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1. 1 CHAPTER 2 SYSTEM REQ UIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION PROCEDURES 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS COMPUTER INSTALLATION tete p e ats e pa Oi e E eph 2 CHAPTER 3 GETTING 5 3 USING THE HY DAT CD ROM eO e FRE RU tere pt Ute wa eee USER l a EEEE Mens DR et saves WINDOW CONTENTS OVERVIEW mes reete e i E ERR RENE M inNScreem Window na a Station Selection Window ins 2 ds R port Window aaa 4 Summary Window Daily Window Extreme MAndOW ns b i uq uu Du S qhapa 5 Sediment Windows m 28 24 WindOWSszsi Sa Tu PATA e UE SRU ERREUR E UNIT
2. ENEA CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Water quantity and sediment data collected by Environment Canada are stored in the HYDAT database The system also contains descriptive information and geographical co ordinates for all sites the period of operation for each site and the type of hydrometric data collected in the HYDEX database HYDAT contains hydrometric data for over 2900 active stations and some 5100 discontinued sites across Canada Data on the system include daily and or instantaneous information for streamflow water level suspended sediment concentration sediment particle size and sediment load The data for this information ranges from the year 1850 to the present While most of the data in HYDAT came from Departmental survey and monitoring programs data from provincial municipal and private agencies are also included Funding for the collection of the data is provided under cooperative cost sharing agreements between Environment Canada and each province and territory The HYDAT CD ROM provides rapid access to this huge volume of resource data The core of the system is its CD ROM Compact Digital Read Only Memory storage The HYDAT software interface between this storage and the personal computer was developed by Environment Canada and gives users at their desks the power and flexibility to retrieve view subset download and print selected data from the CD ROM The access software is organized
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5. Column s Description 1 code for type of data and units 1 discharge in cubic metres per second 2 blank 3 9 station number e g 04 001 10 blank 11 13 year e g 986 for 1986 14 15 month e g 03 for March 16 17 e g 02 or 27 18 21 time of day using the 24 hour clock e g 0323 for 3 23 a m 22 23 time zone e g ES for Eastern Standard Time 24 32 maximum instantaneous discharge right justified with a decimal point if necessary 33 54 as columns 11 to 32 above 55 76 same as columns 11 to 32 above 77 80 beginning and ending months of the year or standard period for discharges only Note 1 Description of Data Fields Each data field has twenty two positions The first thirteen positions contain the date and time of occurrence and the discharge is entered in the next eight positions right justified with a decimal point if necessary The twenty second position contains a symbol A Manual Gauge Ice Conditions for discharges only E Estimated Revised within the last two years S Revised and Manual Gauge T Revised and Ice Conditions discharge only W Revised and Estimated or a blank for no symbol The successive fields are for the next available figure and may not be the following year if a figure is not available for that year Note 2 Annual Maximum Instantaneous Figures Three instantaneous discharges are written per record together with their respective year mo
6. 1614 1620 1627 1629 1637 1639 1640 1649 Offset 26 32 39 41 43 45 48 50 52 54 56 104 112 113 122 124 128 132 136 140 144 152 N N AD N N Length N NNNNA AN oO 06 struct extreme_value_str Variable type long char char char char int float char char int char char char int int char char char char int char Record name len blank charp agency 5 id 15 year extreme flow extreme stage 4 extr stage codes extr flow codes security extreme day 2 extreme month 2 num ann stages artia extr blank2 4 create date 4 process date 4 district 2 highest since blank 8 Offset 4 1 gt 6 1 26 28 32 36 37 39 40 42 44 46 48 52 56 60 62 64 Length length of structure reserved always agency code 15 digit station number water year given extreme the extreme flow the stage at extreme flow stage qualifying codes extreme flows qualifying codes security byte day of extreme flow month of extreme flow number of extreme stages number of partial extremes reserved record creation date record processing date district responsible highest year ever reserved AND BLANK SEPARATED VALUES FORMAT Comma and Blank Separated v
7. 115 CANADIAN UTILITIES LIMITED 116 CANADIAN WILDLIFE SERVICE DOE CANADA 120 CHURCHILL FALLS LABRADOR CORPORATION LIMITED 125 CHURCHILL RIVER POWER COMPANY 130 CITY OF CALGARY WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT 140 CITY OF CRANBROOK 155 CITY OF NANAIMO 170 CITY OF VICTORIA 175 CITY OF WINNIPEG HYDRO ELECTRIC SYSTEM 180 COLUMBIA RIVER LUMBER COMPANY 185 COMINCO LIMITED 190 CONSOLIDATED BATHURST COMPANY LIMITED 195 CONSOLIDATED MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY LIMITED 205 CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF NORTH VANCOUVER 210 CRESTON DYKING DISTRICT 212 DEER LAKE POWER COMPANY LTD 215 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CANADA 218 DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA 220 DEPT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT 225 DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE CANADA 230 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS CANADA 240 DOMINION TEXTILES COMPANY 245 DOMTAR PULP AND PAPER COMPANY 250 DONNACONA PAPER COMPANY 255 DUCKS UNLIMITED 265 EASTERN IRRIGATION DISTRICT 270 EDDY FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED 275 FISHERIES RESEARCH BOARD OF CANADA 280 OCEAN SCIENCE AND SURVEYS DFO CANADA 290 GEORGIA PACIFIC CORPORATION 293 GREAT LAKES FOREST PRODUCT LIMITED 295 GREAT LAKES POWER COMPANY LIMITED 300 GREAT NORTHERN POWER COMPANY 305 GREATER CAMPBELL WATER DISTRICT 310 GREATER NANAIMO WATER DISTRICT 315 GREATER VANCOUVER WATER DISTRICT 320 GREATER WINNIPEG WATER DISTRICT 322 GULF POWER COMPANY 323 HARDY ASSOCIATES 1978 LIMITED 325 HEATH STEELE MI
8. MEAN H MEAN S ERROR S sampling method used to collect data i e manual maximum daily value month and day on which maximum occurred 1 6 08 02 minimum daily value month and day on which minimum occurred i e 08 02 maximum daily load month and day on which maximum load occurred i e 08 02 total load for period historical mean load standard period mean load standard error of mean REFERENCES ENVIRONMENT CANADA 1983 FLOW FILE OPERATIONS MANUAL 4th Edition Inland Waters Directorate Water Resources Branch Ottawa Ontario Various HISTORICAL STREAMFLOW SUMMARIES Various Editions Inland Waters Directorate Water Resources Branch Water Survey of Canada Ottawa Ontario 1980 HYDEX SYSTEM OPERATIONS MANUAL 5th Edition Inland Waters Directorate Water Resources Branch Ottawa Ontario 1979 LEVEL FILE OPERATIONS MANUAL 1st Edition Inland Waters Directorate Water Resources Branch Ottawa Ontario 1981 PEAKS FILE OPERATIONS MANUAL 2nd Edition Inland Waters Directorate Water Resources Branch Ottawa Ontario Various SURFACE WATER DATA BOOKS Inland Waters Directorate Water Resources Branch Water Survey of Canada Ottawa Ontario Various SURFACE WATER DATA REFERENCE INDEX Inland Waters Directorate Water Resources Branch Water Survey of Canada Ottawa Ontario SHOWEN CHARLES R 1980 DATA FORMATS FOR U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COMPUTER FILES CONTAINING DAILY VALUES DATA FOR WATER PARAMETERS
9. Reg Type 1 Reg Deg 1 DESCRIPTION End Month E G Dec Start Month E G an End Month E G Dec Start Month E G J an End Month E G Dec Year Regulation Begins See Notel Year Regulation Ends See Note 1 Regulation Type Code N Natural R Regulated See Note 1 Degree Of Regulation See Note 1 0 10096 096 For Natural NOTE 1 Columns 109 120 Can Occur Many Times Depending Upon The Number Of Changes In The Status Of The Regulation Hydrometric Records NOTE 1 HYDEX COLUMNS 1 7 9 12 13 16 17 18 Station No Hydrometric Type Begin Year End Year Gauge Type Operation Sched 2 Digits In Positions 1 2 2 Letters In Positions 3 4 3 Digits In Positions 5 7 Hydrometric Type Code H Water Level Q Discharge Beginning Year For Hydrometric Data End Year For Hydrometric Data Gauge Type Code M Manual Gauge P Power Plant R Recorder S Summation Of Flow Operation Schedule Code C Continuous M Miscellaneous S Seasonal There Can Be An Indefinite Number Of Periods For Which Hydrometric Data Have Been Collected With Appropriate Gauge Type And Operation Schedule Columns 8 18 Can Therefore Be Repeated Many Times For Each Station Depending Upon The Number Of Periods HYDEX Sediment Records COLUMN S LENGTH DESCRIPTION _ 1 7 9 12 13 14 15 16 Station No Sed Record Type Sediment Year Sed Data Type
10. Sampling Method Operation Sched 2 Digits In Positions 1 2 2 Letters In Positions 3 4 3 Digits In Positions 5 7 Sediment Record Type Code Instantaneous T Tonnes Year For Sediment Data Sediment Data Type Code DI Depth Integrating P art Size PI Point Integrating Part Size BP Bed Load Particle Size ET Bed Load Tonnes EM Bed Material P article Size DS Dissolved Solids WT Water Temperature Sampling Method Code A Automatic M Manual Both Sediment Operation Schedule Code C Continuous M Miscellaneous S Seasonal NOTE 1 There Can Be An Indefinite Number Of Years For Which Sediment Data Have Been Collected And Many Types Of Data Collected Each Year Columns 8 16 Can Therefore Be Repeated Many Times For Each Station Depending Upon The Number Of Records Review NOTE 1 NOTE 2 HYDEX COLUMNS LENGTH DESCRIPTION 1 7 7 Station No 2 Digits In Positions 1 2 2 Letters In Positions 3 4 3 Digits In Positions 5 7 8 1 Review Review Type Code Hydrometric S Sediment 9 12 4 Review Begin 1 Year Review Begins 13 16 4 Review End 1 Year Review Ends 17 24 8 Review Date 1 Date Of Review Y yyy Mm Dd 25 54 30 Review Byl Name Of Person Conducting R eview 55 57 3 Review Seqno Numeric See Note 1 58 131 74 Review Text Alpha Numeric See Note 1 The Sequence Number Is A Three Digit Number From 001 999 So There Can Be Up To 999 Lines Of Review Tex
11. 5 1999 47 5 toue 288 375 1990 19 7 788 185 316 877 1991 18 9 visa 325 4992 20 8 989 2120 202 255 221 1993 19 9 1928 858 38 31 635 199 19 8 1569 1158 298 1995 1768 314 705 21 917 Hoan ELEL 188 8598 556 829 41 2 21480 2 7 1070 990 917 ted are 14 18 3 158 585 0 Tu E The year for which the data are displayed Below the header the window contains the monthly mean values for each year row An annual mean is presented in the Ann column on the far right and is only computed if monthly means are available for all months within the year or standard period The mean monthly mean for each month is given at the bottom of the monthly column and there is a flag to indicate data that have been revised recently The mean value at the bottom of the Ann column is calculated from those values which appear in the Ann column Maximum The maximum monthly mean for each month is given at the bottom of the monthly column The Ann maximum is taken from the values in the Ann column Minimum The minimum monthly mean for each month is given at the bottom of the monthly column The Ann minimum is taken from the values in the Ann column SEDIMENT SUMMARY WINDOW The Sediment Summary Report window Figure 6 6 for sediment load and concentration includes historical and statistical analyses of the s
12. Appendix A Sediment Vertical Type Codes There may also be a symbol related to this field and these symbols are explained in Appendix A Sediment Vertical Symbol Codes Type of Sampler Contains the type of measurement device used to take the sample Percent Finer Than Indicated Size in Millimetres Contains the percentage values for indicated particle sizes for samples collected INSTANTANEOUS SEDIMENT BED LOAD WINDOW The Instantaneous Sediment Bed Load Report window Figure 610 contains all sediment bed load data for a given station lt Figure 6 10 ant Stetion FRASEN MEA MARGUERITE State 5 Leepitude 1128726 iA dm Region 2 9aecouuer Praias 84988 nstont Pissolved C Stecharqe Vertical oF Conce Selide Janpier s 9 914 9 967 0 175 9 75 1973 un 25 WHS ANH wis 37 19 32 ul 47 min 19773 ug 77 mIs 1972 ct vt 0500 n 197 pr 2 5 1979 pr 24 0815 197 197 jay 55 1974 36 1515 ans 1 un un 197 ul 197 ul 588 mas 197 ug 76 1 un 32 0818 197 un 76 ante 1975 un ans 1925 ul 7 wre pr 28 1857 23558 nn 19765 au 20 1850 3718 12976 un
13. COLLECTION TYPECODES H HYDROMETRIC M MONTHLY MEANS ONLY Q WATER QUALITY R RESERVOIR CONTENTS S SEDIMENT T TEMPERATURE CONTINUOUS WATER W WATER QUALITY DATA TYPE CODES 1 LOCAL DATUM 2 OFFICIAL DATUM 3 OTHER DATUM GAUGE TYPE CODES M MANUAL GAUGE P POWER PLANT R RECORDER S SUM OF FLOW HYDROMETRIC TYPE CODES H WATER LEVEL Q DISCHARGE INSTANTANEOUS SEDIMENT TYPES DI DEPTH INTEGRATING SV SPLIT VERTICAL DEPTH INTEGRATING PI POINT INTEGRATING BL BEDLOAD BM BED MATERIAL MANUAL GAUGE TYPES bbreviati 01 STAFF Staff 02 CANTILEVER Canti 03 WIRE WEIGHT WireW 04 CREST STAGE Crest 05 SLOPE Slope 06 BENCH MARK Bench 07 REFERENCE POINT RefPt 08 ELECTRIC CONTACT TAPE Elec 09 CHAIN Chain 10 HOOK Hook 11 INDICATOR Indic 12 VALVE SETTING Valve 99 OTHER Other OPERATION SCHEDULE CODES C CONTINUOUS M MISCELLANEOUS S SEASONAL PARAMETER CODES bbreviati 1 DISCHARGE FLOW Flow 2 WATER LEVEL Levels 3 SUSP SED CONCENTRATION Conc 4 SUSP SED LOAD Load 45 INST SED DEPTH Depth 46 INST SED POINT Point 47 INST SED BED MATERIAL Bed M 48 INST SED BED LOAD Bed L REMARK TYPE CODES Abbreviations 01 GENERAL REMARKS GEN 02 COMMENTS ON SEDIMENT STATIONS SED 11 STATION LOCATION DESCRIPTION LOC RECORDER GAUGE CODES Abbreviations 01 STEVENS TYPE A SteveA 02 STEVENS TYPE F SteveF 03 OTT Ott 04 FISHER AND PORTER PUNCH Fish P 05 STEVENS PUNCH SteveP 06 WINNIPEG TYPE CURVED LINE Winnip 10 SCIE
14. It is used for validating the following three columns and is defined by the responsible Regional Office Mean Load Obtained by adding all the daily loads for the Standard Period and dividing it by the number of days in the Standard Period e g March to October is 245 days This value is then rounded the same as mentioned in Suspended Sediment Load Total for Period Historical Mean Load Obtained by adding the previous un rounded mean loads and dividing by the number of years This value is then rounded the same as mentioned in Suspended Sediment Load Total for Period Standard Error of Mean Obtained by getting the Standard deviation dividing it by the un rounded mean multiplied by the square root of the number of years Then this value is multiplied by 100 to put it in percent This value is then shown to the nearest tenth of a percent INSTANTANEOUS SEDIMENT DEPTH WINDOW The Instantaneous Sediment Depth Report window Figure 6 7 contains all sediment depth integration data for a given station 1 1997 ment r 6 CLEON AT Prov Tere State Letitude S0 66 Longitude 15 167 uw an or tration mou 255 SEFERLERE ean hon MES 4 a E E 18 The screen contains several columns including Year Date and Time Contain
15. PEMBROKE ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY 500 PRAIRIE FARM REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION 505 PRICE BROTHERS AND COMPANY LIMITED 515 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND DEPT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS 520 QUEBEC CARTIER MINING COMPANY 525 QUEBEC DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 530 QUEBEC HYDRO ELECTRIC COMMISSION 535 QUEBEC NORTH SHORE PAPER COMPANY 540 QUEEN S UNIVERSITY AT KINGSTON 543 SAINT RAYMOND PAPER COMPANY 545 SASKATCHEWAN DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT 550 SASKATCHEWAN POWER CORPORATION 555 SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL 556 SASKATCHEWAN WATER CORPORATION 558 SMELTER POWER CORPORATION 560 SPRUCE FALLS POWER AND PAPER COMPANY 565 ST LAWRENCE PAPER MILLS COMPANY 570 ST LAWRENCE SEAWAY AUTHORITY 575 ST MARY RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT 580 SYNCRUDE CANADA LIMITED 583 THE YUKON ELECTRICAL COMPANY LTD 585 TOWN OF FORT ST JOHN 588 TRANSALTA UTILITIES CORPORATION 590 TWIN FALLS POWER CORPORATION LIMITED 595 UNITED IRRIGATION DISTRICT 600 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 605 UNITED TOWNS ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED 610 UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA 615 UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 620 UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT 625 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 630 UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN 635 VANCOUVER POWER COMPANY 640 VERNON IRRIGATION DISTRICT 645 VILLAGE OF LUMBY 647 WATER SURVEY OF CANADA DOE CANADA 650 WEST KOOTENAY POWER 655 WESTERN IRRIGATION DISTRICT 660 WESTMINSTER POWER COMPANY 665 WHITE EAGLE SILVER MINES LIMITED 670 WHITE PAS
16. RAPIDS 1923 1967 02 005 MUSKOKA RIVER NEAR BALA 1923 1937 02 004 NORTH BRANCH MUSKOKA RIVER AT PORT SYDNEY 1915 1995 Apply Additional Filter Criteria YES Begins With Contains Name Ej tss Search Station Selected OK The Station Lookup window allows you find specific stations and sort them by using the following filters e Parameter searches for stations measuring the selected parameter e Country searches for stations across the entire country e Province searches for stations in the specified province e Drainage searches for stations in the specified drainage area e Station Name searches for station names which contain begin with or end in a specified text string e Station ID searches for stations by all or part of their identification numbers e Station Latitude and Longitude searches for stations found at the specified location e Year searches for stations that contain begin or end with the specified year e Range searches for stations that made any measurements within the specified range of years e Counts searches for stations with the specified number of years of data The Search button will be automatically activated by either the OK button or the Enter key if any of the search criteria have been modified If the criteria have not been modified the OK button and the Enter key will take you back to the Station Selection wind
