If radio frequency (RF) signals perturb clouds, this suggests modulated RF waves or coherent photons could separate H2O vapor droplets and possibly air molecules.With average of 5g of H2O/m^3 of cloud, uniform distribution would suggest 5000 micrograms per 1E6 cm^3 for average cloud.
Electromagnetic-radiation absorption of water is evaluated from (Lunkenheimer et al 2016) as absorption can be quantified by dielectric loss spectra via spectroscopy with EM field peaks.With five bands of cellular signal, between 698 and 2155 MHz, and radio waves primarily in VF and Very high frequency (VHF)from 30 to 300 megahertz (MHz), higher frequency radio waves are more easily absorbed by water.
Potential Effects. RF line path integrals would cross through local air or cloud gradient, which may have cascading effects outlined below.
- increase Hz vibrations of colliding/noncolliding particles along/near path
- separate/increase/restart H2O cluster affinity formation process, depending on which factors ?)
- Alter +/-, pressure, and temperature gradient
- Interact with negative air ions (NAIs) such as NO2, HCO3-, CO3-, O2-, OH-, NO3-
Background. Clouds can cool the planet by reflecting the sun's rays, or warming the planet especially on cold cloudy nights. Cities interacting with regional climate can enhance local cloud cover by up to 5.7% during the day and and reduce up to 1.8% at night. diurnal urban effects on cloud cover in wintertime have been found to be more related to the regional temperature pattern. (Trang Vo, et al, 2023)
With more common signal RF transmission routes above ground infrastructure such as routers, cell towers, buildings,etc, future research and models could help quantify potential correlations
Future Research/Questions.
- In approaching cloud formation around
Radio frequencies are the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that spans roughly 3kHz-300GHz. As with all electromagnetic radiation (e.g., visible light, ultraviolet radiation, and x-rays), radio waves travel at the speed of light.
Observations of the earth system are made using ground-based, airborne, and space-based platforms. Radio waves are reflected, absorbed, scattered, refracted, and diffracted by the atmospheric conditions that they encounter, such as clouds and precipitation. Critically, different atmospheric conditions impact radio waves differently. This allows scientists to use radio waves to detect tornados, track hurricanes, and to determine a wide range of meteorological conditions such as atmospheric humidity, cloud types and amounts, wind speeds and direction, and precipitation types and amounts. Radio waves can also determine wave heights in oceans and lakes, storm surge, and ocean currents, among other conditions of the earth system.
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