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Cloud seeding operations in the UAE. National Centre for Meteorology
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Cloud seeding operations in the UAE. National Centre for Meteorology
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Flares are fired from one of the National Centre of Meteorology's cloud-seeding planes. Courtesy: National Centre of Meteorology
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The UAE carries out regular cloud seeding missions, including during the recent torrential rain spell. National Centre of Meteorology
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Cloud seeding operations in the UAE. National Centre for Meteorology
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The NCM use Beechcraft KingAir C90. National Centre for Meteorology
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Cloud seeding operations in the UAE can boost rainfall from clouds by about a third. National Centre for Meteorology
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Cloud seeding operations in the UAE. National Centre for Meteorology
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Cloud seeding operations in the UAE. National Centre for Meteorology
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Cloud seeding operations in the UAE. National Centre for Meteorology
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Flares are fired from one of the National Centre of Meteorology's cloud-seeding planes. Courtesy: National Centre of Meteorology
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The UAE carries out regular cloud seeding missions, including during the recent torrential rain spell. National Centre of Meteorology
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Cloud seeding operations in the UAE. National Centre for Meteorology
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The NCM use Beechcraft KingAir C90. National Centre for Meteorology
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Cloud seeding operations in the UAE can boost rainfall from clouds by about a third. National Centre for Meteorology
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Cloud seeding operations in the UAE. National Centre for Meteorology
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Cloud seeding operations in the UAE. National Centre for Meteorology
UAE conducts 95 cloud seeding missions in first three months of 2020
Weather experts are continuing to take flight to boost the country's rainfall
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23 April, 2020
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