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Data description article
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05 Oct 2026
Data description article |
| 05 Oct 2026
| 05 Oct 2026
A benchmark dataset of water levels and waves for SWOT validation in the St. Lawrence Estuary and Saguenay Fjord, Quebec, Canada
Numerical Modelling and Prediction Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Quebec City, QC, G1J 0C3, Canada
Xavier Chartrand
Numerical Modelling and Prediction Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Quebec City, QC, G1J 0C3, Canada
Institut des Sciences de la Mer, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, QC, G5L 3A1, Canada
David Purnell
Department of Civil and Water Engineering, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
Precipice Sensors Inc., Montreal, QC, H2S 2P7, Canada
Marc Simard
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA
Alexandra Christensen
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA
Francis Fortin-Legault
Canadian Hydrographic Service, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Mont-Joli, QC, G5H 3Z4, Canada
Jonathan Morin
Canadian Hydrographic Service, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Mont-Joli, QC, G5H 3Z4, Canada
Yann Côté-Nadeau
Canadian Hydrographic Service, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Mont-Joli, QC, G5H 3Z4, Canada
Élaine Desrosiers
Canadian Hydrographic Service, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Mont-Joli, QC, G5H 3Z4, Canada
Anthony Ouellet
Science Advice, Information and Support Branch, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Mont-Joli, QC, G5H 3Z4, Canada
Cédric Chavanne
Institut des Sciences de la Mer, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, QC, G5L 3A1, Canada
François Anctil
Department of Civil and Water Engineering, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
Gabriela Siles
Department of Geomatics Sciences, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
Scott Bedart
Department of Geomatics Sciences, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
Silvia Innocenti
Numerical Modelling and Prediction Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Quebec City, QC, G1J 0C3, Canada
Mohammed Dabboor
Earth System Research and Integration Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, QC, H9P 1J3, Canada
Daniel L. Peters
Freshwater and Cryosphere Modelling Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, BC, V8N 1V8, Canada
Mélanie Trudel
Department of Civil Engineering and Building, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada
Data sets
Benchmark dataset of water levels and waves in the St. Lawrence Estuary and Saguenay Fjord, Quebec, Canada Pascal Matte et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18225504
Short summary
We present a new public collection of water-level and wave measurements from the St. Lawrence Estuary and Saguenay Fjord in Canada, based on the densest observation network ever deployed in the region. Collected to assess the accuracy of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite, these carefully processed data will help researchers better understand floods, coastal water-level changes, and other estuarine processes as climate and sea levels change.
We present a new public collection of water-level and wave measurements from the St. Lawrence...
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