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Name | snow depth water equivalent | Abbreviation | sd | Unit | kg m-2 |
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. |
GRIB2 definition
Parameter |
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Discipline | 0 | meteorological products |
Parameter Category | 1 | moisture |
Parameter Number | 60 | snow depth water equivalent
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Level |
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Type of first fixed surface | 1 | ground or water surface |
Scale factor of first fixed surface | all bits to 1 | missing |
Scaled value of first fixed surface | all bits to 1 | missing |
Type of second fixed surface | all bits to 1
| missing |
Scale factor of second fixed surface | all bits to 1 | missing |
Scaled value of second fixed surface | all bits to 1 | missing |