» Weather cycles

Augmet is a simple use of dropping a dispersant from an aeroplane into a cloud to induce or reduce desired weather conditions.  Augmet basically works by deploying a dispersant into cloud via an aircraft that enhances the local weather conditions for customers request, for services such as to make or prevent rain, snow or hail build up.  different altitudes produce different results.

In most cases it will reduce or increase the existing conditions by a certain percent, so if it is raining and Augmet for rain is in place it will rain harder, and it will slow and in some cases stop the rainfall with services to reduce rainfall.  Augmet Superstorm services reduce the intensity of large weather systems, meaning they most likely will not prevent a Superstorm but Augmet will substantially reduce the damage bills and loss of life that otherwise would have occurred.

Augmet is the most advanced version of augmenting the weather ever devised, using known research and integrating new technology and innovations both operationally and in tactics to improve results, while also providing the customer with a fixed price.

Augmet involves more than just flying through cloud and deploying dispersant. Cloud mechanics vary and only certain types of clouds deliver rain. Clouds travel over the ground at a certain speed, and although Augmet does encourage coalescence in non-seeded parts of the cloud as well, this process will need repeating as the seeded cloud mass moves past the target zone.

Weather has cycles, occurring over several years, decades - even centuries: not always seasonally dependent.

Augmet can locally restore balance lost during unusual meteorological conditions, with services suspended during the return of desired conditions such as heavy snow or rain. Dry or wet conditions may have been created thousands of miles upwind from atmospheric activity in other countries or Oceans. In Australia, natural dry cycles were termed Hanrahan droughts; European settlers incorrectly expecting European weather.

Standardized Augmet enables knowledge and technology to grow and evolve as any other industry has over the past hundred years.

» Coalescence: Normal atmosphere

Water particles in cloud, bond to make a raindrop (coalescence)

Water molecules inside a cloud, bond with each other and other aerosols in the atmosphere - sea salt, pollen or other particles - until heavy enough to fall as rain. Up to 2,000,000 water molecules form an average rain drop. This process is cycled by convection, produced by difference in temperature and sometimes air pressure.

Much about the rainfall process is still not understood. Conditions can be very similar and sometimes it rains and sometimes it does not. BAT is working upon the reasons why this is so beyond current, insufficient knowledge.

» Weather conditions required for successful weather modification

Generally, Augmet, particularly cloud seeding for rain, can only occur with certain types of cloud; cumulus, Cumulonimbus and Nimbostratus cloud. Within certain parameters Augmet dispersants may form rainfall from other cloud types, although these are still under development. Briggs Aerospace Technologies is also researching technology to obtain water from clear, but saturated skies.

» Basic overview of how dispersants work.

Dry Ice

Dry ice freezes condensation evaporating releases particles of ice for which rain droplets form upon.  Ice binds easier than droplets of water, and these heavier particles more readily fall to earth. Colder air manufactured by the melting of the frozen dry ice also condenses more water vapour in the atmosphere.

BAT has developed and invented new dispersant technology. These new dispersants may have the ability to transform the success of Augmet operations to double of previous technology and dispersant products. These dispersants should enable faster production or retardation of raindrops than the favoured types outlined above. Other products are under development.