" (...) North Dakota alone pays $650,000 to $700,000 a year in tax money for hail reduction, said state Atmospheric Resource Board Director Darin Langerud. Seven states in the Colorado River basin -- Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming--are seeking to formalize and expand cloud seeding. (...)" http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...n-hurricane-atmospheric-administration/2
"Atmospheric Resources
Darin Langerud, Division Director
Darin Langerud Darin has served as Division Director for the Atmospheric Resource Board since 2000. Responsibilities of the ARB include:
Regulation of cloud seeding operations and research activities in the state including the licensing of qualified contractors and permitting of proposed projects.
Atmospheric research in weather modification and precipitation development toward increasing knowledge and improving the efficacy of cloud seeding activities to increase rainfall and reduce hail damage.
Provide for the scientific evaluation of cloud seeding operations in the state.
Collect and disseminate accurate climate and precipitation data in the state.
Monitor the current state of knowledge regarding the magnitude and impacts of possible regional and global climatic changes.
