Multi-Scale Precipitation Variability Over the Tropics

Foreword<br>Preface<br>1. Multi-scale manifestation of tropical precipitation as evidenced from recent satellite observations<br>2. New insights on tropical clouds and rains from RADAR observations<br>3. How do the latest RADAR and Satellite observations provide breakthrough in understanding tropical cloud and precipitation variability<br>4. Multiscale tropical clouds and extreme events over tropics<br>5. Translating the new observational insights to improve the tropical cloud variability in climate model<br>6.1 Towards a breakthrough in convection parameterization using multiscale and multicloud modeling constrained by observations - Part 1<br>6.2 Towards a breakthrough in convection parameterization using multiscale and multicloud modeling constrained by observations. Part II: Implementation in CAM and preliminary results<br>7. Simulating tropical multiscale cloud and precipitation variability with a global convection permitting model<br>8. Predicting the multiscale cloud and precipitation variability with a state-of-the-art ensemble forecast system<br>9. Heavy precipitating mid-tropospheric monsoonal systems in a warming climate