Studies of Antarctic precipitation statistics Martina Barandun, Christophe Genthon LGGE CNRS 54 Rue Moliere, DU BP 96 F Saint Martin d’Heres Cedex, France We have a proof! It snows in Antarctica!
Precipitation in models needs to be validated... ECMWF precipitation 25 May
ECMWF 56V-HHT filtered passive microwave (Bindshandler et al, 2005) precipitation 25 May
Figure 1: Disdrometer / visibility sensor (Biral, VPF , right) and blowing sensor (IAV FlowCapt, left) deployed at the coast of Adélie Land (Cap Prudhomme).
Biral and FlowCapt reports in 2009, with ECMWF precipitation predictions.