GRIB-API definition
Name | snow Snow depth water equivalent | Abbreviation | sd | Unit | kg m-2 | paramId: | 228141 |
UERRA details
Definition | The parameter expresses the snow depth in kg of snow over one square meter. The unit corresponds to 1 mm of water equivalent. |
Validity | 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. |
WMO GRIB2 definition
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Discipline | 0 | meteorological products |
Parameter Categorycategory | 1 | moisture |
Parameter Numbernumber | 60 | snow depth water equivalent |
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