Raindrop physics important for future tropical slowdown and extreme precipitation

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 07 July 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01402-9

Falling raindrops have an essential but as yet unquantified role in planetary climate change. An approach to quantifying precipitation efficiency establishes that the way raindrops reach the surface plays an important part in persistent uncertainties over future tropical atmospheric circulation and extreme precipitation.