Season's Greetings from SOFIA! We have new website additions and updates to share with you.

If you have any questions about SOFIA News, please feel free to contact me, Heather Henkel, at hhenkel@usgs.gov.

For more information about SOFIA News, please visit http://sofia.usgs.gov/sofianews.html

+ Data:

(This is a list of new and updated data added; for a complete list of SOFIA data, visit our data exchange pages at http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/)

• New Data:
  • Hydrology Data (Empirical Studies in Support of a Pink Shrimp, Farfantepenaeus duorarum, Simulation Model for Florida Bay project)
  • Surface-Water Exchange beneath State Road 9336 Data (Effect of Water Flow on Transport of Solutes, Suspended Particles, and Particle-Associated Nutrients in the Everglades Ridge and Slough Landscape project)
• Updated Data:
  • Hydrology Data (Coastal Gradients of Flow, Salinity, and Nutrients; Freshwater Flows to Northeastern Florida Bay; Hydrologic Monitoring in Joe Bay; and Southwest Florida Coastal and Wetland Systems Monitoring projects)
  • Soils Maps for Collier and Miami-Dade County (South Florida Landscape Dynamics project)
  • Hydrologic data collected along Interstate-75/State Road 29 corridor in Big Cypress National Preserve (Baseline Hydrologic Data Collection Along the I-75/State Road 29 Corridor in the Big Cypress National Preserve project)

+ Metadata:

(This is a list of new and updated metadata added; for a complete list of SOFIA metadata, visit our metadata pages at http://sofia.usgs.gov/metadata/)

• New Metadata:
  • EDEN grid shapefile (EDEN Grid GIS Files metadata)
  • Hydrology Data (pink shrimp) (data set metadata)
  • Effect of Sheet Flow on Transport of Suspended Particles and Particle-Based Nutrients in the Everglades Ridge and Slough Landscape: Phase II (project metadata)
• Updated Metadata:
  • Biscayne Aquifer geologic data (data set metadata)
  • Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Geophysical Data (data set metadata)
  • Empirical Studies in Support of Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Ecosystems Restoration (project metadata)
  • Empirical Studies in Support of a Pink Shrimp, Farfantepenaeus duorarum, Simulation Model for Florida Bay (project metadata)
  • Geochemical Monitoring of Restoration Progress (project metadata)
  • Freshwater Flows to Northeastern Florida Bay (project metadata)
  • Field measurement, major ion, and nutrient data for water from the Big Cypress National Preserve (data set metadata)
  • Field measurements, major ions, nutrient, and carbon data for Bridge-105 and the 40-Mile Bend to Monroe reach in the Big Cypress National Preserve (data set metadata)
  • Field measurements, major ions, nutrient, and carbon data for sites in the interior of the Everglades National Park (data set metadata)
  • Integrated Biogeochemical Studies of Contaminants in the Everglades: Task 1 -Nutrients, Sulfur, and Organic Matter (project metadata)
  • Development and Stability of Everglades Tree Islands, Ridge & Slough, & Marl Prairies (project metadata)
  • Bacterial demethylation of methylmercury in the South Florida Ecosystem (project metadata)
  • Analysis of Historic Water Quality Data (project metadata)
  • Hydrologic Monitoring Network: Data Mining and Modeling to Separate Human and Natural Hydrologic Dynamics (project metadata)
  • Collier County FL soil map (data set metadata)
  • Miami-Dade County FL soil map (data set metadata)

+ Publications:

(These postings include USGS publications as well as other selected publications that have been converted from paper to an electronic format for the web. Some publications are found on sites other than SOFIA.)

Fact Sheet:

• Integrated Science: Florida Manatees and Everglades Hydrology (FS 2009-3002)

Open File Reports:

• Estimation of Missing Water-Level Data for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) (OFR 2009-1120)
• Creation of GIS compatible, historic detailed soil data sets for the Collier and Miami-Dade Counties, Florida (OFR 2006-1315)
• Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina (OFR 2005-1323)
• Chemical Results of Laboratory Dry/Rewet Experiments Conducted on Wetland Soils from Two Sites in the Everglades, Florida (OFR 2008-1090)
• Examining Submarine Ground-Water Discharge into Florida Bay by using 222Rn and Continuous Resistivity Profiling (OFR 2008-1342)

Papers:

