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<br />A field research office will be established for each field <br />area and will be the local coordination, forecasting and <br />control, and the initial analysis-evaluation focus for all <br />activities concerning each area. An independent, compre- <br />hensive evaluation and analysis for modeling improvement <br />will be performed elsewhere, where ready access to larger <br />computers and more sophisticated cloud models are available. <br /> <br />The primary cloud physics and precipitation microphysics <br />measurements will be taken by the area radar and by a <br />mobile research team and equipment that will be scheduled <br />between the project field areas and other possible areas. <br />This mobile team will initially be equipped with two or <br />three larger, higher capability aircraft; an additional <br />mobile weather radar and rawinsonde unit; and other <br />specialized instrumentation such as the water profiling <br />lidar. The team will include specialized technicians and <br />scientists to take and analyze the cloud physics data. <br />Scheduling of this mobile team will depend on weather <br />occurrence and movements, the local need for intensified <br />seeding and measurements, and the need for specialized <br />measurements to fill comprehensive modeling input require- <br />ments. <br /> <br />The mobile team aircraft will initially include a thoroughly <br />instrumented cloud physics aircraft to provide ice nuclei <br />34 <br />