Data, n. 1. Factual information (as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation. 2. Information output by a sensing device or organ that includes both useful and irrelevant or redundant information and must be processed to be meaningful. 3. Information in numerical form that can be digitally transmitted or processed. Source : Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Tenth Edition. 1998.
St. Lawrence Observatory-Observatoire du Saint-Laurent

Observe the St. Lawrence

Collecting data on the environment and the living resources provides the facts, observations and measurements that represent the basis of our knowledge of the St. Lawrence ecosystem.

Biological Parameters: fluorescence, plankton, toxic algae

Environmental Parameters: air temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind direction, wind gust, wind speed

Physical and Chemical Parameters: density, luminosity, salinity, temperature

Images of the St. Lawrence

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