Comparison of the Spatiotemporal Variability of Temperature, Precipitation, and Maximum Daily Spring Flows in Two Watersheds in Quebec Characterized by Different Land Use

Table 1

Comparison of mean values of hydroclimate variables in the L’Assomption River and Matawin River watersheds using Student’s -test.

Variables	L’Assomption River watershed	Matawin River watershed	values
Maxf (°C)	4.6 (1.50)	2.6 (1.46)	0.000
Maxw (°C)	−3.1 (1.40)	−4.2 (1.50)	0.000
Maxs (°C)	17.8 (1.25)	15.6 (1.22)	0.000
minf (°C)	−4 (1.85)	−7 (1.74)	0.000
minw (°C)	−13.4 (2.09)	−17.9 (2.44)	0.000
mins (°C)	6.4 (0.94)	2.5 (1.01)	0.000
TSF (cm)	213 (76.1)	231 (58.3)	0.131
STR (mm)	225 (75.4)	213 (52.4)	0.524
TP (mm)	665 (139.5)	601 (85.8)	0.002
SMF (L/s/km^2)	133.6 (44.4)	102.7 (31.51)	0.000
STF (Julian/Days)	114 (10.8)	119 (11.7)	0.001

values < 0.05 are statistically significant at the 5% level.