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GRIB-API definition

Name
:
snow_
Snow depth
_
water
_
equivalentAbbreviation
:
sdUnit
:
kg m-2paramId:228141

 

UERRA details

DefinitionThe parameter expresses the
Snow
snow depth in kg of snow over one square meter. The unit corresponds to 1 mm of water equivalent.
Validity
Daily averaged
instantaneous
Comment

Please note that there exists a parameter Snow depth in GRIB 2 (Parameter number 11), which has the unit m (not m of water equivalent). This parameter measures the "real height" of snow cover.

Computed from instantaneous values at 00Z, 06Z, 12Z and 18Z

 

 

WMO GRIB2 definition

Parameter
Discipline
=
0
 Meteorological
meteorological products
Parameter
Category
category
=
1
 Moisture
moisture
Parameter
Number
number
=
60
 Snow
snow depth water equivalent
Level
Type of first fixed surface
=
1
Ground
ground or water surface
Scale factor of first fixed surface
=
all bits to 1
Missing
missing
Scaled value of first fixed surface
=
all bits to 1
Missing
missing
Type of second fixed surface
=
all bits to 1
Missing
missing
Scale factor of second fixed surface
=
all bits to 1
Missing
missing
Scaled value of second fixed surface
=
all bits to 1
Missing
missing