Tables

Table 1. Calibration statistics for daily average coastal creek discharges, surface-water stage or ground-water head, and coastal creek salinities

Table 2. Calibration statistics for the surface-water simulation without leakage

Figures

Figure 1. Surface-water cell and uppermost aquifer cell. (labeled diagram)

Figure 2. Study area showing location of Taylor Slough, Florida Bay, monitoring stations, and domain of numerical model. (map)

Figure 3. Annual average surface-water budget for the surface-water system of the coastal wetland for the 7-year simulation period (1996-2002). (map)

Figure 4. Measured and simulated monthly discharge at Trout Creek from 1996 to 2002. (graph)

Figure 5. Measured and simulated average daily discharge at Trout Creek for 1999. (graph)

Figure 6. Amplitude spectrum as a function of frequency calculated using 2-hour measured and simulated discharges at Trout Creek for the 7-year simulation period. (graph)

Figure 7. Discharge over Buttonwood Embankment and stage at Taylor River during Hurricane Irene, October 1999. (graph)

Figure 8. Average annual leakage rates for the 7-year simulation period. (map)

Figure 9. Measured and simulated values of monthly average salinity at Trout Creek for the 7-year simulation period (1996-2002). (graph)

Figure 10. Average daily salinity at Trout Creek from simulation without local wind stress, the base case simulation, and from measured data. (graph)

Equations

Equation 1: Governing equation for a shallow surfacewater system consisting of conservation of mass, volume, and momentum, modified by Swain et. al. to include aerially distributed sources and sinks, describing the conservation of water volume.

Equation 2: Governing equation for a shallow surfacewater system consisting of conservation of mass, volume, and momentum, modified by Swain et. al. to include aerially distributed sources and sinks, describing the conservation of momentum in the x-direction.

Equation 3: Governing equation for a shallow surfacewater system consisting of conservation of mass, volume, and momentum, modified by Swain et. al. to include aerially distributed sources and sinks, describing the conservation of momentum in the y-direction.

Equation 4: Governing equation for a shallow surfacewater system consisting of conservation of mass, volume, and momentum, modified by Swain et. al. to include aerially distributed sources and sinks, describing the solute mass transport.

Equation 5: Equation of state.

Equation 6: A variable-density form of the fully saturated, three-dimensional ground-water flow equation in terms of equivalent freshwater head.

Equation 7: Governing equation for solute transport within a porous medium.

Equation 8: Variable-density form of Darcy's Law.

Equation 9: Time-weighted average leakage rate equation.

Equation 10: Variable-density form of Darcy's Law used to calculate leakage flux.

Equation 11: Equation used to approximate leakage flux through the thin unsaturated zone.