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Perspectives for research in wet chemistry and unintentional cloud modification from the discipline of purposeful cloud modification

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Fundamental goals and scientific problems facing researchers in purposeful cloud modification and applicable to air quality pertaining to unintentional cloud modification are defined. These encompass experimental design and verification, transport and dispersion, aerosol and hydrometeor evolution and removal, and the interactive nature of chemical, microphysical, dynamical and other cloud processes on micro- to mesoscales. Some recent advances in purposeful weather modification are reviewed and parallels are drawn to wet chemistry and unintentional cloud modification. Gains to be made in further cross-fertilization of the disciplines are suggested.

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Reinking, R.F. Perspectives for research in wet chemistry and unintentional cloud modification from the discipline of purposeful cloud modification. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 41, 381–405 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00120453

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