Indian scientists work on the weather intervention technology to cause or suppress clouds and rain according to the highest official.
“We are currently conducting laboratory experiments. Once we prepare modeling, we replicate it in the real world,” said M. Ravichandran, secretary, Ministry of Sciences of Earth. The Ministry will set up an artificial cloud chamber at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune.
“We are working on the technology of weather intervention, especially that includes cloud vaccination to increase collisions and suppression of the cloud,” said Ravicandran.
Vaccination of clouds increases clotting (rain or snow) with dispersion, such as silver iodide or sodium chloride into clouds. Cloud or hail suppression uses the same compounds to reduce rain or size and hail volume.
According to Ravicandran, similar experiments were carried out in several other countries such as Israel and the US. “However, it is a very small area, because in India it must be operated on the scale. It focuses not only on the suppression of hail, but also on raising precipitation.” As for China, Ravicandran said, “They can do it, but we don’t know much and what scale.”
Indian weather is more complicated than the weather of other tropical areas due to its diverse geography and monsoon system. Unlike tropical countries such as Indonesia or Congo, which may have more uniform weather, India has a wide range of weather.
“The fitting of clouds can increase collisions by up to 20%, improve the replenishment of the tank and the production of water management, improve the retention of soil moisture, increase the level of groundwater charging, reduce the risk of drought, protect ecosystems and support sustainable agriculture,” said Sundeep Talwar.
IGF India examines a pilot program on artificial intelligence (AI), which powered cloud microphysics with Indian meteorological department (IMD) and universities to study the impact of rain techniques in India.
Cloud vaccination can help strengthen precipitation, promote farmers and prevent crops failure in the states or in regions susceptible to drought such as Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. About 55% of Indian land rely on irrigation.
Cloud vaccination technology can also be used to manage unconventional (renewable) energy sources, especially solar, wind and hydroelectric power, by adjusting weather conditions to stabilize or increase the output, according to ravicandran.
On the other hand, the suppression of cloud or hail can be useful during significant events to temporarily prevent collisions and floods in low -laid areas.
“The weather is currently managing us. We want to handle the weather,” said Ravichandran. “For this reason, any infrastructure such as radar, satellite, computer, high -performance computer, supercomputer, all these things we want to install and do, experiment, even laboratory and other things are required.”
According to him, if it followed the plan, the ministry would be able to do it in less than ten years.
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