{"id":737,"date":"2016-10-02T01:13:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T01:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mandalaprojects.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=737"},"modified":"2016-10-02T01:18:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T01:18:52","slug":"rain-making-event-database-rmed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mandalaprojects.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/rain-making-event-database-rmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain-Making Event Database (RMED)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This site focuses on an existing method of geo-engineering — rain-making. \u00a0Proven abilities to make rain are more than 50 years old. \u00a0There are wide differences in beliefs on effectiveness, and it is not the intention to debate that. \u00a0It does intend to catalogue events for comparison on outcomes and, more importantly, to avoid potential conflict from rain-making activities that may have international implications or the perceptions of them.<\/p>\n

Database of Cloud Seeding Countries<\/strong>
\nUse is Rain, Hail, or Both\/\/Extent is High, Medium, and Low based on expenditures<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Country<\/td>\nUse*<\/td>\nExtent<\/td>\nNotes<\/td>\nSource<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Algeria<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nFrance began testing in 1952<\/td>\nArab Cloud<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Argentina<\/td>\nH<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\nHail suppression for southern hemisphere spring planting<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Australia<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nHigh<\/td>\nExtensive use especially during current drought period, especially in Australian Alps<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Austria<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\nCloud seeding and hail suppression<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bulgaria<\/td>\nH<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burkina Faso<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nProposed<\/td>\nCILSS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brazil<\/td>\nC<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\nExtensive seasonal use<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burkina Faso<\/td>\nC<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cambodia<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nCambodia is receiving technical assistance from Thailand<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canada<\/td>\nH<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\nHail suppression for spring crops and also storm disbursement.<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cape Verde<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nProposed<\/td>\nCILSS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chad<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nProposed<\/td>\nCILSS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chile<\/td>\nC<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
China<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nHigh<\/td>\n$100 million year, China building drone fleet.
\nhttp:\/\/www.wired.com\/dangerroom\/2010\/11\/weather-machines-origami-drones-and-battlefield-dioramas-inside-chinas-big-air-show\/<\/td>\n		NCAR, Wired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cuba<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nMedium and rising<\/td>\nExtensive seasonal use.\u00a0 Also assisting Venezuela due to drought there.<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
France<\/td>\nC<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gambia<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nProposed<\/td>\nCILSS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Germany<\/td>\nH<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\nHail suppression largely.<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greece<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guinea Bissau<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\nProposed<\/td>\nCILSS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hungary<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
India<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nHigh<\/strong><\/td>\nKarnataka<\/strong>, <\/strong>Maharashtra,<\/strong> Andhra Pradesh are leading areas.\u00a0 In August 2012, the city of Mumbai paid to induce artificial rains because the Cauvery Basin Dam was low.\u00a0 Antara News, September 11, 2012, \u201cCloud Seeding in Riau, Jambi, and Central Kalimantan to suppress haze from Forest Fires\u201d <\/strong><\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indonesia<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Israel<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\nIsrael uses cloud seeding to increase precipitation totals during rain events.<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iran<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\nCentral Iran, Yazd<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iraq<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nBegin 1989<\/td>\nArab Cloud<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Japan<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jordan<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\nBegin 1986<\/td>\nArab Cloud<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Korea<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\nHas been used for fog dispersal<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Libya<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nBegin 1971<\/td>\nNCAR, Arab Cloud<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malaysia<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nOctober 2012, Used in Bohol amid severe El Nino cycle.<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mali<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nBegin in 2005<\/td>\nCILSS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mauritania<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nProposed<\/td>\nCILSS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mexico<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\nHelp from US<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morocco<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\nBegin 1983<\/td>\nNCAR, Arab Cloud<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Niger<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\nBegin in 2005<\/td>\nCILSS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pakistan<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philippines<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saudi Arabia<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\nBegin in 1990, used in Southwest along the disputed Yemen border.<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senegal<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nProposed<\/td>\nCILSS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Africa<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spain<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Russia<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nHigh<\/td>\nUsed after Chernobyl to deflect radioactive rain prior to reaching Moscow.<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Syria<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nBegin in 1991<\/td>\nArab Cloud<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thailand<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nProviding technical assistance to Cambodia<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
United Arab Emirates<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nHigh<\/td>\nUS NCAR project begins in 2000
\nhttp:\/\/www.ral.ucar.edu\/projects\/UAE\/<\/a>
\n<\/strong>2012, misting devices used to create localized rain in Abu Dhabi.<\/td>\n		NCAR, Time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
United States<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nHigh<\/td>\nBegin 1946, $15 million year.\u00a0 Extensively used in the west<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uzbekistan<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Venezuela<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nMedium<\/td>\nHelp from Cuba during drought has led to US fears of dual-use.<\/td>\nArticle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zimbabwe<\/td>\nR<\/td>\nLow<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNCAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

* Cloud seeding for precipitation: rain and snow enhancement (R), hail suppression (H), or both (B).<\/p>\n

Note: snow enhancement is used to build snow pack and the build snow for skiing.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/p>\n

Arab Cloud Seeding, http:\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?a=v&q=cache:1gIQPHmDNdQJ:www.wmo.int\/pages\/prog\/arep\/wmp\/ninth_wea_mod\/documents\/Al_Fenadi.pdf+cloud+seeding+egypt&hl=en&gl=us&sig=AHIEtbRzZzDC3qmhdqRDOOz5ZAwE8aPffA<\/a><\/p>\n

Africa cloud seeding
\nhttp:\/\/www.irc.nl\/page\/10355<\/a><\/p>\n

CILSS (Committee Against Drought in West Africa)
\nhttp:\/\/www.cilss.bf\/<\/p>\n

NCAR (National center for Atmospheric Research)
\nhttp:\/\/www.ncar.ucar.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This site focuses on an existing method of geo-engineering — rain-making. \u00a0Proven abilities to make rain are more than 50 years old. \u00a0There are wide differences in beliefs on effectiveness, and it is not the intention to debate that. \u00a0It does intend to catalogue events for comparison on outcomes and, more importantly, to avoid potential […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-737","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandalaprojects.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandalaprojects.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandalaprojects.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandalaprojects.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandalaprojects.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mandalaprojects.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":739,"href":"https:\/\/mandalaprojects.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/737\/revisions\/739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandalaprojects.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}