ERA5

From variable 3.12
Snow Depth/SWE
reference

source
ECMWF
data type
Global atmospheric reanalysis
spatial domain
Global
spatial resolution
0.25ᵒ x 0.25ᵒ
temporal coverage
1950 - present
time step
Hourly; Monthly
data format
GRIB; NetCDF
comments
2D-OI using SYNOP snow depth observations. IMS assimilation for snow extent starting in 2004. HTESSEL land surface scheme (single snow layer). Discontinuity in 2004 with assimilation of IMS-4km snow cover extent (Orsolini et al. 2019; Mortimer et al. 2020).