We really can control the weather but it isn't very useful

• Autores: Michael Marshall
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3271, 2020, pág. 10
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Marshall discusses the project called SNOWIE (Seeded Natural and Orographic Wintertime clouds - the Idaho Experiment). On 20 days in January 2017, Sarah Tessendorf and her colleagues seeded orographic clouds, which form when air is forced up over mountains. They sprayed silver iodide from an aeroplane flying in a zigzag to create a pattern in the sky. The team used radar to look for the seeding pattern in the clouds, with mobile radars on ridges to scan for subsequent snowfall in places where normal weather radar couldn't reach. On three days, the team found evidence of snowfall resulting from seeding.