Record Label : snw
Record Title : Surface Snow Amount
Record Identifier : bab81e50-e5dd-11e5-8482-ac72891c3257
Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-041
MIP Variable : snw
Deflate: NetCDF compression parameter :
Deflate Level: NetCDF compression parameter :
Shuffle: NetCDF compression parameter :
Indicative priority for this parameter, which is over-ruled by the requestVar priority setting, but provides a reference for organisation of the CMORvariables : 1
Data value type, e.g. float or double : real
Modeling Realm : landIce land
CMOR Directive Positive :
Link to MIP table record : LImon
The MIP table : LImon
Provenance : LImon ((isd.003))
Provenance Note :
Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : mon
Row index of entry in source sheet : 16
Description : Computed as the mass of surface snow on the land portion of the grid cell divided by the land area in the grid cell; reported as missing where the land fraction is 0; excluded is snow on vegetation canopy or on sea ice.
Quality Control Ranges : Surface Snow Amount