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Title: Cloudiness and water from cloud seeding in connection with plants distribution in the Republic of Moldova
Authors: VALJAREVIĆ, Aleksandar 
POPOVICI, Cristina 
ŠTILIĆ, Anđelka 
RADOJKOVIĆ, Milan 
Keywords: Cloudiness;Remote sensing;GIS;Republic of Moldova;Alternative water;Cloud seeding;Grapes;Sunfower
Issue Date: 2022
Source: Valjarević, A., Popovici, C., Štilić, A. et al. Cloudiness and water from cloud seeding in connection with plants distribution in the Republic of Moldova. Appl Water Sci 12, 262 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-022-01784-3
Journal: Applied Water Science
Abstract: 
Clouds play an important role in maintaining the balance in the environment. Cloudiness can influence numerous important ecological drivers, including growth, survival and distribution of plants. The cloud cover dynamics and distribution may provide key information for delineating various types of plant and species distribution. During a year, different types of clouds on a territory can influence the distribution of plants and potential of cloud seeding. New properties of cloudiness may be important for new ecological patterns and new adapted values of ecological drivers. In the territory of the Republic of Moldova, 30 years of cloudiness were taken to show new distribution of clouds properties and their influence on sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) and grapes (Vitis vinifera). The main result of this research is the first established map with the location of water derived from cloud seeding. In the last decade (2010–2020), the cloudiness increased by more than 15%. Another important focus of this research is the possibility of cloud seeding in line with recent deficit of precipitation, especially in dry areas. The territory of Moldova has 37% of semiarid and 6% of arid zones. The distribution and the potential of cloud seeding has been analyzed by means of Remote Sensing and GIS techniques and methodology, along with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer. Satellite data in the resolution of 1 km2 were downloaded for the period between 1990 and 2020. The exact distribution of clouds helped to determine the belts for the potential irrigation of crops. Extremely low cloudiness and a long period of drought may jeopardize the agricultural sector in the Republic of Moldova, and therefore, the irrigation from alternative water sources is of utmost importance.
URI: http://cris.utm.md/handle/5014/2135
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-022-01784-3
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