Snow Survey measurement locations

Snow Survey measurement locations This dataset contains location information for 2 of Ontario’s snow monitoring networks: * Surface Water Monitoring Centre (SWMC) * Snow Network for Ontario Wildlife (SNOW), administered by the Wildlife Research and Monitoring Section Snow course data is collected by: * conservation authorities * Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) districts * Ontario Power Generation SWMC network data is collected twice a month from November 15 until May 15. SNOW network data is collected once a week from the first snowfall until snowmelt. The Surface Water Monitoring Centre uses the data to assess: * current snow cover * frozen ground conditions * snowpack * potential snowmelt * contributions to streamflow MNR’s Science and Research Branch use the data to: * help manage wildlife species including deer, moose, wild turkey, elk, wolves and coyotes * help ministry resource managers and scientists administer programs and conduct research * inform game management decisions such as white-tailed deer harvest quotas * support flight planning for the Moose Aerial Inventory program 2024-08-14 Government of Ontario Economics and IndustryEnvironmental and Natural ResourcesSurface Water Monitoring Centresnowsnow surveyfloodflood forecastingSnow Network for Ontario Wildlifeconservation authorityweatherclimatehydrometricScience and Research BranchWildlife Research and Monitoring SectionRegional Operations DivisionGovernment information Snow survey measurement locationsHTML https://geohub.lio.gov.on.ca/datasets/lio::snow-survey-measurement-location/about Emplacements de mesure du relevé des neigesHTML https://geohub-fr.lio.gov.on.ca/datasets/lio::emplacements-de-mesure-du-relev%C3%A9-des-neiges/about Data DictionaryXLS https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/7959c804-8fba-45e1-b764-8bdd7f883a13/resource/97fb9f93-4e7b-402e-9529-9b9c4d57b202/download/indsnowmonitorlocation_datadictionary_en_fr_final.xlsx

This dataset contains location information for 2 of Ontario’s snow monitoring networks: * Surface Water Monitoring Centre (SWMC) * Snow Network for Ontario Wildlife (SNOW), administered by the Wildlife Research and Monitoring Section Snow course data is collected by: * conservation authorities * Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) districts * Ontario Power Generation SWMC network data is collected twice a month from November 15 until May 15. SNOW network data is collected once a week from the first snowfall until snowmelt. The Surface Water Monitoring Centre uses the data to assess: * current snow cover * frozen ground conditions * snowpack * potential snowmelt * contributions to streamflow MNR’s Science and Research Branch use the data to: * help manage wildlife species including deer, moose, wild turkey, elk, wolves and coyotes * help ministry resource managers and scientists administer programs and conduct research * inform game management decisions such as white-tailed deer harvest quotas * support flight planning for the Moose Aerial Inventory program

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