From glaciers to rainfall: Understanding unexpected rain

A scientifc weather station in the rain. Credit: Wolfgang Gurgiser

In 2018, a group of students from the Universities of Innsbruck, Austria, and Hamburg, Germany, were on a research excursion close to the village of Llupa in the Rio Santa valley in the Peruvian Andes. While they were busy installing a weather station in preparation for their research project, they were surprised by unexpected rainfall—a brief yet notable shower.

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News Source: phys.org


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