American West Cloud Seeding & Drone Dispatch Simulator

Great Basin & Colorado River Basin

Atmospheric Flight Corridor: 9,500ft MSL • Supercooled Liquid Layer

24 Drones Active

Silver Iodide Dispersal: Active Plumes

OROGRAPHIC LIFT: +2.4 m/s

CLOUD NUCLEATION RATE: 94.8%

PRECIPITATION RATE: 0.18 in/hr

Drought Zone Presets

Atmospheric & Drone Vectors

Ag Water Demand (Trillion Gal) 4.5

Base Atmospheric Humidity (%) 32%

Active Drone Fleet 24

AgI Payload per Drone (g) 150g

Wind Speed (knots) 18 kts

Projected Yield Metrics

Seeded Precip Increase 14.8%

Water Generated 128.4 B Gal

Reservoir Impact +1.12 ft

Cost per Acre-Foot $42.50

Inspired by the ABC News special on drone weather modification in the American West. Silver iodide (AgI) aerosol particles act as artificial ice nuclei to provoke orographic precipitation coalescence.