Cloud Power: electricity from the sky

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Volume 208, Issue 2788, 27 November 2010, Pages 38-41

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A controversial theory promises a new way to spot tornadoes, and a source of free green energy – from the atmosphere

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Tatartchenko agrees that some of the infrared radiation detected by satellites will be black body radiation, but insists that phase transitions make a significant contribution too, particularly when clouds are forming at extreme altitude or in the polar regions, where the atmosphere is very dry. In these situations the radiation will be able to reach weather satellites easily as there is little water vapour en route to absorb it. “The amount of infrared radiation emitted from cloud droplets is

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Infrared characteristic radiation of water condensation and freezing in connection with atmospheric phenomena; part 3: Experimental data
2012, Earth-Science Reviews
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A new physical phenomenon — infrared characteristic radiation (IRCR) of first order phase transitions has been presented in our preceding papers (Tatarchenko, 1979; Tatarchenko and Umarov, 1980; Umarov and Tatarchenko, 1984; Tatarchenko, 1993; Tatartchenko, 2008, 2009a,b, 2010a,b,c,d, 2011; Tatartchenko et al., 2012) and recently has been discussed in popular scientific journal (Ravilious, 2010).
This paper is the third one from the series of papers with the same titles published in this journal. The papers consider the infrared characteristic radiation (IRCR) during the first order phase transitions of water: crystallization, water vapor condensation, and water vapor deposition. Experimental results are analyzed in terms of their correspondence to the theoretical model. This model is based on the assertion that the particle's (atom, molecule, or cluster) transition from the higher energetic level in a metastable phase (vapor or liquid) to a lower level in a stable phase (liquid or crystal) produces an emission of one or more photons. The energy of these photons depends on the latent energy of the phase transition and the character of bonds formed by the particle in the new phase. For all investigated substances, this energy falls in the infrared range. Recorded in the atmosphere, numerous sources of the infrared radiation seem to be a result of crystallization, condensation and deposition of water during fog and cloud formation. The effect under investigation must play a very important role in atmospheric phenomena: it is one of the sources of Earth's cooling; formation of hailstorm clouds is accompanied by intensive IRCR that could be detected for process characterization and meteorological warnings. IRCR seems to be used for atmospheric energy accumulation and together with the wind, falling water, solar and geothermal energies makes available the fifth source of ecologically pure energy.
Infrared characteristic radiation of water condensation and freezing in connection with atmospheric phenomena; Part 3: Experimental data
2012, Earth-Science Reviews
According to theoretical studies, the foreland basin consists of: accretionary wedge (including wedge top or piggyback basin), foredeep, forebulge and backbulge depozones. All of them are parallel to the orogenic belts of the overlying and underlying plates. The closure of the southern branch of the Neotethys during the Late Cretaceous led to an oblique collision of the Arabian Plate and the Anatolide–Taurides Platform, leading to the development of the Miocene Kahramanmaraş Foreland Basin (KFB). Thus, the promontory shape of the Arabian Plate prevented the development of an accretionary wedge parallel to the orogenic belt. The accretionary wedge of the KFB includes blocks of various sizes and age (mainly Mesozoic limestone) scattered within an Early Tertiary matrix (mass wasting deposits and shallow to deep marine sediments). At the beginning of the Miocene, transtensional tectonism led to the development of half-graben basins on top of the accretionary wedge. These basins (namely; the Tekir and Çukurhisar) also cut the foredeep of the KFB obliquely (in contrast with the theoretical study). This paper focuses on the evolution and fillings of those basins. Initially, claystone and basin margin reef deposits filled the half-graben basins as a consequence of the Lower Miocene sea invasion. Then, long and narrow conglomeratic channels starting from the northern edge of the basins (fan-delta) progressed southwards, passing into sandy lobes, then into claystones. An activation of the boundary faults of the wedge top basin stopped the progression of the Lower–Middle Miocene sediments and led to their deformation. Then, the sedimentation of the KFB shifted towards the basin centre during the Middle Miocene.

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