Hail Suppression in Mendoza (Argentina)

Authors

  • J L Sánchez Lab. Física de la Atmόsfera Universidad de Leόn
  • J Dessens Centre de Recherches Atmospheriques Campistrous, France
  • Leonid Dinevich The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Petio Simeonov National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54782/jwm.v30i1.470

Abstract

In the province of Mendoza (Argentina), the hail precipitation affects the agrarian production seriously, and causes substantial clamages to agriculturists. One of the main characteristics of the zone is that the most violent storms are those which originate after the sunset; it is relatively easy to find that the reflectivities measured by the radar reach values of over 65 dBZ. The authors of this article describe the history of hail suppression in Mendoza from the 1950s until today, especially emphasizing the techniques developed by Antigrad Latinoamericana, currently in charge of the hail suppression operations.

Downloads

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 1 (1998)

Section

Technical Notes and Correspondence

License

Authors that submit papers for publication agree to the Journal’s copyright and publication terms. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the manuscript’s authorship and initial publication in Journal of Weather Modification. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal’s published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in the Journal of Weather Modification. Authors are permitted to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process to encourage productive exchanges and greater citation of the published article.
 
Articles are published online using restricted access for the first year. After the first year, articles are made freely available online. Immediate open access for an article may be obtained by the author paying an open access fee which is in addition to the normal page changes. Authors are expected to honor a page charge in order to support publication and distribution of the journal. After the author approves the gallery formatted version for publication, the Weather Modification Association’s Secretary will invoice the corresponding author for the page charges and payment is due within 30 days.

How to Cite

Hail Suppression in Mendoza (Argentina). (1998). The Journal of Weather Modification, 30(1), 79-84. https://doi.org/10.54782/jwm.v30i1.470