Weather Modification History - Timeline and Educational Research header

USDA Sprays Electrified Water Over Texas

July 2017

U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wesley C Hoffmann (Clint) from the Aerial Application Technology Research, Agricultural Engineering division used an electrostatic (insecticide/pesticide) sprayer to eject electrified tap water above cumulus clouds in order to induce rainfall over Texas. [1]

References

1.1. August 24, 2017 meeting of the Weather Modification Advisory Committee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiW6OKPIWkk&t=1641s

2.2. U.S. Department of Agriculture: Wesley C Hoffmann (Clint) Areawide Pest Management Research
https://web.archive.org/web/20100309151634/http://ppmq.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=2539

3.3. U.S. Department of Agriculture: Wesley Hoffmann
https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/30910515/ScientistProfiles/Clint%20Hoffmann.pdf

4.4. U.S. Department of Agriculture: Aerial Application Technology Research: College Station, TX
https://www.ars.usda.gov/plains-area/college-station-tx/southern-plains-agricultural-research-center/aerial-application-technology-research/

Jim Lee

Creator of Weather Modification History

“I am forever a Boy Scout, lifetime artist, nocturnal programmer, music is my life, love is my religion, and I am the luckiest husband and father on Earth. I speak for the trees. I have a passion for mapping, magnets, and mysteries.”

About Jim Lee