{"id":123,"date":"2012-09-15T18:32:36","date_gmt":"2012-09-15T18:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/meteo\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2012-10-04T06:30:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T06:30:00","slug":"and-some-challenges-to-be-overcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sindicatum.com\/meteosystems\/weathertec-overview\/and-some-challenges-to-be-overcome\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2026and some challenges to be overcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"arrowlist\">\n<li><strong>Cannot direct the plume<\/strong> \u2013 as a ground-based emitter, WeatherTec\u2122 cannot direct its plume. This challenge can be resolved by strategically locating emitters. The next generation of mobile emitters will help provide additional flexibility<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fewer cloud types can be influenced<\/strong> \u2013 as a ground based emitter, WeatherTec\u2122 works best on convective or orographic systems where the cloud formation process lifts the charged plume into the cloud<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plume life is limited<\/strong> \u2013 over time the charge on the particles in the plume will naturally dissipate so it is essential that the plume is able to charge the cloud before the charge decays. WeatherTec\u2122 can get round this challenge by locating emitters in areas where cloud systems form<\/li>\n<li><strong>Current version of the technology needs a relatively large area of land for each emitter station<\/strong> \u2013 though next generation based around a mobile trailer based option will reduce this problem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"info\">While there are challenges they can be overcome<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cannot direct the plume \u2013 as a ground-based emitter, WeatherTec\u2122 cannot direct its plume. This challenge can be resolved by strategically locating emitters. The next generation of mobile emitters will help provide additional flexibility Fewer cloud types can be influenced \u2013 as a ground based emitter, WeatherTec\u2122 works best on convective or orographic systems where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":75,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-123","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sindicatum.com\/meteosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sindicatum.com\/meteosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sindicatum.com\/meteosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sindicatum.com\/meteosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sindicatum.com\/meteosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sindicatum.com\/meteosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259,"href":"https:\/\/sindicatum.com\/meteosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123\/revisions\/259"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sindicatum.com\/meteosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sindicatum.com\/meteosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}