River Disturbance Index

See Reclamation Drought Index.

Reclamation Drought Index. Similar to the Surface Water Supply Index, the RDI incorporates temperature as well as precipitation, snowpack, stream flow, and reservoir levels in order to define drought on a river basin level.

reference daily intakes) food labeling values for protein, vitamins and minerals based on population- adjusted means of the rda.

Reference Daily Intakes. Recommended daily amounts for 19 essential vitamins and minerals, or micronutrients. RDIs were established by the FDA in 1993 to take the place of outdated USRDAs. They are based on the 1968 Recommended Dietary Allowances and like the DRVs, apply to anyone over the age of four.

Recommended Dietary Intake. Estimates of daily minimal dietary intake of established nutrients provided by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council. Optimal levels have not been formally established.

remote defect indication. a signal returned to the transmitting terminating equipment upon detecting a loss of signal, loss of frame, or AIS defect; RDI was previously known as FERF

remote defect identification. In ATM, loss of signal or cell synchronization is detected at the physical layer. RDI cells are used to report a VPC/VCC failure. RDI cells are sent upstream by a VPC/VCC endpoint to notify the source VPC/VCC endpoint of the downstream failure.

Remote Defect Indication (Indicación de fallas remotas) One of functions OAM used for the management of faults.

Radio Direction Indicator, also known as an ADF.

Radio Data Interchange: see also RFDC.

Reproductive Diagnostics, Inc. (the ART laboratory)

Rainbow Displays Inc

Residential Delivery Indicator. It cross-references against the most up-to-date USPS data, it flags residential addresses that can cost mailers extra, depending on your shipper. Essentially, it keeps home and work addresses separate.

Requirements-Design-Implement-Deploy cycle, an iteration in the software lifecycle resulting in some or all of a software system.

Relationship Development Intervention. A relatively new and growing therapeutic approach which places parents and therapists in a “coaching” relationship to their child.

Regulated Deficit Irrigation. An irrigation strategy to manipulated yield, quality and vegetative growth with water stress.

Rural Development Institute