Understanding the microphysical control and spatial-temporal variability of warm rain probability using CloudSat and MODIS observations

Zhibo Zhang1, Lazaros Oreopoulos2, Matthew D Lebsock3, David B Mechem4 and Justin Covert4, (1)University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States, (2)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States