Application of Meteorological Satellite Data to the Effect Evaluation of Artificial Precipitation Enhancement by Airplane Seeding
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Abstract:
During the course of weather modification by airplane seeding on March 14,2000,the real time remote sensing data of a polar orbiting meteorological satellite produce the evidences for artificial precipitation enhancement.The catalyzer diffusion after the airplane flying is analyzed.The wind transportation for catalyzer and the effect of precipitation enhancement over the ground are discussed.The preliminary results show that:(1) after the course about one hour and 23 minutes,the maximum diffusion windth caused by the random movement is 11 km,the catalyzer's diffusion area of the random movement is about 2508 km2,and there is a sunk area about 1505 3 in the top of the cloud;(2) According to the analysis of satellite data,the affected area by the wind transportation is about 7500 2,it is three times as much as the diffusion area of the random movement.It is obvious that the wind transportation is the key factor of catalyzer diffusion.