Title: Coupling a peatland hydrological model with a snowmelt module in order to model the snowmelt runoff in a boreal ombrotrophic peatland in eastern Quebec (Canada)
Citation: As this project was completed with an industrial partner, data can be accessed by writing to the corresponding author, who will contact the industrial partner.
Study Site: Eastern Québec
Purpose: Peatlands are relatively common in the province of Quebec (Canada) where they occupy about 12% of the surface. The hydrology of peatlands remains insufficiently documented, more specifically during the spring period where data are currently lacking in many regions, including in the Quebec boreal territory. The paucity of spring data are due to snowmelt that causes flooding in peatlands and along rivers, which makes hydrometry complicated during this period of the year. In this paper, the Peatland Hydrological Impact Model (PHIM) was coupled with a snowmelt module (CemaNeige) to simulate spring flows in an ombrotrophic peatland located in the Romaine River watershed (Quebec)
Abstract: Discharge data from two summer seasons (2019 and 2020) were used to calibrate the hydrological model. Despite the relatively short time series, the results show a good performance. The simulated spring flows resulting from the PHIM + CemaNeige combination are of the right order of magnitude.
Supplemental Information Summary: As this project was completed with an industrial partner, data can be accessed by writing to the corresponding author, who will contact the industrial partner.
Research:
Further Info: Riahi, Khawla, et al. "Coupling a peatland hydrological model with a snowmelt module in order to model the snowmelt runoff in a boreal ombrotrophic peatland in eastern Quebec (Canada)." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, vol. 52, no. 5, May 2025, pp. 644+. Gale Academic OneFile, dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2023-0520. Accessed 15 July 2026.
Status: Complete
Keywords:
hydrology,
modeling,
Geographical coordinates: North: 50.525, South: 50.525 East: -63.207 West: -63.207
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 2019-06-21, End
Date: 2020-08-18
