China Warding Off Rain for 60th Anniversary Festivities on Oct. 1st
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/world/asia/01rain.html?hp
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China is taking extreme measures to ensure nice weather tomorrow for the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China.
"Meteorologists said their efforts to prevent foul weather on Oct. 1 involved satellites, 400 scientists, cloud-probing lasers and a squadron of transport planes capable of sprinkling liquid nitrogen into pregnant clouds. “It is the first time in Chinese history that artificial weather modification on such a large scale has been attempted,” Cui Lianqing, an air force meteorologist, told Global Times newspaper last week."
Apparently the Chinese modified the weather before the Beijing Olympics also by firing rockets into clouds to provoke rain that might otherwise fall during the open ceremonies.
"Meteorologists said their efforts to prevent foul weather on Oct. 1 involved satellites, 400 scientists, cloud-probing lasers and a squadron of transport planes capable of sprinkling liquid nitrogen into pregnant clouds. “It is the first time in Chinese history that artificial weather modification on such a large scale has been attempted,” Cui Lianqing, an air force meteorologist, told Global Times newspaper last week."
Apparently the Chinese modified the weather before the Beijing Olympics also by firing rockets into clouds to provoke rain that might otherwise fall during the open ceremonies.
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