Description

A shorthand to avoid having always call hy_stations or realtime_stations. Populated by both realtime and historical data from HYDAT.

Usage

Format

A tibble with 5 variables:

STATION_NUMBER

Unique 7 digit Water Survey of Canada station number

STATION_NAME

Official name for station identification

PROV_TERR_STATE_LOC

The province, territory or state in which the station is located

HYD_STATUS

Current status of discharge or level monitoring in the hydrometric network

REAL_TIME

Logical. Indicates if a station has the capacity to deliver data in real-time or near real-time

LATITUDE

North-South Coordinates of the gauging station in decimal degrees

LONGITUDE

East-West Coordinates of the gauging station in decimal degrees

station_tz

Timezone of station calculated using the lutz package based on LAT/LONG of stations

standard_offset

Offset from UTC of local standard time

Source

HYDAT, Meteorological Service of Canada datamart