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Effect of Wind on Surface-Water Flows

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What does this data set describe?

Title: Effect of Wind on Surface-Water Flows
Abstract:
Flows in and through the Everglades wetlands and bordering subtidal embayments are often characterized by very low velocities that are driven or controlled at various scales by wind, gravity, pressure, and vegetative resistance. Little is known about the effect of wind on water movement in these environments, and no focused efforts are currently underway to assess its importance. This project will examine the effect of wind on surface-water flows.
Supplemental_Information:
This project has been integrated into the TIME project (<http://time.er.usgs.gov/>)
  1. How should this data set be cited?

    Jenter, Harry, 2005, Effect of Wind on Surface-Water Flows.

    Online Links:

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.25
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.3
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.8
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.75

  3. What does it look like?

    <http://time.er.usgs.gov/TIME/> (JPEG)
    map showing areas of wind data collection

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Beginning_Date: Apr-1997
    Ending_Date: Sep-1999
    Currentness_Reference: Publication date

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: text files

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

Who produced the data set?

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  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

    Harry Jenter
    U.S. Geological Survey
    430 National Center
    Reston, VA 20192
    USA

    703 648-5916 (voice)
    703 648-5484 (FAX)
    hjenter@usgs.gov

Why was the data set created?

With insight into the functional relationships and into the scales at which wind forcing data must be collected for model input gained from the field efforts, the treatment of wind forcing in models can be improved. This, in turn, can lead to enhanced understanding of the significance of wind effects on flow, transport, and horizontal mixing in the SICS (Southern inland coastal systems of Dade County) study area.

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

    Date: 1999 (process 1 of 1)
    This study involved three components:

    (1) a series of experiments using an enclosed wind cowling constructed on top of the indoor flume at Stennis Space Center to study vegetative effects

    (2) collection of a number of contemporaneous time-series measurements of wind speed and direction from instruments already deployed at various locations within the Everglades and bordering subembayments to investigate long-term setup effects

    (3) combination of results from these two efforts to provide improved formulations of the wind forcing term for numerical flow models. The response of water velocity to wind will be studied as a function of wind speed, water depth, and concurrent slope of the water surface in the flume experiments.

    Person who carried out this activity:

    Harry Jenter
    U.S. Geological Survey
    430 National Center
    Reston, VA 20192
    USA

    703 648-5916 (voice)
    703 648-5484 (FAX)
    hjenter@usgs.gov

  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

    Jenter, H. L. Duff, M. P., 1999, Locally-forced wind effects on shallow waters with emergent vegetation: Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Ecohydraulics none, International Association for Hydraulic Research, Salt Lake City, UT.

    Online Links:

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

    not available

  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

    not applicable

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints: none

  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

    Heather S.Henkel
    U.S. Geological Survey
    600 Fourth St. South
    St. Petersburg, FL 33701
    USA

    727 803-8747 ext 3028 (voice)
    727 803-2030 (FAX)
    hhenkel@usgs.gov

  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    wind data

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

    The data have no explicit or implied guarantees.

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Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 09-Feb-2007
Metadata author:
Heather Henkel
U.S. Geological Survey
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
USA

727 803-8747 ext 3028 (voice)
727 803-2030 (FAX)
sofia-metadata@usgs.gov

Metadata standard:
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)

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