Bernard Vonnegut

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According to Wikipedia, Bernard Vonnegut was an American atmospheric scientist credited with discovering that silver iodide could be used effectively in cloud seeding to produce snow and rain. He was the older brother of American novelist Kurt Vonnegut.

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The Nucleation of Ice Formation by Silver Iodide (1947) (321)
Rotating Bubble Method for the Determination of Surface and Interfacial Tensions (1942) (296)
PRODUCTION OF MONODISPERSE LIQUID PARTICLES BY ELECTRICAL ATOMIZATION. (PROJECT CIRRUS). OCCASIONAL REPORT NO. 36. Seventh Occasional Report. MULTIPLE-STAGE DILUTION OF AEROSOLS BY USE OF ASPIRATORS. (PROJECT CIRRUS). OCCASIONAL REPORT NO. 37. Eighth Occasional Report (1952) (271)
Variation with temperature of the nucleation rate of supercooled liquid tin and water drops. (1948) (198)
Behavior of evaporating electrically charged droplets (1964) (144)
Electrical Breakdown Caused by Dust Motion in Low-Pressure Atmospheres: Considerations for Mars (1973) (133)
Lightning induced brightening in the airglow layer (1992) (128)
Some Facts and Speculations Concerning the Origin and Role of Thunderstorm Electricity (1963) (122)
Electricity in Volcanic Clouds (1965) (122)
Observations of lightning in the stratosphere (1995) (122)
Electrical measurements over thunderstorms (1989) (105)
A cloud-to-space lightning as recorded by the space shuttle payload-bay TV cameras (1992) (75)
Recent observations of lightning discharges from the top of a thundercloud into the clear air above (1989) (75)
The role of the space shuttle videotapes in the discovery of sprites, jets and elves (1998) (65)
A Vortex Whistle (1954) (65)
Electrical theory of tornadoes (1960) (64)
Nucleation of supercooled water clouds by silver iodide smokes. (1949) (64)
Gushes of Rain and Hail After Lightning (1964) (62)
Comments on “Three-Dimensional Kinematic and Microphysical Evolution of Florida Cumulonimbus” (1996) (60)
Electric Potential Gradients above Thunderstorms (1966) (59)
Ice Nucleation by Coprecipitated Silver Iodide and Silver Bromide (1971) (56)
The Structure of Crystalline Bromine (1936) (54)
Effect of atmospheric space charge on initial electrification of cumulus clouds (1962) (53)
Radar observations of rain gushes following overhead lightning strokes (1962) (47)
The Abundance of O ++ in the Jovian Magnetosphere (Paper 92GL00070) 79 (1992) (41)
Measurement of maximum electric field intensities over water during thunderstorms (1977) (39)
Artificial modification of atmospheric space charge (1962) (38)
Artificial Initiation of Lightning Discharges (1961) (37)
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques (2004) (36)
Observations of electrification and lightning in warm clouds (1960) (36)
Fair-weather atmospheric electric potential gradient and space charge over central Illinois, summer 1960 (1962) (36)
Adhesive behavior of silicate powders in ultrahigh vacuum (1964) (34)
Technique for introducing low‐density space charge into the atmosphere (1961) (34)
GIANT ELECTRICAL STORMS (1958) (34)
Preliminary results of an experiment to determine initial precedence of organized electrification and precipitation in thunderstorms (1959) (29)
Luminous phenomena in nocturnal tornadoes. (1966) (29)
Enhanced charge transfer in dielectric fluids containing conducting particles (1967) (29)
The Effect of Temperature on the Strength and Fatigue of Glass Rods (1946) (28)
ORIENTATION OF ICE CRYSTALS IN THE ELECTRIC FIELD OF A THUNDERSTORM (1965) (28)
whirlwinds produced by the eruption of Surtsey Volcano (1964) (25)
An explanation for anomalous lightning from forest fire clouds (1995) (25)
The Atmospheric Electricity Paradigm (1994) (25)
Repeated Nucleation of a Supercooled Water Sample that Contains Silver Iodide Particles (1984) (24)
Effect of Sunlight on the Action of Silver Iodide Particles as Sublimation Nuclei (1951) (24)
Airborne filters for the measurement of atmospheric space charge (1961) (23)
