China News Service, Beijing, March 23: Title: MA60 rain-increasing machine performs rain-increasing task at Yajiang forest fire site in Sichuan
Sino-Singapore Finance reporter Ruan Yulin
The reporter learned from the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (hereinafter referred to as Aviation Industry) on the 23rd that after the forest fire occurred in Yajiang County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, on March 20, the China Meteorological Administration deployed new B-3435 aircraft from the Liaoning Provincial Weather Modification Center. The Zhou 60 rain-increasing machine performs the task of increasing rainfall at the Yajiang forest fire site.
At 18:06 on March 20, the MA-60 rain-enhancing aircraft operated by Samsung General Aviation took off from Guanghan Airport and performed rain-enhancing operations in Yajiang County, Ganzi Prefecture and its upwind direction. Arrive at the fire site around 19:40 and perform spreading operations.
The MA-60 rain-enhancing aircraft conducts rain-enhancing operations. Photo courtesy of Aviation Industry
As of March 21, two high-performance rain-enhancing aircraft, including the MA-60 rain-enhancing aircraft, had conducted rain-enhancing operations for a total of 11 hours and 3 minutes. Following operations, light to moderate snow occurred around the fire area.
The MA-60 rain-enhancing aircraft is a star product of the aviation industry in the field of multi-purpose aircraft. It is equipped with a number of advanced systems such as atmospheric detection, catalytic operations, air-ground information and mission integration. It fully grasps the data content collected by the detection equipment and can realize artificial intelligence It has the functions of increasing rain, eliminating rain, meteorological detection, and air-to-ground communication transmission. It has the capabilities of accurate detection, efficient catalysis, and cross-regional operation. It has obvious advantages in increasing agricultural income, ecological restoration, and drought and flood prevention.
The MA60 rain-increasing machine has a large load, long battery life, high integration, complete functions of artificial weather modification operations, and rich spreading methods. It has functions such as cold cloud and warm cloud rain increasing and eliminating operations, complex meteorological scientific detection, and air-ground coordinated control. It can greatly improve the ability, technological level and service efficiency of artificial weather modification operations.
As the main force in domestic artificial weather modification operations, MA60 rain-intensifying machines have been delivered to the China Meteorological Administration (one each in Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, and Gansu). plays an important role.
Recently, the MA-60 rainfall enhancement aircraft has also carried out aircraft rainfall enhancement operations in Xi'an, Ankang and Shangluo areas of Shaanxi. The flight operations and affected areas cover Xi'an, southern Yan'an, Tongchuan, northern Weinan, eastern Xianyang, Ankang, Shangluo and other places. Under the combined influence of natural precipitation and artificial rainfall enhancement operations, light rain fell generally in the operation and affected areas, effectively improving air quality, reducing forest fire dangers and ensuring the local area's "first battle" in agricultural production throughout the year. (over)