Seeding Methods

All graphics courtesy of the North Dakota Atmospheric Resource Board


Winter orographic seeding
Winter seeding techniques from ground-based generators and in-cloud with aircraft


Cloud Seeding Conceptual Model
Foundation concepts for seeding summer thunderstorms


Airborne seeding techniques
Summer cloud seeding in the updraft at cloud base and via direct-injection seeding near cloud top

Dry ice seeding demonstration (2 mb)

Watch dry ice fragments convert supercooled droplets to ice crystals in just seconds.