Targeting and impacts of AgI cloud seeding based on rain chemical composition and cloud top phase characterization

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 114-115, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-130

  Zipori, Assaf ^a   Rosenfeld, Daniel ^a   Shpund, Jacob ^a   Steinberg, David M ^b   Erel, Yigal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cloud seeding; Rain chemistry; Satellite images; Silver iodide (AgI)

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT AREA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONTROL STATION; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ICE CONTENT; ICE NUCLEI; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD; PHASE CHARACTERIZATION; PRECIPITATION FORMATION; PRECIPITATION SAMPLES; SATELLITE IMAGES; SECOND GENERATION; SILVER IODIDE; STATISTICAL STUDY; TRACE METAL;

CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLOUD SEEDING; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; RAIN; SILVER;

SILVER HALIDES;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD SEEDING; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SILVER;

ISRAEL; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

EID: 84862304858     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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