The project is part of the UAE Rain Enhancement Program (UAE REP) that is funded by the UAE National Center of Meteorology & Seismology (NCMS). The overall scientific objective of the project is to determine if hygroscopic seeding in the updrafts at the base of certain cumulus clouds can increase the drop size distribution sufficiently to initiate a natural secondary ice production process in the supercooled region of the updraft. The methodology includes three main tasks, namely, (i) UAE polarimetric radar data analysis, (ii) experimental flight observations, and (iii) numerical modeling.
