Wallace, Matthew L. (Author)
The development of weather modification research in Canada was central to the evolution of post-war atmospheric science at the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC). We highlight two large-scale projects in Alberta and Quebec, as weather modification research moved from the laboratory to the field in the 1950s and 1960s. This allows us to demonstrate how the natural, political, social and economic environment of a region can contribute to determining the trajectory of the MSC and of atmospheric science in Canada, two topics which have largely remained unexplored in the historiography of Canadian science. Our examination of weather modification research sheds light on links with the Canadian public service, the political sphere, the scientific community and the private sector. We characterize the dominant inter-institutional power structures which allowed the MSC to develop an internal and external atmospheric research capacity. However, this position of the MSC, as determined by a precise governmental mandate, results in very little latitude in terms of how research is conducted, both on a regional and national level.
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