Linking atmospheric rivers to cloud feedback through precipitation and radiative efficiency

Daniel McCoy1, Chuyan Tan2, Paul Field3, Gregory Elsaesser4, Mark Zelinka5, Andrew Gettelman6 and Trude Eidhammer6, (1)University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (2)University of Wyoming, Laramie, United States, (3)United Kingdom Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom, (4)Columbia University/NASA GISS, Dept. of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, New York, United States, (5)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (6)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States