TIME Data

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Harry Jenter

Ray Schaffranek (retired); Ami L. Ricassi (no longer at USGS); Kevin Kotun (ENP)

Publication_Date: 2008

Title: TIME Data

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: maps and data

Online_Linkage: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/time/data.php>

Description:

Abstract:

The TIME Database has been discontinued and links are provided to individual agencies - Everglades National Park (ENP/MMN), South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) - to obtain the data previously stored in the database.

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 natural and regulatory factors contribute to influence 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.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19951001

Ending_Date: Present

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.56

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.3

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.98

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.02

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: hydrology

Theme_Keyword: stage

Theme_Keyword: wind

Theme_Keyword: rain

Theme_Keyword: conductivity

Theme_Keyword: discharge

Theme_Keyword: salinity

Theme_Keyword: meteorology

Theme_Keyword: TIME

Theme_Keyword: Tides and Inflows in the Mangrove Ecotone

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters

Theme_Keyword: 004

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: Miami-Dade County

Place_Keyword: Monroe County

Place_Keyword: Collier County

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Names Information System

Place_Keyword: Florida Bay

Place_Keyword: Everglades National Park

Place_Keyword: Big Cypress National Preserve

Place_Keyword: Chatham River

Place_Keyword: Lostmans River

Place_Keyword: Broad River

Place_Keyword: Harney River

Place_Keyword: Shark River Slough

Place_Keyword: Tarpon Bay

Place_Keyword: Shark River

Place_Keyword: Lane River

Place_Keyword: North River

Place_Keyword: White Water Bay

Place_Keyword: Buoy Key

Place_Keyword: Murray Key

Place_Keyword: Taylor Slough

Place_Keyword: Joe Bay

Place_Keyword: Long Sound

Place_Keyword: Little Blackwater Sound

Place_Keyword: Trout Cove

Place_Keyword: Trout Creek

Place_Keyword: Mud Creek

Place_Keyword: Taylor River

Place_Keyword: Garfield Bight

Place_Keyword: McCormick Creek

Place_Keyword: Terrapin Bay

Place_Keyword: Little Madeira Bay

Place_Keyword: Duck Key

Place_Keyword: Jewfish Creek

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Place_Keyword: Central Everglades

Place_Keyword: SW Big Cypress

Place_Keyword: South East Coast

Place_Keyword: Southern Inland Coastal System

Place_Keyword: SICS

Place_Keyword: TIME

Place_Keyword: mangrove ecotone

Place_Keyword: Old Inghram Highway

Place_Keyword: Stillwater Creek

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints:

These data may be subject to significant change and are not citeable until reviewed and approved by the agency responsible for their collection.

Data users are cautioned to consider carefully the provisional nature of the information before using it for decisions that concern personal or public safety or the conduct of business that involves substantial monetary or operational consequences.

Information concerning the accuracy and appropriate uses of these data should be obtained from the contact person listed on each station's web page.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Eric D. Swain

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 3110 SW 9th Avenue

City: Ft. Lauderdale

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33315

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 954 377-5925

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 954 377-5901

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: edswain@usgs.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

Data was provided by Everglades National Park (ENP), Everglades National Park Marine Monitoring Network, (MMN), South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and USGS.

Data from Everglades National Park was provided by Kevin Kotun and the USGS data was provided by Clint Hittle, Tom J. Smith III, Mitch Murray, and Sandra Kinnamon.

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: not available

Completeness_Report:

See the individual datasets for the parameters collected.

Not all the USGS sites listed can be positively identified on the Hydrology Data page or in DS 105. The identification of sites listed for other agencies has not been verified.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Data was provided by the various cooperating agencies to the USGS TIME project. Contact the individual agency for more information on how the data was collected.

Process_Date: 2004

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Eric D. Swain

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 3110 SW 9th Avenue

City: Ft. Lauderdale

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33315

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 954 377-5925

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 954 377-5901

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: edswain@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Florida Everglades stations

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.01

Longitude_Resolution: 0.01

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 for the USGS sites include: stage, discharge, salinity and water temperature and at some stations specific conductance.

The other agencies provide information about the data collected for each station.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

USGS, Everglades National Park (ENP), Everglades National Park Marine Monitoring Network (MMN), South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

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: Florida Everglades stations - USGS stations

Distribution_Liability: The data have no implied or explicit guarantees

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: various

Format_Version_Number: unknown

Format_Specification:

data may be output as graphs, graphs with statistics, tables, or text files

Format_Information_Content:

USGS stations formerly maintained in the TIME Database. Not all USGS stations from the TIME database can be directly correlated with the locations on the Hydrology Data page or Data Series 105

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/time/data.php>

Access_Instructions: The data may be downloaded from the SOFIA website.

Fees: none

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Kevin Chartier

Contact_Organization: University of Florida

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 3205 College Avenue

City: Davie

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33314-7719

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 954 577-6382

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kchart@ufl.edu

Resource_Description: Florida Everglades stations - ENP, SFWMD, and NOAA

Distribution_Liability:

These data may be subject to significant change and are not citeable until reviewed and approved by the agency responsible for their collection. Check with the individual agencies for status of the data.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: various

Format_Version_Number: unknown

Format_Information_Content:

This website provides access information to data from Everglades National Park (ENP), South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) formerly contained in the TIME Database

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/time/data.php>

Access_Instructions: The data may be accessed from the SOFIA website

Fees: none

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20110606

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

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 <http://sofia.usgs.gov/metadata> to be sure you have the most recent version.

U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
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