17. Tonnes w Tonnes BH PS Tonnes Dis Sel Tonnes Tonnes BN 88 PS Tonnes 015 501 Tonnes Tonnes bI Depth Tonnes Dic Sel Tonnes Tonnes DI Depth Tonnes Dis Sel Tonnes Dis Sel Tonnes w wv Tonnes BE Depth Tonnes 015 591 Tonnes Tonnes DI Depth Tonnes 015 501 Tonnes w Tonnes 015 501 Tonnes Tas ns i 3 PLEI HIHIBE 3 I EJ Di Depth lategrating Pan Size PI Point Integrating Part Size BP Bed Load Particle Size BT Bed Load Tonnes BM Bed Matera Size DS Dissolved Solids Type f Sampling perakon Scheduler NUM Years Each year for which sediment data have been collected is listed separately for a unique combination of the Sediment Type and Data Type The years are listed chronologically by Sediment Type Sed Type The sediment type is the type of sediment records collected and is displayed as either INST or TONNES INST refers to instantaneous samples taken at a fixed vertical location in the river cross section TONNES indicates that the daily mean concentration for the river cross section have been computed and can be expressed as a sediment load in TONNES See Appendix A Sediment Record Type Codes the abbreviation is displayed on the screen Data Type The type of sediment data being collected each ye
18. ZC SAMPLING OPERATION SamOp ZD DOOR OPENING COUNTER DorCt ZE EMERGENCY SIGNAL GENERATOR EmSig ZZ OTHER Other TELEMETRIC MAKE CODES Abbreviations 01 BALL BROTHERS BallBr 02 BRISTOL Brist 03 BRISTOL HYDROMET BristH 04 HANDAR Handar 05 LABARGE Labarg 06 MAGNAVOX Magnav 07 SUTRON Sutron 08 SYNERGETICS Synerg 09 VALCOM 10 LEOPOLD amp STEVENS 99 OTHER Other TELEMETRIC TYPE CODES bbreviati 1 TELEPHONE AUDIO T A 2 TELEPHONE DIGITAL T D 3 RADIO RAD 4 SATELLITE DCP SAT 5 MANUAL DATA ENTRY MAN NDT NEWFOUNDLAND DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ADT ATLANTIC DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME EDT EASTERN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME MDT MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME CDT CENTRAL DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME PDT PACIFIC DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME APPENDIX HYDAT EXPORT AND FILE FORMATS CANADIAN USER FORMAT Discharge Daily Mean Format 79 041 This retrieval produces three card images records per month for daily discharges in 79 041 format as follows Column s Description 1 code for type of data and units 1 discharges in cubic metres per second 2 8 station number e g 08AA023 9 11 year e g 986 for 1986 12 13 month e g 07 for July 14 code for time interval 1 daily figures from day 1 to day 10 2 daily figures from day 11 to day 20 3 daily figures from day 21 to day 31 15 80 10 or 11 six digit data fields refer to notes I and 2 Note 1 Description of Data Fields Each data field has six positions The first five positions co
19. are calculated on the month and any missing days in the year standard period then no statistics for the year However an extreme value min max for flows and levels only is displayed for the year standard period only if it is valid The validity of this value is determined by the responsible regional office The summary statistics are as follows Mean The average of the daily data for a month Maximum The maximum daily value observed on any day in that month The values reported are daily means the result of observation techniques which tend to smooth the instantaneous pulses that take place in the course of the 24 hours Minimum The minimum daily value observed on any day in that month The values reported are daily means the result of observation techniques which tend to smooth the instantaneous pulses that take place in the course of the 24 hours Dam 3 For flow stations only the total of the daily discharges in cubic decametres is computed for each month that has complete data The annual total for the year standard period in cubic decametres is also computed for complete years Some data are accompanied by a one letter flag which indicate specific observation conditions as defined along the bottom of the window EXTREME WINDOW The Extreme Report window Figure 6 4 displays the annual maximum and minimum Flows or Levels for a station The display is arranged chronologically and contains the following informa
20. are listed in the menu bar along the top of the screen To display a menu make it drop down click on the button and you will then see the choices you may make from it These consist of functions for displaying parameters selecting stations exporting and printing and moving between various years stations and parameters These functions are covered in Chapters 4 through 7 WINDOW CONTENTS OVER VIEW Main Screen Window The Main Screen window Figure 3 1 is used for first level decisions on what data to retrieve and is the first screen to appear when you start using the HYDAT application It contains menus which allow you to save and close files select stations display data configure drives and printers export data and obtain program help Figure 3 1 Station Selection Window The Station Selection Window displays a list of all the stations available for the province and drainage basin and parameter you select Each of these fields can be customized in order to help find the station or stations of interest Once you have isolated a station double clicking on the entry in the station list box will select the station and add it to the Station Selected List box The Station Lookup button will bring out the Station Lookup window which allows you to find any stations that meet specific criteria The Search Area contains a drop down list box and the Search Area options Here you will be presented with a default Parameter Search
21. code is given for the gauge datum for water level stations See Appendix A Datum Codes The Datum Name corresponding to the Datum ID can be observed by scrolling down to the page on the screen Datum Type A one character code which identifies the type of datum for each Datum ID at a station See Appendix A Datum Type Codes There is always a Local Datum Type to which the water level are referred Frequently the local datum can be converted to another Official or Other Datum Type as described in the following fields Datum ID From A three character code This would be the Datum ID for the Local Datum Type when converting to an Official or Other Datum Type Datum ID To A three character code This would be the Datum ID for the Official or Other Datum Type when converting from the Local Datum Type Conver Factor A seven character number from 9999 999 to 9999 999 This is the conversion factor you add from local datum to obtain the official or other datum Unrelated Datum ID A three character code See Appendix A Datum Codes Generally the water level are all referred to the same local datum for the entire period of record However there are instances where an early datum was lost when the bench marks were destroyed In these cases the water levels for that period cannot be tied in to the local datum and are referred to this Unrelated datum Unrelated Period From Date YYYY MM DD The beginning date of an unrel
22. following information Figure 6 14 INT ET Rue Heb 23 7 P Hydex Grea 00900 Parameter 7 TM 5306 Ty 958 1968 969 1994 NUM Years The consecutive years for which data were collected for a unique combination of the Hydrometric Type Gauge Type and Operation Schedule The rows are listed chronological Hydrometric Type The type of hydrometric data collected either DISCHARGE or WATER LEVEL Appendix A Hydrometric Type Codes Gauge Type The type of gauge used to collect the data MANUAL RECORDER POWER PLANT or SUM OF FLOW Appendix A Gauge Type Codes Schedule Code The schedule for operating the data collection program during the years CONTINUOUS SEASONAL or MISCELLANEOUS Appendix A Operation Schedule Codes Note The codes are given in Appendix A but the full description is displayed on the screen HYDEX SEDIMENT RECORD WINDOW The HYDEX Sediment Record Report window Figure 6 15 contains the following information Figure 6 15 ______ Hydrolegical Data 1997 Environment Canada Station 818805 APRIL BROOK AT GILLISDALE Preuince NS Latitugdez 6 13 53 M Longitude 61 8 38 W 1966 to 1979 Drainage Area 6 22 Parameter Sediment Wist per Periegd Sediment Data Sample Schedule Type Gece Tonnes BH PS M M n Tomnes 015 501 M nan
23. inside pipe 22 Ultrasonic Flow Meter 30 Turbidity Meter 31 Suspended Solids Recorder 32 Automatic Sampler 40 Thermograph Water Temperature 41 Precipitation Rain or Snow 42 Continuous Air Temperature 50 A C Power 51 Telephone 52 Dry Cell Battery 53 Solar Panel 54 Transducer 55 Propane Heater 99 Other AGENCY CODES 005 ABITIBI PRICE INC 007 ABITIBI PRICE INC GRAND FALL DIVISION 010 ALBERTA DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT 015 ALBERTA EASTERN ROCKIES FOREST CONSERVATION BOARD 016 ALBERTA OIL SANDS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM 017 ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL 018 ALBERTA FOREST SERVICE 020 ALTA ST MARY MILK RIVER DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 030 ALGOMA STEEL CORPORATION LIMITED 035 ALCAN SMELTERS AND CHEMICALS LIMITED 037 AMAX MINING 040 ASSOCIATED ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED 041 ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA 043 BLACK MOUNTAIN IRRIGATION DISTRICT 044 BOISE CASCADE CANADA LIMITED 050 BRITISH COLUMBIA CRESTON WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA 055 BRITISH COLUMBIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT 060 B C MINISTRY OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION 062 BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY 065 BRITISH COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED 070 BRITISH COLUMBIA MINISTRY OF FORESTS 075 BRITISH COLUMBIA HYDRO AND POWER AUTHORITY 090 CANADA LAND AND IRRIGATION COMPANY 095 CANADIAN COLLIERS DUNSMUIR LIMITED 097 CANADIAN FORESTRY SERVICE DOE CANADA 105 CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS 110 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
24. property rights including copyright of this Software and Data Product In consideration of your payment of the requisite fee you are granted a limited non exclusive non assignable and non transferable license to use this software and data product subject to the terms below This license is not a sale of any or all of the owner s rights This product may only be used by you and you may not rent lease lend sub license or transfer the data product or any of your rights under this agreement to anyone else REDISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION Except for one 1 backup and one 1 separate working copy you are not authorized to copy or further distribute the data or any portion of it contained in this product You may use this product only for internal purposes and shall not use the product as part of or as the basis of a data base product or service for access or distribution outside of your organization or for commercial sale except for limited value added information as specified in 3 Distribution of Value Added Products DISTRIBUTION OF VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS Limited further distribution of a value added information product resulting from non trivial processing of the data in this product such as statistical summaries is allowed provided that the data from this product nor any reasonable facsimile cannot be recovered or constructed from the value added information product TRIVIAL PROCESSING For the purpose of this agreement trivial pro
25. the time interval column 14 used Whenever data are missing the value 9999 is entered in positions 1 5 and position 6 contains a blank Note 2 Daily Figures Daily suspended sediment load for each month on file are entered on three records The first record 1 in column 14 contains data for 10 days from day 1 to 10 columns 75 78 are not used the number of days in the month e g 30 for November is entered in columns 79 80 The second record 2 in column 14 contains 10 days from day 11 to 20 columns 75 80 are not used The third record 3 in column 14 contains 11 days from day 21 to 31 the value 1111 is entered in positions 1 to 5 for days that do not apply to the month e g 31 for November and position 6 contains a blank Sediment Instantaneous User Format COLUMN LENGTH FIELD DESCRIPTION 1 7 7 Station No 2 Digits In Position 1 2 2 Letters In Positions 3 4 3 Digits In Position 5 7 8 9 2 Data Type DI Depth Integrating S V Split Vertical Depth Integrating P Point Integrating BL Bedload BM Bed Material 10 13 4 Year Year 4 Digits 14 15 2 Month Month 2 Digits e g 01 For anuary 16 17 2 Day Day 2 Digits 18 21 4 Time Hours amp Minutes On A 24 Hour Clock e g 1330 For 1 Hour 30 Minutes p m 22 1 Time Symbol Blank Estimated 23 30 8 Discharge In Cubic Metres Per Second With Up To Three Decimal Places 31 1 Discharge Symbol Blank
26. window displays all of the daily values for each station measuring flow or level by individual year Sediment concentration and load are also presented in Daily windows Extreme Window The extreme window lists the extreme flow or level data at a station The Extreme window presents the maximum instantaneous value including time date and time zone along with the maximum and minimum daily means It is arranged by year earliest first Monthly Mean Window The monthly mean window lists the monthly means of flow or level for each year of the period of record arranged in rows years and columns months The annual mean for each year or standard period within the year for flow data is also listed in the far right column Sediment Windows The sediment windows display information from the daily and instantaneous sediment files for each station These windows include e Sediment Summary presenting combined summary information on sediment load and concentration e Instantaneous Sediment Depth Instantaneous Suspended Sediment e Instantaneous Sediment Point Point Integrating Particle Size Analysis of Suspended Sediment e Instantaneous Bed Material Particle Size Analysis Instantaneous Bed Load Particle Size Analysis HYDEX Windows The HYDEX windows display all the information contained in Environment Canada s HYDEX file for each station The HYDEX windows are as follows e Header e Remarks e Operation e Hydrometric Record e
27. 11 blank 12 14 year e g 986 for 1986 15 16 month in which maximum occurred e g 06 for June 17 18 day e g 07 or 27 19 27 annual maximum daily mean right justified with decimal point if necessary and symbol 28 29 month in which minimum occurred e g 10 for October 30 31 day e g 07 or 31 32 40 annual minimum daily mean right justified with decimal point if necessary and symbol 41 42 blank 43 71 same as columns 12 to 40 72 74 three digit code for the name of the gauge datum for water levels only the names of the gauge datum are listed along with the period of record summary 75 16 blank 71 80 beginning and ending months for the year columns 77 78 contain the month from e g 03 for March and columns 79 80 contain the month to e g 10 for October Note 1 Description of Data Fields Each data field has nine positions columns 19 27 and 32 40 The first eight positions contain the water level right justified with a decimal point if necessary the ninth position contains a symbol A Manual Gauge E Estimated D Dry water levels only R Revised within the last two years S Revised and Manual Gauge W Revised and Estimated V Revised and Dry water levels only or a blank for no symbol If position 9 contains the symbol D then positions 1 8 in the associated data field contain blanks A negative value is entered with a minus sign just to the left of the number e g 12 30 or 0 012 T
28. 16 1922 ann 197 ug 79 1955 awe 1977 1952 n 1 5 191 n 1977 un 23 1935 ane 4977 ug 19 28 2228 27 2218 ann 197 2058 3288 1978 un 29 2858 1979 un 25 2135 8578 The screen contains several columns including Year Date and Time Contain the time to the nearest minute of when the sample was taken The Time column may contain an symbol which means the time is an estimate only Instantaneous Discharge Contains the instantaneous discharge in cubic metres per second at the time the sample was taken This column may contain symbols explained in Appendix A Daily and Extreme Codes Sampling Vertical May contain numbers or codes If numbers it indicates the distance in metres from an initial point to the sampling vertical If it contains codes then these codes are explained in Appendix A Sediment Vertical Type Codes There may also be a symbol related to this field and these symbols are explained in Appendix A Sediment Vertical Symbol Codes Type of Sampler Contains the type of measurement device used to take the sample Instantaneous Concentration Contains the instantaneous concentration sampled in milligrams per litre This column may contain symbols explained in Appendix A Sediment Concentration Codes Dissolved Solids Contains the instantaneous dissolved solids sampled in milligr
