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Hail Suppression to Protect Crops in the North Caucasus

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The paper presents brief information about the development of hail suppression technologies in the USSR and the Russian Federation, the main provisions of the currently used automated rocket technology of hail suppression, the characteristics of the modern antihail system in the North Caucasus, the results of evaluating its efficiency, the main problems of the project and recommendations for its further improvement.

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  1. Hail Suppression Research Center, 360004, Nalchik, Russia

    M. T. Abshaev & A. M. Abshaev

  2. Roshydromet Department of State Observation and Scientific Research, 123995, Moscow, Russia

    A. M. Malkarova

  3. High-mountain Geophysical Institute, 360030, Nalchik, Russia

    Kh. A. Tsikanov

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Translated from Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya, 2022, No. 7, pp. 11-27. https://doi.org/10.52002/0130-2906-2022-7-11-27.

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Abshaev, M.T., Abshaev, A.M., Malkarova, A.M. et al. Hail Suppression to Protect Crops in the North Caucasus. Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol. 47, 487–498 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373922070019

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