Cloud and Rainfall Enhancement (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Cloud and Rainfall Enhancement

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Cloud and rainfall enhancement over a jojoba plantation in the coastal desert of Oman. Contour colours show atmopheric heating (watts per square meter), wind vectors show winds at 10 m height above ground (unscaled), with vectors colors showing temperature at 2 m height above ground (Kelvins). Black vectors are updrafts and downdrafts associated with the development of a convective cell. Liquid-phase clouds are grey-silver and rainfall is shown as blue-turquoise.

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Image courtesy of Oliver Branch

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