The holidays are here! We have new website additions and updates to share with you.

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+ 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:
  • Cape Sable Water Quality and Suspended Sediment Data
• Updated Data:
  • Hydrology Data (South Florida Hydrology Database)
    for projects:
    • Coastal Gradients of Flow, Salinity and Nutrients;
    • Freshwater Flows to Northeastern FL Bay;
    • Hydrologic Monitoring in Joe Bay;
    • SW FL Coastal & Wetland Systems Monitoring;
    • Flow Monitoring Along the Tidal Caloosahatchee River & Tributaries;
    • Hydrodynamic & Salinity Char. of Rivers and Estuaries of the Ten Thousand Islands;
    • Empirical Studies in Support of a Pink Shrimp, Farfantepenaeus duorarum, Simulation Model for Florida Bay, and
    • Sediment Transport and Saline Intrusion on Cape Sable, Everglades National Park, Florida

+ 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:
  • Hydrological Data (data set metadata)
  • A Land of Flowers on a Latitude of Deserts: Aiding Conservation and Management of Florida's Biodiversity by using Predictions from "Down-Scaled" AOGCM Climate Scenarios in Combination with Ecological Modeling (project metadata)
  • Compilation, Integration, and Synthesis of Water Quality and Flow Data for Assessing Nutrient Flux to South Florida Coastal Ecosystems (project metadata)
  • Development of control tools for invasive pythons in Greater Everglades ecosystems (project metadata)
  • Geochemistry of Metals (tables 1-12 OFR 00-327) (data set metadata)
  • Quantitative Sampling of Freshwater Fish Species within the Big Cypress National Preserve: A Long-Term Research Program to Evaluate the Ecological Effects of CERP (project metadata)
  • Climate envelope modeling for evaluating anticipated effects of climate change on threatened and endangered species in the Greater Everglades (project metadata)
  • Cape Sable Water Quality and Suspended Sediment Data (data set metadata)

• Updated Metadata:
  • Florida Bay Salinity Data (data set metadata)
  • Sedimentation, Sea-Level Rise, and Circulation in Florida Bay (project metadata)
  • Linking Land, Air, and Water Management in the Southern Everglades and Coastal Zone to Water Quality and Ecosystem restoration: Task 1, Mercury Cycling, Fate and Bioaccumulation (project metadata)
  • Linking Land, Air and Water Management in the Southern Everglades and Coastal Zone to Water Quality and Ecosystem Restoration: Task 2, Sulfur and Nutrient Contamination, Biogeochemical Cycling, and Effects (project metadata)
  • Linking Land, Air, and Water Management in the Southern Everglades and Coastal Zone to Water Quality and Ecosystem Restoration (project metadata)
  • Velocity, Conductivity and Temperature, Temperature Profile, Water-Depth (Shark River Slough) (data set metadata)
  • TIME Data (data set metadata)
  • Velocity Data (Canal and Wetland) (data set metadata)
  • Water Quality Data (Canal and Wetland) (data set metadata)
  • Impacts of Hydrologic and Climatic Change on Greater Everglades Marl Prairies, Marshes, and Sloughs (data set metadata)
  • Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Geophysical Data (data set metadata)
  • Characterization of Aquifer Heterogeneity Using Cyclostratigraphy and Geophysical Methods in the Upper Part of the Karstic Biscayne Aquifer, Southeastern Florida (project metadata)
  • Analysis of Historic Water Quality Data (project metadata)
  • Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Data (data set metadata)
  • Western Tamiami Trail flows - baseline information and response to CERP (project metadata)
  • Hydrologic Monitoring in Joe Bay (project metadata)
  • Freshwater Flows to Northeastern Florida Bay (project metadata)
  • Coastal Gradients of Flow, Salinity, and Nutrients (project metadata)
  • South Florida Hydrology Database (data set metadata)
  • Influence of Hydrology on Life-History Parameters of Common Freshwater Fishes from Southern Florida (project metadata)
  • South Florida Hydrology Database (data set metadata)

• Updated EDEN Metadata:
  • Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) January 2010 Digital Elevation Model for use with EDENapps
  • Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) Water Surfaces Data
  • EDEN Grid Shapefile
  • Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) October 2011 Digital Elevation Model (DEM)

+ 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:

• Natural Resources Management Cape Sable Canals

Papers:

