Characterization of storms by radar and cloud resources for artifcial rainfall enhancement by cloud seeding in western and central-eastern regions of Cuba

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Published: Jan 5, 2015
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Rainwater, organic acids, formic acid, acetic acid, acidity, Cuba

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Omar Puentes Ledesma
Centro de Física de la Atmósfera, Instituto de Meteorología
Sadiel Novo Cuervo
Universidad Autónoma de México, D.F., México
Daniel Martínez Castro
Centro de Física de la Atmósfera, Instituto de Meteorología

Abstract

A characterization of convective storms is presented, with particular emphasis on those properties that are of interest for precipitation enhancement. For this reason, the radar observations of Casablanca (CSB) and Camaguey (CMG) were used. These volumetric observations were taken during the rainy season between 2005-2008. An automatic system for convective storms identification and tracking was used to make a statistical description of properties of convective clouds observed by Camagüey (CMG) and Casablanca (CSB) radars stations. In the western region (covered by CSB radar) and the central-eastern Cuba (CMG radar) the storms originating over the sea and land were divided in two group. Over land we obtained a peak in the number of convective storms around 16 hours, while the number of storms with its echo tops good for cloud seeding have a peaks one hour before (15 hours). For the western region the highest number of storms was recorded during the months of June and September.

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Puentes LedesmaO., Novo CuervoS., & Martínez CastroD. (2015). Characterization of storms by radar and cloud resources for artifcial rainfall enhancement by cloud seeding in western and central-eastern regions of Cuba. Revista Cubana De Meteorología, 21(1), 76-90. Retrieved from http://rcm.insmet.cu/index.php/rcm/article/view/191
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Vol. 21, No. 1, enero - junio, 2015
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