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Topic started on 19-2-2009 @ 02:51 PM by karl 12


China lets it snow to end drought

Beijing enjoyed its third day of artificially induced snow on Thursday after its longest drought in 38 years.

The four-month drought ended on Tuesday when snow fell after iodide sticks had been fired into the sky to seed clouds.

Hundreds of sticks were also blasted on Wednesday to increase the snowfall over northern China.

"The snow has brought moisture to the soil, which may help end the drought," Guo Yingchun, an engineer at a meteorological observatory said.


news.bbc.co.uk...

Couldn't a government who 'artificialy manipulate their own climatic conditions' be seen as a little bit irresponsible -could it not have unknown ramifications for the global weather system as a whole?

The 'induced snow in China' story was reported by the BBC -I don't know if theres any objective evidence for cloudseeding technology but if there is,what happens when everybody starts doing it?


[edit on 02/10/08 by karl 12]


reply posted on 19-2-2009 @ 03:29 PM by munkey66
reply to post by kaffemoka


you need the right conditions and clouds for seeding to work.
You can't just shoot into blue sky and hope it rains.


reply posted on 19-2-2009 @ 03:29 PM by munkey66
reply to post by kaffemoka


hmmm a double post
slow connection today

[edit on 19-2-2009 by munkey66]

[edit on 19-2-2009 by munkey66]


reply posted on 19-2-2009 @ 03:32 PM by karl 12
reply to post by Phage


Phage thanks for the comprehensive reply -quite a lot of reading to do there.


reply posted on 4-10-2009 @ 01:49 PM by karl 12
reply to post by OzWeatherman


Oz -interesting stuff. up:
It appears they've been at it again with the Silver Iodide:

Beijing to manipulate weather on Oct. 1

Beijing is preparing to manipulate the weather to ensure that it does not rain on its National Day parade on Oct 1.

Zhang Qiang, deputy director of the Beijing Weather Modification Office, told China Daily that "artificial rain reduction" measures were in place for the National Day celebration, during which President Hu Jintao will give a speech and the military will parade past the Tian'anmen Square.

Similar moves were taken during the Beijing Olympic Games last year, when meteorological workers fired 1,104 rain dispersal rockets from 21 sites in the capital on the eve of the opening ceremony, which prevented a rain belt from moving toward the stadium.

"From weather records for the National Day in Beijing in the past three decades, we see a 30 percent chance of rainfall, mostly drizzle," Guo Hu, head of the Beijing meteorological bureau (BMB), told China Daily.


Silver Iodide:

The common way for artificial rain reduction is cloud seeding -- dispersing substances like silver iodide into the air to alter the microphysical processes within the cloud. The chemical can cause temporary incapacitation or possible residual injury to humans and mammals if intensively exposed.

But the amount used in rain reduction is small, which causes no harm to the environment or humans, Ye said.

en.ce.cn...
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