promoting the highest standards of conduct in all weather modification activities.
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Brief capability statements regarding intentional weather modification by cloud seeding, summarizing the current state of the technology within its primary application categories. The summaries are limited to conventional seeding methods that are based on accepted physical principles.
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The Weather Modification Association has adopted a statement on the environmental impact of using silver iodide as a cloud seeding agent. This statement contains background information about silver iodide, how it is used in cloud seeding, and its overall environmental impact.
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The Weather Modification Association is a nonprofit corporation under the Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act (the “Nonprofit Act”).
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The Bylaws govern the association and are rules pertaining to how it conducts business. The newest version of the Bylaws were approved by the membership and adopted in March of 2012.
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The Nominations Committee, comprised of Bruce Boe (chair), Maury Roos (past-chair), Todd Flanagan, Shaun Parkinson, and Daniel Gilbert, have reviewed all WMA elected positions regarding position responsibilities. This review was completed in January 2018, by consensus.
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