Freshwater runoffs of the St. Lawrence at the height of Québec City

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%.

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Data source identification :

Data

Modelling and Operational Oceanography Division, Canadian Hydrographic Service - Quebec Region, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Methodology

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.