Dubai’s Unique Way to Bring Rain, Stun Clouds with Drones

KOMPAS.com – As a country that has little rainfall, United Arab Emirates (UAE) often creates artificial rain to supply the water supply in the country.

The process of forming artificial rain or cloud seeding generally involves the use of chemicals such as silver iodide which are dispersed by aircraft from a height to speed up the process of raining in the clouds.

However, instead of using a plane, a research team from the UAE capital in Dubai tested a unique new way, namely using drone which is equipped with a laser to “stun” alias send an electric charge to the cloud.

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One of the researchers involved, Maarten Ambaum, said that this process changes the electrical charge in the water droplets (droplet) in the clouds until it gathers and eventually falls into the rain.

The results can be seen in a series of videos uploaded by the National Center of Meteorology on Instagram. Heavy rains were seen in several areas of the country.

By utilizing this new method, Dubai can reduce the cost of using aircraft and reduce the risk of environmental pollution produced by chemicals.

according to a study conducted by the American University of Sharjah in 2021, the process of artificial rain is passing cloud seeding or cloud seeding also has the potential to improve the air quality of the UAE in the next few years.

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As one of the countries with an extreme hot climate, the UAE has spent a lot of money to bring down rain in its country.

In recent years, the UAE alone has spent around 15 million US dollars (around Rp. 215 billion) in rainfall development projects, as compiled KompasTekno from USA Today, Monday (2/8/2021).

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