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GRIB-API definition

Name
snow
Snow depth water equivalentAbbreviationsdUnitkg m-2paramId:228141

 

UERRA details

DefinitionThe parameter expresses the snow depth in kg of snow over one square meter. The unit corresponds to 1 mm of water equivalent.
Validityinstantaneous
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.

 

 

WMO GRIB2 definition

Parameter
Discipline0meteorological products
Parameter
Category
category1moisture
Parameter
Number
number60snow depth water equivalent
Level
Type of first fixed surface1ground or water surface
Scale factor of first fixed surfaceall bits to 1missing
Scaled value of first fixed surfaceall bits to 1missing
Type of second fixed surfaceall bits to 1
missing
Scale factor of second fixed surfaceall bits to 1missing
Scaled value of second fixed surfaceall bits to 1missing