A Review of the Israeli Cloud Seeding Experience in the Context of the 2023 Israel 4 Null Primary Result

PROLOGUE I have written an extensive,  “comment” and “enhancement” of an article by Benjamini et al.  published in the in J. Appl. Meteor.  in January 2023.  The article was about the results of a fourth randomized Israeli cloud seeding experiment, Israel-4.   My “comments” and “enhancement” of Benjamini et al. (2023) posted below would never be… Continue reading A Review of the Israeli Cloud Seeding Experience in the Context of the 2023 Israel 4 Null Primary Result

Part 2: PETER HOBBS and me (contains irony)

“Peter V. Hobbs became one of the most vociferous scientists to show that some published claims of seeding impact were exaggerated, false, or unverifiable.” The above statement was contained in a flyer advertising the 2018 Peter Hobbs Endowed Lecture1 at the University of Washington by a leading scientist in weather modification.  This account focuses on… Continue reading Part 2: PETER HOBBS and me (contains irony)

Should “one-sided citing” in journals be considered a form of scientific misconduct?

  An essay proposed and rejected by the Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. in 2019   Rejectee and author,   Arthur L. Rangno Retiree, Research Scientist IV, Cloud and Aerosol Research Group, University of Washington, Seattle. Abstract   Peer-reviewed and other publications that lack the full “story” via author omissions of relevant literature having opposing viewpoints… Continue reading Should “one-sided citing” in journals be considered a form of scientific misconduct?

My Life in Cloud Seeding: Colorado to Israel

A Personal Sojourn through a Murky Scientific Field Whose Published Results Have Often Been Skewed and Unreliable by Arthur L. Rangno (journal handle) Retiree, Research Scientist III, Cloud and Aerosol Research Group, Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Washington, Seattle. Author Disclosure I have worked on both sides of the cloud seeding fence; in research and… Continue reading My Life in Cloud Seeding: Colorado to Israel