Seeding Clouds to Spout Rain

CAIPEEX is India’s first National airborne experiment to study clouds and aerosols and precipitation processes.

Abstract: The Ministry of Earth Sciences’ ongoing Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment (CAIPEEX) is proving to be a welcome method for mitigating extreme drought conditions. It will also pave the way for a new cloud seeding protocol that can be followed in keeping with Indian conditions in future.

Inputs from: Thara Prabhakaran, Project Director, Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement, Experiment /Physics and Dynamics of Tropical Clouds IITM, Pune. thara@tropmet.res.in