Efficiency of Using Some Agents in Cloud Seeding Processes
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37375/jlgs.v4i2.2842Keywords:
cloud seeding, silver iodide, weather modification, cold cloud, warm cloudAbstract
This study aims to clarify the most important weather modifications and techniques used and their efficiency, the most important of which is cloud seeding and seeding materials that are effective in producing Nuclei, and to make a comparison between them and the economic feasibility they achieve. It turns out that Silver iodide has been shown to be an effective seeding material, but it is economically inefficient as it is high in cost, while dry ice is an efficient and effective material, but its effectiveness is less compared to silver iodide, and that there is a possibility of using these materials to dispel fog and hail, as was shown by analyzing the cloud seeding data in Syria as an example of a relationship between the intensity of silver iodide pyrotechnic release and the rate of rainfall during the seeding period.
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