How a Laser Can Help Distinguish Water and Ice in Clouds ⚡ экспресс
Original: "Detection of isolated specular reflection for calibration of cloud thermodynamic phase estimation with quantum parametric mode sorting LIDAR"
A special quantum filter will teach satellite lasers to flawlessly tell water from ice in clouds.
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Satellite lasers get blinded by clouds: the mirror glare prevents knowing whether it's water or ice. Physicists found a loophole—a quantum filter that captures exactly that glare. By combining two lasers, cloud maps become more accurate, and weather forecasts more reliable.
🎯 The mirror reflection from icy clouds can be so strong that it completely 'blinds' satellite lasers, rendering them useless for analyzing cloud composition.