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His Excellency Dr Abdulla Al Mandous: Our Russia roadshow is another step in our mission to engage with leaders and institutions across the globe that share our vision of a world free from water stress
Abu Dhabi, UAE – The UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science (UAEREP) is set to organize a roadshow in Russia to meet with one of its awardees and local research institutions.
Reinforcing the Program’s status as a leading global scientific initiative, the UAE team will share its advances in rain enhancement science and technology with some of the world’s leading institutions working in the fields of rain enhancement, meteorology, and hydrology. The roadshow reflects the importance of the innovative work undertaken by Russian scientists in weather- and water-related research as well as the potential for future collaboration.
Launched by the UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs and managed by the National Center of Meteorology (NCM), UAEREP has succeeded in attaining a prominent position in the global quest to address water security challenges through innovative scientific and technical research, owing to its active international engagement.
His Excellency Dr Abdulla Al Mandous, Director of NCM, said: “Through inspiring new ideas and creative research, UAEREP has helped strengthen the UAE’s position as an international hub for the next generation of innovations needed to ensure water security across the board. Our Russia roadshow is another step in our mission to engage with leaders and institutions across the globe that share our vision of a world free from water stress.”
On July 20, the visiting team will meet with Dr Ali Abshaev, an awardee of the Third Cycle of the Program, and his team at the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. The visit will include a demonstration of TESIS, a set of solar imaging instruments developed by the Lebedev Physical Institute and deployed in space by the Russian spacecraft CORONAS-PHOTON in 2009. Through TESIS, scientists can perform complex observations of solar activity phenomena from the transition region to the inner and outer solar corona in high spatial, spectral and temporal resolutions.
Dr Abshaev is Associated Professor at the Hail Suppression Research Center ‘ANTIGRAD’ in Russia and Head of the Weather Modification Laboratory at the High-Mountain Geophysical Institute of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring of Russia. As a UAEREP awardee, he is leading a highly original research project aiming to stimulate convection and precipitation with energy derived from solar radiation absorbed by aerosols through the deployment of helium-filled balloons in cloudless conditions to heat specific atmospheric areas.
Following its visit to the Lebedev Physical Institute, the UAE team will travel to Obninsk on July 23 for a meeting with the Federal State Institution – Research and Production Association ‘Typhoon’. The roadshow will culminate on July 25 with meetings at Russian State Hydrometeorological University and the Main Geophysical Observatory in St Petersburg to discuss the latest scientific and technological innovations related to weather and water sciences.
Alya Al Mazroui, Director of UAEREP, said: “The extensive interest that our Program has generated within the global science community testifies to its tangible impact on international scientific collaboration in this field. We are building on that interest through meeting and engaging with our stakeholders in Russia.”
She added: “Our Russia roadshow will also allow us to meet with Dr Ali Abshaev and his research team members to discuss his research executive plan, monitor the progress he has made to date on the awarded project, and examine the project’s labs and other facilities.”
Since its inception, UAEREP has established a global network of more than 1,200 researchers from over 500 prestigious institutions including the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In addition, the Program has built enduring synergies with research entities in countries ranging from the US in America, the UK, Germany and Russia in Europe to Thailand, China and Japan in Asia.
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About the UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science
The UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science, an initiative of the UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs and overseen by the National Center of Meteorology (NCM), offers a grant of 5 million US dollars over a three-year period to be shared by up to five winning research proposals. The Program was launched with the aims of addressing water security challenges and placing the UAE at the international forefront of scientific research into rain enhancement. In the context of the UAE’s Innovation Strategy, the Program is structured to develop human capital and stimulate investment in research in this field for the benefit of arid and semi-arid regions around the world. For more information about the Program: www.uaerep.ae.
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