On the leeside of mountains, bands of heavy snow in some areas with trace amounts of snow in between is likely the result of:

The correct response is "Cloud seeding".

Explanation:

A strategy to stimulate as well as enhance the amount of rainfall by spreading dryness ice, as well as iodide particulate matter across storm cloud development throughout a particular location, could be considered as Cloud seeding.Dried ice solidifies freshwater raindrops throughout the sky and turns the latter into some raindrop

B. to study the spatial patterning of forests and forests fires and plan for better use of fire fighting resources in the u.s.