​Cloud Chamber

  • India has launched Mission Mausam to enhance weather forecasting and manage extreme weather events, establishing a convective cloud chamber at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune.
  • A cloud chamber is an apparatus that simulates cloud formation conditions, allowing scientists to inject water vapor and aerosols under controlled humidity and temperature, enabling the observation of droplet and ice particle formation.
  • This convective cloud chamber is uniquely designed to study Indian monsoon clouds, incorporating convection properties essential for examining India’s dynamic weather systems.
  • The chamber will allow scientists to recreate specific weather conditions—like temperature, humidity, and convection—to study cloud physics ....
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