NASA Satellites Help Lift Cloud of Uncertainty on Climate Change

New data from NASA's CloudSat show that, on average, 13 percent of clouds observed over Earth's oceans at any time are producing rain that reaches the surface, much higher than previously speculated. In this image, blue indicates a low fraction of precipitating clouds, while yellow, orange and red indicate a higher percentage. Image credit: NASA/JPL/The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University