'Dressed' laser aimed at clouds may be key to inducing rain, lightning
Friday, April 18, 2014 - 09:00
in Astronomy & Space
The adage "Everyone complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it," may one day be obsolete if researchers at the University of Central Florida's College of Optics & Photonics and the University of Arizona further develop a new technique to aim a high-energy laser beam into clouds to make it rain or trigger lightning.