An exploratory analysis of crop hail insurance data for evidence of cloud seeding effects in North Dakota

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 463-473

  Smith, Paul L ^a   Johnson, L Ronald ^a   Priegnitz, David L ^a,d   Boe, Bruce A ^b   Mielke Jr , Paul W ^c  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b North Dakota Atmospheric Resource Board   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD SEEDING; CROP DAMAGE; HAIL SUPPRESSION; INSURANCE; NDCMP; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

USA, NORTH DAKOTA;

EID: 0031446052     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<0463:AEAOCH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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