29. A B Or E 32 35 4 Sampling Vertical Alpha Numeric See Note 1 If Less Than 100 etres One Decimal Left J ustified 36 1 Sampling Vertical Blank L M X Or Z Symbol 37 40 4 Temperature n Celsius Degrees To One Decimal 41 45 5 Concentration n Mg L No Decimal Right J ustified 46 1 Conc Symbol Blank F G Or T Notes Some And Symbols May Also Exist From Old Part Size Converted Data 47 50 4 Dissolved Solids n mg l No Decimal Right J ustified 51 55 5 Type Of Sampler Alpha Numeric Left J ustified See Note 2 56 57 2 Blank 58 61 4 Depth Of Sample In Metres To One Or Two Decimal Places Right J ustified F or Point Integrating 62 65 4 Depthl In Metres To One Or Two Decimal Places Right Justified For Split Vertical Depth Integrating 66 69 4 Depth2 In metres to one or two decimal places right justified for split vertical depth integrating 70 71 2 Streambed code Blank or SB to indicate streambed record 72 1 Messages Message code See Note 3 73 74 2 Blank 15 71 3 For Particle Size 0 002 mm Note 4 78 80 3 Percentage F or Particle Size 0 004 mm 81 83 3 Percentage For Particle Size 0 008 mm 84 86 3 Percentage For Particle Size 0 016 mm 87 89 3 Percentage For Particle Size 0 031 mm COLUMN LENGTH FIELD DESCRIPTION 90 92 3 For Particle Size 0 062 mm 93 95 3 Percentage For Particle Size 0 125 mm 96 98 3 Percent
30. Area and Sort key which can then be altered to suit the requirements of your search You may then enter your Filter Criteria and click on the Search button to begin Similar to the Station Selection window double clicking a station in the station list box will select the station and add it to the Selected Station List box Report Windows The Report windows contain historical information recorded at individual stations across Canada and are different depending upon the selected parameter All report windows however contain detailed identifying information on the station in the window including station name and number the parameter and units latitude and longitude drainage region and province or territory The various Report windows are described below and in more detail in Chapter 6 Summary Window The summary window contains results from a series of standard statistical calculations run on the flow or level data for the period of record for each station These calculations provide a condensed view of the information on that station monthly summaries of flow or level mean maximum and minimum values for the period of record statistics of standard deviation and skewness and so forth At the bottom of the flow and level summaries is the range of years in which data were collected A second type of Summary window is provided for sediment load and concentration see the discussion of Sediment Windows below Daily Window The daily
31. DE d s e ced E AELEMETHICMAKECODBDBS oae te ehe QU EXE MESURER TEPLEMETRICTXPECODEBS S nr enr EEUU ZONE COPDES E APPENDIX B HYDAT EXPORT AND FORMATS 46 USER 46 IT T E SLES Daily Mean Format 79 041 Extreme Instantaneous Format 79 101 Daily Mean Format 79 042 T cs e eth ret Extreme Instantaneous Format 79 101 Extreme Daily Format 79 113 u essen iii ttn nter tenente tenens Monthly And Annual Mean Format 79 117 Suspended Sediment Concentration Daily Mean Format 79 100 S spended Sediment Load e eee e ERE Daily Mean Format 83 100 Sedinent s mede E dini Operations u M Hydromettic 8 acie M ete n ERR ER GRE eer cre hene eere Sediment une rp HERR C rr FOROR Station Equipment inte URN UR E DEP PPP RR PERENNE EDEN EUREN
32. DJ M LOCAL 1965 ADJ M LOCAL 1966 ADJ M LOCAL 1967 ADJ M LOCAL 1968 ADJ M LOCAL 1969 ADJ M LOCAL 1970 ADJ M LOCAL 1971 ADJ RVEY OF CANADA DATUM LOCAL 1972 ADJ M LOCAL 1973 ADJ M LOCAL 1974 ADJ M LOCAL 1975 ADJ M LOCAL 1976 ADJ M LOCAL 1977 ADJ M LOCAL 1978 ADJ M LOCAL 1979 ADJ M LOCAL 1980 ADJ M LOCAL 1981 ADJ M LOCAL 1982 ADJ M LOCAL 1983 ADJ M LOCAL 1984 ADJ M LOCAL 1985 ADJ M LOCAL 1986 ADJ M LOCAL 1987 ADJ M LOCAL 1988 ADJ M LOCAL 1989 ADJ M LOCAL 1990 ADJ 191 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATUM LOCAL 1991 ADJ 192 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU M LOCAL 1992 ADJ 200 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATUM MAN GOVT EXT 205 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATUM MAN HYDRO EXT 305 ASSUMED DATUM AT WHITE PASS AND YUKON DOCK 1944 60 405 ARBITRAIRE 410 SERVICE GEODESIQUE DU CANADA 415 GEODESIQUES 420 GEODESIQUES ACTUELLES 425 SERVICE GEODESIQUE DU CANADA ANCIEN NIVEAU DE REFERENCE 430 INTERNATIONAL DES GRANDS LACS 1955 431 INTERNATIONAL DES GRANDS LACS 1985 435 MINISTERE DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS 469 SERVICE GEODESIQUE DU CANADA AJUST LOCAL 1969 470 SERVICE GEODESIQUE DU CANADA AJUST LOCAL 1970 475 SERVICE GEODESIQUE DU CANADA AJUST LOCAL 1975 CATEGORY CODES A WATER SURVEY OF CANADA B PROVINCE C TERRITORY D PRIVATE AGENCY E OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY DATA COLLECTION STATUS CODE A ACTIVE D DISCONTINUED DATA
33. Daily Mean Format 79 042 This retrieval produces four card images records per month for daily water levels in 79 042 format as follows Column s Description 1 code for type of data and units 8 daily water levels in millimetres 9 daily water levels in centimetres 2 8 station number e g 08AA023 9 11 year e g 986 for 1986 12 13 month e g 07 for July 14 code for time interval 1 daily figures from day 1 to day 8 2 daily figures from day 9 to day 16 3 daily figures from day 17 to day 24 4 daily figures from day 25 to day 31 15 16 number of days in the month i e either 28 29 30 or 31 17 80 6 7 or 8 eight character data fields refer to notes 1 and 2 Note 1 Description of Data Fields Each data field has eight positions The first seven positions contain daily water level data right justified with no decimal point the eighth position contains a symbol A Manual Gauge E Estimated D Dry R Revised within the last two years S Revised and Manual Gauge W Revised and Estimated V Revised and Dry or a blank for no symbol If position 8 contains the symbol D then positions 1 7 in the associated data field contain blanks A negative value is entered with a minus sign just to the left of the number e g 13131 The first data field is in columns 17 24 successive fields are for consecutive days depending on the interval column 14 used Whenever data are missing the value 999999 is ente
34. Environment Environnement Canada Canad HYDAT CD ROM User s Manual SURFACE WATER AND SEDIMENT DATA WATER SURVEY OF CANADA RELEV S HYDROLOGIQUES DU CANADA DONN ES SUR LES EAUX DE SURFACE ET SUR LES SEDIMENTS Current as of April 2 2001 ORGANIZATION THIS MANUAL The HYDAT User s Manual is organized as follows HYDAT Limited Use Software And Data Product License Agreement Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Installation Guides you through installing the software on your computer Chapter 3 Getting Started Presents a summary of how to use the software and important information about the data Chapter 4 Station Selection Describes the functions for accessing the data on the CD ROM Chapter 5 Output Menu Explains how to print data or export it in different formats Chapter 6 Windows Describes and discusses the contents of the 16 data windows Summary Daily Extreme Mean and the various HYDEX and Sediment windows Appendices Appendix A HYDAT Codes Translates flags and codes Appendix B HYDAT Export Formats Supplies technical information on the record structures and named ranges of the HYDAT CD ROM database export formats References 10 11 HYDAT LIMITED USE SOFTWARE AND DATA PRODUCT LICENSE AGREEMENT GRANT OF LICENSE The Government of Canada Environment Canada is the owner of all intellectual
35. IC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 130 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 131 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 132 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 133 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 134 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 135 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 136 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 137 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 138 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 139 GEODETIC SU 140 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 141 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 142 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU M LOCAL 1929 ADJ M LOCAL 1930 ADJ M LOCAL 1931 ADJ M LOCAL 1932 ADJ M LOCAL 1933 ADJ M LOCAL 1934 ADJ M LOCAL 1935 ADJ M LOCAL 1936 ADJ M LOCAL 1937 ADJ M LOCAL 1938 ADJ RVEY OF CANADA DATUM LOCAL 1939 ADJ M LOCAL 1940 ADJ M LOCAL 1941 ADJ M LOCAL 1942 ADJ 143 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATUM LOCAL 1943 ADJ 144 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATUM LOCAL 1944 ADJ 145 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 146 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU M LOCAL 1945 ADJ M LOCAL 1946 ADJ 147 GEODETIC SURVEY CANADA DATU 148 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 149 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 150 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 151 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 152 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU M LOCAL 1947 ADJ M LOCAL 1948 ADJ M LOCAL 1949 ADJ M LOCAL 1950 ADJ M LOCAL 1951 ADJ M LOCAL 1952 ADJ 153 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATUM LOCAL 1953 ADJ 154 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 155 GEODETIC SURVEY
36. ILY AND EXTREME CODES SER EIE M I ED AN OTHER UNS TALLATION TYPES en RR RH RR Uh RR AGENCY CODES DATUM CODES CATEGORY CODES DATA COLLECTION STATUS CODE js T Aretes DATA COLLEC HON TYPE CODBS 25 rore ete eoe Ie ete Gt sei e upa RH E Rene ret EG DATATYPE CODES cnt a a ROI GAUGE TYPE CODES HYDROMETRIC TYPE CODES INSTANTANEOUS SEDIMENT TYPES MANUAL GAUGE TYPES OPERATION SCHEDULE CODES PARAMETER CODES REMARK TYPE CODES RECORDER GAUGE CODES RECORDER INTERFACE CODES RECORDER PRESSURE CODES RECORDER SENSOR CODES REVIEW CODES rrr emere SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION CODES SEDIMENT DATA TYPE SEDIMENT PROGRAM TYPE CODES SEDIMENT RECORD TYPE CODES SEDIMENT SAMPLE METHOD CODES SEDIMENT SAMPLING VERTICAL SYMBOL CODES s e SEDIMENT SAMPLING VERTICAL TYPE CODBS 5 tt etin petto sevens 44 TRIBUTARY ASSOCIATION CODE trt tht REPRE 44 TELEMETRIC DATA TYPE CO
37. NADA OLD 041 GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY DATUM DATUM 042 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION DATUM 045 INTERNATIONAL GREAT LAKES DATU M 1955 046 INTERNATIONAL GREAT LAKES DATUM 1985 048 INT PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES COMMISSION DATUM 049 IRRIGATION SURVEY DATUM 050 LAKE OF THE WOODS DATUM 051 LAC SEUL DATUM 052 LAKE WINNIPEG DATUM 1986 055 LNID EAST DATUM 058 MANITOBA LAND SURVEYS DATUM 060 MANITOBA ONTARIO BOUNDARY SURVEY DATUM 065 NEW YORK MEAN SEA LEVEL DATUM 067 ONTARIO HYDRO PROJECT DATUM 068 PORTAGE DIVERSION DATUM 070 PRAIRIE FARM REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION DATUM 075 PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN DATUM 080 RECLAMATION SERVICE OF CANADA DATUM 082 SASKATCHEWAN DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DATUM 085 SAND HEADS DATUM 087 ST MARY RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT DATUM 089 TEMISKAMING AND NORTHERN ONTARIO RAILWAY DATUM 090 TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY DATUM 093 TRANSALTA UTILITIES DATUM 095 UNITED STATES AND CANADA BOUNDARY SURVEY DATUM 100 UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY DATUM 105 UNITED STATES 108 WATER POWER SURVEY DATUM 110 APPROXIMATE GEODETIC SURVEY OF 113 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU CANADA DATUM M LOCAL 1913 ADJ 114 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATUM LOCAL 1914 ADJ 115 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 123 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 127 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU M PRIOR TO 1928 ADJ M LOCAL 1923 ADJ M LOCAL 1927 ADJ 128 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATUM 1928 ADJUSTMENT 129 GEODET
38. NES LIMITED 330 HINTON FORESTRY SCHOOL 335 INTERNATIONAL LAKE SUPERIOR BOARD 337 INTERNATIONAL NIAGARA COMMITTEE 340 INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED 345 INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES COMMISSION 350 INTERNATIONAL ST LAWRENCE RIVER BOARD OF CONTROL 355 IRON ORE COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED 357 JAMES MACLAREN COMPANY LIMITED 358 JOHN FORD COMPANY LIMITED 360 LETHBRIDGE NORTHERN IRRIGATION DISTRICT 365 MACLAREN QUEBEC POWER COMPANY 370 MACMILLAN BLOEDEL LIMITED 375 MAINE PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY 380 MANITOBA DEPT OF MINES RES AND ENV MANAGEMENT 385 MANITOBA HYDRO 390 MANITOBA WATER RESOURCES BRANCH 395 MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT CANADA 400 NEW BRUNSWICK DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT 405 NEW BRUNSWICK ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION 410 NEW BRUNSWICK WATER RESOURCES BRANCH 425 NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR HYDRO 430 NEWFOUNDLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT 435 NEWFOUNDLAND LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY LIMITED 440 NORTH WESTERN PULP AND POWER LIMITED 445 NORTHERN CANADA POWER COMMISSION 450 NORTHERN TRANSPORT COMPANY LIMITED 455 NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT 460 NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 465 NOVA SCOTIA POWER CORPORATION 470 NOVA SCOTIA WATER PLANNING amp MANAGEMENT BRANCH 477 ONTARIO HYDRO 480 ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES 485 ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT 490 ONTARIO MINNESOTA PULP AND PAPER COMPANY LIMITED 493 ORILLIA LIGHT AND POWER 494 PARKS CANADA DOE CANADA 495
39. NTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Instr 11 CAE AIRCRAFT CaeAir 20 STATHAM Stathm 21 SHERLOCK Sherlk 30 FOXBORO Foxbor 99 OTHER Other RECORDER INTERFACE CODES bbreviati 1 SERVO MANOMETER Servo 2 SERVO BEAM BALANCE Servo 3 BELLOWS Bellows 4 ELECTRONIC DATA AQUISITION SYSTEM EDAS RECORDER PRESSURE CODES bbreviati 1 GAS PURGE Gas P 2 DIAPHRAGM Diaph RECORDER SENSOR CODE bbreviati 01 FLOAT WELL Float 02 PRESSURE SYSTEM Press REVIEW CODES bbreviati H HYDROMETRIC HYD S SEDIMENT SED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION CODES B BOTTOM C COARSE MATERIAL PRESENT SAMPLE BOTTLE FILLED G ORGANIC MATERIAL PRESENT K SAMPLE S COLLECTED IN A SINGLE VERTICAL R SAMPLES COLLECTED IN SEVERAL VERTICALS T TOP SEDIMENT DATA TYPE CODES BM BED MATERIAL PARTICLE SIZE BP BED LOAD PARTICLE SIZE BT BED LOAD TONNES BV BED LOAD VOLUMETRIC BW BED LOAD VOL amp PART SIZE BX BED LOAD TONNES amp PART SIZE DI DEPTH INTEGRATING PART SIZE DS DISSOLVED SOLIDS PI POINT INTEGRATING WT WATER TEMPERATURE PART SIZE SEDIMENT PROGRAM TYPE CODES M MISCELLANEOUS R REGULAR SEDIMENT RECORD TYPECODES bbreviati IINSTANTANEOUS INST 5 TONNES SEDIMENT SAMPLE METHOD CODES A AUTOMATIC B BOTH M MANUAL SEDIMENT SAMPLING VERTICAL SYMBOL CODES Sampling Vertical Not At The Regular Single Vertical From Left Bank Sediment Measurement Vertical Not At The Regular Measurement Cross Section From Left Bank Sediment Measurement Vertical Sampli
40. OF CANADA DATU 156 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU M LOCAL 1954 ADJ M LOCAL 1955 ADJ M LOCAL 1956 ADJ 157 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATUM LOCAL 1957 ADJ 158 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 159 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 160 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 161 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU M LOCAL 1958 ADJ M LOCAL 1959 ADJ M LOCAL 1960 ADJ M LOCAL 1961 ADJ 162 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATUM LOCAL 1962 ADJ 163 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 164 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 165 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 166 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 167 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 168 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 169 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 170 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 171 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 172 GEODETIC SU 173 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 174 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 175 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 176 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 177 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 178 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 179 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 180 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 181 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 182 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 183 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 184 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 185 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 186 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA 187 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 188 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 189 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU 190 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATU M LOCAL 1963 ADJ M LOCAL 1964 A