Observations of optical lightning emissions from above thunderstorms using U-2 aircraft (1983) (22)
Mesoscale observations of lightning from Space Shuttle (1985) (21)
Nighttime observations of thunderstorm electrical activity from a high altitude airplane (1984) (21)
Adjustable potential‐gradient‐measuring apparatus for airplane use (1961) (21)
A Laboratory Investigation of the Effect of Particle Collisions on the Generation of Electric Fields in Thunderstorms (1971) (20)
Abnormal Polarity of Thunderclouds Grown from Negatively Charged Air (1986) (20)
Direct measurement of vertical potential differences in the lower atmosphere (1973) (20)
Ice Nucleation by Solid Solutions of Silver-Copper Iodide (1973) (20)
PRELIMINARY ATTEMPTS TO INFLUENCE CONVECTIVE ELECTRIFICATION IN CUMULUS CLOUDS BY THE INTRODUCTION OF SPACE CHARGE INTO LOWER ATMOSPHERE (1958) (19)
Lightning to the ionosphere (1982) (19)
Supplement to “production of monodisperse liquid particles by electrical atomization” (1953) (19)
Aircraft-produced Ice Particles (APIPs) in Supercooled Clouds and the Probable Mechanism for their Production (1991) (18)
Photographs of lightning from the Space Shuttle (1983) (18)
Production of Ice Crystals by the Adiabatic Expansion of Gas (1948) (18)
Anomalous electric fields associated with clouds growing over a source of negative space charge (1989) (17)
Visual confirmation of the junction process in lightning discharges (1960) (16)
Deductions concerning accumulations of electrified particles in thunderclouds based on electric field changes associated with lightning (1983) (16)
Counting Sodium-Containing Particles in the Atmosphere by their Spectral Emission in a Hydrogen Flame (1953) (15)
Investigation of the pseudobinary solid solutions of silver iodide-copper iodide by x-ray diffraction (1975) (15)
Charge transfer from a highly electrically stressed water surface during drop impact (1973) (15)
Aircraft-Produced Ice Particles (APIPs): Additional Results and Further Insights (2003) (14)
Corona produced by splashing of water drops on a water surface in a strong electric field (1973) (14)
Humidity Required for Ice Nucleation from the Vapor onto Silver Iodide and Lead Iodide Aerosols over the Temperature Range 6 to 67°C. (1981) (14)
Recent Experiments on the Effect of Ultraviolet Light on Silver Iodide Nuclei (1951) (14)
Some Scientific Objectives of a Satellite-Borne Lightning Mapper (1983) (13)
Nocturnal photographs taken from a U-2 airplane looking down on tops of clouds illuminated by lightning (1989) (13)
Electrostatic Hazards Assocated with the Transfer and Storage of Liquid Hydrogen (1962) (13)
Vortex Thermometer for Measuring True Air Temperatures and True Air Speeds in Flight (1950) (12)
Lattice spacings of pseudobinary solid solutions of silver bromide and silver iodide (1971) (11)
STABILIZATION OF A HIGH-VOLTAGE DISCHARGE BY A VORTEX (1960) (11)
Simultaneous observations of lightning radiations from above and below clouds (1980) (10)
Detection and Measurement of Aerosol Particles (1952) (10)
Nucleation of Ice Crystals in Supercooled Clouds Caused by Passage of an Airplane (1986) (10)
New Type of Freezing-Point Apparatus. Freezing Points of Dilute Lanthanum Chloride Solutions (1960) (10)
Ice Nucleation in a Supercooled Cloud by CuI-3AgI and AgI Aerosols (1974) (10)
Miniature Whirlwinds Produced in the Laboratory by High-Voltage Electrical Discharges (1970) (10)
Evaporation of Lava and its Condensation from the Vapour Phase in Terrestrial and Lunar Volcanism (1966) (9)
Techniques for generating silver iodide smoke (1950) (9)
Electrification of frost deposits (1965) (9)
Laboratory Modelling of Cumulus Behavior in a Gaseous Medium (1965) (9)
Increased rates of rainfall production in electrified clouds (1973) (9)
Charging of droplets by impulse corona (1970) (9)
Measurements of the Electrical Conductivities of Air over Hot Water (1988) (9)
ELECTRICAL BEHAVIOR OF AN AIRPLANE IN A THUNDERSTORM (1965) (9)
Technique for the introduction into the atmosphere of high concentrations of electrically charged aerosol particles (1967) (8)