• A New Map of Standardized Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Conterminous United States (P 1768)
• Predicting bed shear stress and its role in sediment dynamics and restoration potential of the Everglades and other vegetated flow systems
• Cumulative impacts of hurricanes on Florida mangrove ecosystems: Sediment deposition, storm surges and vegetation

Reports:

• Land Cover Trends in the Southern Florida Coastal Plain (SIR 2009-5054)
• The South Florida Ecosystem Portfolio Model--A Map-Based Multicriteria Ecological, Economic, and Community Land-Use Planning Tool (SIR 2009-5181)
• Development, Testing, and Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analyses of a Transport and Reaction Simulation Engine (TaRSE) for Spatially Distributed Modeling of Phosphorus in South Florida Peat Marsh Wetlands (SIR 2008-5029)
• A Key to the Pupal Exuviae of the Midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) of Everglades National Park, Florida (SIR 2008-5082)
• Application of FTLOADDS to Simulate Flow, Salinity, and Surface-Water Stage in the Southern Everglades, Florida (SIR 2007-5010)
• Hydrodynamic Characteristics and Salinity Patterns in Estero Bay, Lee County, Florida (SIR 2007-5217)
• Strategic Habitat Conservation: Final Report of the National Ecological Assessment Team

Presentation:

• Audio Slideshow: Summer Fieldwork in Everglades National Park: A Pictorial Overview from a USGS Intern

Maps:

• Central and Southern Florida Satellite Map
• Map of Lake Okeechobee Northern half
• Map of Lake Okeechobee Southern half
• State of Florida map, 1913

+ Project Updates:

• Project Pages:
  • New Google Maps for each SOFIA project

• Bibliographies:
  • Kevin Cunningham

+ Other Website Updates:

• Updates to Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) website:
  • Publications:
    • Estimation of Missing Water-Level Data for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) (OFR 2009-1120)
      
    • Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) Applications: Tools to View, Extract, Plot, and Manipulate EDEN Data (FS 2009-3052)
  • News Releases:
    • New water-depth evaluation system will aid Everglades research, UF study shows
    • Project to map Everglades water levels aims to protect wildlife
  • New Water Surfaces Released:
    • 2008 WY (final version, release 2)
    • 2009 WY (provisional)
    • Real-time surfaces (4-day delay)
  • New Enhancement

    Download Yearly Water Surfaces

  • Salinity Data Added for Selected Sites

    Sites identified with an icon now have salinity data. Site listing can be accessed at http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/stationlist.php.

  • Rainfall Data Posted

    Rainfall Data Posted for 2009 (Through October)

  • EDEN Newsletter

    If you are interested in receiving updates to the EDEN website, please sign up for our free EDEN Newsletter. Information can be found at http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/newsletter.php or by contacting Heather Henkel (hhenkel@usgs.gov).

• Updates to Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling Program for the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge website:
  • Quarterly Update Reports:
    - Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling Program for the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Quarterly Update Report - July 2008
    - Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling Program for the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Quarterly Update Report - October 2008
    - Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling Program for the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Quarterly Update Report - January 2009
    - Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling Program for the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Quarterly Update Report - April 2009
    - Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling Program for the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Quarterly Update Report - July 2009
  • Annual Report:
    - A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Enhanced Water Quality Program - 4th Annual Report-Dade County July 2009
  • Modeling Report:
    - Refuge Modeling Development and Application - Status Report: June 2009
    

+ Upcoming Meetings/Conferences:

• 2010 University of Florida Water Institute Symposium, February 24-26, 2010, Gainesville, Florida
• International Conference on Sea Level Rise in the Gulf of Mexico, March 1-3, 2010, Corpus Christi, Texas
• The Annual Conference on Ecosystems Restoration and Creation, March 4-5, 2010, Plant City, Florida
  • The Institute of Florida Studies at Hillsborough Community College is hosting the 36th Annual Conference on Ecosystems Restoration and Creation. The Conference provides a broad forum for exchange of results of the latest research and experience with restoration, creation, and management of ecosystems. In addition to exchange of results in the presentation format (Oral or Poster), the Conference will feature nationally and internationally well-known guest speakers.
• 3rd USGS Modeling Conference: Understanding and Predicting for a Changing World, June 7-11, 2010, Denver, Colorado
• GEER 2010: The Greater Everglades: A Living Laboratory of Change: Planning, Policy and Science Meeting, July 12-16, 2010, Naples, Florida
• If you know of any upcoming meetings or conferences, please let us know (hhenkel@usgs.gov)!