41. Quarter Fr Right Bank WERB Waters Edge Right Bank Unknown Number Value One Decimal HYDEX Remarks COLUMN S 1 7 7 Station No 2 Digits In Positions 1 2 2 Letters In Positions 3 4 3 Digits In Positions 5 7 8 9 2 Remarks Type Remarks Type Code 01 General Remarks 02 Comments On Sediment Stations 11 Station Location Description 10 12 3 Remarks Seqno Remarks Sequence Number See Note 1 13 86 74 Remarks Remarks See Note 1 NOTE 1 The Sequence Number Is A Three Digit Number From 001 To 999 So There Can Be Up To 999 Lines Of Description For Any One Remark Columns 8 86 Can Be Repeated Many Times For Each Station Depending Upon The Number Of Remarks Types And The Length Of The Remark HYDEX Operation COLUMN S LENG HELD 1 7 8 12 13 14 19 20 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 45 46 53 54 60 61 63 64 66 67 69 10 72 13 15 16 78 19 81 82 84 85 87 88 90 91 93 N NN Ww CO Station No Tributary Id 1 Trib Assoc 1 Trib Id Assoc 2 Trib Id Assoc Data Coll Type 1 Data Coll Stat 1 Data Coll 2 Data Coll 3 Data Coll 4 Data Coll 5 Benchmark Id Benchmark Elev Map Identifier Hydrometric Oper Hydrometric Cost Sediment Oper Sediment Cost Hyd Curr Oper Start Month Hyd Curr Oper End Month Hyd Ann Pub Start Month Hyd Ann Pub End Month Hyd Hist Pub Start Month Hyd Hist Pu
42. S AND SIGNIFICANT FIGURES EDITING KEYBOARD ENTRIES CHAPTER 4 STATION SELECTION SBEECTING S EXTIONS 2 SY L PSD FER ru de RENE MERERI 6 Province Menu Parameter Menit o RP UAR tra ene A QU HERR FUR UI He REB RO eren Report Type Menu dh RU S NUN RR N KERN ER E 6 Station Lookup Button Display ea d a I e e e ARR ERE HU d e i pe Printing and Filing Report Menu WORKING WITH SELECTED STATIONS 8 Save Set Load Set EXPORTING 8 tenete tte ee tete RG 11 User Defined Copy Period Column and Row DATA WINDOWS GENERAL SUMMARY WINDOW DAILY WINDOW EXTREME WINDOW MONTHLY MEAN WINDOW PROVINCE CODBO tnr ER EIER STATE CODES rr q u qu ha SS i E qa REGION CODES als is is e DA
43. S AND YUKON ROUTE 675 WINNIPEG ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY 705 ADM DE LE VOIE MARITIME DU SAINT LAURENT 710 CITE DE MAGOG 715 HYDRO ONTARIO 720 HYDRO QUEBEC 725 LA COMPAGNIE ALUMINIUM DU CANADA 730 LA COMPAGNIE DOMINION TEXTILES LIMITEE 735 LA COMPAGNIE PRICE LIMITEE 740 MINISTERE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT DU QUEBEC 745 MINISTERE DES TRANSPORTS CANADA 750 MINISTERE DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS CANADA 753 SCIENCES ET LEVES OCEANIQUES MPO CANADA 760 UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL 765 UNIVERSITE DU QUEBEC 770 UNIVERSITE LAVAL 775 UNIVERSITE MCGILL 780 VILLE DE SHERBROOKE 785 VILLE DE QUEBEC 900 B C SEASONAL STATIONS 901 ONT MIN OF THE ENV AND MIN OF NAT RES 902 ONT MIN OF NAT RES AND ONT HYDRO 903 FEDERAL OTHER FEDERAL 904 FEDERAL PRIVATE 905 OTHER FEDERAL 906 PRIVATE 908 DOMAIN AND MANNES DRAIN PROJECT DATUM CODES 005 ALBERTA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS DATUM 007 ALCAN DATUM 010 ASSUMED DATUM 011 ASSUMED DATUM 1 012 ASSUMED DATUM NO 2 013 ASSUMED DATUM NO 3 014 ASSUMED DATUM NO 4 015 CANADA LAND AND IRRIGATION COMPANY DATUM 020 CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS DATUM 025 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY DATUM 026 CHURCHILL RIVER DATUM MANITOBA HYDRO 027 CITY OF CALGARY DATUM 029 CITY OF SEATTLE BOUNDARY DAM DATUM 030 CITY OF SEATTLE ROSS DAM DATUM 032 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS DATUM 034 FRENCH RIVER DATUM 035 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATUM 036 HUDSON BAY RAILWAY DATUM 040 GEODETIC SURVEY OF CA
44. Sediment e Review Record e Equipment DATA EXPORT Once you have located the data you want on the HYDAT CD ROM you can export it in a variety of formats that allow you to send the data to other programs or spreadsheets You can export data in Canadian user comma delimited blank delimited Canadian binary or USGS binary formats however available formats may be limited for certain report types A list of available formats is provided in Chapter 5 UNITS AND SIGNIFICANT FIGURES The units and number of digits displayed vary with the parameter Water Discharge given in cubic metres per second m s to three significant figures but not to more than three decimal places e Water Level given in metres m to two or three decimal places e Sediment Concentration given in milligrams per liter mg L to three significant figures but only as an integer e Sediment Load given in tonnes per day t d 1 tonne 1000 kilograms to three significant figures but not to more than two decimal places In the binary formats the HYDAT software writes the full floating point number This number may imply greater precision than the data themselves in examining such numbers recollect the significant figures discussed above EDITING KEYBOARD ENTRIES While using certain windows you will be prompted to type information from your keyboard which you may wish to edit before entering The editing keys work like most word processors BACKSPACE era
45. Wind Direction WS Wind Speed VB Voltage Battery WH Water Dissolved Hydr S ulfide WQ Water Quality WV Water Velocity XR Humidity Relative ZA Recorder Clock ZB Nitrogen Tank Pressure ZC Sampling Operation ZD Door Opening Counter ZE Emergency Signal Generator ZZ Other Telemetry Data Type Code Telemetry Data Type Code Telemetry Data Type Code Telemetry Data Type Code Telemetry Data Type Code Numeric Telemetry Type Code elemetry Make Code DESCRIPTION 58 59 2 Tel Data 2 Telemetry Data Code 60 61 2 Tel Data Type 2b Telemetry Data Type Code 62 63 2 Tel Data Type 2c Telemetry Data Type Code 64 65 2 Tel Data Type 2d Telemetry Data Type Code 66 67 2 Tel Data Type 2e Telemetry Data Type Code 68 69 2 Tel Data Type 2f Telemetry Data Type Code BINARY FORMAT CANADIAN struct daily flows and levels str char int int float char station number 7 parameter year daily values I2 3 1 2131 Offse 1 1499 Length 1488 372 2 digit 2 letter 3 digits 1 discharge 2 level year no bias 1908 1908 array of dischargesor levels flags for daily_values BINARY FORMAT USGS The USGS binary format contains no flags but more header information than Canadian binary It was created in order that certain ancillary programs such as Durfreq and fffreq operate against the Canadian data However to a certain extent it is
46. a square peg in a round hole there is no Canadian analog to many of the fields in USGS binary records For instance sample cross section location is not present in Canadian data Our suggestion is that you examine the information in the Canadian binary format and the Hydex format descriptions below If those formats do not provide for delivering a certain type of information then it should probably not be relied upon in the USGS binary exports Variable types are Characters are 8 bit 1 byte values usually containing an ASCII code for a character Valid numeric values representing chars Integer values are 16 bit 2s complement numbers The least significant byte has the lower offset Long integer values are 32 bit 2s complement numbers The least significant byte has the lower offset the more significant Floating point real numbers use the IEEE standard representation for 4byte real numbers They have a sign bit amp bit excess 127 binary exponent and a 24 bit mantissa The mantissa represents a number between 1 0 and 2 0 The high order bit of the mantissa for numbers in this range is always 1 it is implied and not stored in the number A number with an exponent Arrays are composed of the base type stored in column major order The leftmost index changes most rapidly as a multi Structures are composed of the component types in order of declaration with no padding except as declared Char are 0 255 Int Long bytes are at increa
47. able for each report type and parameter Table 5 1 Parameters Available flow amp levels i n HYDEX e Header Remarks Operations Hydrometric Sediment To export data from a current Report window choose the Export function from the top menus and select from the available formats You can also go straight to the Export window from the Main window In either case an Export window will open similar to that shown in Figure 5 3 allowing you to customize the output of your export session Figure 5 3 Exporting Hydat or Hydex Data Current Province EEE E Report Type Mean Current Format Card Format Parameter Flow Change Current Station z El El User Defined Copy Period From Select Stations Current Station ID 01 0014 Z gt Type Of Copy Begins 1968 Ends 1982 Current Station nei d COLUMN Selected List Ree type of in Month Julian Day Province be passed in and out of Year When you choose to export from Report window some of the options may already be set i e Current Format field should reflect the choice made in the Export menu however you are free to change these to suit your requirements Before exporting ensure that the Current Province Report Type Current Format and Parameter boxes contain the correct information for the data y
48. age For Particle Size 0 250 mm 99 101 3 Percentage For Particle Size 0 500 mm 102 104 3 Percentage For Particle Size 1 0 mm 105 107 3 Percentage For Particle Size 2 0 mm 108 110 3 Percentage For Particle Size 4 0 mm 111 113 3 Percentage For Particle Size 8 0 mm 114 116 3 Percentage For Particle Size 16 0 mm 117 119 3 Percentage For Particle Size 32 0 mm 120 122 3 Percentage For Particle Size 64 0 mm 123 125 3 Percentage For Particle Size 128 mm 126 128 3 Percentage For Particle Size 256 mm 129 131 3 Percentage For Particle Size 512 mm NOTE 1 Sampling vertical is a left justified 4 character field which may contain the following Numeric value with up to one place after the decimal point left justified or one of the following symbols MULT WERB WELB IQLB IQRB 3QRB 301 8 MID OR HWRB WERB IWELB HWLB for bed material NOTE 2 Sampler type is a 5 character left justified field which may contain one of the following For depth integrating data DI or split vertical data SV DH48 DH59 DIP D49 D74 D77 F61 P63 P72 PWS PS82 PUMP SURE For point integrating data PI P61 P63 P72 PWS PS82 PUMP SURF For bedload data BL ARN BAS BOG SON VUV PIT VOR OTH For bed material data EM BM54 BMH53 BMH60 CLAMP CORE LANE SCOOP SHIP FOR SHIPEK NOTE 3 The following messages
49. alue exports are available for Summary Daily Extreme Mean and Sediment Summary reports Both formats preserve the row column format of each display window by including column headers and separating each column with commas and blanks respectively which can then be imported directly into your chosen spreadsheet application Summary The summary export consists of 10 rows and 16 columns of data The first row includes column headers for ID the station number 1 6 04 001 PARAM HYDAT parameter i e 1 flow STATISTIC type of summary statistic i e D Cnt Mean etc JAN ANN month of record Daily The daily export consists of 31 rows and 29 columns for each year in the period of record There is also a column header row at the beginning which identifies ID station number i e 04 001 PARAM HYDAT parameter i e 1 flow TYPE type of data and units of measurement i e 1 discharge in cubic metres per second YEAR year of record i e 1994 DD day of the month i e 02 or 24 JAN DEC month of record SYM daily and extreme code i e A 2 manual gauge Extreme The extreme export consists of 14 columns with the number of rows varying according to the number of years in the period of record The first row provides header information for the 14 columns and includes ID station number i e 04 001 PARAM HYDAT parameter i e 1 flow YEAR year of record 1 1994 instantaneous maximum SYM daily and ex
50. ams per litre Percent Finer Than Indicated Size in Millimetres Contains the percentage values for indicated particle sizes for samples collected HYDEX WINDOWS GENERAL The top portion of each of the seven HYDEX windows Header Remarks Operation Hydrometric Records Sediment Records Review and Equipment contains station information as follows Station No A seven character station number assigned by Environment Canada The first two digits indicate the major drainage basin in which the station is located The next two characters indicate the sub basin and sub sub basin The last three digits identify the station within the sub sub basin Station Name This is the official name of the gauging station including the body of water on which the station is located and an approximate location i e at Highway No 47 Max 70 characters Prov Terr State A two character identification for the province territory or state in which the station is located See Appendix A Province Codes State Codes Latitude Longitude Given in degrees minutes and seconds This refers specifically to the location of the gauge An exception is for streams draining lakes or reservoirs In these cases the location of the outlet of the lake or reservoir is given Region The name of the regional office responsible for the station Drainage Area The gross drainage area of a stream at a specified location Defined as that plane area enclo
51. apter outlines how to print or export HYDAT and HYDEX data and gives a brief explanation of what you get when you export the various windows Technical information on HYDAT export formats is provided in Appendix B PRINTING To print data from a report window currently displayed on your screen click the printer icon under the main menu bar This will automatically open the standard Windows Print dialog box shown in Figure 5 1 Access to this dialog box is also available through the Print command under the File menu Figure 5 1 Printer HP LaserJet Series II m Print range on Setup Selection Pages From 1 To Print quality 300 dpi gt Copies Print to file Collate copies The Print dialog box allows you to choose the number of copies range of pages and quality for the print job The Printing and Filing Report Menu on the Station Selection window can be used to restrict the data output to the export and print functions If the Current Report option is checked only the displayed report will be printed Similarly if the Current Station or Current List options are checked the full range of records for the current station and current list of stations respectively will be printed By choosing the Use Year Range option only information between the Year Begins and Year Ends dates from the Filter Criteria menu will be available for printing Note th
52. ar is displayed See Appendix A Sediment Data Type Codes the full description is displayed on the screen Sample Method The method by which sediment samples are collected each year for each data type is displayed See Appendix A Sediment Sample Method Codes the full description is displayed on the screen Schedule Code The schedule for operating the data collection program during the year See Appendix A Operation Schedule Codes the full description is displayed on the screen HYDEX REVIEW WINDOW The HYDEX Review Report window Figure 6 16 contains the following information Figure 6 16 E HYDAT CD ej E Hydex Report Years The years showing the period of record which was reviewed during a particular station review Review Type The type of data which were reviewed HYD for review of hydrometric data or SED for review of sediment data See Appendix A Review Data Type Codes the abbreviations are displayed on the screen Additional textural information about the review is not yet stored on the database but will appear in future editions of the HYDAT CD ROM when available HYDEX EQUIPMENT WINDOW The HYDEX Equipment Report window Figure 6 17 contains the following information mj j us gri W Hidos Repon Manual Gauge Manual gauges which are currently at the gauge site or in some cases were at the gauge site when the station was disco
53. at if the Use Year Range option is checked and the specified year range in the Filter Criteria includes the station year range the actual number of records will be shown in the Pages From To dialog box i e ignores missing records If the specified year range falls within the station year range and there are missing records during that period the Pages From To will only be an estimate and may include a count of years for which there are not data The print function has been set up to suppress these missing years therefore blank pages will not be printed You can also customize the printer options by clicking on the Setup button By opening the Print Setup dialog box Figure 5 2 you can choose a specific printer change the paper orientation select various paper sizes and specify the paper source In most cases the default landscape orientation on letter size paper provides adequate data output Figure 5 2 Print Setup 2 12 1 Cancel currently HP LaserJet Series on 1 C Specific printer ptions LaserJet Series Homans Orientation Paper C Portrait al Size Letter 8 1 2 x 11 in Landscape Source Upper tray EXPORTING The HYDAT export function allows you to save data to your hard drive or a floppy disk in the following formats eCanadian user Card eCanadian binary eUnited States Geological S
54. ated period Unrelated Period Date YYYY MM DD The ending date of an unrelated period Remote Acc One character code N No Y Yes A station is considered remote if it is not readily accessible by a conventional means such as by car or snowmobile and requires additional expense such as by aircraft Legal Land Description 14 characters The description of the land location of the station as determined by a legal land survey system used mainly in Western Canada Sed Progr One character code to indicate the sediment program type for the collection of sediment data R Regular M Miscellaneous See Appendix A Sediment Program Type Codes Sample No 12 characters This is a unique number assigned for use on all sediment samples collected at the station One exception is the use of No Number Vertical Code A four character code See Appendix A Sediment Vertical Type Codes This is the location on the cross section of the river at which the single sediment samples are collected If one of the standard locations is not used the distance in metres will be shown HYDEX REMARKS WINDOW The HYDEX Remarks Report window Figure 6 12 contains the following fields of information in three columns Figure 6 12 Type The three letter abbreviation is displayed See Appendix A Remark Type Codes SEQNO A three digit number from 001 to 999 used to identify up to 999 lines of description for any one remark Tex
