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How soon can we expect rain in the UAE?
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How soon can we expect rain in the UAE?
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Gulf News takes a closer look at the scientific process of cloud seeding in the UAE and what
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it all means.
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Over the last few years, the NCM was able to give Mother Nature a helping hand with
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some science and accelerate the annual rainfall with its cloud seeding project.
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The UAE was one of the first countries in the Arabian Gulf to adopt cloud seeding technology.
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The program initially began at the end of 1990, but by the end of 2000, the fully-fledged
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was carried out in cooperation with a number of organizations and institutes, including
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the U.S. space agency, NASA.
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It's now standard practice for the NCM's cloud seeding section to use a sophisticated weather
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surveillance radar, or WSR, which is responsible for monitoring the atmospheric pressure around
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the clock.
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Cloud seeding missions can only be carried out with cumulus cloud formations, so once
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they're identified, the NCM will quickly launch aircrafts carrying salt crystals mixed
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with magnesium, sodium chloride and potassium chloride that are shot into the skies.
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The salt crystal flares then encourage the formation and release of cloud moisture, which
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then turn into precipitation.
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The cloud seeding mission is not constrained by seasons and is carried out throughout the
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year whenever seedable clouds are detected.
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So while the project may boost the amount of rainfall, it cannot take all the credit
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for all of the rainfall, as the global success rate of cloud seeding lies between 15 and
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30 percent.
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While the rainmaking project continues to be studied by countries around the world,
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the UAE remains at the forefront in paving the way for international cloud seeding research.
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