Parallel energy balance model
This is the latest version of the Parallel Energy Balance (ParBal) model. Using snow cover and downscaled metereological forcings, it produces daily snow melt and reconstructed snow water equivalent (SWE). Note, the snowmelt is valid year-round, but the SWE is only valid during the ablation season, from its peak (maximum) through melt out.
2001-2019 Sierra data at: ftp://ftp.snow.ucsb.edu/pub/org/snow/products/ParBal/Sierra/
(ftp:// links don't work because of GitHub markdown bug)
References:
Bair, E. H., A. Abreu Calfa, K. Rittger, and J. Dozier (2018), Using machine learning for real-time estimates of snow water equivalent in the watersheds of Afghanistan, The Cryosphere, 12(5), 1579-1594, doi: 10.5194/tc-12-1579-2018.
Bair, E. H., K. Rittger, R. E. Davis, T. H. Painter, and Dozier, J. (2016), Validating reconstruction of snow water equivalent in California's Sierra Nevada using measurements from the NASA Airborne Snow Observatory, Water Resources Research, 52, doi: 10.1002/2016WR018704.
Rittger, K., Bair, E.H., Kahl, A., and Dozier, J. (2016). Spatial estimates of snow water equivalent from reconstruction. Advances in Water Resources 94, 345-363. doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.05.015.