Variables
Units are as displayed on the boards. Map values are daily: means for states and
temperatures, totals for fluxes such as precipitation and runoff.
Forcing (downscaled weather)
| Layer |
Unit |
Daily value |
Notes |
| Temperature |
°C |
mean |
2 m air temperature |
| Precipitation |
mm |
total |
rain + snow, as water |
| Rainfall |
mm |
total |
liquid part |
| Snowfall |
cm |
total |
fresh-snow depth |
| Direct SW |
W/m² |
mean |
direct sunshine on the slope, terrain shading included |
| Diffuse SW |
W/m² |
mean |
diffuse sky radiation, scaled by sky view |
| Longwave |
W/m² |
mean |
incoming thermal radiation |
| Wind Speed |
m/s |
mean |
not gusts; 20–30 % low |
| Relative Humidity |
% |
mean |
|
| Pressure |
hPa |
mean |
surface pressure |
Model (snowpack)
| Layer |
Unit |
Daily value |
Notes |
| SWE |
mm |
mean |
1 mm = 1 kg m⁻² of water |
| Snow Depth |
cm |
mean |
|
| Runoff |
mm |
total |
melt + rain leaving the snowpack or bare ground |
| Snowmelt |
mm |
total |
melt part of runoff |
| Albedo |
– |
mean |
0–1 |
| Surface Temp |
°C |
mean |
snow or ground surface |
| Soil Temp |
°C |
mean |
shallow soil (0.1–0.3 m) |
Satellite
| Layer |
Unit |
Notes |
| MODIS fSCA |
0–1 |
MOD10A1F, cloud-gap-filled, per terrain unit |
| Model fSCA |
0–1 |
model snow cover fraction |
| Model-DA fSCA |
0–1 |
after data assimilation |
| Satellite image |
– |
Sentinel-2 true colour |
Anomalies
<Layer> anomaly, in units of the usual range (IQR, here q95 − q05), from −3 to +3. Within
±0.5 is normal. Available for SWE, snow depth, runoff, albedo, surface and soil temperature,
and all forcing layers. See Anomalies.
Ensemble
| Layer |
Unit |
Notes |
| Snowfall / Precipitation / Temperature P10, P50, P90 |
as above |
hourly percentiles across members |
| Snow accum Nd P10/P50/P90 |
cm |
new snow over the next 1, 3, 5 or 10 days |
| Snowfall probability |
0–1 |
share of members with snowfall |