Dataset

Snowpack (Forced by Gridded Observed Data)

Commons Hosting
Climate Commons Hosting Status: 
Eligible
Basic Information

Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) is a common snowpack measurement. It is defined as the amount of water contained within the snowpack. These snowpack projections are produced by using a land surface/hydrology model known as the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model. The VIC model uses a gridded dataset of observed precipitation and temperature data as input to calculate SWE and a suite of additional parameters. Details are described in Livneh et al., 2015.

Creator: 
Ben Livneh
Publisher: 
Cal-Adapt
Subjects:
Data Type:
Spatial Resolution: 
1/16 degree
URL: 
http://cal-adapt.org/data/snowpack_livneh/
Temporal Coverage: 
1950-2100
Date Issued: 
2016
Parameters / Choices
A dataset often contains many geodata layers representing the same kind of measurement, but for different values of some parameters - time periods, models or scenarios, different species, etc. A value must be chosen for each such parameter in order to select a specific layer or raster which associated a single value with each geographic location (cell). The parameters or choices relevant to selecting layers from this dataset are described here.
Climate Models: 
CNRM
GFDL
NCAR CCSM
Time Units: 
Monthly
Multi-year Ranges: 
1950-2005, 2006-2100