FogLab
IN-HOUSE INSTRUMENT · DESIGN STAGEBuild the proving ground.
A controlled platform for comparing fog collection and optical visibility. Build the measurement that tells us what works.
Optics · droplets · flow · energyExplore FogLab ↗
WEATHERHILL / EXPERIMENTAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
CHANGE WATER
IN THE AIR.
Fields. Matter. Water. Life.
We investigate how physical forces and living systems can change water in the air. Our first proving ground: FogLab.
In-house instrument in development. The experiments come next.
FOG / FLOW / OPTICS
AI CONCEPT VISUAL · NOT EXPERIMENTAL DATA
AI CONCEPT VISUAL · NOT EXPERIMENTAL DATA
IN MOTIONTHE ATLAS ↗
01 / THE DEVELOPMENT FRONTBIG AMBITION.
BIG AMBITION.
TESTABLE SYSTEMS.
Build the instrument. Measure the effect. Find the application. Our current programs connect atmospheric research to visibility, water recovery and controlled deposition.
FogFarm
FIELD-WATER PROGRAM · PLANNINGPut fog water to work.
Investigate fog as a supplemental water source, starting with the local resource, a passive baseline and water delivered to storage.
Fog resource · collection · farm demandExplore FogFarm ↗
PondFall
RESEARCH CONCEPT · UNTESTEDChange where water lands.
Test the idea of directing fog water into a defined receiver. The question is how much water arrives, and what it costs to get there.
Deposition · delivery · water balanceExplore PondFall ↗
Development programs, with different questions and stages. No Weatherhill hardware results or commercial field deployments are claimed.
02 / THE FIRST PROVING GROUNDPOWER ON.
POWER ON.
FIND OUT.
FogLab is the instrument behind the first experiment: compare an electrical collector with the identical collector switched off, and measure what changes.
We track collected water and optical visibility separately. That distinction matters to both a water-recovery system and a sensor looking through fog.
Optical extinctionDroplet sizeWater deliveredWhole-system energy
FOR SENSOR AND INSTRUMENT TEAMSTest your sensor
Test your sensor
in measured fog.
Developing a camera, lidar or optical instrument? Help shape a FogLab test around the fog conditions and performance question that matter to your team.
FogLab is in development. We are gathering requirements for future tests; testing is not yet available to book.
Define the conditions.
Tell us your wavelength, optical path, sensor footprint and target fog range.
Measure the fog.
The planned platform will characterize optical extinction, droplet size and airflow alongside sensor response.
Agree the comparison.
Set the baseline, repeatability target and useful output before choosing a test.
THE SCIENTIFIC WORKBENCHRUN THE
RUN THE
NUMBERS.
15 working tools for optics, airflow, energy and experimental design. Explore an assumption, inspect the method and export your result.
TRY IT / VISIBILITY & EXTINCTION
How far does light travel?
Adjust transmission across a 10 m optical path to explore the inferred extinction and 5% optical range.
A homogeneous attenuation model. Wavelength-specific range unless the WMO spectral requirements are met.
Open the complete tool ↗Optical workbenchLIVE CALCULATION
134.3Derived optical range · m
0.0223Extinction · m⁻¹
Optics
Droplet spectrum explorer
Compare number, water mass and approximate extinction across wet droplet sizes.
EngineeringWhole-system energy ledger
Keep air throughput, recovered water and electricity in the same ledger.
ExperimentsPaired fog-trial analysis
Analyze transit-aligned upstream/downstream means across independent days.
THE DISCOVERY DIRECTIONFROM THE ATOMIC
FROM THE ATOMIC
TO THE ATMOSPHERIC.
A surface. A field. A pulse of light. A living system. Our research direction connects these mechanisms to water, phase changes and the atmosphere.
Fog is the first experimental focus. The discovery map stays broad.
Explore the Atlas →THE RESEARCH BEHIND THE PRODUCTSTRACE THE
TRACE THE
MECHANISM.
Explore 280 papers and preprints across 11 research fields. Follow original sources and scoped evidence notes.
THE RESEARCH NOTEBOOKSHOW THE
SHOW THE
WORK.
Notes on the evidence, corrections and decisions shaping the first experiment.
USDA’s aerial electrostatics: patents, field evidence and facility fit
A real research lineage to include in the evidence map and patent review. Its aircraft methods and spray measurements have a specific relationship to FogLab.
Read the note ↗Why collected water does not prove clearer air
A collector can change the water balance and the optical signal by different amounts. A visibility product has to measure both.
Read the note ↗What the powered-versus-passive collector test measures
The D/C comparison asks whether electrical operation adds an optical benefit to the same collector under matched conditions.
Read the note ↗BUILD WITH WEATHERHILLBUILD WHAT
BUILD WHAT
COMES NEXT.
We’re developing the scientific team and measurement capabilities for the first build. Explore research collaboration or the founding-scientist program.
$1M annual base · $10M+ potential contribution award.
Proposed terms for selected founding-scientist appointments, subject to funding and written terms. The award is a separate potential contribution-based plan; neither employment nor an award is guaranteed. See the careers page for the full conditions.