Over 200 cloud seeding missions conducted in UAE from January to June this year
Abu Dhabi: A total of 219 cloud seeding operations across the UAE were conducted in the first six months of the year to enhance the country’s water supply, the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) revealed on Monday.
From January to June, a total of 4,841 flares as well as 419 ground generator flares were used by NCM’s Emirates Weather Enhancement Factory. Cloud seeding enhances rainfall from existing cloud formations. It is done by firing special flares that are loaded with salt crystals into convective clouds. The process then attracts tiny particles of water that collide and become heavier which then fall as rain. NCM has a sophisticated network of radars that monitor the country’s atmosphere around the clock and provide data… Continue Reading (2 minute read)