The other scale (near left) represents dBZ values when the radar is in precipitation mode (dBZ values from 5 to 75). Notice the color on each scale remains the same in both operational modes, only the values change. The value of the dBZ depends upon the mode the radar is in at the time the image was created.
The Scope of ACICS Accreditation. The Accrediting Council of Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) is a national accrediting agency recognized bythe Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
Definition of:ASIC. (A pplication S pecific I ntegrated C ircuit) Pronounced  a-sick.. A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor.The use of ASICs improve performance over general-purpose CPUs, because ASICs are hardwired to do a specific job and do not incur the overhead of fetching and interpreting stored instructions.lso promoting the decline of full custom ASICs are chip manufacturers that make generic chips containing all the necessary functions for specific mass market products such as DVDs, CDs, digital cameras, etc. See structured ASIC, gate array, standard cell, ASSP, PLD, adaptive computing and CSIC.