NPS stage-rain sites

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Everglades National Park

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: NPS stage-rain sites

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: maps and data

Online_Linkage: <http://time.er.usgs.gov/TIME/>

Description:

Abstract:

The data sets contain data for stage and rain measurements at 54 NPS sites in Everglades National Park. Data collection is continuing at these sites. Go to <http://time.er.usgs.gov/TIME> for a list of the sites.

Purpose:

A critical objective of the south Florida ecosystem restoration effort is to preserve ecological conditions that are consistent with habitat requirements. The duration, timing, and extent of wetland inundation in the southern Everglades have been greatly distorted as evidenced by shifts in biologic and vegetative species. Both regulatory and natural factors contribute to the definition of hydroperiods making their precise evaluation and management difficult. This complexity is particularly problematic in the transition zone between the Everglades wetlands and coastal embayments encompassing the mangrove ecotone where freshwater inflow effects on salinities must also be considered. In order to correctly and sufficiently investigate flow effects on both hydroperiods and embayment salinities neither hydrologic processes affecting flows in the wetlands nor the dynamic effects of external forces such as tides and winds can be ignored. This project entails translation of findings from the Southern Inland and Coastal Systems (SICS) project and extension of the model westward to resolve boundary limitations and to enable concurrent analysis of wetland and tidal response throughout the entire saltwater-freshwater interface zone along the Gulf coast and Florida Bay. Extension of the SICS model westward will require the addition of continuous monitoring stations to supplement data from coastal creek stations and control structures needed to provide boundary conditions as well as the synoptic measurement of flows and water levels in the wetlands for use in model calibration and verification. This project is focused on further developing, extending, implementing, and using a mathematical model to study the interaction between wetland sheet flows and dynamic forces in the transition zone between the southern Everglades and its coastal embayments. The model will be used to study and evaluate the combined response of hydroperiods in the wetlands and salinities in the mangrove ecotone to inflow alterations. The project effort will include 1) monitoring hydrologic processes and dynamic forces to develop an improved understanding of them individually and of their interaction, 2) translating this information and prior knowledge of processes gleaned from the SICS project into improved empirical expressions and mathematical equations to better represent the processes both individually and collectively, 3) transforming these expressions and their correlation to ecosystem properties into numerical algorithms, 4) integrating these algorithms into an existing numerical model framework, 5) implementing the model to the transition zone of the Everglades that encompasses the mangrove ecotone using collected data to define critical ecosystem properties such as land-surface elevations, vegetative characteristics, etc., 6) calibrating the model using time series of water-level and flow data collected at strategic intermediate internal points, 7) using the model to investigate and quantify the interrelation of wetland and tidal flows in the transition zone in response to real and hypothesized temporal and spatial variations in inflows, and 8) documenting the model implementation and any findings using it that are critical to improved management of the ecosystem.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1998

Ending_Date: Present

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: In work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Everglades National Park

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.97

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.45

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.76

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.23

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: hydrology

Theme_Keyword: rain

Theme_Keyword: stage

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Place_Keyword: Everglades National Park

Place_Keyword: Central Everglades

Place_Keyword: Florida

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

These data are subject to change and are not citable until reviewed and approved for official publication

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Everglades National Park

Contact_Person: Kevin Kotun

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: SFNRC 40001 State Road 9336

City: Homestead

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33034

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 305-242-7829

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Kevin_Kotun@nps.gov

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Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: Not Applicable

Completeness_Report: All available measurements are included in the data set.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Stage and rain measurements were recorded hourly

Process_Date: Unknown

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Everglades National Park

Contact_Person: Kevin Kotun

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: SFNRC 40001 State Road 9336

City: Homestead

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33034

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 305-242-7829

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Kevin_Kotun@nps.gov

Cloud_Cover: 0

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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 54

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Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.01

Longitude_Resolution: 0.01

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Datum_Name: National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929

Altitude_Resolution: 0.1

Altitude_Distance_Units: feet

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

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Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Harry Jenter

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 430 National Center

City: Reston

State_or_Province: VA

Postal_Code: 20192

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-5916

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-5484

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: hjenter@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: NPS stage and rain sites

Distribution_Liability: This data is provisional and subject to change.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://time.er.usgs.gov/TIME/>

Access_Instructions: Log into TIME site at <http://time.er.usgs.gov/>

Fees: none

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date:

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20130924

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Heather S. Henkel

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 600 Fourth Street South

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33701

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 427-803-8747 x3028

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-803-2030

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sofia-metadata@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name:

FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999

Metadata_Access_Constraints: none

Metadata_Use_Constraints:

This metadata record may have been copied from the SOFIA website and may not be the most recent version. Please check <https://sofia.usgs.gov/metadata> to be sure you have the most recent version.

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