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A maser? Obviously tuned to avoid hitting the rotational frequencies of things like water vapour (think microwaves). Neat bit of engineering.
by jleyank 5y ago
A maser? Obviously tuned to avoid hitting the rotational frequencies of things like water vapour (think microwaves). Neat bit of engineering.
- pfdietz 5y agoWhy would you think it's a maser?
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- R0b0t1 5y agoThe microwave frequencies we use don't perfectly match water. If they did it would only heat the skin on top. They have some penetration. To do this they probably beamed far more than 1.6kW. You need to heat the vapor in the middle and either go through it or move it out of the way. Fun consequence of this, you can disperse clouds by pointing microwaves up. It doesn't take a massive amount of power either, but scales with power.
- ianai 5y agoCould that trigger rain?
- R0b0t1 5y agoSomewhere else, yes, you're driving the clouds off, though admittedly the effects may not always be so direct.
- ianai 5y agoSo it’s an impulse function. Either the clouds disperse or no effect at all?
- R0b0t1 5y agoNo idea. I don't have a large enough maser to verify. I'm aware that plausibility != proof but certainly there is some level of energy delivered to moisture in the air that would move it. The arguing is about how much you need. We already have clear evidence that human constructs change weather patterns. The next part is predicting it.