Foreword Preface 1. Multi-scale manifestation of tropical precipitation as evidenced from recent satellite observations 2. New insights on tropical clouds and rains from RADAR observations 3. How do the latest RADAR and Satellite observations provide breakthrough in understanding tropical cloud and precipitation variability 4. Multiscale tropical clouds and extreme events over tropics 5. Translating the new observational insights to improve the tropical cloud variability in climate model 6.1 Towards a breakthrough in convection parameterization using multiscale and multicloud modeling constrained by observations - Part 1 6.2 Towards a breakthrough in convection parameterization using multiscale and multicloud modeling constrained by observations.

Part II: Implementation in CAM and preliminary results 7. Simulating tropical multiscale cloud and precipitation variability with a global convection permitting model 8. Predicting the multiscale cloud and precipitation variability with a state-of-the-art ensemble forecast system 9. Heavy precipitating mid-tropospheric monsoonal systems in a warming climate.