Physics of Hail Clouds and Hail Suppression Principles and Design

Author: Xu Huabin / Duan Ying / Liu Haiyue
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book uses inductive observation facts as its theoretical foundation, with theoretical analysis as the main thread, and employs a numerically modeled framework designed with new ideas as a tool to explore some key issues in hail (strong convection) cloud physics. It outlines a physical model of the interaction between the macrostructure of hail clouds and the microclusters of water particles (graupel, rain), as well as the growth mechanism of large hail (graupel, heavy rain particles), providing preliminary observational and theoretical validation. It clarifies and deepens some scientific questions in the theory of hail suppression seeding, and resolves doubts about its implementation. It systematically examines the principles of how explosion products affect the macroflow field of cloud bodies and the behavior of microparticle clusters. It discusses the role and compatibility of seeding and explosion in hail suppression, and proposes a new conceptual model for hail suppression based on these findings. Furthermore, it combines practical hail suppression efforts in Hebei Province to offer specific design solutions for implementing hail suppression. This book serves as a reference for researchers in atmospheric physics, small and mesoscale meteorology, short-term weather forecasters, artificial weather modification professionals, and faculty and students at relevant institutions.