Fraser River Mean Discharge at Hope Station for Annual and Flow Years

Mean discharge measurements of the Fraser River at the Hope station, presented in cubic meters per second. The data includes annual means for calendar years and for flow years spanning April to March. The dataset is provided by Fisheries and Oceans Canada and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term river discharge trends based on annual mean flow data.
• Investigate correlations between extreme flow anomalies and salmon production based on the referenced research.
• Forecast potential abundance changes for chinook and coho salmon based on discharge fluctuations.
• Compare hydrological patterns between calendar years and defined flow years.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, an authoritative government organization.
• Last updated on 2026-04-09, suggesting recent maintenance.
• Includes discharge data calculated for two distinct annual periods: calendar year and flow year.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single river station.

Provenance

Source

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Collection Method

Mean discharge measurements taken at the Hope station on the Fraser River.

Time Range

The description references a study from 1994, but the specific temporal coverage of the dataset is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 11:12:21.088979.

Geography

Fraser River at Hope station, Canada.