A STUDY OF TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING THE CONCENTRATION OF SPACE CHARGE IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE (1958) (8)
Luminous electrical phenomena associated with nocturnal tornadoes in Huntsville, Ala., 3 April 1974 (1976) (8)
Automatic apparatus for nucleation investigations (1982) (8)
How the external currents flowing to a thundercloud influence its electrification (1991) (8)
Experiments with Silver Iodide Smokes in the Natural Atmosphere (1950) (8)
Comment on ‘On the relation of electrical activity to tornadoes’ by R. P. Davies‐Jones and J. H. Golden (1975) (7)
Comments on “Stratospheric conductivity variations over thunderstorms” by R. H. Holzworth, K. W. Norville, P. M. Kintner and S. P. Powell (1988) (7)
Luminous Phenomena Accompanying Tornadoes (1966) (7)
Nucleation of Ice Formation in Supercooled Clouds as the Result of Lightning (1965) (7)
Formation of a Vortex by an Elevated Electrical Heat Source (1971) (7)
Spray-Nozzle Type Silver-Iodide Smoke Generator for Airplane Use (1952) (7)
A Capillary Collector for Measuring the Deposition of Water Drops on a Surface Moving through Clouds (1949) (7)
Influence of Butyl Alcohol on Shape of Snow Crystals Formed in the Laboratory. (1948) (7)
Initiation of Freezing in Supercooled Cloud Droplets by Ionizing Radiation. (1980) (6)
Nucleation and lattice disregistry. (1972) (6)
Wind Speeds Required to Drive Straws and Splinters into Wood (1976) (6)
Lightning to the upper atmosphere: A vertical light pulse from the top of a thunderstorm as seen by a payload bay TV camera of the space shuttle (1991) (6)
Discussion of paper by W. H. Evans, ‘Electric fields and conductivity in thunderclouds’ (1969) (5)
Electric potential above ocean waves (1974) (5)
Chicken Plucking as Measure of Tornado Wind Speed (1975) (5)
Technique for producing uniform small droplets by capillary waves excited in a small meniscus (1982) (5)
Wilson Cloud Chamber Effect under Natural Conditions (1962) (5)
MOTION-PICTURE TIME-LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY FROM HIGH-ALTITUDE BALLOONS (1958) (5)
Comments On ‘Observations of Two Regions of Charge During Initial Thunderstorm Electrification’ By J. E. Dye, J. J. Jones, A. J. Weinheimer and W. P. Winn (July 1988, 114, 1271‐1290) (1992) (4)
Comment on ‘The electrification of thunderclouds and the rain gush’ by Z. Levin and A. Ziv (1975) (4)
Charged drops produced by bursting of bubbles at the surface of organic liquids (1977) (4)
TAPE RECORDER PHOTOCELL INSTRUMENT FOR DETECTING AND RECORDING LIGHTNING STROKES (1975) (4)
The Design, Construction, and Use of an Ice Crystal Counter for Ice Crystal Cloud Studies by Aircraft (1970) (4)
Apparatus for Measurements of the Electrical Conductivity of Rainwater with High Resolution in Space and Time (1991) (4)
DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT OF AEROSOL PARTICLES BY THE USE OF AN ELECTRICALLY HEATED FILAMENT (1952) (4)
Effect of halogens on the production of condensation nuclei by a heated platinum wire. (1953) (3)
[Comment on “Solar wind mechanism suggested for weather and climate change”] Weather and climate changes arising from solar wind effects on thunderstorm electrification (1995) (3)
Modified Cine Sound Camera for Photographing Thunderstorms and Recording Lightning (1978) (3)
Early history of cloud seeding (1978) (3)
Comments on the paper ‘The electrification of thunderstorms’ by John Latham (Q. J. April 1981, 107, 277–298) (1983) (3)
Atmospheric Ice Crystals (1980) (3)
OBSERVATIONS OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NEW MEXICO (1959) (3)
AGRIMETER FOR MEASUREMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL GRADIENT (1961) (3)
Importance of Evaporative Cooling in the Formation of Thundercloud Downdrafts (1996) (3)
Electrical measurements over active thunderstorms (1988) (3)
Comments on the paper 'The electrification of thunderstorms' (1983) (3)
Electric Rainfall Intensity Sensor. (1978) (2)
