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Table 5.

Weather statistics for the winter at Dome C as observed with ASTEP South.

2008 2009 2010 2011 Average
Excluding white-outs:
Photometric 75.6 ± 2.2 69.6 ± 1.2 75.3 ± 2.7 70.9 ± 1.2 72.9 ± 3.1
Veiled 23.1 ± 2.2 25.8 ± 1.1 22.3 ± 1.7 23.3 ± 1.1 23.7 ± 1.5
Bad 1.3 ± 0.1 4.5 ± 0.5 2.3 ± 0.2 5.8 ± 0.6 3.5 ± 2.0

Including white-outs:
Photometric 63.0 ± 2.2 64.7 ± 1.2 72.5 ± 2.6 68.0 ± 1.2 67.1 ± 4.2
Veiled 19.2 ± 1.8 24.0 ± 1.1 21.5 ± 1.6 22.4 ± 1.1 21.8 ± 2.0
Bad 1.1 ± 0.1 4.2 ± 0.4 2.2 ± 0.2 5.5 ± 0.6 3.3 ± 2.0
White-out 16.6 ± 1.7 7.1 ± 0.7 3.8 ± 0.4 4.1 ± 0.4 7.9 ± 6.0

Notes. All numbers are in percent.

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