"Cloud drop charge and size have been measured with tethered balloon-borne equipment in the lower few hundred meters and at an early stage of a forming thunderstorm by photographing the droplets in a combined sound wave and electrostatic field. The drop size distribution shows a peak at 7 to 8 microns in diameter, and the charge distribution at each of several drop sizes shows an average negative charge of −18×10−8 esu, and a mean absolute charge 〈|q|〉 = K0 r2, where K0 = 1.72 esu cm−2. At an observed average of 200 to 300 drops cm−3, this corresponds to a space charge concentration of about −5×10−5 esu cm−3 or 105 elementary charges cm−3." Colgate, S. A., and J. M. Romero (1970), Charge versus drop size in an electrified cloud, J. Geophys. Res., 75(30), 5873–5881, doi:10.1029/JC075i030p05873. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/JC075i030p05873/abstract
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Rohini V Bhalwankar, A B Sathe and A K Kamra* The evaporation of the charged and uncharged water drops suspended in a wind tunnel in: Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet. Sci.), 113, No. 2, June 2004, pp. 129{138 http://www.ias.ac.in/jessci/june2004/Esb1571.pdf *Authors affiliated to Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India. e-mail: kamra@tropmet.res.in
As a non-professional in meteorology I would suspect that the influence of specific electromagnetic irradiation into an array saturated with nano particles of aluminum oxide would influence the behavior of these particles toward existing environmental humidity.
As a salt moisture is drawn to aluminum oxide by itself. The piezoelectric charging of these nano particles increases - according to Bhalwankar et al. - the size of the bounded droplets. The volumetric rate of nano aluminum is compared to sulphur four times higher (Keith) which gives even more space to the bounding of environmental humidity. Not enough in raising the capacity of storage of existing environmental humidity nano aluminum has 16 Times less the Coagulation Rate of the one of sulphur.
Abstract: 1. Aluminum oxide is a salt. Humidity is drawn to all salts. 2. The electric charge of droplets regulates the capacity of water storage in the droplets through its surface tension. 3. The very low volumentric rate of nano aluminum gives adhesive space of storage for humidity. 4. The extreme low Coagulation Rate of nano aluminum gives even more space of storage of humidity from the environment.
It makes sense to irradiate electromagnetically a cloud of dust of nano aluminum in a specific air space for the acquisition of humidity.
In that context the episode "Great Lakes Conspiracy Theory Jesse Ventura" would be better understandible as water is being made to a commodity on a large scale:
When you have any water rights and you want to exploit them it is important to receive steady replenishment of water to your land. And Solar Radiation Management (SRM)(solar Geo-Engineering) maybe one way to reach that goal. And the CO² story is just the cover story (smoke grenade) to justify the air pollution connected with SRM. Maybe this is one of the reasons why the CO² story is that extremely "holy" and "untouchable".
