Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Eduardo Patino Jeff Woods; Mark Zucker Publication_Date: 2007 Title: Hydrology Data Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: text files Online_Linkage: http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/zucker_woods_patino/index.html Description: Abstract: The data were produced by four separate projects: Coastal Gradients of Flow, Salintiy, and Nutrients; Freshwater Flows to Northeastern Florida Bay; Hydrologic Monitoring in Joe Bay; and Southwest Florida Coastal and Wetland Systems Monitoring. Data are available for 43 separate sites. Purpose: The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2000 authorized the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) as a framework for modifications and operational changes to the Central and Southern Florida Project needed to restore the south Florida ecosystem. Provisions within WRDA 2000 provide for specific authorization for an adaptive assessment and monitoring program. A Monitoring and Assessment Plan (MAP) has been developed as the primary tool to assess the system-wide performance of the CERP by the REstoration, COordination and VERification (RECOVER) program. The MAP presents the monitoring and supporting enhancement of scientific information and technology needed to measure the responses of the South Florida ecosystem. Hydrologic information throughout the Everglades ecosystem is key to the development of restoration strategies and for future evaluation of restoration results. There are significant hydrologic information gaps throughout the Everglades wetlands and estuaries that need to be addressed, particularly along Florida’s southwest coast. Among these gaps are flow, water level, and salinity data. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1996 Ending_Date: 2007 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: In Work Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.39 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.35 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.87 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.96 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: hydrology Theme_Keyword: monitoring Theme_Keyword: wetland Theme_Keyword: TIME Theme_Keyword: Tides and Inflows in the Mangrove Ecotone Theme_Keyword: estuaries Theme_Keyword: flow Theme_Keyword: salinity Theme_Keyword: water level Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters Theme_Keyword: 007 Theme_Keyword: 012 Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions, Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4, Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: US Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, DC, NIST Place_Keyword: Florida Place_Keyword: FL Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-3, Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology Place_Keyword: Collier County Place_Keyword: Miami-Dade County Place_Keyword: Monroe County Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Names Information System Place_Keyword: Everglades National Park Place_Keyword: Big Cypress National Preserve Place_Keyword: Ten Thousand Islands Place_Keyword: Barron River Place_Keyword: Broad River Place_Keyword: Chatham River Place_Keyword: Lopez River Place_Keyword: New River Place_Keyword: North River Place_Keyword: Shark River Place_Keyword: Turner River Place_Keyword: White Water Bay Place_Keyword: Harney River Place_Keyword: Jewfish Creek Place_Keyword: Joe Bay Place_Keyword: Lostmans River Place_Keyword: McCormick Creek Place_Keyword: Mud Creek Place_Keyword: Seven Palm Lake Place_Keyword: Taylor River Place_Keyword: Taylor Slough Place_Keyword: Trout Creek Place_Keyword: East Creek Place_Keyword: Manatee Bay Place_Keyword: Card Sound Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: Bottle Creek (Rookery Branch) Place_Keyword: East Highway Creek Place_Keyword: Manatee Bay Creek Place_Keyword: Oregon Creek Place_Keyword: Stillwater Creek Place_Keyword: West Highway Creek Place_Keyword: Card Sound Canal Place_Keyword: Eden 3 Well (MO-211) Place_Keyword: Eden 3 Place_Keyword: C-111 wetland Place_Keyword: Alligator Creek Place_Keyword: Central Everglades Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: none Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Mark Zucker Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 3110 SW 9th Ave. City: Ft. Lauderdale State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33315 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 954 377-5952 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 954 377-5901 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mzucker@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/zucker_woods_patino/location.html Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Coastal gradients, Florida Bay, and southwest coast location maps Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG Data_Set_Credit: Project personnel include Lars Soderqvist, Craig Thompson, Jessica Flanigin, Marc Stewart, Jeffery Woods, Barclay Shoemaker, Paul Stumpner, Shane Ploos, Christian Lopez, Rich Kachelriess, Carrie Boudreau, Stephen Huddleston, and Jessica Adams Native_Data_Set_Environment: ASCII text files as comma-separated values (.csv) files Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Hittle, Clinton Patino, Eduardo; Zucker, Mark Publication_Date: 2001 Title: Freshwater flow from estuarine creeks into northeastern Florida Bay Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report Issue_Identification: 01-4164 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://fl.water.usgs.gov/Abstracts/wri01_4164_hittle.html Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Hittle, Clinton D. Zucker, Mark A. Publication_Date: 2004 Title: Northeastern Florida Bay estuarine creek data, Water Years 1996-2000 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Digital Data Series Issue_Identification: DS 105 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/ds105/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Price, C. Woolverton, J.; Overton, K. Publication_Date: 2004 Title: Water Resources Data - Florida Water Year 2004 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Water Data Report Issue_Identification: FL-04-2A Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Florida Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/wdr/2004/wdr-fl-04-2a Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Hittle, Clinton Patino, Eduardo; Zucker, Mark Publication_Date: 2004 Title: Hydrologic Characteristics of Estuarine River Systems within Everglades National Park Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: fact sheet Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Fact Sheet Issue_Identification: 2004-3129 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2004/3129 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Rantz, S. E and others Publication_Date: 1982 Title: Measurement and computation of streamflow Volume 