{"id":38010,"date":"2023-01-31T09:11:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T10:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/?p=38010"},"modified":"2023-01-31T10:37:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T10:37:58","slug":"rain-enhancement-technologies-are-flourishing-in-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/2023\/01\/31\/rain-enhancement-technologies-are-flourishing-in-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain enhancement technologies are flourishing in UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rain enhancement is critical to boosting water security in dry regions. As both an arid country and an emerging innovation hub, the UAE has proved to be the ideal environment from which to test, pioneer and scale techniques and initiatives in rain enhancement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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In a relatively short time, the country has made a significant contribution to the world\u2019s understanding of rain enhancement and water security.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Deploying cloud seeding for around two decades, the UAE has in that time tested and demonstrated various technologies, including the use of drones for detecting seedable clouds and dispersing seeding materials, the use of artificial intelligence, specifically machine learning, to achieve enhanced precipitation nowcasting using radar, satellite and numerical weather model data to train the artificial intelligence system.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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That\u2019s not to mention the country\u2019s exploration of cloud electrical properties, warm and cold cloud precipitation processes, artificial cloud creation, land and atmosphere interactions that impact rainfall, and a novel nanotechnology with the potential to increase the rate and extent of rainfall formation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Aside from further enhancing the country\u2019s extensive meteorology and cloud seeding operations and infrastructure \u2013 which include a supercomputer, 100 meteorological stations, a network of radars, specially-designed aircraft and a factory producing high-quality hygroscopic salt flares for seeding \u2013 the UAE is supporting the research of scientists locally and around the world to achieve new innovations for rainfall enhancement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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So far, the UAE Research Programme for Rain Enhancement Science has awarded around $18 million in grants to scientists. The impact of all this investment is becoming increasingly apparent.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The country \u2013 which records on average 100mm of precipitation annually \u2013 has seen the intensity of rainfall increase gradually, with July 2022 breaking a 27-year record for non-stop rainfall.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Perhaps more importantly though, understanding of the processes behind this rainfall and the means to stimulate it have increased dramatically. The UAE\u2019s success in rain enhancement is largely due to the enabling ecosystem built to support rain enhancement research and development (R&D).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The country has long been regarded as a regional leader in its drive toward science-based innovation and sustainability. Both priorities are exemplified by the establishment of the Emirates Research Development Council last year and the UAE\u2019s hosting of COP28 this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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One of the country\u2019s flagship platforms, the UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science (UAEREP), serves as a model for impactful research, development, and innovation that moves research from the laboratory environment to practical value creation. It has also played an important role in shaping the national approach to environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The programme was designed to cover all key aspects of rainfall advancement, inclusive of modelling, materials, infrastructure and operations, and has been successful in enabling and supporting rapid technology development, particularly numerical weather modelling advances and cloud seeding material, from early-stage research to validation in relevant and operational environments.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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