Cloud Seeding

Cloud seeding (also known as weather modification) is the deliberate treatment of certain clouds or cloud systems with the intent of affecting the precipitation process(es) within those clouds. Application of this technology is increasing world-wide. This page addresses some key questions relating to cloud seeding and its practical uses. References are provided at the end of this document keyed to numbers at the end of the highlighted topics.

Cloud Seeding in Beijing? Weathermods and chem-rockets.

I'm interning here in Beijing for Nokia over the summer. For the past several weeks, we've been experiencing the oddest weather -- almost every day has been beautiful cool and sunny...but at night, come 7PM-ish, the sky turns forebodingly dark and we get these magnificent thunderstorms that last well into the early morning hours