Snow

Patchy snow lit by golden light from a low sun

Snow in mountains - snow accumulates more on less steep slope surfaces, including roofs of houses and buildings

The snow line is the boundary between a snow-covered and snow-free surface.

In FlightGear

You can view the snow line height at /environment/snow-level-m in 2024.1 and later.

The source code implementing this is available in [GitLab]/flightgear/flightgear/next/src/Environment/climate.cxx.

External links

• The snowline: it’s not a line (still less an isotherm) (Environmental Research Web)

References