FUNDS ARE REQUESTED TO ENGAGE DR. GREGORY R. CARMICHAEL IN THE NASA EARTH SCIENCE DIVISION AEROSOL AND CLOUD CONVECTION AND PRECIPITATION PRE-FORMULATION STUDY. DR. CARMICHAEL WILL SERVE AS CO-CHAIR OF THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY COHORT. THE SCC IS AN EXTERNAL GROUP CONSISTING OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEADING SCIENTISTS AND APPLICATION PRACTITIONERS IN THE FIELD OF AEROSOLS AND CLOUDS CONVECTION AND PRECIPITATION WHOSE ROLE IS TO PROVIDE GENERAL ADVICE ON ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE SCIENCE DIRECTIONS OF THE A-CCP STUDY.