water equivalent

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water equivalent [′wȯd·ər i′kwiv·ə·lənt]

(meteorology)

The depth of water that would result from the melting of the snowpack or of a snow sample; thus, the water equivalent of a new snowfall is the same as the amount of precipitation represented by that snowfall.

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