55. ay 31 the figure 11111 is entered in the appropriate field for days that do not apply to the month e g 30 and 31 for February 1984 Suspended Sediment Load Daily Mean Format 83 100 This retrieval produces three card images records per month for the daily suspended sediment load in TONNES in 83 100 format as follows Column s Description 1 code for type of data and units T daily suspended sediment load in TONNES 2 8 station number e g 08 023 9 11 year e g 968 for 1968 12 13 month e g b7 for July 14 code for time interval 1 daily figures from day 1 to day 10 2 daily figures from day 11 to day 20 3 daily figures from day 21 to day 31 15 80 ten or eleven 6 character data fields refer to Notes 1 and 2 Note 1 Description of Data Fields Each data field has six positions The first five positions contain the three significant figures for the daily suspended sediment load right justified with no decimal The sixth position contains an integer number which is used in the following equation to get the correct load T V 10 1 3 where daily suspended sediment load in Tonnes V value in the first five positions of the data field I value in the sixth position of the data field e g If the first five positions contain bb123 and the sixth position contains a 4 the daily suspended load would be 1230 The first data field is in columns 15 20 The successive fields are for consecutive days depending on
56. b End Month Sed Curr Oper Start Month 2 Digits In Positions 1 2 2 Letters In Positions 3 4 3 Digits In Positions 5 7 Tributary Id Code See Tributary File Tributary Association Code 2 Tributary From 3 Tributary On Second Tributary amp Assoc As In Cols 8 13 Third Tributary amp Assoc Data Collection Type Code H Hydrometric M Monthly Means Only R Reservoir Contents S Sediment T Water Temperature W Water Quality Status Of Data Collection Type 1 Active D Discontinued Data Collection Type Status As In Cols 26 27 Data Collection Type Status As In Cols 26 27 Data Collection Type Status As In Cols 26 27 Data Collection Type Status As In Cols 26 27 Master Benchmark Id Alpha Numeric Benchmark Elevation Numeric Map Number Agency Code For Operating Agency See Agency File Agency Code For Costing Agency See Agency File Agency Code For Operating Agency See Agency File Agency Code For Costing Agency See Agency File Start Month E G End Month E G Dec Start Month E G an End Month E G Dec Start Month E G an End Month E G Dec Start Month E G an LUMN 94 96 97 99 100 102 103 105 106 108 109 112 113 116 117 118 120 LENGTH 3 3 FIELD Sed Curr Oper End Month Sed Ann Publ Start Month Sed Ann Publ End Month Sed Hist Publ Start Month Sed Hist Publ End Month Reg Begin 1 Reg End 1
57. cated BOTH Sampled Concentration Maximum Obtained by finding the maximum daily concentration value for the year on days where sample s were collected The extreme recorded for the period of record is indicated by an asterisk This value is displayed as long as there is at least one complete month Minimum Obtained by finding the minimum daily concentration value for the year on days where sample s were collected The extreme for the period of record is indicated by an asterisk and is displayed if there is at least one complete month Suspended Sediment Load Maximum Daily Obtained by finding the maximum daily Load value for the year The extreme recorded for the period of record is indicated by an asterisk This value is displayed as long as there is at least one complete month Suspended Sediment Load Total for Period Obtained by adding all daily values available This value is then rounded as follows e less than 0 004 show 0 for this field between 0 005 amp 9 994 round to 2 decimal places between 9 995 amp 99 94 round to 1 decimal places e greater than 99 95 round to 3 significant figures and show as an integer The extreme recorded for the period of record is indicated by an asterisk This value is displayed as long as there is at least complete month Summary Period of Record Obtained from HYDEX This period is known as the Standard Period for the station e g SUMMARY MAR OCT
58. centration Codes Dissolved Solids Contains the instantaneous dissolved solids sampled in milligrams per litre Percent Finer Than Indicated Size in Millimetres Contains the percentage values for indicated particle sizes for samples collected Percent Sand Obtained by subtracting the value displayed for particle size 0 062 mm from 100 Percent Silt Obtained by subtracting the value displayed for particle size 0 004 mm from the value dis played for particle size 0 062 mm Percent Clay Obtained by using the value displayed for particle size 0 004 mm INSTANTANEOUS SEDIMENT BED MATERIAL WINDOW The Instantaneous Sediment Bed Material Report window Figure 6 9 contains all sediment bed material data for a given station Anm a lactantensous Seder The screen contains several columns including Year Date and Time Contain the time to the nearest minute of when the sample was taken The Time column may include an symbol which means the time is an estimate only Panel Discharge Contains the instantaneous discharge in cubic metres per second for the panel at the time the sample was taken This column may contain symbols explained in Appendix A Daily and Extreme Codes Sampling Vertical May contain numbers or codes If numbers it indicates the distance in metres from an initial point to the sampling vertical If it contains codes then these codes are explained in
59. cessing means changing the data by conversion to different units or to values representing different quantities from which the original data can be calculated or changing the format or medium in which the data is stored OTHER RESTRICTIONS You may not transfer this product to or store the data product in any electronic network including but not limited to local area networks wide area networks intranets and the world wide web for use by more than one user unless you obtain prior written permission from Environment Canada and pay any additional fees NO WARRANTIES Environment Canada does not warrant the quality accuracy or completeness of any information or data Such information and data is provided AS IS without warranty or condition of any nature Environment Canada disclaims all other warranties either expressed or implied including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with respect to the software the data retrieved from this product and any accompanying materials RESTRICTION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY In no event shall Environment Canada be liable for any other damages whatsoever including without limitation damages for loss of business profits business interruption loss of business information or other pecuniary loss arising out of the use of or inability to use this Environment Canada product even if Environment Canada has been advised of the possibility of s
60. d in the appropriate columns Curr Oper This is the current period of operation if it differs from the standard annual period Ann Publ This is the standard period of operation of the station which will appear in the annual publication Hist Publ This is the standard period which best represents the operation of the station over the period of record It is used for the historical publication and historical retrievals Benchmark ID This is a unique identification of the master benchmark used for maintaining gauge datum It is a new field and not many stations have this information in the database Elevation An eight character field for the elevation of the master benchmark Map This is amap number which identifies the topographic map on which the station could be plotted Regulation Regulation of the runoff in the basin upstream from the gauge is indicated if known although it is often difficult to define Some rivers are regulated only during the day for mill operations or only during the dry summer months for irrigation or only a small tributary upstream may be regulated Begin The year in which the regulation began if known End The year in which the natural flow or regulation ended if known Type A one character code for the type of flow N natural R regulated Deg Degree of regulation if known HYDEX HYDROMETRIC RECORD WINDOW The HYDEX Hydrometric Record Report window Figure 6 14 contains the
61. de for type of data and units 7 daily mean suspended sediment concentration in mg L 2 8 station number e g 08AA023 9 11 year e g 986 for 1986 12 13 month e g 07 for July 14 code for time interval 1 daily figures from day 1 to day 10 2 daily figures from day 11 to day 20 3 daily figures from day 21 to day 31 15 80 10 or 11 six digit data fields refer to notes 1 and 2 Note 1 Description of Data Fields Each data field has six positions The first five positions contain daily suspended sediment concentration data right justified with no decimal point the sixth position may contain a symbol E Estimated S Sample s collected this day R Revised within the last two years W Revised and Estimated Z Revised and Sample s collected this day or a blank for no symbol The first data field is in columns 15 20 The successive fields are for consecutive days Whenever data for any day are missing the value 9999 is entered in positions 1 5 and position 6 contains a blank Note 2 Daily Figures Data for each month on file are entered on three records The first record 1 in column 14 contains data for 10 days from day 1 to day 10 columns 75 78 are not used the number of days in the month e g 30 for November is entered in columns 79 80 The second record 2 in column 14 contains 10 days from day 11 to day 20 columns 75 80 are not used The third record 3 in column 14 contains 11 days from day 21 to d
62. e daily value in the month has been revised added or corrected within the last two years or it contains a blank for no revision negative value is entered with a minus sign just to the left of the number e g 12 30 or 0 001 The successive fields are for consecutive months The value 9999999 is entered in positions 1 8 whenever a figure is missing in a field that would normally contain a figure and position 9 contains a blank If a month has complete data and the water level for every day is dry D then position 1 8 are blank and position 9 contains a D If a month has complete data and the water level for some days are dry D then positions 1 8 are blank and position 9 contains a P partially dry Note 2 Monthly and Annual Mean Figures Data for each year of file are written onto two records The first record contains six monthly means in columns 15 68 starting with January as indicated in columns 12 13 columns 69 77 are blank columns 78 80 contain the datum code The second record contains six monthly means in columns 15 68 starting with July as indicated in columns 12 13 columns 69 71 are blank columns 72 79 contain the mean for the year right justified column 80 contains the symbol R or is blank Suspended Sediment Concentration Daily Mean Format 79 100 This retrieval produces three card images records per month for daily mean suspended sediment concentrations in 79 100 format as follows Column s Description 1 co
63. ed for particle size 0 062 mm Percent Clay Obtained by using the value displayed for particle size 0 004 mm INSTANTANEOUS SEDIMENT POINT WINDOW The Instantaneous Sediment Point Report window Figure 6 8 contains all sediment point integration data for a given station The screen contains several columns including Year Date and Time Contain the time to the nearest minute of when the sample was taken The Time column may include an symbol which means the time is an estimate only Water Temperature Contains the instantaneous water temperature in Celsius at the time the sample was taken Panel Discharge Contains the instantaneous discharge in cubic metres per second for the panel at the time the sample was taken This column may contain symbols explained in Appendix A Daily and Extreme Codes Sampling Vertical May contain numbers or codes If numbers it indicates the distance in metres from an initial point to the sampling vertical If it contains codes then these codes are explained in Appendix A Sediment Vertical Type Codes There may also be a symbol related to this field and these symbols are explained in Appendix A Sediment Vertical Symbol Codes Depth of Sample Contains the water depth in metres where the sample was taken Instantaneous Concentration Contains the instantaneous concentration sampled in milligrams per litre This column may contain symbols explained in Appendix A Sediment Con
64. eter 2 ServoBeam Balance 3 Bellows 4 Edas Electronic Data Acquisition System Numeric Sensor Type Code Pressure Type Code Interface Type Code Recorder Gauge Type Code DESCRIPTION 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 HB N F FS FS N Recorder Id Sensor Type 2a Pressure Type 2a Interface 2a Recorder Id 2b Sensor Type 2b Pressure Type 2b Interface 2b Telemetry Id 1 Telemetry 1 Telemetry Make 1 Tel Data Type la Tel Data Type 1b Tel Data Type Ic Tel Data Type 1d Tel Data Type le Tel Data Type 1f Telemetry 10 2 Telemetry Ty pe 2 Telemetry Make 2 Numeric Sensor Type Code Pressure Type Code Interface Type Code Numeric Sensor Type Code Pressure Type Code Interface Type Code Numeric Telemetry Type Code 1 Telephone Audio 2 Telephone Digital 3 Radio 4 Satellite DCP 5 Manual Data Entry Telemetry Make Code 01 Ball Brothers 02 Bristol 03 Bristol Hydromet 04 H andar 05 Labarge 06 Magnavox 07 Sutron 08 Synergetics 99 Other Telemetry Data Type Code HG Height River Stage IM Ice Movement Iceout PC Prec Accumulator PR Prec Rate Rain Tipping Buck QR Discharge River RI Radiation Incoming Solar TA Temperature Air Ambient TW Temperature Water TY Temperature Surface DCP WD
65. f the Current Station or Current List options are checked the full range of records for the current station and current list of stations respectively will be used for output By choosing the Use Year Range option only information between the Year Begins and Year Ends dates from the Filter Criteria menu will be available for output Note that if the Use Year Range option is checked and the specified year range in the Filter Criteria includes the station year range the actual number of records will be shown in the Pages From To dialog box i e ignores missing records If the specified year range falls within the station year range and there are missing records during that period the Pages From To will only be an estimate and may include a count of years for which there are not data The print function has been set up to suppress these missing years therefore blank pages will not be printed WORKING WITH SELECTED STATIONS If you have created a station index or data set that you might want to use repeatedly you can save it to a file which can then be recalled to the Station Selected window at a later date The following buttons enable you to save and load indexes in a variety of fashions and formats Save Set Saves the selected stations to an ASCII index file in the following format e 7 character station number e or 2 character parameter code These sets can then be edited
66. gure 6 2 Monthly values are divided into columns each headed by the name of the month as well as a final column for annual values Figure 6 2 SHYDAT Bon Move Epor aj s essei _ m Um LV 7 Statien Province Latitude amp 5 1 3407H Lengitude 79 0 26 4W 1923 1937 proinage Ares Parameter Flew p Avg Th 68 2 99 1 170 7 amp 3 kn 28 2 79 3 D Max 192 156 251 68 383 47 463 87 5 162 Min 27 2 21 8 36 9 22 9 1 8 55 18 8 8 836 M Cnt 18 18 15 1 13 13 514 as 37 7 52 5 95 2 89 8 58 3 29 13 17 1 22 7 Skv 1 10 0 500 8 678 8 878 8 974 1 09 2 30 2 16 120 154 299 256 11 12 1 9 27 8 34 7 36 5 1 2 52 5 52 8 24 7 16 9 14 4 13 6 1 43 1 Ports to e Staton In some cases the period of record is too short or there are too many missing data to calculate a valid statistic In such cases the HYDAT software displays Valid calculations should still be examined because they may not be statistically significant e The HYDAT convention for valid statistics is that a valid month cannot have any missing daily value and a valid year includes all valid data e Level data where a dry observation was recorded were not considered for statistical analysis and as such were not included in D Cnt or any of the summa
67. he maximum and or minimum daily values are also given for incomplete years if considered valid for the entire year even though some daily values are missing If only the maximum or minimum is valid then the field for the non valid extreme is blank When two or more values are the same within a year the date of first occurrence is given Note 2 Annual Maximum and Minimum Daily Mean Figures Two years of annual daily mean extremes for a station are written onto one record If there is only one year to be written the second maximum and minimum daily values columns 43 71 are blank Levels Monthly And Annual Mean Format 79 117 This retrieval produces card images records of the monthly and annual mean water levels in 79 117 format as follows Column s Description 1 code for type of units 8 water levels in metres to millimetres 9 water levels in metres to centimetres 2 8 station number e g 08AA023 9 11 year e g 986 for 1986 12 13 beginning month for data in columns 15 68 i e either 01 for January or 07 for July 14 code for type of data 4 monthly and annual figures 15 68 data fields used for monthly figures only 69 78 refer to notes 1 and 2 Note 1 Description of Data Fields Each data field has nine positions The first eight positions contain the monthly mean water level right justified with a decimal point the ninth position may contain the symbol R to indicate that at least on
