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<br />GLOSSARY AND ACRONYMS <br /> <br />AARRP: Applied Atm,ospheric Resources Research Project. <br /> <br />ACRP: ASEAN Cooperative Rainmaking Project. <br /> <br />AgI: silver iodide. <br /> <br />a.g.!.: above ground level. <br /> <br />ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations., <br /> <br />ATT: Agricultural Technology Transfer Project. <br /> <br />BRRAA: Bureau of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation. <br /> <br />Cb: cumulonimbus. <br /> <br />CCL: convective condensation level. <br /> <br />CCN: cloud condensation nucleus. <br /> <br />CaCI2: calcium chloride. <br /> <br />Cold cumulus cloud: a large cumulus cloud whose top rises above the 0 oC level and in which <br />precipitation development by ice particle growth processes is dominant. If the cloud top <br />temperature reaches ...10 oC to -25 oC, the cloud becomes suitable for glaciogenic seeding. <br /> <br />Convective cell: the basic element of convective cloud systems, consisting of a single updraft <br />and down draft couplet. The convective cell has been selected as the treatment unit of the <br />1991 AARRP experiments. <br /> <br />DAS: data acquisition system. <br /> <br />DTEC: Department of Technical and Economic Cooperation. <br /> <br />"Dynamic Seeding": seeding whose primary purpose is to invigorate the intemal circulations <br />that sustain the cloud, force the ingestion and processing of more water vapor, leading to <br />larger or more long-lived clouds and increased rainfall. <br /> <br />EEC: Enterprise Electronics Corporation. <br /> <br />EGAT: Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand. <br /> <br />Experimental unit: the convective elements, convective cells, and small multiple-cell <br />convective systems within a circle having a radius of 25 kilometers and centered at the <br />location of the convective cell that qualified the unit for treatment. <br /> <br />FACE: Florida Area Cumulus Experiment. <br /> <br />FOC: AARRP Field Operations Center at the RRFRC. <br /> <br />v <br />