Investigation of Thundercloud Features in Different Regions by Andrei Sin’kevich, Bruce Boe, Sunil Pawar, Jing Yang, Ali Abshaev, Yulia Dovgaluk, Julduz Gekkieva, Venkatachalam Gopalakrishnan, Alexander Kurov, Yurii Mikhailovskii, Marina Toropova, Nikolai Veremei

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Aerosol—Cloud Interaction with Summer Precipitation over Major Cities in Eritrea by Samuel A. Berhane, Lingbing Bu

“…Besides, there exists a gap in the knowledge on suitable and potential areas for cloud seeding. Further, the inadequate understanding of aerosol-cloud-precipitation (ACP) interactions limits the success of weather modification aimed at improving freshwater sources, storage, and recycling. …”
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Feldspar minerals as efficient deposition ice nuclei by J. D. Yakobi-Hancock, L. A. Ladino, J. P. D. Abbatt

“…In addition, the ice nucleation behaviour of the pure minerals is compared to that of complex mixtures, such as Arizona Test Dust (ATD) and Mojave Desert Dust (MDD), and to lead iodide, which has been previously proposed for cloud seeding. Lead iodide was the most efficient ice nucleus (IN), requiring a critical relative humidity with respect to ice (RH_i) of 122.0 ± 2.0% to activate 0.1% of the particles. …”
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Ice nucleation efficiency of AgI: review and new insights by C. Marcolli, C. Marcolli, B. Nagare, A. Welti, A. Welti, U. Lohmann

“…It has relevance for the atmosphere since it is used for glaciogenic cloud seeding. Theoretical and experimental studies over the last 60 years provide a complex picture of silver iodide as an ice-nucleating agent with conflicting and inconsistent results. …”
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Effects of Climate on Variation of Soil Organic Carbon and Alkali-Hydrolyzed Nitrogen in Subtropical Forests: A Case Study of Zhejiang Province, China by Xuekun Cheng, Tao Zhou, Shuhan Liu, Xiaobo Sun, Yufeng Zhou, Lin Xu, Binglou Xie, Jianping Ying, Yongjun Shi

“…Increasing the precipitation or irrigation (cloud seeding) in winter could improve the carbon sequestration capacity of subtropical forest soils. …”
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Glacier geoengineering to address sea-level rise: A geotechnical approach by Andrew Lockley, Michael Wolovick, Bowie Keefer, Rupert Gladstone, Li-Yun Zhao, John C. Moore

“…These include draining or freezing the bed; altering surface albedo; creating obstacles: retaining snow; stiffening shear margins with ice; blocking warm sea water entry; thickening ice shelves (increasing buttressing, and strengthening fractured shelves against disintegration); as well as using regional climate engineering or local cloud seeding to cool the glacier or add snow. Not all of these ideas are judged reasonable or feasible, and even fewer are likely to be found to be advisable after further consideration. …”
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Electrostatic Effects of Corona Discharge on the Spectrum and Density Evolution of Water Droplets in Air by Pengyu Wang, Chuan Li, Jiawei Li, Ming Zhang, Yong Yang, Kexun Yu

“…This article may provide some enlightenment to fog elimination in industrial application and cloud-seeding in atmospheric water resources comprehensive utilization.…”
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Utilizing TVDI and NDWI to Classify Severity of Agricultural Drought in Chuping, Malaysia by Veena Shashikant, Abdul Rashid Mohamed Shariff, Aimrun Wayayok, Md Rowshon Kamal, Yang Ping Lee, Wataru Takeuchi

“…The findings of this research will be of interest to local agriculture authorities, like plantation and meteorology departments to understand drier areas in the state to evaluate water deficits severity and cloud seeding points during drought.…”
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Analysis of aerosol–cloud interactions and their implications for precipitation formation using aircraft observations over the United Arab Emirates by Y. Wehbe, S. A. Tessendorf, C. Weeks, R. Bruintjes, L. Xue, R. Rasmussen, P. Lawson, S. Woods, M. Temimi

“…The state-of-the-art observations presented in this paper can be used to initialize modeling case studies to examine the influence of aerosols on cloud and precipitation processes in the region and to better understand the impacts of hygroscopic cloud seeding on these clouds.</p>…”
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Long Term Monitoring and Connection between Topography and Cloud Cover Distribution in Serbia by Aleksandar Valjarević, Cezar Morar, Jelena Živković, Liudmyla Niemets, Dušan Kićović, Jelena Golijanin, Milena Gocić, Nataša Martić Bursać, Ljiljana Stričević, Igor Žiberna, Nikola Bačević, Ivica Milevski, Uroš Durlević, Tin Lukić

