Beijing, August 4th (Xinhuanet) – The following is a summary of science and technology news published in China.
Lightning forecast
Chinese researchers have used lightning data to improve the accuracy of short-term predictions of convective precipitation.
To obtain reliable lightning location data and to facilitate the use of lightning to improve short-term and upcoming precipitation forecasts, researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences are running field campaigns one after the other during the warmer months. And got to know the properties of meteorological system patterns with high impact in Beijing and the surrounding area.
Commercial launcher
The flight test of the third commercial Hyperbola-1 missile failed.
Anomalous performance has been confirmed in flight with a missile launched Tuesday at 3:39 p.m. Beijing time from the Kyusen Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
Hydropower plant
The Gezhouba hydropower plant on the Yangtze, China’s longest river, has produced around 600 billion kilowatt hours of clean energy since it was commissioned 40 years ago.
According to the China Three Gorges Corporation, the Gezhouba Dam in Yichang, Hubei Province, central China, is the first large hydropower plant in the Yangtze River with a total installed capacity of around 2.74 million kilowatts.
China Science and Technology News Summary August 4th
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