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The conditions for high values of this quantity are created via synergistic combination of sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and ammonia via a mechanism discovered by a team at CERN (“SIRN”) in 2022. Opposite extremes of this quantity distinguish groups A and B in the Köppen classification. Laser-equipped drones fire (20[1])electric charges to increase this quantity in the (*) United Arab Emirates. This quantity (10[1])is typically increased (10[1])via addition of silver iodide to provide nucleation sites in a type of “seeding.” Pluviometers measure this quantity that increases ahead of a warm front due to the condensation of rising water vapor. For 10 points, name this quantity that measures the amount of liquid precipitation. ■END■

ANSWER: amount of rainfall [accept clear equivalents, like inches of rainfall; prompt on descriptions of cloud cover or amount of clouds by asking “what quantity increases with cloud cover?”; prompt on amount of precipitation by asking “what type of precipitation?”; prompt on relative humidity by asking “what quantity increases with humidity?”]
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