scholarly journals Expression of Concern: Human and Environmental Dangers Posed by Ongoing Global Tropospheric Aerosolized Particulates for Weather Modification

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Weather Modification

scholarly journals 100 Years of Progress in Cloud Physics, Aerosols, and Aerosol Chemistry Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 11.1-11.72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia M. Kreidenweis ◽  
Markus Petters ◽  
Ulrike Lohmann
Keyword(s):  
Radiative Forcing ◽  
Cloud Microphysics ◽  
Climate System ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Climate Projections ◽  
Weather Modification ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Aerosol Cloud ◽  
Chemistry Research ◽  
Aerosol Cloud Interactions

Abstract This chapter reviews the history of the discovery of cloud nuclei and their impacts on cloud microphysics and the climate system. Pioneers including John Aitken, Sir John Mason, Hilding Köhler, Christian Junge, Sean Twomey, and Kenneth Whitby laid the foundations of the field. Through their contributions and those of many others, rapid progress has been made in the last 100 years in understanding the sources, evolution, and composition of the atmospheric aerosol, the interactions of particles with atmospheric water vapor, and cloud microphysical processes. Major breakthroughs in measurement capabilities and in theoretical understanding have elucidated the characteristics of cloud condensation nuclei and ice nucleating particles and the role these play in shaping cloud microphysical properties and the formation of precipitation. Despite these advances, not all their impacts on cloud formation and evolution have been resolved. The resulting radiative forcing on the climate system due to aerosol–cloud interactions remains an unacceptably large uncertainty in future climate projections. Process-level understanding of aerosol–cloud interactions remains insufficient to support technological mitigation strategies such as intentional weather modification or geoengineering to accelerating Earth-system-wide changes in temperature and weather patterns.

A bibliography of weather modification experiments

1979 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 1129-1153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morgan A. Hanson ◽  
Lawrence E. Barker ◽  
Charles L. Bach ◽  
Ldward A. Cooley ◽  
Charles H. Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Weather Modification

International responses to weather modification

1975 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 805-826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edith Brown Weiss
Keyword(s):  
International Cooperation ◽  
New Technology ◽  
International Community ◽  
Weather Modification ◽  
Weather System ◽  
The Past ◽  
Time Horizons ◽  
Weather And Climate ◽  
Potential Problems ◽  
Do So

In the past few decades we have been improving our understanding of the weather system and exploring ways to modify it. Over sixty countries have experimented with modifying the weather. The new technology of weather and climate modification will raise important political problems which will demand new responses from the international community. Whether states will be able to establish the cooperative measures necessary to develop and manage new technology depends upon whether there are sufficient incentives to do so. This article analyzes the historical patterns of international cooperation in meteorology, and then plots against several time horizons projected developments and capabilities in weather modification technology and the potential problems emerging from using the technology. It derives a tentative picture of the responsibilities demanded, compares the likely responses with those needed, and assesses whether they will be adequate for the problems projected.

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