image: 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. view more
Credit: Image courtesy of Oliver Branch
科研人员报告说，模拟了在以色列和安曼的沙漠中的100平方公里的耐沙漠荷荷巴灌木种植园的一个模型表明，在适当的大气条件下，这类种植园可以引起对流并且增强降雨；这组作者说，这些模拟还帮助确立了一个全球反馈指数，它评估了用于这种降水增强和生物地球工程的沙漠环境的适合性。
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Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences