Snow Survey measurement locations

Description

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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Name Format Description Link
Original metadata (https://data.ontario.ca) HTML https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/7959c804-8fba-45e1-b764-8bdd7f883a13
Data Dictionary XLS https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/7959c804-8fba-45e1-b764-8bdd7f883a13/resource/97fb9f93-4e7b-402e-9529-9b9c4d57b202/download/indsnowmonitorlocation_datadictionary_en_fr_final.xlsx
Original metadata (https://data.ontario.ca/fr) HTML https://data.ontario.ca/fr/dataset/7959c804-8fba-45e1-b764-8bdd7f883a13
Emplacements de mesure du relevé des neiges HTML https://geohub-fr.lio.gov.on.ca/datasets/e362f2114f3c4a2e825ac8e1fc1a3bb3
Snow survey measurement locations HTML https://geohub.lio.gov.on.ca/datasets/93daa564e2b94250a8551b52d92613ac
Snow survey measurement locations Ersi REST https://ws.lioservices.lrc.gov.on.ca/arcgis2/rest/services/LIO_OPEN_DATA/LIO_Open08/MapServer/31
Snow survey measurement locations Ersi REST https://ws.lioservices.lrc.gov.on.ca/arcgis2/rest/services/LIO_OPEN_DATA/LIO_Open08/MapServer/31

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