• Sediment Transport on Cape Sable, Everglades National Park, Florida
• A field test of attractant traps for invasive Burmese pythons (Python molurus bivittatus) in southern Florida
• Source Identification of Florida Bay's Methylmercury Problem: Mainland Runoff Versus Atmospheric Deposition and In situ Production
• Estimating Trends in Alligator Populations from Nightlight Survey Data
• A new parameterization for estimating co-occurrence of interacting species
• Observations of Daily Temperature Patterns in the Southern Florida Everglades
• Modeling the Effects of Storm Surges
• The Influence of the Atlantic Warm Pool on the Florida Panhandle Sea Breeze
• Application of a Weighted-Averaging Method for Determining Paleosalinity: A Tool for Restoration of South Florida's Estuaries

Reports:

• Water-Resources Data for the United States: Water Year 2008 (Water-Data Report -US-2008, Excerpt)
• Water-Resources Data for the United States: Water Year 2009 (Water-Data Report -US-2009, Excerpt)
• Water-Resources Data for the United States: Water Year 2010 (Water-Data Report -US-2010, Excerpt)
• Evapotranspiration over Spatially Extensive Plant Communities in the Big Cypress National Preserve, Southern Florida, 2007-2010 (Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5212)

+ Project Updates:

• Bibliography:
  • Kevin Cunningham

• 2010 Work Plans:
  • Development of YY male technology to control non-native fishes in the Greater Everglades
  • Assessing the Impacts of Pythons in the Greater Everglades: Examination of Diet and Thermal Biology of Python molurus bivittatus
  • Climate envelope modeling for evaluating anticipated effects of climate change on threatened and endangered species in the Greater Everglades

• 2009 Work Plan:
  • Assessing the Impacts of Pythons in the Everglades: Examination of Diet and Thermal Biology of Burmese pythons (Python molurus bivittatus)

+ People:

(This is a list of new and updated personnel added; for a complete list of SOFIA personnel, visit http://sofia.usgs.gov/people.php)

• Nicholas Funicelli
• Kenna Butler

+ Projects:

(This is a list of new project pages added; for a complete list of SOFIA projects, visit http://sofia.usgs.gov/title.php)

• Sediment Transport and Saline Intrusion on Cape Sable, Everglades National Park, Florida
• Development of YY male technology to control non-native fishes in the Greater Everglades
• Assessing the Impacts of Pythons in the Greater Everglades: Examination of Diet and Thermal Biology of Python molurus bivittatus
• Climate envelope modeling for evaluating anticipated effects of climate change on threatened and endangered species in the Greater Everglades

+ Other Website Updates:

• Updates to Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) website:

  • 2000 Q1 Provisional Water Surface Data posted (1/1/00 - 3/31/00), and 2011 Q2 and Q3 Provisional Water Surface Data posted (4/1/11-9/30/11)

    http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/models/watersurfacemod.php.

  • Rainfall Data Posted

    Rainfall data for the months of May 2011-October 2011 have been processed. The new data is now available for download, by area, at http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/nexrad.php.

  • Evapotranspiration Data Posted

    Evapotranspiration data for 2010 have been processed. The new data is now available for download, by area, at http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/evapotrans.php.

  • New DEM (both meter and centimeter version) - October 2011 posted

    http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/models/groundelevmod.php.

  • New! EDEN Water Surface Model V.2 surfaces posted for 2000-2011 Q3 (1/1/00-9/30/11)

    http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/models/watersurfacemod_download.php.

  • New! EDEN V.2 hindcast surfaces posted for 1991-1999

    http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/models/watersurfacemod_download_1990s.php.

  • New! Difference Maps between EDEN Model V.1 and V.2 surfaces for 2000-2011 Q2 (1/1/00-6/30/11)

    http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/models/differencemaps.php.

  • 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 - January 2011
    - Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling Program for the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Quarterly Update Report - April 2011
  • Annual Reports:
    - A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Enhanced Water Quality Program - 5th Annual Report - Calendar Year 2008 - September 2010
    - A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Enhanced Water Quality Program - 6th Annual Report - Calendar Year 2009 - October 2010

+ Upcoming Meetings/Conferences:

• 9th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference: Wetlands in a Complex World, June 3-8, 2012, Orlando, Florida.
• If you know of any upcoming meetings or conferences, please let us know (hhenkel@usgs.gov)!