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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />II <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />il <br />I <br /> <br />GLOSSARY AND ACRONYMS <br /> <br />Accretion: In cloud physics, the growth of an ice hydrometeor by collision with <br />supercooled cloud drops that freeze wholly or partially upon contact. <br /> <br />Agl: Silver Iodide <br /> <br />AGL: Above Ground Level <br /> <br />AMS: American Meteorological Society <br /> <br />ATMET: ATmospheric, Meteorological and Environmental Technologies <br /> <br />CCM: Certified Consulting Meteorologist <br /> <br />CCN: Cloud Condensation Nuclei - particles, either liquid or solid, upon which <br />water vapor condenses and forms cloud drops in the atmosphere. <br /> <br />CFDC: Continuous Flow Diffusion Chamber <br /> <br />CLW: Cloud Liquid Water - the amount of non-precipitation liquid water in a <br />cloud, usually measured in gm-3, <br /> <br />CRBPP: Colorado River Basin Pilot Project <br /> <br />CSU: Colorado State University <br /> <br />Cloud seeding: The introduction of agents (e.g. silver iodide) into a cloud to alter <br />the phase and size distribution of cloud particles for the purpose of modifying its <br />development or increasing its precipitation. <br /> <br />CoCoRaHS: Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow network in Colorado <br /> <br />Cold cloud: A cloud composed of supercooled water drops and/or ice particles. <br /> <br />Condensation: The physical process by which a vapor becomes liquid; the <br />opposite of evaporation. <br /> <br />Convection: As specialized in meteorology, atmospheric motions that are <br />predominantly vertical, resulting in the vertical transport and mixing of <br />atmospheric properties; distinguished from advection, <br /> <br />Convective cloud: A cloud which owes its vertical development, and possibly its <br />origin, to convection. <br /> <br />CWCB: Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />xix <br />