UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science visits 4th Cycle awardee project

UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science visits 4th Cycle awardee project

- The Program seeks to build on the ground-breaking results achieved by previous awardees in its efforts to advance rain enhancement research

Abu Dhabi-UAE – A UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science (UAEREP) delegation today visited Dr. Bradley Baker, an awardee of the Program’s 4th Cycle, in Boulder, Colorado in the United States to mark the inception of his innovative new project entitled “Improving the chemical and physical properties of seeding materials through electric charges”.

Led by Dr Abdulla Al Mandous, Director General of the National Center for Meteorology (NCM) and President of the Regional Association II of the World Meteorological Organisation’s Asian Region, the UAEREP delegation and Dr. Baker discussed an ambitious investigation that will involve a partnership with two 2nd Cycle Award winners from the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) and the University of Reading, UK, to build on results from previous studies in the UAE.

Dr. Baker is a Principal Investigator at SPEC Incorporated and an expert in cloud physics with decades of experience in cloud physics and airborne and radar measurements of clouds. His project will incorporate sophisticated numerical simulations of cumulus clouds built on measurements using a SPEC Incorporated Learjet research aircraft in unison with the NCM’s own