Table 1 Cluster snow parameters developed for the CONUS.

From: Datasets for characterizing extreme events relevant to hydrologic design over the conterminous United States

Cluster

Name

# SNOTEL

αmax [0.8, 0.9]*

λA [0.87, 0.99]*

λM [0.82, 0.99]*

TS (°C) [0, 6.5]*

C1

Alpine

144

0.85

0.93

0.90

3.3

C2

Maritime

14

0.84

0.93

0.89

2.4

C3

Southern

0

0.84

0.93

0.89

2.4

C4

Northern

14

0.85

0.98

0.87

1.3

C5

Interior

16

0.84

0.93

0.84

2.0

  1. Note: *prior range of snow parameters
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