China Weather System
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Can Mother Nature be Changed?
In reality….No, it is not possible to control the weather. Can the weather be altered? Absolutely, and that is what China has been researching. A common practice for over50 years
China is heavily populated with very bad smog and pollution.
Help clear smog and pollution Help provide more crops and water to the
cities. Olympics 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/09/content_9079637.htm
Works when too much moisture is collected in clouds to a point of saturation, when the clouds can no longer support the moisture.
When the clouds can no longer support the moisture, rain droplets are formed and begin to fall.
Cloud seeding What?
Nuclei How?
Guns Planes
Why? Expedite
Salts, calcium, chloride, dry ice or silver iodide.
Chinese use silver iodide because it is similar to ice crystals
Beijing’s water basins have increased over 13 percent
Cloud seeding often helps to cool temperatures
Static Silver Iodide
Dynamic Boosts vertical air currents = more water
Hygroscopic Disperses salts to enlarge rain drops
12,000 anti-aircraft guns and rocket launchers
30 planes 32,000-35,000 people participate
China spends 60-90 millions dollars a year
Pay farmers $100 / month to fire anti-aircraft guns
While some of the cities need rainfall, others do not.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3893671.stm
Accused of stealing rain? That’s right, some cities say others using
cloud seeding stole their potential clouds China man angry:
Haikou knew they were to experience droughts over winter and over extended cloud seeding
Beijing 2008 Olympics http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/09/
content_9079637.htm Can China Control the Weather?
http://science.howstuffworks.com/cloud-seeding.htm
China rain-making creates a storm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/
3893671.stm Rainfall Report
http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/gdrf/gd_actb.shtml
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