68. her 01 for January or 07 for July 14 code for type of data 4 monthly and annual figures 15 50 6 six character data fields used for monthly figures only 51 80 referto notes 1 and 2 Note 1 Description of Data Fields Each data field has six positions The first five positions contain monthly mean discharges right justified with a decimal point if necessary the sixth position may contain the symbol R to indicate that at least one daily value in the month has been revised added or corrected within the last two years or it contains a blank for no revision A negative value is entered with a minus sign just to the left of the number e g 12 3 or 0 001 The successive fields are for consecutive months The value 9999 is entered in positions 1 5 whenever a figure is missing in a field that would normally contain a figure and position 6 contains a blank Note 2 Monthly and Annual Mean Figures Data for each year on file are written onto two records The first record contains six monthly means in columns 15 50 starting with January as indicated in columns 12 13 columns 51 76 are blank columns 77 80 contain the beginning and ending months for the year or standard period The second record contains six monthly means in columns 15 50 starting with July as indicated in columns 12 13 columns 51 74 are blank columns 75 79 contain the mean for the year or standard period right justified column 80 contains the symbol R or is blank Levels
69. ions contain the discharge right justified with a decimal point if necessary the ninth position contains a symbol A Manual Gauge B Ice Conditions discharges only E Estimated R Revised within the last two years S Revised and Manual Gauge T Revised and Ice Conditions discharge only W Revised and Estimated or a blank for no symbol A negative value is entered with a minus sign just to the left of the number e g 12 3 or 0 012 The maximum and or minimum daily values are also given for incomplete years if considered valid for the entire year or standard period even though some daily values are missing If only the maximum or minimum is valid then the field for the non valid extreme is blank When two or more values are the same within a year the date of first occurrence is given Note 2 Annual Maximum and Minimum Daily Mean Figures Two years of annual daily mean extremes for a station are written onto one record If there is only one year to be written the second maximum and minimum daily values columns 43 71 are blank Discharge Monthly And Annual Mean Format 79 102 This retrieval produces card images records of the monthly and annual mean discharges in 79 102 format as follows Column s Description 1 code for type of units 1 mean discharges in cubic metres per second 2 8 station number e g 08AA023 9 11 year e g 986 for 1986 12 13 beginning month for data in columns 15 50 i e eit
70. lid for the year or standard period Minimum Daily Discharge Level The minimum daily mean recorded for that year standard period and the date on which it occurred The minimum daily is displayed only if it has been determined to be valid for the year or standard period MONTHLY MEAN WINDOW The Monthly Mean Report window Figure 6 5 provides the monthly mean flows levels by year in a row column format The monthly mean is the arithmetic mean of all the daily values during a particular month It is only computed if the daily values for the month are complete Figure 6 5 DAT Hep es Year Mean Mean CROW Province ongitude 139 53 O 1961 to 1995 5 5 88 m s 1945 1550 852 WAR 37 1946 stun ma 52 6 158 4 17968 586258 ma 1969 167 869 ave 1970 78 8 mi 1971 4808 337 6 9 515 1972 536 538 630 1972 17178 thea 197 539 586 1028 381 1975 1550 250 1970 1190 337 587 231 1927 1948 ae 127 186 1978 45 8 aha 176 338 1979 697 52h 577 506 1980 962 266 585 1961 27 5 4 226 15568 1982 138 7 0 45 gt 276 1983 260 211 158 235 v7 vor 328 1985 291 292 189 451 1986 498 ata 558 m 1987 691 150 son 878 1988 781 att
71. m 3 Sed Program Type Sed Sample No DESCRIPTION 2 Digits In Positions 1 2 2 Letters In Positions 3 4 3 Digits In Positions 5 7 Alpha Numeric Code Y Yes No Latitude 6 Or 7 Numbers 7th No Is A Decimal Second Longitude 7 Or8 Numbers 8th No Is A Decimal Second Alpha Numeric Region Code See Region File Province State Code Location See Province Territory Or State File Country Code C Canada U United States Numeric Numeric Remote Access Y N Province Code Where Data Published See Prov State Datum Code See Datum File Datum Type Code 1 Local Datum 2 Official Datum Other Datum Datum Code See Datum F ile Datum Type Code 1 Local Datum 2 Official Datum Other Datum Datum Code See Datum F ile Datum Code See Datum F ile Conversion Factor Numeric Second Datum Conversion As In Cols 137 153 Unrelated Datum Code See Datum File Date Yyyy Mm Dd Date Y yyy Mm Dd Second Unrelated Datum As In Cols 171 189 Third Unrelated Datum As In Cols 171 189 Sediment P rogram Type Code M Miscellaneous R Regular Sediment Sample Number Alpha Numeric LUMN LENGTH FIELD DESCRIPTION 241 245 5 Sed Samp Vert Sediment Sampling Vertical Code MULT Composite Sed Measurement WELB Waters Edge Left Bank 1QLB One Quarter The Distance From The Left Bank 3QRB Three Quarters Fr Right Bank MID Mid Stream 3QLB Three Quarters Fr Left Bank 1QRB One
72. may be indicated For point integrating data 1 data not available 2 sample destroyed 3 sample combined with depth below For bedload data or bed material data 4 no material collected 5 sample combined with vertical below 6 sample combined with vertical above NOTE 4 The percentage fields are made up of 19 three character fields beginning in column 75 which may contain the percentage 1 100 for which a sample has been analyzed for particle size The percentage finer than each particle size is stored in a specific position The following particle sizes in mm are valid 0 002 0 004 0 008 0 016 0 031 0 062 0 125 0 250 0 500 1 0 2 0 4 0 8 0 16 0 32 0 64 0 128 256 512 Header HYDEX LUMN 1 7 8 77 78 19 85 86 93 94 107 108 109 110 111 112 120 121 129 130 131 132 133 135 136 137 139 140 141 143 144 146 147 153 154 170 171 173 174 181 182 189 190 208 209 227 228 229 240 LENGTH 7 70 e 0 N XO o uN W w w 19 12 FIELD Station No Station Name International Latitude Longitude Legal Land Desc Region Prov Terr State Country Drainage Area Gross Drainage Area Effective Remote Access Prov Published Datum Id 1 Datum Type 1 Datum 14 2 Datum Type 2 Datum 14 From 1 Datum 19 To 2 Conver Factor Datum Conver 2 Unrel Datum Id 1 Period From 1 Period To 1 Unrel Datum 2 Unrel Datu
73. ndix A Telemetric Make Codes the code and an abbreviation are displayed on the screen Data Type This is the type of data transferred by a specific telemetric unit Up to six data types can be displayed for each unit See Appendix A Telemetric Data Type Codes the code and an abbreviation are displayed on the screen APPENDIX A HYDAT CODES PROVINCE CODES AB Alberta BC British Columbia MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland NS Nova Scotia NT Northwest Territories NU Nunavut ON Ontario PE Prince Edward Island QC Quebec SK Saskatchewan YT Yukon Territory STATE CODES AK Alaska ID Idaho ME Maine MI Michigan MN Minnesota MT Montana ND North Dakota NH New Hampshire NY New York OH Ohio PA Pennsylvania VT Vermont WA Washington WI Wisconsin REGION CODES 2 Vancouver 3 Calgary 4 Winnipeg 5 Guelph 6 Longueuil 7 Dartmouth 8 Regina 9 Yellowknife DAILY AND EXTREME CODES A Manual Gauge B Ice Conditions D Dry E Estimated R Revised S Revised and Manual Gauge T Revised and Ice Conditions V Revised and Dry W Revised and Estimated Z Revised and Sample Collected This Day OTHER INSTALLATION TYPES 01 Cableway 02 Metering Bridge 03 Cable Carrier 04 Permanent Boat Cable 05 Volumetric Equipment 06 Wading Apron 07 Flume 10 Artificial Control 20 Velocity Recorder 21 Flow Meter meter
74. ng Vertical Not At The Regular Single Vertical Sediment Measurement Vertical Not At The Regular Measurement Cross Section x SEDIMENT SAMPLING VERTICAL TYPE CODES UNKNOWN 1QLB ONE QUARTER FROM LEFT BANK 1QRB ONE QUARTER FROM RIGHT BANK 3QLB THREE QUARTER FROM LEFT BANK 3QRB THREE QUARTER FROM RIGHT BANK HWLB HIGH WATER LEFT BANK HWRB HIGH WATER RIGHT BANK MULT COMPOSITE SEDIMENT MEASUREMENT WELB WATERS EDGE LEFT BANK WERB WATERS EDGE RIGHT BANK TRIBUTARY ASSOCIATION CODE m 1 TRIBUTARY TO TO 2 TRIBUTARY FROM FR 3 TRIBUTARY ON PART OF ON TELEMETRIC DATA TYPECODE Abbreviations HG HEIGHT RIVER STAGE Hght IM ICE MOVEMENT ICE OUT Ice M PC PREC ACCUMULATOR PrecA PR PREC RATE RAIN TIPPING BUCK PrecR QR DISCHARGE RIVER Disch RI RADIATION INCOMING SOLAR Radia TA TEMPERATURE AIR AMBIENT TeAir TW TEMPERATURE WATER TeWat TY TEMPERATURE SURFACE DCP TeSur UD WIND DIRECTION WndDi US WIND SPEED WndSp VB VOLTAGE BATTERY VolBa WA WATER DISSOLVED NIT amp ARGON WatAr WH WATER DISSOLVED HYDR SULFIED WatHy WQ WATER QUALITY WatQu WV WATER VELOCITY WatVe XR HUMIDITY RELATIVE HumRe ZA RECORDER CLOCK RecCl TIME ZONE CODES AST ATLANTIC STANDARD TIME CST CENTRAL STANDARD TIME EST EASTERN STANDARD TIME MST MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME PST PACIFIC STANDARD TIME NST NEWFOUNDLAND STANDARD TIME YST YUKON STANDARD TIME YET YUKON EASTERN TIME YWT YUKON WESTERN TIME ZB NITROGEN TANK PRESSURE NitTa
75. ntain daily discharge data right justified with a decimal point if necessary the sixth position contains a symbol A Manual Gauge B Ice Conditions E Estimated R Revised within the last two years S Revised and Manual Gauge T Revised and Ice Conditions W Revised and Estimated or a blank for no symbol A negative value is entered with a minus sign just to the left of the number e g 12 3 or 0 001 The first data field is in columns 15 20 The successive fields are for consecutive days depending on the interval column 14 used Whenever data are missing the value 9999 is entered in positions 1 5 and position 6 contains a blank Note 2 Daily Figures Daily discharges for each month on file are written on three records The first record 1 in column 14 contains data for 10 days from day 1 to day 10 columns 75 78 are no used the number of days in the month e g 30 for November is punched in columns 79 80 The second record 2 in column 14 contains 10 days from day 11 to day 20 columns 75 80 are not used The third record 3 in column 14 contains 11 days from day 2 to day 31 the figure 1111 is punched in the appropriate field for days that do not apply to the month e g 30 and 31 for February 1984 and position 6 contains a blank Discharge Extreme Instantaneous Format 79 101 This retrieval produces card images records of annual maximum instantaneous peak discharges in 79 101 format as follows
76. ntegrating particle size analysis of suspended sediment e Point point integrating particle size analysis of suspended sediment e Bed M bed material particle size analysis Bed L bed load particle size analysis Observation Period for Parameter The range of years for which any data no matter how incomplete or patchy are available Hist Oper Period The historical standard operation period Available for Summary and HYDEX reports only Available for HYDEX reports only The content and layout of the bottom portion of each data window will depend upon two things 1 the parameter data type for the station and 2 the report selection The HYDEX data report windows are available for all parameters but the other available report windows are as follows e Flow Summary Daily Extreme Mean e Levels Summary Daily Extreme Mean Conc Sed Summary Daily Load Sed Summary Daily Instantaneous Sediment reports are available for each of the particle size parameters Depth Point Bed M and Bed L however data may not be available for all stations The bottom portions of the data windows are described in detail in the following pages under the appropriate report window title SUMMARY WINDOW Note The Summary report window displays a statistical summary of the data covering the entire period of record for stations measuring flow or level The summary statistics are arranged in a row column format as shown in Fi
77. nth day time of day and time zone Only the years with data available are written the records for any one station will each have three instantaneous discharges except possibly the last one which may have only one or two The month day time of day or time zone or any combination of these may not be available in some cases therefore the associated field would be left blank Discharge Extreme Daily Format 79 113 This retrieval produces card images records of annual maximum and minimum daily discharges in 79 113 format as follows Column s Description 1 code for type of data and units 1 discharge in cubic metres per second 2 blank 3 9 station number e g 05 003 10 11 blank 12 14 year e g 986 for 1986 15 16 month in which maximum occurred e g 06 for June 17 18 day e g 02 or 27 19 27 annual maximum daily mean right justified with decimal point if necessary and symbol 28 29 month in which minimum occurred e g 10 for October 30 31 day e g 07 or 31 32 40 annual minimum daily mean right justified with decimal point if necessary and symbol 41 42 blank 43 71 same as columns 12 to 40 72 16 blank 71 80 beginning and ending months for the year or standard period columns 77 78 contain the month from e g 03 for March and columns 79 80 contain the month to e g 10 for October Note 1 Description of Data Fields Each data field has nine positions columns 19 27 and 32 40 The first eight posit
78. ntinued are displayed See Appendix A Manual Gauge Type the code and abbreviation are dis played on the screen Recorder Gauge Recorder Generally there is only one recorder at a particular site but if there are more than one than each recorder is displayed in a separate row with the appropriate Sensor Type Pressure Type and Interface Type See Appendix A Recorder Gauge Codes the code and an abbreviation are displayed on the screen ID A one character code for the number of the recorder gauge of a particular type usually I Sensor The sensor type for the water level recorder See Appendix A Recorder Sensor Codes the code and an abbreviation are displayed on the screen Pressure The type of pressure system used for the water level recorder See Appendix A Recorder Pressure Codes the code and an abbreviation are displayed on the screen Interface The type of interface between the recorder and sensor device See Appendix A Recorder Interface Codes the code and an abbreviation are displayed on the screen Telemetry ID Generally there is only one telemetric unit at a particular site but the unit is identified by a one character code so that all units can be identified one per row Type This is the type of telemetric transmission at a station See Appendix A Telemetric Type Codes the code and an abbreviation are displayed on the screen Make This is the make of the telemetric unit See Appe
79. og box and ensure that the proper parameter is selected in the Parameter list box and that the User Defined Copy Period falls within the range of data available for the selected station s EXPORT FILE SIZE An export of 50 years of daily values Flows Levels Concentrations and Loads produces the following file sizes Format Size Card 192 Kbytes Delimited 200 Kbytes Binary Canadian 94 Kbytes Binary USGS 94 Kbytes An export of 50 years of Flow and Level data produces Format Data Means Extremes Summar Card 8 2 N A Delimited 6 3 2 An export of 50 records of instantaneous sediment values Depth Point Bed Material amp Bed Load produces the following file sizes Format Size Card 7 Kbytes An export of 50 stations of HYDEX Information produces the following file sizes for the corresponding formats HYDEX Data Type Card Header 12 Kbytes Remarks 20 Kbytes Operations 6 Kbytes Hydrometric 4 Kbytes Sediment 9 Kbytes Review 7 Kbytes Equipment 4 Kbytes These proportions hold roughly for exports from different reports but you should note that the file size tally is imprecise and intended only as a relative guide These values should aid you in determining the number of stations years that can be successfully stored on a single diskette 3 amp 1 2 double sided high density can store 1 44 Megabytes 6 REPORT WINDOWS The HYDAT retrieval software utilizes 13 report windows to display various Flow Le
80. on collecting flow level sediment concentration or sediment Note load data on a daily basis a year s worth at a time It also presents limited summary statistics for that year s data As Figure 6 3 illustrates part of the daily data is hidden when displayed on screen however you can move to any desired data using the scroll bars Bata c 1997 Enetrommont Camada Station 819081 FOHEMCERMOUM LAC ESTCOURT Prewince PO Latitudo N7 27 30 M Luegitwdo 9 13 32 W 1908 to 1982 braisage rea 289 Parameter sLevels metres 4 gt 2 gt 5 5 5 85 03 88 64 na 5 66 58 A ME 52 hh 61 01 59 5 NA 5 76 57 LE ah 61 ah 9H 84 5 5 ga s sp 45 85 56 5 3 67 66 4 92 7 gy 85 8 ee 09 hh 61 1 9 s v 84 17 52 69 73 aaa E 56 23 53 LE 71 8 88 98 86 19 22 5 44 71 89 83 15 6 16 bh OT 91 85 12 AALSA AA A 65 13 w 8 53 we 62 LAPL EA ah 7H 1 2 28 52 61 hh 86 77 15 53 hh f LO2J ah n ah 7h 16 6 42 56 5 82 aM 73 Z 17
