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HAILSTORM [3 records]

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Record 1 2010-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Pest Control Equipment
DEF

Rocket, containing a seeding agent, designed to explode within a potential hailstorm so as to inject massive numbers of nuclei into the cloud to prevent the formation of damaging hail.

CONT

Many countries have the interest in hail-preventing systems. The most effective method to fight hailing is using of anti-hail rockets. The action of the anti-hail rockets is based on producing of artificial active centres caused by special iceformers carried by the rockets.

Key term(s)
  • anti hail rocket

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Matériel de protection des végétaux
DEF

Fusée contenant un agent d'ensemencement conçue pour exploser à l'intérieur d'un nuage potentiellement grêligène, de telle sorte qu'une masse de noyaux soit injectée dans ce nuage et empêche la formation de grêlons pouvant causer des dommages.

OBS

grêlifuge : Se dit des appareils, engins (canons) ou pièces d'artifice (fusées), employés pour lutter contre la grêle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
  • Equipo para la lucha antiparasitaria
DEF

Cohete portador de un agente de siembra de nubes preparado para que explote dentro de una nube tormentosa potencialmente capaz de producir granizo para introducir un número muy grande de núcleos dentro de ella y prevenir la formación de pedrisco.

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Record 2 2005-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
CONT

The Rakshak hail protection fabric installed on the top of apple tree prevents the hail from damaging the fruit even against severe hailstorm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nomenclature des tissus
CONT

Nos tissus de protection contre la grêle sont en monofilaments stabilisés contre les UV en polyéthylène d'un diamètre de 0'25, 0'30 mm.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

Elimination of large damaging hailstones, usually by the introduction of large quantities of a seeding agent into a potential hailstorm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Élimination des gros grêlons pouvant occasionner des dommages, généralement en introduisant un agent d'ensemencement en grande quantité dans un nuage potentiellement grêligène.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
DEF

Eliminación de los pedriscos mayores y más destructores por la introducción de grandes cantidades de un agente de siembra en una nube potencialmente capaz de producir granizo.

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