1: measurement of stage and discharge Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: book Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Water Supply Paper Issue_Identification: 2175, vol. 1 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: unknown Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/wsp2175 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Sauer, Vernon B. Publication_Date: 2002 Title: Standards for the analysis and processing of surface-water data and information using electronic methods Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report Issue_Identification: 01-4044 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: unknown Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri014044 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Wagner, R. J. Boulger, Jr, R. W.; Oblinger, C. J.; Smith, B. A. Publication_Date: 2006 Title: Guidelines and standard procedures for continuous water-quality monitors: station operation, record computation, and data reporting Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Techniques and Methods Issue_Identification: 1-D3 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: unknown Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: supersedes Water-Investigations Report 00-4252 Online_Linkage: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/tm/tm1D3 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Oberg, K. A. Morlock, S. E.; Caldwell, W. S. Publication_Date: 2005 Title: Quality-assurance plan for discharge measurements using acoustic Doppler current profilers Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Scientific Investigations Report Issue_Identification: 2005-5183 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: unknown Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: in cooperation with the U. S. Amy Corps of Engineers, Detroit District Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2005/5183 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Simpson, M. R. Publication_Date: 2002 Title: Discharge measurements using a broad-band acoustic Doppler current profiler Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 01-01 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Sacramento, CA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/ofr0101 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Ruhl, C. A. Simpson, M. R. Publication_Date: 2005 Title: Computation of discharge using the index-velocity method in tidally affected areas Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Scientific Investigations Report Issue_Identification: 2005-5004 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Sacramento, CA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: Prepared in cooperation with the Interagency Ecological Program available online only Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2005/5004 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Patino, Eduardo Publication_Date: 1996 Title: Feasibility of using acoustic velocity meters for estimating highly organic suspended-solids concentrations in streams Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 96-137 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr96137 Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: Data collected include stage/water level, salinity, temperature, discharge, specific conductance, collection date and time. Not all sites have data for all parameters. Data were collected every 15 minutes on specific days during the water year. Data for Stillwater Creek Water Years (WY) 1999-2004 were revised due to a correction for levels. Water level records from WY 1999 - 2006 for Taylor River at mouth were revised due to a correction for levels. North River discharge records were revised as of 12-7-2006. Mud Creek stage data for WY 1996 - 2004 have been corrected due to changes in levels. Broad River and Lostmans River NAVD-88 datum corrected, WY 2001 - 2004 records revised as of 12-7-2006. Chatham River and Lopez River NAVD-88 datum established at these locations, WY 2001 - 2004 records revised as of 12-7-2006. Jewfish Creek discharge records for WY 2003- -2006 were revised. East Highway Creek discharge record for WY 2005 was revised. Eden 3 data for WY2006 were updated to fix units error, label updates, and time format. Completeness_Report: Water level/stage and temperature were collected for all sites except Seven Palm Lake and East Creek near Homestead, FL. Other data collected include salinity, velocity/discharge, and specific conductance. Rainfall data were collected at Card Sound Canal, Upstream North River, and West Highway Creek. See the Sites List for Hydrology Data at http:// sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/zucker_woods_patino/sitelist.html for a complete breakdown of the data collected for each site. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Horizontal positions were established with the use of GPS equipment. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Several methods were used in the study to describe the magnitude and distribution of flow and salinity at the mangrove transition zone and along the southern coastline of Florida. Field data-collection procedures and discharge calculation techniques for instrumented stations are summarized below. Field Data Collection Water level, temperature, salinity, and discharge Data collected at instrumented sites included continuous (15-minute or hourly) measurements of water level, water velocity, salinity/specific conductance, temperature, and periodic measurements of discharge for index velocity calibrations. More information on index velocity techniques is discussed in Hittle and others (2001) and Morlock and others (2002), and Ruhl and other (2005). Stations with transmitting data loggers send field data every 1 to 4 hours into the database of the FISC Ft. Lauderdale office by way of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES). Non-transmitting sites are routinely serviced and field data is manually uploaded to the USGS database. Boat mounted acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCP) were used to measure discharge at the estuarine monitoring stations. The ADCP uses the Doppler shift in returned acoustic signals reflected by particles suspended in the water to determine the velocity of moving water (Simpson 2002 and Oberg and others 2005). The ADCP also has the capability to measure water depth, flow direction, and speed of the boat based on acoustic reflections from the streambed. Discharge and flow direction are both calculated from information provided by the ADCP and computer software. The mean water velocity is calculated by dividing the total measured discharge by the cross-sectional area corresponding to the water level at the time of measurement (Sauer 2002 and Ruhl and others 2005). Acoustic velocity meter (AVM) and acoustic Doppler velocity meter (ADVM) systems were used to measure continuous water velocity. The velocity measured by the ADVM systems