81. on the record which in turn adds it to the Station Selected region of the window SELECTING STATIONS Province Menu The Province menu lists each of Canada s 10 provinces and 2 territories by alphabetical order Selecting any of these menu items produces a list of stations found within the selected area Drainage Menu In most cases the provincial list is further subdivided by drainage Clicking on the arrow will list the drainage ID numbers available for the selected province or territory and a full list of all drainage basins is available by clicking on the Drainage button above the menu window Parameter Menu The Parameter menu contains a list of the 8 measured parameters available on the HYDAT CD ROM Once a parameter has been selected from this menu the station list updates to show only those stations for which observations of the selected parameter are available Each station in the index window has a corresponding parameters list labeled with a 1 or a 0 under the parameter The number 1 indicates that there are data available for the corresponding parameter and 0 means there are no data available Report Type Menu The Report Type menu contains a list of the 6 HYDAT and 7 HYDEX reports which can be produced from the station data While these do not influence the list of stations your selection from this menu determines the output from the Display button export function and print command Sort By Menu The Sort B
82. opulation of means for each month using data for the full period of record and include M Cnt The number of valid months months with complete daily data upon which the period statistics are based M Cnt for the year is the total number of valid months for the entire period of record M Std The standard deviation of the monthly means for that month There is a 6696 probability that any month s mean will fall into the range defined by one standard deviation above and below the monthly mean for the period of record M Skw The coefficient of skewness of the population of monthly means for that month Measures the departure of the population of monthly means from a normal symmetrical Gaussian or bell curve distribution Note Standard deviation and skewness were calculated based on a minimum of three valid observations for a month M Max The maximum monthly mean for the period of record M Max for the year is the maximum monthly mean value for the period of record M Min The minimum monthly mean for the period of record M Min for the year is the minimum monthly mean value for the period of record Note on the Summaries You will note many instances where the D Cnt or M Cnt figures vary for a given station February may have far fewer observations than August In many such instances streamflow gauges were not read in winter or dry observations were recorded DAILY WINDOW The Daily Report window presents the readings for a stati
83. ou require Type of Copy The Type of Copy menu allows you to export data from the current station only all of the selected stations or an entire province or territory User Defined Copy Period The Copy period fields are set to the Station Selection Filter Criteria values by default but may be edited to suit your preferences Please note that the User Defined Copy Period must fall within the range of dates indicated in the Current Station area below Column and Row If you choose to export data in either of the Comma or Blank Separated formats you are able to choose between the Month and Year Column option If Year column is selected you have a choice of Julian Day or MMDD Row format In Julian Day each row 15 labeled according to Julian day In MMDD format the actual month day will be used to label each row of data Note that the Julian Day format does not include February 29 in non leap years Once you have customized the export options you are ready to export the data Click on the export button to begin the process A warning message will appear reminding you of the range of data you are about to export and allowing you to cancel the export if you are not satisfied Choosing OK will open a dialog box where you must specify a name and location for the export file If you receive an error message stating Selected Stations do not have any Selected reports Please Make new Selection return to the export dial
84. ow NOTE Filters by Province are performed on the PROVINCE OF PUBLICATION which not always correspond to the location of the actual station i e US station records are published in the adjacent province When the appropriate station or stations have been found they can be added to the list of selected stations individually by double clicking on them or you may save the entire list using the Save Set button The Save Set button allows you save the results of your query to an ASCII index file in the following format province id station id parameter number of records begin year end year region latitude longitude station name These sets can then be edited using any ASCII text editor and or placed directly into a word processing document REPORTS Display Button Once a station or set of stations have been selected you can display their data in the report format specified in the Report Type menu by clicking on the Display button If the wrong parameter is shown check to see that the parameter you have selected is available for the selected station s More detailed descriptions of the Report windows which result from the Display button are found in Chapter 6 Printing and Filing Report Menu The Printing and Filing Report menu can be used to restrict the data output to the export and print functions If the Current Report option is checked only the displayed report will be used Similarly i
85. printer For most dot matrix printers output sent directly to the printer will be in compressed font in order to fit the paper width For laser printers landscape orientation is recommended INSTALLATION To install the software copy HYDAT EXE or FHYDAT EXE for the French version and all the supporting files in the directory HYDAT English or HYDAT Francais on the HYDAT CD ROM to a directory you created on your hard disk Double click the FHYDAT EXE file on your hard disk to initiate the program Once the program has started use the Utilities Configuration menu to set the default CD ROM drive and Index Root Directory to the appropriate letter designation of your CD drive Note that you may create a directory for the HYDAT index data HSIS6 on your hard drive and copy all the information from the CD ROM however you must then make sure to change the Index Root Directory accordingly This will speed up your application however it is only required if you are using a very slow system The HCONF6 CFG file is provided to store some of the configuration settings and preferences selected by the users and you must make sure that the file is not Read only If you are using Windows 95 open Windows Explorer and locate the HCONF6 CFG in the directory you created Select the file using your mouse choose Properties from the File menu in the top left corner of the Windows Explorer screen and ensure the Read only attrib
86. ption of Data Fields Each data field has twenty two positions The first thirteen positions contain the date and time of occurrence The water level is entered in the next eight positions right justified with a decimal point if necessary The twenty second position contains a symbol A Manual Gauge E Estimated R Revised within the last two years S Revised and Manual Gauge W Revised and Estimated or a blank for no symbol The successive fields are for the next available figure and may not be the following year if a figure is not available for that year Note 2 Annual Maximum Instantaneous Figures Three instantaneous water levels are written per record together with their respective year month day time of day and time zone Only the year with data available are written All the records for any one station will each have three instantaneous water levels except possibly the last one which may have only one or two The month day time of day or time zone or any combination of these may not be available in some cases therefore the associated field would be left blank Levels Extreme Daily Format 79 113 This retrieval produces card images records of annual maximum and minimum daily water levels in 79 113 format as follows Column s Description 1 code for type of data and units 8 water levels in metres to millimetres 9 water levels in metres to centimetres 2 blank 3 9 station number e g 05 003 10
87. red in positions 1 7 and position 8 contains a blank Note 2 Daily Figures Daily water levels for each month on file are written onto four records The first three records contain data for days 1 to 24 8 days per record The fourth record 4 in column 14 contains data for days 25 to 31 in columns 17 72 Whenever days 29 30 or 31 are not applicable to the month e g 31 for November positions 1 7 of the fields in question contain 111111 and position 8 contains a blank columns 73 85 are blank columns 76 78 contain a code for the name of the gauge datum Levels Extreme Instantaneous Format 79 101 This retrieval produces card images records of annual maximum instantaneous peak water levels in 79 101 format as follows Column s Description 1 code for type of data and units 8 water levels in metres to millimetres 9 water levels in metres to centimetres 2 blank 3 9 station number e g 001 10 blank 11 13 year e g 986 for 1986 14 15 month e g 03 for March 16 17 e g 02 or 27 18 21 time of day using the 24 hour clock e g 0323 for 3 23 a m 22 23 time zone e g ES for Eastern Standard Time 24 32 maximum instantaneous water level right justified with a decimal point if necessary 33 54 as columns 11 to 32 above 55 76 same columns 11 to 32 above TI blank 78 80 three digit code right justified for the name of the gauge datum for water levels only Note 1 Descri
88. ry statistics The leftmost column is the type of statistic These divided into daily statistics prefaced with a D and monthly statistics prefaced with an M The daily statistics are calculated based on all data that fell within the indicated month during the period of record For example D Max in May is the maximum daily value observed in all the months of May within the period of record The column labeled Ann expresses the values derived from all months over the entire period of record The daily statistics include D The total number of days for which data were collected in that month during the period of record D Cnt Ann is the total number of days for which data were collected for the period of record D Avg The average of all daily data for the specified month D Avg for the year is the average of all daily data for the period of record D Max The maximum daily value observed in that month during the period of record D Max Ann is the maximum daily value observed for the period of record D Min The minimum daily value observed in that month during the period of record D Min Ann is the minimum daily value observed for the period of record Does not include days where dry levels were observed D Max and D Min are the extremes of daily means not the instantaneous maxima and minima see Note on the Summaries below The next grouping is the monthly statistics These statistics are based on the p
89. sed by its drainage divide which might be expected to entirely contribute runoff to a specified location under extremely wet conditions The drainage area for water level stations on lakes or reservoirs shows the area to the outlet rounded to three significant figures but including no more than two decimal points Parameter The type of HYDEX report displayed Parameters are as follows e Header e Remarks Operation e Hydrometric Records Sediment Records e Review e Equipment Observation Period for Parameter The range of years from first year to last year for which any data no matter how incomplete or patchy are available Hist Oper Period The historical standard operation period The bottom portion of the seven HYDEX windows are described in detail in the following pages under the appropriate window title HYDEX HEADER WINDOW The HYDEX Header Report window Figure 6 11 contains the following fields of information Figure 6 11 HYDAT CD 0 15 File Move Utilities Export Help Latitude 44 55 56 N Longitude 79 21 23 W Observation Period for Station 1969 to 1976 Guelph Drainage Area 40 7 km Parameter Header Hist Oper Period Conver Unrelated Period Factor ID From To Legal Land 594 Progr Sample No Vertical Code Datum Name 010 ASSUMED DATUM 1 Local Datum 2 Official Datum 3 Other Datum CAPS NUM SCRL OVR Datum ID A three character
90. ses left of the cursor and as it moves left drags the text string which lies to its right along with it e DELETE erases under the cursor and then erases to the right of the cursor one character for each time you press it ENTER accepts what you have typed CHAPTER 4 STATION SELECTION The Station Selection window opened by the UtilitieslSelect Station menu or any of the Display menu items contains all the functions for finding filtering and sorting stations as well as creating saving and using station indexes or data sets Figure 4 1 shows the Station Selection window for a portion of the Alberta level data Figure 4 1 tater Selmcher Report So DY _ n Mone VRAT SOUNDING LAKE MONITOR So WARAHUN LAKE SESIA REACH 1955 1950 45 2 ST MARY RESERVOSI NEAR SPRING COULEE 1951 7990 00060006 4 FAS DET BATENT UN LAE AY WATERTON PANE aa 1956 1996 0148600 22788 SPRAY AT THREE SISTENS OAM 1543 1396 190 9 5 POTHOLES 888 MAGNATI 1294220951 1960006 VK UbAFG26 TYRRELL LAKE NEAR wAHNER 1925 1939 01090009 j The Station Selection window contains several drop down menus which enable you to locate both individual stations and sets of stations in the HYDAT database Once you have found a station of interest it may be selected by double clicking
91. sing offset Float of all zeros represents zero Array dimensional array is mapped into a one dimensional array Structures Daily Values Variable type Record name char blankl 2 char state 2 char agency 5 char id 15 float sample xsecloc float sample depth long parameter int year int statistic float novalue mark float flows 12 3 1 char blank2 3 char agency_office 2 char county 3 char staname 48 float drain_area float cont_area float well_depth char datum 4 long hydro unit Offset 0 2 4 9 24 28 32 36 38 40 44 1532 1535 1537 1540 1588 1592 1596 1600 1604 Length N N A 1488 int int char char char char char char char char char Extreme Values struct extreme_header_str Variable type long char char char char char char char char char char char char char char int char char char char int long float float char float char float retrieval start_month sitecode 2 latitude 6 longitude 7 seqnum 2 geo unit 8 blank3 2 aquifer 1 blank4 9 blank5 7 Record name header_length blank1 blank1 charl agency 5 14151 latitude 6 longitude 7 seqnum 2 state 2 agency office 2 county 3 sitel 2 site2 2 site3 2 mon day staname 48 geo_unit 8 aquifer blank4 9 year hydro_unit drain_area cont_area datum 4 well depth blankS 8 base flow 1608 1610 1612
92. t The first line of each type of remark is displayed on the screen If the remark extends beyond the display screen you can use the vertical and horizontal scroll bars to view the remaining information HYDEX OPERATION WINDOW The HYDEX Operation Report window Figure 6 13 contains the following fields of information 35 HYDAI CD _ Canadian Hydr ological Data c 1997 Environment Canada _ Station 2 884 MATTLAMO RIVER MEAR DONNYBROOK Province OM Lat itude h3 h9 30 H Longitude 8129726 1985 to 1987 Drainage Area 1760 Parameter psrationk Hict Data Cell agency Code Operation Periods in Honths Type A D Gper Cost Curr Oper am Publ Hist Publ Bench Mark ID Regulation Mat or Keg Elevatian Begin End 599 R ributary I0 Hane 5545 LAKE HURON Agency Code Mane H Hydremetric M Monthly Means Only R Reservoir Contents S Sediment Water Tempersture W Water Quality cef Status OF f NUM Tributary Type A one character code plus a 2letter abbreviation See Appendix A Tributary Association Code For the gauging station on a particular body of water this will show which watercourse it is a tributary to To or which watercourse it is diverted from Fr or watercourse it is on On 1 a reservoir Tributary Code A five number code which identifies the tributary water course The codes are not in Appendi
93. t For Any One Review Columns 55 131 Can Therefore Be Repeated Many Times For Each Station Depending Upon The Number Of Review Text Lines Columns 1131 Can Occur Many Times Depending Upon The Number Of Reviews Conducted Identified By Review Type And Begin Year HYDEX Station Equipment COLUMNS ENG TE _ 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 L3 Hn Station No Manual Gauge 1 Manual Gauge 2 Manual Gauge 3 Rec Gauge Type 1 Recorder Id 1a Sensor Type 1a Pressure Type 1a Interface 1 Recorder Id 1b Sensor Type 1b Pressure Type 1b Interface 1b Rec Gauge Type 2 2 Digits In Positions 1 2 2 Letters In Positions 3 4 3 Digits In Positions 5 7 Manual Gauge Type Code 01 Staff 02 Cantilever 03 Wire Weight 04 CrestStage 05 Slope 06 Bench Mark 07 Reference Point 08 Electric Contact Tape 09 Chain 10 Hook 11 Indicator 12 Valve Setting 99 Other Second Manual Gauge Code Third Manual Gauge Code Recorder Gauge Type Code 01 Stevens Type A 02 Stevens Type F 03 Ott 04 Fisher And Porter P unch 05 Stevens Punch 06 Winnipeg Type Curved Line 10 Scientific Instruments 11 Cae Aircraft 20 Statham 21 Sherlock 30 Foxboro 99 Other Numeric Sensor Type Code 01 Float Well 02 Pressure System Pressure Type Code 1 Gas Purge 2 Diaphragm Interface Type Code 1 Servo Manom
