Repurposing weather modification for cloud research showcased by ice crystal growth. [PDF]
PNAS NexusThe representation of cloud processes in models is one of the largest sources of uncertainty in weather forecast and climate projections. While laboratory settings offer controlled conditions for studying cloud processes, they cannot reproduce the full ...
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Seeding the clouds to reach the sky: Will China's weather modification practices support the legitimization of climate engineering? [PDF]
Ambio, 2020 Bluemling B, Kim RE, Biermann F.
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Examining the explosion effect of hail suppression operation using phased array radar observation data [PDF]
Scientific ReportsDuring a hailstorm in Weining County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, on July 27, 2022, the radar echo of a strong convective monomer rapidly changed after a hail suppression operation.
Hao Li +9 more
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Warm Cloud Size Distribution Experiment Based on 70 m3 Expansion Cloud Chamber
应用气象学报, 2023 To better understand the influence of aerosols on micro-properties of clouds and to facilitate weather modification experiments including the analysis of various materials' seeding effect on clouds and precipitation, Beijing Weather Modification Center ...
Li Ruijie +6 more
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Concentration and Physical Characteristics of Black Carbon in Winter Snow of Beijing in 2015
Atmosphere, 2021 In Beijing, the probability of snowfall is decreasing as a result of global warming. At the same time, Beijing has suffered severe air pollution. In this paper, the concentration and particle size characteristics of BC (Black Carbon) in snow during the ...
Delong Zhao +6 more
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A numerical simulation of CCN impacts on weather modification efficiency
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 Aerosols affect development of clouds and precipitation by serving as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) and ice nuclei (IN). Considering the dramatically changing ambient aerosol concentration, it is important to examine the potential “side effect” of ...
Xiaofeng Lou, Yu Shi, Y. Shan
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Effects of Air Pollutants on Summer Precipitation in Different Regions of Beijing
Atmosphere, 2022 Many studies have shown that air pollutants have complex impacts on urban precipitation. Meteorological weather station and satellite Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) product data from the last 20 years, combined with simulation results from the Weather ...
Yan Yang +5 more
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Scientific Data, 2023 Regional climate models can be used to examine how past weather events might unfold under different climate conditions by simulating analogue versions of those events with modified thermodynamic conditions (i.e., warming signals).
A. Jones +7 more
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Aircraft Observation of a Two-Layer Cloud and the Analysis of Cold Cloud Seeding Effect
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 A two-layer stratus cloud was developed under the weather of an upper-level trough and return flow in North China. King-air 350 meteorological aircraft was designated to acquire the microphysical characteristics of this cloud. Within the lower-level warm
Xiaobo Dong +7 more
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Characteristics of Aerosol and Cloud over the Central Plain of North China in Summer
应用气象学报, 2021 The vertical distribution of aerosols and clouds is a key issue in the indirect climate effects of aerosols. Based on the aerosol and cloud droplet number concentration data observed by 6 aircrafts over the central plain of North China from July to ...
Li Yiyu +6 more
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