Freshwater runoffs - Quebec City - Application
Download data:
To download the data please go directly to the dataset in the OGSL catalog and the pdf of the method are available online here: Monthly Freshwater Runoffs of the St. Lawrence at the Height of Quebec City
To download the data please go directly to the dataset in the OGSL catalog and the pdf of the method are available online here: Monthly Freshwater Runoffs of the St. Lawrence at the Height of Quebec City
Citation:
Fisheries and Oceans Canada. (2023). Monthly Freshwater Runoffs of the St. Lawrence at the Height of Quebec City [Data set]. https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/dataset/ca-cioos_84a17ffc-4898-4261-94de-4a5ea2a9258d?local=en. Access date: [YYYY-MM-DD].
Fisheries and Oceans Canada. (2023). Monthly Freshwater Runoffs of the St. Lawrence at the Height of Quebec City [Data set]. https://catalogue.ogsl.ca/dataset/ca-cioos_84a17ffc-4898-4261-94de-4a5ea2a9258d?local=en. Access date: [YYYY-MM-DD].
Data provided by:
Pelagic and Ecosystem Sciences Directorate - Quebec Region, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
For more information: denis.lefaivre@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Pelagic and Ecosystem Sciences Directorate - Quebec Region, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
For more information: denis.lefaivre@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Methodology:
The monthly mean run off is estimated using an empirical relationship between the St. Lawrence River discharge and the water-level at Neuville with the Bourgault and Koutitonsky (1999) method. The uncertainty is +/- 2100 m3/s at 95%.
Reference: Bourgault, D., and V.G. Koutitonsky, 1999. Real-Time Monitoring of the Freshwater Discharge at the Head of the St. Lawrence Estuary . ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN, 37, 203-220.
The monthly mean run off is estimated using an empirical relationship between the St. Lawrence River discharge and the water-level at Neuville with the Bourgault and Koutitonsky (1999) method. The uncertainty is +/- 2100 m3/s at 95%.
Reference: Bourgault, D., and V.G. Koutitonsky, 1999. Real-Time Monitoring of the Freshwater Discharge at the Head of the St. Lawrence Estuary . ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN, 37, 203-220.
Reviewed: 2024-12-06