“…Cloud cover analysis and properties can be of the utmost significance for potential cloud seeding. Here, the analysis of the cloud properties was conducted by means of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite recordings. …”
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Impacts of ice-nucleating particles on cirrus clouds and radiation derived from global model simulations with MADE3 in EMAC by C. G. Beer, J. Hendricks, M. Righi

“…In a further sensitivity experiment we analyse the effect of highly efficient INPs proposed for cirrus cloud seeding as a means to reduce global warming by climate engineering. …”
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The Feasibility and Governance of Cyclone Interventions by Jack Miller, Aaron Tang, Thao Linh Tran, Roslyn Prinsley, Mark Howden

“…Potential interventions include cloud seeding, using pipes to inject cool water into cyclone hotspots, injecting particles into the upper atmosphere and atmospheric aerosol injections. …”
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Assessment of Cloud Resources and Potential for Rain Enhancement: Case Study—Minas Girais State, Brazil by Ali M. Abshaev, Magomet T. Abshaev, Boris P. Kolskov, Stuart J. Piketh, Roelof P. Burger, Henno Havenga, Abdulla Al Mandous, Omar Al Yazeedi, Suren R. Hovsepyan, Emil Sîrbu, Dragoș Andrei Sîrbu, Serghei Eremeico, Hristo Krousarski

“…Among different mitigation measures, rain enhancement through cloud seeding could be a tool as part of a water management strategy to replenish ground water sources. …”
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Pre-activation of aerosol particles by ice preserved in pores by C. Marcolli

“…<br><br>Atmospheric relevance of pre-activation by ice preserved in pores may not be generally given but depend on the atmospheric scenario. Lower-level cloud seeding by pre-activated particles released from high-level clouds crucially depends on the ability of pores to retain ice at the relative humidities and temperatures of the air masses they pass through. …”
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Identifying the seeding signature in cloud particles from hydrometeor residuals by M. Konwar, B. Werden, B. Werden, E. C. Fortner, S. Bera, M. Varghese, S. Chowdhuri, S. Chowdhuri, K. Hibert, P. Croteau, J. Jayne, M. Canagaratna, N. Malap, S. Jayakumar, S. A. Dixit, P. Murugavel, D. Axisa, D. Baumgardner, P. F. DeCarlo, D. R. Worsnop, T. Prabhakaran

“…<p>Cloud seeding experiments for modifying clouds and precipitation have been underway for nearly a century; yet practically all the attempts to link precipitation enhancement or suppression to the presence of seeding materials within clouds remain elusive. …”
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Scaling artificial heat islands to enhance precipitation in the United Arab Emirates by O. Branch, L. Jach, T. Schwitalla, K. Warrach-Sagi, V. Wulfmeyer

“…To counteract this problem, the UAE has conducted cloud-seeding operations and intensive desalination for many years but is now considering other means of increasing water resources. …”
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Effect of dust on rainfall over the Red Sea coast based on WRF-Chem model simulations by S. P. Parajuli, G. L. Stenchikov, A. Ukhov, S. Mostamandi, P. A. Kucera, D. Axisa, W. I. Gustafson Jr., Y. Zhu

“…Our results also have implications for cloud seeding and water resource management.</p>…”
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TROPOMI tropospheric ozone column data: geophysical assessment and comparison to ozonesondes, GOME-2B and OMI by D. Hubert, K.-P. Heue, K.-P. Heue, J.-C. Lambert, T. Verhoelst, M. Allaart, S. Compernolle, P. D. Cullis, A. Dehn, C. Félix, B. J. Johnson, A. Keppens, D. E. Kollonige, D. E. Kollonige, C. Lerot, D. Loyola, M. Maata, S. Mitro, M. Mohamad, A. Piters, F. Romahn, H. B. Selkirk, H. B. Selkirk, F. R. da Silva, R. M. Stauffer, R. M. Stauffer, A. M. Thompson, J. P. Veefkind, H. Vömel, J. C. Witte, C. Zehner

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3D CITY MODELS FOR URBAN MINING: POINT CLOUD BASED SEMANTIC ENRICHMENT FOR SPECTRAL VARIATION IDENTIFICATION IN HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGERY by P. A. Ruben, R. Sileryte, G. Agugiaro

“…So-called deviations are mapped onto a 3D building model by comparing it with a point cloud. Seeded region growing approach based on distance and orientation features is used for the comparison. …”
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Cancer ablation by high intensity focused ultrasound by Law, Berlinda Siu Kwun

“…This could be due to the presence of residual clouds seeding the subsequent bubble clouds which affected the area of lesions for PRF of 100 Hz. …”
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