Effect of low temperature on the leakage of charge from irradiated methyl methacrylate blocks (1958) (2)
Comment on: Stratosphere-troposphere exchange in a midlatitude mesoscale convective complex, 1, Observations by O. Poulida et al. and Stratosphere-troposphere exchange in a midlatitude mesoscale convective complex, 2, Numerical simulations by G. Stenchikov et al. (1997) (2)
Apparatus Using Radioactive Probes for Measuring the Vertical Component of Atmospheric Potential Gradient from an Airplane (1961) (2)
A Note on Electric Potential Gradient Measurements Near Icelandic Geyser and Steam Plume from Geothermal Well (1965) (2)
A Technique for Measuring Relative Threshold Nucleation Temperatures for Active Nucleation Catalysts (1973) (2)
Hydrometer‐Type Float Method for Measuring Surface and Interfacial Tensions (1942) (2)
Thunderstorm Activity (1973) (2)
Comments [on “The ‘rain gush,’ lightning, and the lower positive charge center in thunderstorms” by E. R. Jayaratne and C. P. R. Saunders] (1986) (2)
A Modification of the Telescope and Scale System for Increased Accuracy in the Measurement of Galvanometer Deflections (1941) (2)
Electrical Detection of Waves at Water-Air Surface (1975) (2)
Comments on ‘‘New measurements of the ion content of evaporation‐humidified air’’ (1987) (2)
Role of cumulus downdrafts in stratosphere-troposphere exchange and in cloud electrification (1997) (2)
VISUAL ANALOGUE OF RADAR BRIGHT BAND PHENOMENON (1960) (2)
Time lapse photography of clouds from high altitude balloons. (1970) (2)
Reduction of thunderstorm electric field intensity produced by corona from a nearby object (1984) (2)
Discussion of paper by J. Brian Matthews, ‘Mass loss and distortion of freely falling water drops in an electric field’ (1968) (2)
Low light level TV images of lightning from space (1984) (2)
Electrical Balance in the Lower Atmosphere (1973) (2)
Airplane Instrument to Detect Ice Particles (1989) (2)
Comments on the Exchange Between Kamra and Saunders Concerning the Inductive Charging Mechanism in Thunderclouds (1978) (2)
Top Weather Event of 1981:Flight of the Space Shuttle (1982) (2)
EFFECTS OF A LIGHTNING DISCHARGE ON AN AEROPLANE (1966) (2)
Airplane instrument for measurement and vectorial presentation of electrical potential gradient (1960) (1)
Instrument for measuring maximum thunderstorm electric field intensity (1974) (1)
Comparisons Between Electrical Processes Occurring Over Land and Over Water (1986) (1)
Electrostatic technique for measuring velocity of small projectiles in transit through glass barrel (1975) (1)
Thin Films of Supersaturated Solutions for Detecting, Counting, and Identifying Very Small Crystalline Particles. (1952) (1)
Apparatus for the Simulation of Rain in the Laboratory (1981) (1)
Ice Nucleation by Miersite (1974) (1)
Thunderstorm observations from Space Shuttle (1983) (1)
Eyewitness Tornado Observations Obtained with Telephone and Tape Recorder (1970) (1)
Comments on “Electrification of Condensing and Evaporating Liquid Drops” (1975) (1)
Allegiance to theory changes with the wind (1994) (1)
Response : Tornadoes: Puzzling Phenomena and Photographs (1967) (1)
SIMPLE ELECTROMETER EMPLOYING AN ELECTRIFIED, NONCONDUCTING FIBER (1957) (1)
Jovian Lightning After Comet Impacts (1995) (1)
Meteorological Phenomenon called Crown Flash (1971) (1)
Langmuir's Seeding of Hurricanes. (1970) (1)
Oscillating vane for measuring speed of gas flow (1988) (1)
Atmospheric Event: Lightning . Martin A. Uman. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1969. xvi + 272 pp., illus. $13.50. McGraw-Hill Advanced Physics Monograph Series. (1969) (1)
Comments on “Thunderstorm electrification: The effect of cloud droplets” by E. R. Jayaratne and C. P. R. Saunders (1987) (1)
STRUCTURE AND MODIFICATION OF CLOUDS AND FOGS. (1969) (1)
Nighttime/daytime optical survey of lightning and convective phenomena experiment (NOSL) (1980) (1)
Cameras for time-lapse photography. (1970) (1)
Lightning observations from the Space Shuttle (1984) (1)
WEATHER NOTE: LUMINOSITY ACCOMPANYING ST. LOUIS TORNADO—FEBRUARY 10, 1959 (1959) (0)
