Building Artificial Mountains to Increase Precipitation in the UAE
Mohammed, Rami Sharaf, Hatem Ataya, Ghaith Reza, Mohammad Khalid, Mohamed
Mohammed, Rami
Sharaf, Hatem
Ataya, Ghaith
Reza, Mohammad
Khalid, Mohamed
Date
2016-11
Advisor
Type
Project
Degree
Description
A poster submitted in ENG 207 taught by Dr. David Prescott for the Fall 2016 semester.
Abstract
In the recent years temperature has been rising noticeably in the UAE. The raise of temperature has been causing a raise of humidity level. Artificial mountains can be built to decrease the humidity level and promote precipitation. Orographic precipitation is the type of precipitation used with artificial mountains. How can building artificial mountains increase orographic precipitation and how to build such mega structure.