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Advances in weather modification from 1997 to 2007 in China

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Rapid and significant advances in issues relevant to weather modification have been made in the last decade in China due to high water resource stresses and severe weather hazards induced by climate change. This paper reported some progress in aspects of theoretical modeling, field experiment and cloud-seeding tools, as well as research projects regarding weather modification during the ten years from 1997 to 2007.

More advanced theoretical models such as cloud models with bin-microphysics and glaciogenic and hygroscopic seeding processes, and mesoscale cloud-resolving models with AgI-seeding processes have been developed to study seeding-induced changes of cloud structure and precipitation as well as to understand critical issues in association with weather modification. More advanced cloud-seeding tools such as mobile ground-based launching system of AgI-rockets and aircraft-based AgI-flares have been developed and used in operation. Several important projects aimed at exploring weather modification techniques and their applications have been conducted during this period.

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    Xueliang Guo  (郭学良)

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    Xueliang Guo  (郭学良) & Guoguang Zheng  (郑国光)

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Guo, X., Zheng, G. Advances in weather modification from 1997 to 2007 in China. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 26, 240–252 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-009-0240-8

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