Precipitation plays a vital role within the Earth system. Precipitation consists of a collection of liquid or solid water particles, which are referred to as hydrometeors, that begin within a cloud [1]. When these hydrometeors grow too heavy to continue being suspended by vertical motions in the cloud, they fall towards the ground in the form of rain, snow/ice or a mixture and ultimately replenish the oceans and lakes, either directly or indirectly via surface hydrological processes such as runoff and discharge. Hence, understanding how hydrometeors are distributed within the atmosphere and near the ground enables a more accurate depiction of a principle component of the water cycle. It also enables a more accurate depiction of precipitation’s erosive effects on the soil important for modeling runoff and on human-made structures important for defining building standards and codes [2,3,4].