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Program evaluates the effectiveness of charge emission in enhancing rainfall process
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Director Alya Al Marouzi says ambassador’s visit demonstrates UAE’s focus on water security
Abu Dhabi: The leadership of the UAE accords great importance to the scientific and research endeavors undertaken by our scientists in a strategically important area like water security, said Alya Al Marouzi, director of the UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science.
Al Marouzi was speaking about the visit of Mansoor Abulhoul, UAE Ambassador to the United Kingdom, to the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading, where the pioneering research project focusing on the electrical aspects of rain generation is being carried out by Professor Giles Harrison, Professor of Atmospheric Physics.
The project evaluates the effectiveness of charge emission in modifying the behavior of droplets in the UAE environment and consequently enhancing the rainfall process.
The charge emission technology allows using a small and lightweight platform to deliver charge into the clouds instead of traditional cloud seeding payloads which require much larger aircraft. This method does not involve the emission of any solid particles into clouds such as silver iodide or salt.
Professor Martin Ambaum and his colleagues, who are associated with the program, briefed Ambassador Abulhoul on the cutting-edge research project being implemented and tested with the support of experts and specialists from the National Center of Meteorology (NCM), UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science and several local and international research and academic organizations, including the University of Reading and the University of Bath in the United Kingdom.
Al Mazroui said the support provided by the UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science to its awardees demonstrates UAE’s sustained efforts to foster cooperation with the scientists affiliated with the program across all stages of their research projects.
“This helps us ensure the alignment of their research work with the program’s key objective of tackling the most pressing water security challenges, especially in arid regions. Such efforts allow us to extend the scope of our collaboration with experts and research institutions across the globe to develop innovative technologies in the rain enhancement domain,” he added.