The Relative Roles of Lower- and Middle-Tropospheric Cloud Condensation Nuclei on Mature MCS Precipitation Rates

Peter Marinescu1,2, Susan C van den Heever1, Stephen Millican Saleeby1, Sonia M Kreidenweis3 and Paul J DeMott1, (1)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (3)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States