What is cloud seeding,
Cloud seeding is a form of weather modification, a way of changing the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds, by dispersing substances into the air that serve as cloud condensation or ice nuclei, which alter the microphysical processes within the cloud. The usual intent is to increase precipitation (rain or snow), but hail and fog suppression are also widely practiced in airports.
The most widely used rain-making technique is probably cloud seeding, which involves priming clouds with particles of silver iodide dispersed by airplanes. (scientists call this weather-modification) Once those silver iodide particles make their way into a ripe cloud, they collide with drops of supercooled water and form ice; the ice then falls to the ground, melting along the way. Despite its dubious reputation, new science suggests that under the right circumstances, cloud seeding does indeed work.
For more than half a century scientists have experimented with squeezing more water out of clouds and dumping that priceless H2O on the parched earth. Most have failed, or at least produced inconclusive results, but a mounting body of evidence now suggests that if done properly, cloud seeding can be effective.
Airplanes aren’t the only way to seed clouds. China's massive weather-modification program includes a battery of 5,000 rocket launchers, which fire particles into puffy clouds in attempt to draw rain.
In nearly all other cases, tiny grains of silver iodide are used as seeds. But the National Center for Atmospheric Research has successfully used a mixture of sodium, magnesium and calcium chloride, and it appears this type of seeding works better than silver iodide in drought stricken areas.
In Abu Dhabi, a company called Meteo Systems is attempting to pull rain from the sky with electricity. The theory is that electrified, umbrella-shaped towers can send negatively charged particles into the air, increasing the chance that supercooled droplets will collide with freezing nuclei, thus becoming rain. Experts, however, are highly skeptical.
French winemakers and other agriculturists have long used hail cannons to try to save their fruit from storm damage. Every few seconds an explosion in the cannon’s lower chamber sends a loud boom skyward; the theory is that the resulting shock waves will break up the ice before it reaches the ground, saving the crop from hail but providing the much needed rain.
Cloud seeding is a form of weather modification, a way of changing the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds, by dispersing substances into the air that serve as cloud condensation or ice nuclei, which alter the microphysical processes within the cloud. The usual intent is to increase precipitation (rain or snow), but hail and fog suppression are also widely practiced in airports.
The most widely used rain-making technique is probably cloud seeding, which involves priming clouds with particles of silver iodide dispersed by airplanes. (scientists call this weather-modification) Once those silver iodide particles make their way into a ripe cloud, they collide with drops of supercooled water and form ice; the ice then falls to the ground, melting along the way. Despite its dubious reputation, new science suggests that under the right circumstances, cloud seeding does indeed work.
For more than half a century scientists have experimented with squeezing more water out of clouds and dumping that priceless H2O on the parched earth. Most have failed, or at least produced inconclusive results, but a mounting body of evidence now suggests that if done properly, cloud seeding can be effective.
Airplanes aren’t the only way to seed clouds. China's massive weather-modification program includes a battery of 5,000 rocket launchers, which fire particles into puffy clouds in attempt to draw rain.
In nearly all other cases, tiny grains of silver iodide are used as seeds. But the National Center for Atmospheric Research has successfully used a mixture of sodium, magnesium and calcium chloride, and it appears this type of seeding works better than silver iodide in drought stricken areas.
In Abu Dhabi, a company called Meteo Systems is attempting to pull rain from the sky with electricity. The theory is that electrified, umbrella-shaped towers can send negatively charged particles into the air, increasing the chance that supercooled droplets will collide with freezing nuclei, thus becoming rain. Experts, however, are highly skeptical.
French winemakers and other agriculturists have long used hail cannons to try to save their fruit from storm damage. Every few seconds an explosion in the cannon’s lower chamber sends a loud boom skyward; the theory is that the resulting shock waves will break up the ice before it reaches the ground, saving the crop from hail but providing the much needed rain.
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