The June 1981 (Vol.3#1) P.A.C.E. NEWSLETTER reported that Dr. Ralph Markson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggests "that if atmospheric variations do affect the weather, the appropriate use of Extreme Low (ELF) and Very Low (VLF) Frequency radio waves might the same trick".

It is known that VLF (Very Low Frequency) radio waves, such as those generated by lighting, can cause trapped particles to be dumped into the atmosphere by destabilizing plasma in the magnetosphere. Experiments to cause such triggered particle precipitation have been conducted from the space shuttle.

"...Laboratory experiments and modeling indicate they [electrical fields] may play an important role in cloud electrification and coalescence of droplets.... Also, the rate of growth of ice crystals from water vapor is reported to accelerate with increasing electric field intensity."

Dr. Markson’s article in the 30 May 1980 SCIENCE MAGAZINE stated:

"The earth’s fair-weather field, is maintained by worldwide thunderstorm activity. Increases in stratospheric ionization or the intensity of the fair-weather electric field, or both may affect thunderstorm electrification and thus, may lead to physical effects on ice particles and droplets within clouds that could result in changes in the earth’s albedo and transformation of atmospheric energy."

June 1981 P.A.C.E. NEWSLETTER reported that Dr. Ralph Markson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Suggests that if a atmospheric variations do affect the weather, the appropriate use of ELF and VLF radio waves might do the same trick." "It is known the VLF radio waves such as those induced by lightning can destabilize plasma in the magnetosphere. Experiments to cause such effects have been conducted from the space shuttle."

more about electirc clouds:

Cloud formations often exhibit structure that could be the result of something other than blowing winds. Does ionized plasma actually shape the clouds?

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In a recent press release, scientists from the Weizmann Institute and the Goddard Space Flight Center announced that a mysterious zone of previously undiscovered particles fills the airspace around clouds.

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The electromagnetic field beneath a thunderstorm increases (up to 10,000 volts per meter) because it acts like a capacitor, storing energy from the surrounding environment. Observations have shown that a "wind" of charged particles blows toward the developing storm, which could be interpreted as a current flowing into the base of the clouds. The surrounding air is pulled along with the current flow and creates the powerful updrafts that sometimes rise into the stratosphere.

It might be the flood of ions into and out of clouds that is forming the “twilight zone” of unidentified particles that so mystifies the scientific community.



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