FOG AND CLOUD DISSIPATION METHOD Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: weather control methods.

SUBSTANCE: proposed method designed to eliminate fog and cloud over various surface facilities that need protection against unwanted weather conditions during their operation, for instance airfields, high-speed highways, seaports, and the like, includes installation of ionizing wires of electrically charged particles above ground surface; heating of atmospheric air above ground surface area of minimum 10⁴ m² in the course of generation, heating intensity being at least 10 W per sq. m, in air space under ionizing wires; measurement of electric field strength at ground surface and air heating around locations where electric field strength is maximal. Formation of man-induced upward air flow reduces transfer of electrically charged particles to ground thereby reducing their loss.

EFFECT: enhanced operating efficiency.

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