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Transcript for Mountain Skywater, segment 06 of 12
The target area is limited to about half of the San Juans, a high, remote cluster of peaks having few permanent residents. Details of weather are measured at many points. One meter even makes use of a ski lift to measure temperatures up and down a steep slope.
In a mountain home, a housewife takes readings of background nuclei. This instrument determines the concentration of tiny particles, including silver iodide, that nature can use to build snow crystals on.
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But most of the data are recorded by over two hundred remote stations spread throughout the San Juans.
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To keep project results objective, a completely separate contractor gathers data recordings from the weather stations. In sunshine or snowfall, the information must be picked up and the instruments checked at regular intervals.
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