The National Hydrological Services Practitioner's Guide was developed as a platform where both internal and external partners are able to easily access information regarding the current status of hydrologic prediction and flood forecasting products in Canada. It is necessary that the practitioners guide is: easy to understand, easily accessible, contains relevant user-driven information, promotes hydrological prediction products, and is a living document.
The National Hydrological Service is responsible for monitoring water quantity and flow, across Canada, in partnership with the provinces and territories. The NHS is also responsible for water management of international and domestic transboundary water, in partnership with the International Joint Commission and the provinces and territories.
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The CMC is a center of expertise for environmental prediction services in Canada and is located in Dorval, Quebec. More info
A complete hydro-meteorological prediction system, which aims to provide the best possible representation of the current and future states of the land surface, as well as the movement of water over and through the soil column and through the lake and river networks.
Produces an objective, best estimate of the amount of precipitation that occurred at the surface over recent past periods of 6 or 24 hours. Integrates data from in situ precipitation gauge measurements, weather radar and numerical weather prediction models.
Hourly, ~10-km resolution reanalysis for North America from 1980-2018 of the main meteorological variables that are required for land surface and hydrology applications.
A coordinated database of snow observations, with a primary focus on snow water equivalent data, covering all provinces and territories. Updated annually with a robust, consistent set of quality control measures applied.