represents an "index" of the mean water velocity. The index velocity is a measured velocity at the instrumented sites that can be used to compute the mean channel velocity. Water level data are used to determine water depth and to calculate the stage-dependent cross-sectional area. Water level data were collected an incremental shaft encoder equipped with a pulley, stainless-steel tape, weight, and float inside an 8 in. polyvinyl chloride pipe stilling well (Sauer 2002), pressure sensors, or acoustic transducers. Corrections to water level data follow USGS quality assurance quality control protocols (Rantz and others 1982 and Sauer 2002). Salinity is measured near the water surface and the bottom of the water column to help determine the presence of freshwater flow and to examine potential effects on the acoustic signals caused by salinity stratification. Continuous salinity measurements are important for describing the seasonal patterns of freshwater flow (wet/dry season) and for identifying bi-directional flow. Elevations of the continuous monitors are available upon request. Temperature is measured to acquire physical information on creek or wetland characteristics, and to monitor possible vertical gradients that also could affect acoustic signals. Due to biological fouling and electronic drift, the continuous monitor requires routine cleaning and calibration to maintain data quality. During the period of record (water years 1996-2003), continuous monitors were calibrated during site visits to ambient conditions using a reference probe (USGS National Field Manual). Ambient salinity conditions were measured with a portable reference probe that was calibrated and or verified against a range of laboratory specific conductance standards. The determination of fouling and drift errors from water year 2003 to current follow the guidelines set forth in Wagner and others (2005). Reference temperature probes are verified against a NIST thermometer prior to field trips. When in situ temperature measurements differ by more than 0.2°C when compared to the reference temperature probe, the in situ probe is replaced. Rainfall A remote tipping bucket style rain gauge was used to measure 15 minute liquid precipitation at Upstream North River, Card Sound Canal and West Highway Creek. Daily rainfall in inches is published by water year. Maintenance consists of routine cleaning of debris from the filter screen, and annual calibration/verification with a known rate and volume dispenser. The gage is adjusted when the calibration error is greater than 5%. Data collection, processing, storage, and publication meet USGS standards (USGS 2006). Format for the hydrology data Water level, discharge, salinity/specific conductance, water temperature, and rainfall data were collected in estuarine creeks, the mangrove/wetland transition zone, and the freshwater wetlands of south Florida. Published data are presented as computed unit-value data under separate files by water year. The data format used is comma-separated value (csv) files that can be imported into most spreadsheet programs. The data are separated by individual stations (see sites listing), water year (October 1 to September 30), and when necessary, by parameter. Data collection activities varied from real-time instrumented to non-transmitting sites. Salinity/specific conductance and water temperature generally were measured within a few feet of the water surface (near surface) and within a few feet of the river bottom (near bottom). In some cases (wetland or well mixed sites), salinity/specific conductance and water temperature are measured at a single location in vertical profile. Elevations of the continuous monitors are available upon request. Water level is reported in feet as referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88), discharge in cubic feet per second, specific conductance in micro-siemens per centimeter, salinity in parts per thousand, and temperature in degrees Celsius. Process_Date: 2006 Process_Step: Process_Description: Data for East Creek near Homestead, Fl, Eden 3, and Eden 3 wekk (MO-211) were added in 2008. 2007 data were added for all sites. Process_Date: 2008 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Mark Zucker Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 3110 SW 9th Ave. City: Ft. Lauderdale State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33315 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 954 377-5952 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 954 377-5901 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mzucker@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 43 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 1 Longitude_Resolution: 1 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Degrees, minutes, and decimal seconds Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257 Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Altitude_System_Definition: Altitude_Datum_Name: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 Altitude_Resolution: 0.01 Altitude_Distance_Units: feet Altitude_Encoding_Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Data collected include date and time, temperature, salinity, stage/water level, discharge, specific conductance, and rainfall. Time is shown as either minutes per day or in hours and minutes as Eastern Daylight Savings Time. Temperature is in degrees Celsius, salinity is in PPT (parts per thousand), stage is in decimal feet, discharge is in cubic feet per second (cfs), specific conductance is in micro-siemens per centimeter (ms/cm), rainfall is in inches per day. Missing data are indicated by #N/A, 1.23E+25 or blanks. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: USGS Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Heather S.Henkel Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 600 Fourth St. South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 803-8747 ext 3028 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2030 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: hhenkel@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Hydrology Data Distribution_Liability: The data have no explicit or implied guarantees. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: ASCII Format_Version_Number: unknown Format_Information_Content: Each file contains data for a specific site by water year. Transfer_Size: 2 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/zucker_woods_patino/index.html Access_Instructions: Data may be downloaded from the SOFIA website. Fees: none Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20080519 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Heather Henkel Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 600 Fourth Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 803-8747 ext 3028 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2030 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sofia-metadata@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998