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Weather Modification
Title
North Dakota Atmospheric Resource Board - 1989-1991 Biennium Report
Date
11/27/1991
State
ND
Weather Modification - Doc Type
Report
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<br />3. OPERATIONS <br />3.1 Overview <br />North Dakota annually suffers one of the highest dollar <br />losses due to crop-hail damage in the nation, and consequently has <br />employed hail damage reduction seeding techniques since 1951, <br />except for the four years of 1955-1957 and 1960. The state of <br />North Dakota has been operating the North Dakota Cloud <br />Modification Project through the Atmospheric Resource Board <br />(formerly the Weather Modification Board) since 1976. <br />North Dakota's agricultural-based economy is quite vulnerable <br />to the energies of the Great Plains thunderstorms, which produce <br />life-giving rains as well as damaging winds, lightning, and hail. <br />A high frequency of crop and property damage results. A variety <br />of insurance statistics support this observation. Historically, <br />western North Dakota records many of the nation's largest annual <br />hail losses. The desire of the farmers to reduce hailfall so that <br />crops will develop to maturity is the driving force behind cloud <br />modification efforts in the state. <br />The "grass roots" program support and control reside with <br />County Weather Modification Authority members, who are initially <br />appointed by the County Commission from a list of nominees, with <br />any further appointments made by the County Commission. Each <br />County Authority provides a representative, along with a county <br />commissioner from that county, to an Operations Advisory <br />Committee, which represents the interests of participating and <br />non-participating counties alike. The County Authority and the <br />Operations Advisory Committee are at the top of the chain of <br />command in the operations organization as illustrated by Fig. 4. <br /> <br />-7- <br />
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