In May, meteorologist and researcher Keri Nicoll told CNN, "What we are trying to do is to make the droplets inside the clouds big enough so that when they fall out of the cloud, they survive down to the surface."
According to the UAE's National Center of Meteorology, the rain was caused by cloud seeding operations. According to the reports, scientists created precipitation by launching drones that hit clouds with chemicals such as silver iodide. Some drones also hit clouds with streams of electricity, which cause droplets to clump together. The larger raindrops that result then fall to the ground.
It’s so hot in Dubai, the government is paying scientists to make it rain.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 21, 2021
Scientists created rainstorms by launching drones, which then zapped clouds with electricity to cause droplets to clump together and fall to the ground. https://t.co/eRZDJNZNDG
For this, the scientists received a grant of $1.5 million over three years from the UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science, as per the newspaper report. Meteorologist Maarten Ambaum told BBC News that the water table is sinking drastically in (the) UAE and the purpose of this (project) is to try to help with rainfall." Check out the flooding roads of Dubai amid the rain-making project -
Well, this technology can create more effective rain within clouds and can help in alleviating the water problem too. This clearly indicates that the cloud seeding operation is representing the growing global interest in rainmaking technologies. As even small quantities of silver iodide to clouds and the particles trigger water droplets to heavy rainfall.
Even UAE's National Center of Meteorology shared footage online which showed heavy downpours flooding roads.
