Wie beeinflusst die Verdunstung von Regen das Klima und die Wetterextreme?

How does the evaporation of rain affect the climate and weather extremes? Estimates show that more than half of the raindrops formed in clouds evaporate on their way to the ground. The evaporation of raindrops not only reduces the amount of rain on the Earth‘s surface, the associated cooling of the air can also lead to violent downbursts and trigger a chain of processes that can have a strong influence on cloud formation and the climate. With the help of high-resolution simulations and observations, important progress has been made in recent years in our understanding of the processes involved and their influence on weather extremes. However, our understanding of possible changes in rain evaporation with global warming, and whether these changes tend to amplify or weaken global warming, is still limited. There are promising new observational tools and new approaches to better modelling the interaction of clouds and rain drops. These could soon provide answers to the open questions.