Table 3 Distributions of meteorological forcings and model parameter perturbations with details described in the Uncertainty Parameters and Measurement Error section.

From: A western United States snow reanalysis dataset over the Landsat era from water years 1985 to 2021

Parameters

Distribution

Uncertainty Parameter Distributions Statistics

Meteorological Forcings

b (PPT)

Log normal

Mean

CV

1.80

0.69

εTa (Ta)

Normal

Mean

Std. Dev.

0.85 K

1.39 K

εTd (Td)

Normal

Mean

Std. Dev.

−1.37 K

1.20 K

γ (SW)

Normal

Mean

Std. Dev.

SI

0.2548

0.39

<0.5

3.66 × SI3 - 1.88 × SI2 + 1.39 × SI - 0.050

−0.39 × SI + 0.58

0.5 to 1

0

0.19

>1

Model Parameters

Cvis (αvis)

Uniform

Minimum

Maximum

0.2

0.45

β (SDC)

Uniform

Minimum

Maximum

0.05

0.8

  1. Std. Dev. Represents standard deviation and CV represents the coefficient of variation.