Lightning and Static Electricity Conference, 12-15 December 1972 (1972) (0)
DOWNDRAFTS IN CUMULUS CLOUDS (1955) (0)
Early experiments with Silver Iodide (1976) (0)
INVESTIGATION OF THE PSEUDOBINARY SOLID SOLUTIONS OF AGJ‐CUJ BY MEANS OF X‐RAY DIFFRACTION (1975) (0)
Comments on “Warm-Rain Initiation: An Overview of Microphysical Mechanisms” (1995) (0)
Wind Speed Estimation Based on the Penetration of Straws and Splinters Into Wood (1976) (0)
Space shuttle/mesoscale lightning experiment (1985) (0)
Thunderstorm and lightning observations from Space Shuttle (1979) (0)
Further Comments on “Note on the Potentialities of Cumulonimbus and Hurricane Seeding Experiments” (1966) (0)
The Charles Franklin Brooks Memorial Library (1966) (0)
The Smell of Tornadoes (1997) (0)
Comments on “Ion-Drop Interaction during Drop Evaporation” (1984) (0)
Detachment of Pendant Water Drops by High Voltage Pulses (1975) (0)
Solar Sector Weather Relationships (1974) (0)
Adirondack conference on electrostatics (1969) (0)
Adirondack conference on electrostatics. (1969) (0)
Letter to the editor. (1967) (0)
Book review (1987) (0)
Cat's Cradle and Ice‐Nine (1986) (0)
A Study of Stratospheric Discharges (1981) (0)
"雷雨滞電の降水機構の定量的評価"に関するコメント(要報と質疑)〔英文〕 (1972) (0)
Influence of Butyl Alcohol on Shape of Snow Crystals Formed in the Laboratory (1948) (0)
Desirable Requirement for Scientific Papers Describing Weather Modification Experiments (1966) (0)
Electric-Field Perturbations Caused by Eruption of Yellowstone Geysers (1963) (0)
Response : Nucleation and Lattice Disregistry (1972) (0)
A very brief introduction to meteorology for those to whom the field is new (1997) (0)
Short Contributions: Thunderstorm theory (1965) (0)
Ripple at the edge of a spreading monomolecular film (1943) (0)
Modification of the surface temperature by an artificial cirrus cloud. Final report, September 1, 1980-November 30, 1983 (1983) (0)
OBSERVATIONS OF RAIN AND HAIL GUSHES AFTER LIGHTNING (1963) (0)
Thunderstorm Overflight Program (1980) (0)
Comment On “A Quantitative Assessment of Precipitation Mechanisms of Thunderstorm Electrification” (1972) (0)
Miniature vortices produced by electrical corona (1993) (0)
Crude altimeter. (1970) (0)
Comment on “Trip illumines lightning” by R. D. Hill (1995) (0)
Comment on “A Review of Thunderstorm Electrification Processes” (1994) (0)
Cloud physics observations at the Volcano on Surtsey,Iceland (国際雲物理学会議議事録〔英文〕) (1965) (0)
The effect of the lunar environment on magma generation, migration, and crystallization, August 13, 1964 - August 20, 1965 (1965) (0)
A freezing point apparatus (1939) (0)
Processes causing electrification of ice crystals in thunderclouds (1992) (0)
Letter to the Editor (1967) (0)
PROPOSED FLIGHT PLANS FOR CLOUD STUDIES (1962) (0)
Calcareous incrustation formed on cascades at the Indiana State Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Indianapolis (1939) (0)
Luminous electrical phenomena in Huntsville, Alabama, tornadoes on April 3, 1974 (1976) (0)
Microphysical Studies of Noctilucent Clouds (1992) (0)
Correction to “Anomalous electric fields associated with clouds growing over a source of negative space charge” by C.B. Moore, B. Vonnegut, and D.N. Holden (1991) (0)
Comment on “Ice Particle Concentration in Clouds” (1987) (0)
Comments on `A Radar Study of the Plasma and Geometry of Lightning'. (1991) (0)
RESEARCH IN ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA ASSOCIATED WITH AEROSOLS (1961) (0)
Does Physics Really Rule Out Power‐Line Cancers? (1995) (0)
Comments on the paper by D. Clausse and F. Broto entitled “Influence of a precooling on the nucleation kinetics of ice from water droplets” (1983) (0)
SOME RESULTS OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO THUNDERSTORM CHARGE GENERATION (1956) (0)
In memoriam: Gaston Grenet, 1904–1991 (1993) (0)
ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA ASSOCIATED WITH AEROSOLS (1962) (0)
Tropospheric electrification. [thunderstorms and cloud physics] (1979) (0)

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