Snow depth water equivalent- ERA5 Land

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Hi,

I have read some previous threads about selecting 00UTC for accumulated precipitation for the day as given in this table 

Conversion table for accumulated variables (total precipitation/fluxes)

I wanted to know if we need to select 00UTC for another variable 'snow depth water equivalent' too?

I was trying to compare SWE values of different datasets and found ERA5L values exceptionally high. I had downloaded data for all time steps and that seems to be creating the issue here.

Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.

Thanks.

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Hi,

the table is valid for accumulated variables.

Snow depth of water equivalent is an instantaneous parameter, so it refers to a specific point in time.


Thanks

Michela

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Thanks Michela.
I had another question about the units of snow depth water equivalent. If I download monthly average values, the units are in m/day or m/month?
Thanks

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Hi,

I have read some previous threads about Snow depth water equivalent-ERA5 Land I wanted to know what is difference between 'snow depth water equivalent'  and snow water equivalent?

Thanks.