Open access http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asl.644/abstract
A geoengineering approach toward tackling tropical cyclones over the Bay of Bengal S. Ghosh, A. Sharma, S. Arora and G. Desouza 25 JAN 2016 DOI: 10.1002/asl.644 Atmospheric Science Letters Keywords: cyclones;cloud seeding;aerosol injection;WRF;geoengineering Abstract The concept of seeding giant-sized ocean salt water aerosols in the eye-wall of a cyclonic storm abruptly increasing cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentration is investigated. To bring this to effect, design of a novel injection mechanism – a modified naval artillery shell, tailor made for the Indian Navy fleet, containing sea-salt solution to disperse the CCN is proposed. The effect of the seeding is modeled using a robust optimized warm rain microphysical scheme – amenable for quick local forecasts within the Weather Research and Forecast framework. The combined protocol results in a significant decrease in precipitation tendencies upon landfall. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
