Credit: Image credit: Chiu, J., et al., Observational Constraints on Warm Cloud Microphysical Processes Using Machine Learning and Optimization Techniques. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL091236 (2021). [DOI: 10.1029/2020GL091236].
Density plots of predicted versus true autoconversion rates for the new model (upper panel) and a previous model (lower panel). The close fit of the new model along the diagonal line indicates its lower uncertainty in modeling drizzle formation.