Present and Future of Rainfall in Antarctica

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Vignon, É., Roussel, M. -L., Gorodetskaya, I. V., Genthon, C., Berne, A.
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Faraday; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03726951; https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03726951/document; https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03726951/file/Geophysical%20Research%20Letters%20-%202021%20-%20Vignon%20-%20Present%20and%20Future%20of%20Rainfall%20in%20Antarctica.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL092281

International audience While most precipitation in Antarctica falls as snow, little is known about liquid precipitation, although it can have ecological and climatic impacts. This study combines meteorological reports at 10 stations with the ERA5 reanalysis to provide a climatological characterizati...