94. the time to the nearest minute of when the sample was taken The Time column may include an E symbol which means the time is an estimate only Water Temperature Contains the instantaneous water temperature in Celsius at the time the sample was taken Instant Discharge Contains the instantaneous discharge in cubic metres per second at the time the sample was taken This column may contain symbols explained in Appendix A Daily and Extreme Codes Sampling Vertical May contain numbers or codes If numbers it indicates the distance in metres from an initial point to the sampling vertical If it contains codes then these codes are explained in Appendix A Sediment Vertical Type Codes There may also be a symbol related to this field and these symbols are explained in Appendix A Sediment Vertical Symb ol Codes Instant Concentration Contains the instantaneous concentration sampled in milligrams per litre This column may contain symbols explained in Appendix A Sediment Concentration Codes Dissolved Solids Contains the instantaneous dissolved solids sampled in milligrams per litre Percent Finer Than Indicated Size in Millimetres Contains the percentage values for indicated particle sizes for samples collected Percent Sand Obtained by subtracting the value displayed for particle size 0 062 mm from 100 Percent Silt Obtained by subtracting the value displayed for particle size 0 004 mm from the value display
95. tion Figure 6 4 amp HYDAT CD File Move Utilities Export Help 3 Extreme Report Station 9228902 BY CHANCE RIVER NEAR GOOBIES Province Latitude 47 55 7 N Longitude 53 56 59 U 1961 to 1995 Drainage Area 43 3 Parameter Flow Year Maximum Instantaneous Water Discharge Maximum Dail Water Discharge Minimum Dail Water Discharge 6 2018 8 822B 8 182 8 335 8 179 8 851 8 855 8 899 8 868 8 8075 8 238B 8 163 8 896 8 134 racer 8 649 6 168 8 881 8 813 8 891 8 187 8 863 8 132B 8 167 8 111 8 075 8 872 Od NN mn 5 NUM SCAL GVR Year The year for which the data are displayed Max Instantaneous Discharge Level The instantaneous extreme data recorded in that year The flags are the same as daily mean values and an asterisk signifies the extreme for the period of record Flow values have three significant digits level values have two or three digits to the right of the decimal The following information is also provided under the Max Instantaneous Discharge or Level e Time 2400 hour format e Zone 3 character abbreviation of the time zone see Appendix A Time Zone Codes Month and Day Maximum Daily Discharge Level The maximum daily mean recorded for that year standard period and the date on which it occurred The maximum daily is displayed only if it has been determined to be va
96. to provide on a province by province basis instantaneous daily mean and extreme values data for the entire period of record for all ten provinces and both territories 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION PROCEDURES SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS COMPUTER The HYDAT application is designed to run under Windows 3 1 Windows 95 and Windows NT Being 16 bit code it conforms to the 8 character file name convention with a 3 character extension The software has been successfully tested using an IBM AT compatible 486 25 and a Pentium 133 and has shown acceptable performance with 8 to 32 MB of base memory RAM The application is designed to dynamically allocate virtual memory It can use as little as 64K of memory to as much memory as available by swapping disk space For more information about virtual memory in Windows 95 select Memory from the Help Menu Note that here must be 3 MB of hard disk space available for the program to run comfortably You may then control additional disk space required for storing any temporary data you feel necessary MONITOR The HYDAT CD ROM system provides a photo display utility For accurate colour rendition the display properties must be set to 16 bit colour and Super VGA resolution is recommended CD ROM DRIVE A CD ROM drive of any speed is sufficient PRINTER Any serial or parallel dot matrix or laser printer can be used to print text however the software was tested on an HP LaserJet
97. treme code i e A manual gauge HH MM time of measurement i e 17 00 CODE time zone i e ES for Eastern Standard Time MM DD month and day on which instantaneous maximum occurred i e 08 02 MAX annual maximum daily mean SYM daily and extreme code i e A manual gauge MM DD month and day on which maximum occurred i e 08 02 MIN annual minimum daily mean SYM daily and extreme code i e A manual gauge MM DD month and day on which minimum occurred i e 08 02 Mean The mean export consists of 30 columns with the number of rows varying according to the number of years in the period of record The first row provides header information for the 30 columns and includes ID station number i e A001 PARAM HYDAT parameter i e 1 flow TYPE type of data and units of measurement i e 1 discharge in cubic metres per second YEAR year of record i e 1994 JAN ANN month of record SYM daily and extreme code i e A 2 manual gauge Sediment Summary The sediment summary export consists of 14 columns with the number of rows varying according to the number of years in the period of record The first row provides header information for the 14 columns and includes ID station number i e 04 001 YEAR year of record i e 1994 JFMAMJJASOND period of operation summary i e no data incomplete month of data complete month of data SAMPLING MAX MM DD MIN MM DD MAX T MM DD TOT T
98. uch damages In any case Environment Canada s entire liability under any provision of this agreement shall be limited to the amount actually paid by you for the data product TERMINATION This agreement shall terminate immediately and without notice if you breach any of its terms RESPONSIBLE USE It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to ensure that your use of this product complies with these terms and to seek prior written permission from Environment Canada and pay any additional fees or royalties as may be required for any uses not permitted or not specified in this agreement ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT Any use whatsoever of this Software and Data Product shall constitute your acceptance of the terms of this agreement FURTHER INFORMATION For further information please contact National Archives amp Data Management Branch Environment Canada 4905 Dufferin Street Downsview Ontario M3H 5 4 Tel 416 739 4328 Fax 416 739 4446 TABLE OF CONTENTS ORGANIZATION OF THIS 2 2 HYDAT LIMITED USE SOFTWARE AND DATA PRODUCT LICENSE AGREEMENT A TABLE CONTENTS A 00 959 4559559599 W IV CHAPTER INTRODUCTION 2
99. urvey USGS binary eComma Separated Values and eBlank Separated Values Technical information on HYDAT database export formats is provided n Appendix B however the following notes provide a brief explanation of each Card The Canadian User Format is a pre defined record format see Appendix B for descriptions Comma and Blank Separated Values The Comma and Blank Separated Values format creates a text file where fields are separated by a special character Virtually all spreadsheet applications now have file conversion utilities that import this type of delimited file and allow you to customize the layout of the information By creating such a file and accessing your spreadsheet program you can perform custom calculations and create graphs from the data readily from within the spreadsheet Binary Canada Canadian binary is one of the two most compressed versions of the data available This export format is of primary interest to experienced programmers developing models of their own It does not include any header information and cannot be printed directly since the output is in binary format Binary USGS USGS binary is similar to Canadian binary except that it does not include the flags that qualify some of the data and it does include header information Before beginning the export process it is important to note that available formats may be limited by the selected report type and or parameter Table 5 1 shows the export formats avail
100. using any ASCII text editor and or placed directly into a word processing document Load Set Loads ASCII index files created by the Save Set command or any ASCII text editor into Station Selected window Note that this function will merge the saved file with any stations already listed in the Station Selected window You can create your own ASCII index files to load in HYDAT however you must be sure to use the following format e 7 character station number e or 2 character parameter code The index file should have a comma between each station number and parameter code pair with no extraneous blanks and with each station parameter pair on a separate line You should include a carriage return after the last station parameter pair as well The parameter code must be defined as follows 1 Discharge Flow 43 Inst Sed Bed Load 2 Water Level 45 Inst Sed Depth 3 Suspended Sediment 46 Inst Sed Point Concentration 4 Suspended Sediment Load 47 Inst Sed Bed Material Save Saves the selected stations to a BINARY index file Get Clears the Station Selected window and updates it with a list of stations saved in the selected BINARY index file Merge Opens the selected BINARY index file into the Station Selected window adding it to any stations which may have already been selected Clear Clears all stations from the Station Selected window CHAPTER 5 OUTPUT This ch
101. uspended sediment for a given station The report contains the following information 7 ical Data 997 fmwirem Canada Station 17004 NWEMMERECASIS RIVER AT Prev lerr State katitwee AG 0827 N Longituge 5 36 5 4408 amt Parameter Cone pe oF Suspended Secimest Less mp ling Mac Low Waxine Period Total 7 49 gt 17 2 2 ect 5 1 3 mw Aes 2 8 Sep 1 Feb Mey 2 4 Jem 1 1 4 7 Mey 29592 288 320922092929 29 21 4 23 0 5 10 2 27 04 02 24 25 2 18 m 12 04 8522222222222555 Period of Operation Summary Contains one of the following codes for each month of the year under it s corresponding column e for no data for the month e for an incomplete month at least one day of data is missing i e enter P if you have 1 to 30 days of data for May C fora complete month of data Type of Sampling Contains the type of sampling method used to collect the sediment samples during the period of operation If the samples were collected by manual methods then the column would indicate MANUAL If the samples were collected by a pump sampler or other automatic methods then the column would indicated AUTO If both manual and automatic methods were used then the column would indi
102. ute box is clear RECOMMENDATIONS Consult your CD ROM hardware supplier aout the maintenance needs of your CD ROM drive Some CD ROM drives need to be serviced and cleaned at regular intervals to avoid problems Have as much free RAM as possible when starting HYDAT After your new HYDAT application is operational you may wish to remove the previous one to conserve disk space When using smaller screens the user may want to maximize all open windows before displaying any data to ensure the seven display areas of the report screens are expanded proportionately CHAPTER 3 GETTING STARTED This chapter provides an overview of how to use the HYDAT CD ROM database It also covers some important points of general information concerning the database USING THE HYDAT CD ROM The HYDAT application supplies a series of windows or perspectives on the data Using the HYDAT application usually consists of first selecting a province or territory from the Province window and then selecting from the available stations in those provinces Next you display the records for one or more selected stations using any one of the 16 data Report windows Summary Daily Extreme Mean and several HYDEX and Sediment windows You can then export the data you select for further analysis or print out a hard copy Starting the HYDAT program brings up the main screen From here you can open the Station Selection window by selecting a parameter from the Displa
103. vel Sediment and HYDEX data gathered from monitoring stations across Canada and parts of the northern United States The information in any of these windows can be output to a file or printer using techniques discussed in Chapter 5 DATA WINDOWS GENERAL The top portion of every report window Figure 6 1 contains the following information Figure 6 1 Station 0598001 BOW RIVER AT BANFF ProvTerr State AB Latitude 51 10 30 N Longitude 1573419 Region Calgary Drainage Area kn 201000 Parameter Flow m s Station The station s name and ID number The first two digits in the station number indicate the major drainage basin in which the station is located the next two characters indicate the sub basin and sub sub basin and the last three digits identify the station within the sub sub basin Prov Terr State Two character code of the province or territory in which the station is located see Appendix A Province Codes or State Codes Latitude and Longitude Station location given in degrees minutes and seconds Region The name of the regional office responsible for the station Drainage Area Gross drainage area given in square kilometres when available Parameter The type of data collected and its associated units of measurement HYDAT parameters are as follows e Flow discharge e Level water level e Conc sediment concentration e Load sediment load e Depth depth i
104. x A because there are several thousand of them but by scrolling down to the next page the Tributary Name may be observed on the screen Data Coll Type A one letter code to indicate the type of data collected at the station See Appendix A Data Collection Type Codes A D A one letter code to indicate the status of the collection program for each data type A Active D Discontinued See Appendix A Data Collection Status Code Data Type In this column the three letter Data Type code shows the data type to which the next five columns apply eHyd Hydrometric data flow water levels eSed Sediment data Agency Code Oper A three character code which identifies the agency which operates the station See Appendix A Agency Codes This field may be blank for discontinued stations The Agency Name corresponding to the Agency Code can be observed by scrolling down to the next page on the screen Cost A three character code which identifies the agency which shares the cost of operating the station This field may be blank if it is the same as the operating agency Operation Periods in Months The majority of stations in Canada are operated on a continual basis throughout the year However there are many stations for which data are only collected for a standard period within the year and this standard period may have changed over the history of the station The Operation Periods in Months three characters are displaye
105. y menu can be used to alter the order in which the stations are listed in the index window The options allow you to sort in ascending or descending order by Station ID Station Name Province and Station ID Province and Station Name Record Counts Beginning Year and Ending Year Applying Filter Criteria The Filter criteria section enables you to select stations for viewing exporting and or printing based upon specific chosen dates By selecting a Year Begins and Year Ends date you can limit the index window display to those stations which contain a given number of records in the selected time period This given number of records is determined by the user and entered into the Record counts window under the Station Lookup button To filter the data type your chosen dates and record count criteria into their appropriate windows and click on the index window Station Lookup Button Clicking on the Station Lookup Button brings up a window similar to Figure 4 2 Figure 4 2 Station List Parameter COAT Sort By Count C Flow Ascending st jc Station C e Descending Begin End Counts 02 8008 SOUTH BRANCH MUSKOKA RIVER BAYSVILLE 1941 1995 02 007 NORTH BRANCH MUSKOKA RIVER NEAR PORT SYDNEY 1939 1962 02 006 MUSKOKA RIVER BELOW BALA 1937 1995 02 003 SOUTH BRANCH MUSKOKA RIVER AT MATHIAS 1929 1949 02 010 MUSKOKA RIVER RAGGED
106. y menu or by choosing Select Station from the Utilities menu From the main screen you can also list datum agency and tributary codes export data edit the program configuration and obtain information from the help files In the Station Selection window you can View list of stations by province drainage basin and or parameter Sort stations by ID name province data counts or dates Select stations for display data export or printing by double clicking on their names in the index list Search for specific stations using the Station Lookup button You can also use various buttons in the Station Selection window to save the selected stations to a file in ASCII or binary format display reports get stations from a file to replace stations in the Selected Station list and merge stations from a file with those in the Selected Station list When you are finished finding and selecting stations you can display a report window to see data for the selected stations print out the information for a report or export it for additional analysis If you are going to work repeatedly with subsets of all the stations in a province you can save your customized indexes and reload them later saving considerable time USER INTERFACE The interface for the HYDAT CD ROM database consists primarily of menus and windows Menus contain the functions that are available depending on where you are in the interface program Menus Menus

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