Ontario Snow Survey location and data

This data contains location information for 1 of Ontario’s snow monitoring networks: * Surface Water Monitoring Centre (SWMC) Snow course data is collected by: * conservation authorities * Ontario Power Generation * Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) districts Data is collected twice a month from November 15 until May 15. The Surface Water Monitoring Centre uses this data to assess: * current snow cover * frozen ground conditions * snowpack * potential snowmelt * contributions to streamflow The snow data is located in a corporate water and climate database. This data helps MNR and conservation authorities assess the potential for flood at the local and provincial scale.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2024-01-05
Date ( RI_366 )
2024-01-05
RI_414
  Government of Ontario; Government of Ontario; Natural Resources and Forestry - ( )
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
annually; annuel RI_539
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • snow
  • snow survey
  • flood
  • flood forecasting
  • conservation authority
  • weather
  • climate
  • hydrometric
  • Surface Water Monitoring Centre
  • Environment and Natural Resources
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Government information
Use limitation
Open Government Licence – Ontario (https://www.ontario.ca/page/open-government-licence-ontario)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Topic category
  • Economy
Begin date
0001-01-01
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unknown / unknown / unknown
Distribution format
  • ESRI REST ( unknown )

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RI_414
  Government of Ontario; Government of Ontario; Natural Resources and Forestry - ( )
OnLine resource
(extracted from geohub) ( ESRI REST: Feature Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
(extracted from geohub) ( ESRI REST: Feature Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Ontario Snow Survey location and data ( HTTPS )

Dataset;SHP;eng

OnLine resource
Emplacement du relevé des neiges de l’Ontario et données ( HTTPS )

Dataset;SHP;eng

File identifier
705313eb-1124-46c0-906d-42abf25c522d XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-05-27
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003
RI_414
  Government of Ontario; Government of Ontario; Natural Resources and Forestry - ( )
 
 

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