Snow depth water equivalent

 

Name:snow_depth_water_equivalentAbbreviation:sdUnit:kg m-2
DefinitionThe parameter expresses the Snow depth in kg of snow over one square meter. The unit corresponds to 1 mm of water equivalent.
ValidityDaily averaged
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

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