MonthlyHydrometricData: Get mean monthly hydrometric data for selected station(s)

In CentreForHydrology/HYDAT: An interface to Canadian Hydrometric Data

Description

Gets the mean monthly hydrometric series (flow or levels) for one or more stations. Flow units in m3/s; water level units in metres.

Usage

MonthlyHydrometricData(con, get_flow = TRUE, station_number)

Arguments

con	An open SQLite database connection to the HYDAT database
get_flow	Logical. If TRUE the function returns mean annual discharge, otherwise the function returns mean annual water level
station_number	A vector of Water Survey of Canada station identifiers

Value

A data frame (station_number, year, month, monthly_mean, monthly_total)

Note

monthly_total is the total of the mean daily flow for each month that has complete data whereas monthly_mean is the average of the mean daily flow for each month that has complete data.

See Also

AnnualHydrometricData

DailyHydrometricData

CentreForHydrology/HYDAT documentation built on May 27, 2019, 7:24 a.m.