DesertFox
12-01-2008, 07:11 PM
... Arkadii Leonov ... and colleagues say that they can put a spanner in the atmospheric works by flying supersonic jet aircraft in concentric circles around a hurricane's eye, the calm area around which the storm rotates.
... the sonic-boom shockwave would dramatically raise air pressure in the eye, disrupting the upward flow of warm air that drives the hurricane. ...
"Two F-4 jet fighters flying at approximately Mach 1.5 are sufficient to suppress, mitigate and/or destroy a typical sized hurricane/typhoon," they claim in their application.
Link (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16172-invention-supersonic-hurricane-neutraliser.html)
... the sonic-boom shockwave would dramatically raise air pressure in the eye, disrupting the upward flow of warm air that drives the hurricane. ...
"Two F-4 jet fighters flying at approximately Mach 1.5 are sufficient to suppress, mitigate and/or destroy a typical sized hurricane/typhoon," they claim in their application.
Link (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16172-invention-supersonic-hurricane-neutraliser.html)