| Title | Laurentian Great Lakes integrated hydrologic model data package |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Xu, S; Frey, S K; Erler, A R; Khader, O; Berg, S J; Hwang, H T; Callaghan, M V; Sudicky, E A |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8797, 2021, 14 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/328298  Open Access |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | readme
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| File format | pdf; rtf; txt; prj; dbf; shp; xlsx (Microsoft® Excel®); png; jpg |
| Province | Ontario; Offshore region |
| NTS | 30; 31C; 31D; 31E; 31F; 31L; 40; 41; 42B; 42C; 42D; 42E; 42F; 42L; 52A; 52B; 52G; 52H; 52I; 52J |
| Area | Great Lakes; Canada; United States of America |
| Lat/Long WENS | -94.0000 -76.0000 51.0000 41.0000 |
| Subjects | hydrogeology; regional geology; surficial geology/geomorphology; stratigraphy; soils science; Nature and Environment; Science and Technology; surface waters; lakes; groundwater; models; modelling;
climatology; topography; bathymetry; vegetation; sediments; soils; hydraulics; hydraulic conductivity; textures; bedrock geology; bedrock topography; lithostratigraphy; drainage systems; water wells; observation wells; precipitation;
hydrostratigraphic units; Great Lakes Basin; HydroGeoSphere (HGS); Hydrology; Geographic data; Geographic information systems; Digital elevation data; Land cover; Hydrometric station; Hydrometric network |
| Illustrations | location maps; tables; ternary diagrams; schematic cross-sections |
| Program | Groundwater Geoscience Archetypal Aquifers of Canada |
| Released | 2021 05 14 |
| Abstract | Modelling groundwater-surface water (GW-SW) interactions at scales of large river basins is a difficult challenge. Xu et al (2021) have completed such a modelling exercise for the 766,000 km2 Laurentian
Great Lakes basin using a HydroGeoSphere (HGS) fully-integrated surface watergroundwater model accounting for hydrologic seasonality under monthly normal climatology. Many datasets are developed on a national basis, and development of the underlying
HGS model data required synthesis of both Canadian and United States data sets. Most of the datasets are in the public domain; however; considerable effort is required to standardize the respective data. The objective of this Open File data release
is to make the underlying data layers and the finite element mesh available for use by anyone interested. The data release consists of 16 folders of data layers, and attribute information for aspects of the HGS modelling platform inputs. Not all
layers may be necessary to run the model in alternative groundwater modelling software. Details on the model results are available in Xu et al (2021). |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Data release of integrated American and Canadian datasets for a regional groundwater-surface-water Great Lakes basin model. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 328298 |
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