Ionospheric Heating refers to artifically heating the Ionosphere, which is the upper most part of the atmosphere. ELF (Extremely Low Frequency) waves are used to literally boil the upper atmosphere. This lifts and changes the shape of the atmospheric gas clouds and can be used (theoretically) to control the weather.
What are ELF Waves ?
Extremely Low Frequency waves have frequency between 3 to 30 Hz. Human ears can detect a minimum of 20 Hz but 30Hz is mostly inaudible to most human beings. Such low freqency waves have been used for communication with submarines and because they can travel over long distances, they are used in Ionospheric heaters as well.
What are Ionospheric Heaters ?
ELF waves are transmitted by a large array of antennas at Ionospheric Heating sites. These waves are focused on a single point in the upper atmosphere. This wave concentartion heats up the Ionosphere and can create artifical auroras as well, as the Ionosphere is nothing but a 20km wide layer of electrically charged particles.
HAARP Ionsopheric Heater
This re-directs wind patterns at extremely high altitudes and thus weather can be altered. This weather engineering ability was described in the very basic aims of all Ionospheric Heaters worldwide. The sun rays entering the Earth’s atmosphere when collide with particles in the Ionosphere produces Electrojets which are also resposnible for producing the beautiful auroras. This energy beamed via ELF waves is then used to alter the energy flow.
So, where are these facilities located ?
Sura Ionospheric Heating Facility -- Russia
It is the oldest of all Ionospheric heaters as it started functioning in 1981. Output power is 190 MW. The crossed dipole antenna array is pictured below. Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute maintains a low power Ionospheric Observatory as well which can be used for other purposes as well.
HAARP -- Gakona, Alaska
The most controversial of all these facilities is HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program). It started functioning in 1993. Maximum output power is 3.981 GW. Americans are always the biggest of all conspiracy theorists hence this site has been the centre of media attention for over a decade now. Cospiracy theorists suggest that this technology is already being used and some idiots say that Hurricane Katrina was also an experiment under the same branch. Stupid consiracy theorists !
The conspiracies will never die as the Office of Naval Research and Air Force Research Laboratory are both involved with the project. Even the Russian Parliament raised voice against the prjoect in 2002. It was featured in an episode of History Vhannel’s “That’s Impossible !”. Some crazy videos regarding HAARP and its purposes :
HIPAS -- Fairbanks, Alaska
HIPAS is an acronym for High Power Auroral Stimulation. It is operated by the UCLA Plasma Physics Laboratory and has an output power of 70MW. Images aren’t neat as these facilities are in remote locaytions are highly guarded. The picture below is a Google Earth screenshot.
EISCAT
EISCAT (European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association) operates three radars, the UHF, VHF and ESR radars, an Ionospheric Heating facility in Northern Europe. The total transmitting power is above 1GW. I wasn’t able to get exact information about the Ionospheric Heater at EISCAT, the sole information able is about the UHF and VHF radars.
In 2008, a 30 second long Doritos ad was beamed into the space through this facility. the beam was aimed at a star in the Great Bear constellation (Ursa Major). At that time the EISCAT Director, Professor Tony van Eyken said: “The signal is directed at a solar system just 42 light years away from Earth, in the ‘Ursa Major’ or Great Bear Constellation. Its star is very similar to our Sun and hosts a habitable zone that could harbour small life supporting planets similar to ours
- Radar at Svalbard
Conclusion
Theoretically, weather alteration is possible but weather control will require a large number of tests. As the subject under consideration is the weather, we can’t test much on it without getting terrrible results. The fantasies of weather control will sadly, for now at least, remain a fantasy.
