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HAIL SUPPRESSION [4 records]

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Record 1 2023-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Private-Sector Programs
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
OBS

The Alberta Hail Suppression Project(AHSP) is a program funded by the Alberta Severe Weather Management Society(ASWMS)... The program has been running since 1996 with the goal of mitigating the amount of hail damage affecting urban property such as homes and vehicles. The program uses [cloud] seeding planes that fly between June to September 15th every year.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes du secteur privé
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
OBS

The Alberta Government established the Interim Weather Modification Board and the Alberta Hail Project in 1973 to hasten the development of hail suppression technology and test it on a wide scale in Alberta.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-10-31

English

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

Any method of reducing the damaging effects of hailstorms by modifying the characteristics of the hail-producing cloud.

OBS

The currently prevailing hypothesis is that silver iodide seeding provides more hailstone nuclei (and, at the same time, reduces the amount of supercooled water available to build up large hailstones) with the net effect that the hail that reaches the ground is smaller and less damaging, and also has a high probability of melting before reaching the ground.

French

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

Méthode d'intervention dans l'atmosphère en vue de réduire les effets dommageables de la grêle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
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Record 4 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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