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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1835-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1835-2020
Data description paper
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24 Aug 2020
Data description paper |  | 24 Aug 2020

A Canadian River Ice Database from the National Hydrometric Program Archives

Laurent de Rham, Yonas Dibike, Spyros Beltaos, Daniel Peters, Barrie Bonsal, and Terry Prowse

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This paper describes the Canadian River Ice Database. Water level recordings at a network of 196 National Hydrometric Program gauging sites over the period 1894–2015 were reviewed. This database, of nearly 73 000 recorded variables and over 460 000 data entries, includes the timing and magnitude of fall freeze-up, midwinter break-up, winter minimum, ice thickness, spring break-up and maximum open-water levels. These data cover the range of river types and climate regions for Canada.