Cloud Seeding Experiments: Lack of Bias in Florida Series
Glenn W. Brier 1,
Gerald F. Cotton 1,
Joanne Simpson 2, and
William L. Woodley 2
1 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
2 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coral Gables, Florida 33124
There has been concern about the possibility of selection bias in cloud seeding experiments. Covariates and experimental design have been used to obtain an estimate of this bias. The results indicate that there was no selection bias in the Caribbean and Florida series of cloud seeding experiments.