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l_snow}v1rev 42013-07-04Todd S. Glickman, Glossary of Meteorology, 2nd Ed, American Meteorological Society.

depth of snow

0112/2///61360_4#AAF919

vertical distance between the top of a snow layer and the horizontal ground beneath

Used by classes
1
property

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Entities with the same name in other dictionaries:

Code
AAF919
Data type
LEVEL(MIN,MAX) OF REAL_MEASURE_TYPE
Unit
UAA726 UAA726
Used by classes (1)

All properties21#

Version
1
Revision
4
Preferred name
depth of snow
Short name
l_snow}
Definition
vertical distance between the top of a snow layer and the horizontal ground beneath
Definition source
Todd S. Glickman, Glossary of Meteorology, 2nd Ed, American Meteorological Society.
Note
The layer is assumed to be evenly spread on the surface. When the snow is not uniformly distributed, snow depth is measured by taking an average of multiple measurements.
Unit structure
m
Drawing reference
NR2..3.3
Initial value
0112/2///62720#UAA726 UAA726
Responsible committee
TC3, SC3D
Published in
NON_DEPENDENT_P_DET
Status level
Standard
Version release date
2015-08-17
Revision release date
2013-07-04
Version initiation date
2015-08-17
MDC_P022
LEVEL(MIN,MAX) OF REAL_MEASURE_TYPE
MDC_P025_1
l_snow}
MDC_P040
T03