Project description
Using drones for cloud seeding to understand ice and precipitation formation in clouds
Despite attempts to use chemicals to modify weather by seeding clouds in past decades, scientists still lack a deeper understanding of the fundamental processes in clouds that lead to precipitation. To fill this knowledge gap, the EU-funded CLOUDLAB project will apply a pioneering methodology of using drones for cloud seeding (injection of different ice-nucleating particle concentrations) to investigate microphysical changes related to ice formation and cloud evolution. It will be part of a multidimensional approach of targeted cloud seeding (including ground-based remote sensing and a tethered balloon system), focusing on wintertime stratus clouds in Switzerland, in conditions allowing the repetition of field experiments under comparable conditions. Expected results include an improved precipitation forecast and knowledge transfer to climate intervention methods.
Fields of science
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesmeteorology
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringremote sensing
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsautonomous robotsdrones
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Funding Scheme
ERC-ADG - Advanced Grant
Host institution
8092 Zuerich
Switzerland
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8092 Zuerich
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