How rain reaches the Atacama Desert (IMAGE)

University of Cologne

How rain reaches the Atacama Desert

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The Atacama Desert is the driest region on Earth with annual precipitation rates below 2 l/m² . Dr Christoph Böhm from the University of Cologne’s Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology has identified moisture conveyor belts (MCBs) as the main mechanism for precipitation.

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Jan Voelkel, University of Cologne

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