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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-10881-2026
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-10881-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Response of a liquid water cloud to in situ hygroscopic seeding
James Simmons
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences Program, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA
Jesse Anderson
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences Program, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA
Corey Bois
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Hamed Fahandezh Sadi
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences Program, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA
Kadja Flore Gali
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences Program, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA
Suryadev Pratap Singh
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences Program, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA
Andrei Vakhtin
Mesa Photonics, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Kurt Hibert
Weather Modification International, Fargo, ND, USA
Bruce Boe
Weather Modification International, Fargo, ND, USA
Youssef Wehbe
National Center of Meteorology, Abu Dhabi 4815, UAE
Steve Krueger
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Raymond A. Shaw
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences Program, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences Program, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA
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Short summary
Precipitation from warm clouds requires large droplets to promote collision-coalescence. As part of an investigation into cloud seeding, we tested two hygroscopic materials in a laboratory cloud chamber where they formed large droplets and increased the concentration of liquid water. Sodium chloride particles with diameters of 4 to 25 micrometers proved most effective, supporting in-cloud seeding for precipitation enhancement in warm clouds, particularly in arid regions.
Precipitation from warm clouds requires large droplets to promote collision-coalescence. As part...
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