Western Tamiami Trail flows - baseline information and response to CERP

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• Data_Quality_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Eduardo Patino

Lars Soderqvist

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title:

Western Tamiami Trail flows - baseline information and response to CERP

Online_Linkage: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/westTT_flows>

Description:

Abstract:

The objectives of this study are:

1. To develop flow calculation techniques for bridges and culverts under US-41, between Carnestown and County Road 92. First year focusing on the section between Faka-Union Canal and County Road 92, expanding east to State Road 29 in the second year of the study.

2. To provide support to on-going CERP and DOI studies populating hydrologic databases that can also be used by other federal and state agencies, universities, and local institutions conducting studies in the area.

Purpose:

The coastal environment of south Florida has shown signs of ecological deterioration that is attributed to changes in freshwater inflows due to urban development, water management practices, and corresponding increases of salinity and nutrient content in estuarine waters. With plans to improve water levels and historic flow-ways in the Southern Golden Gate Estates (Picayune Strand) area north of Tamiami Trail to more natural conditions, changes are expected in the amount, timing, and distribution of freshwater discharge through bridges and culverts under US-41, altering current conditions in the wetlands and estuaries to the south. Hydrologic information throughout the Ten Thousand Islands and adjacent ecosystems is critical to the development of restoration strategies and for the evaluation of restoration results. With the implementation of the CERP projects "Picayune Strand Hydrologic Restoration project" and "Tamiami Trail (US-41) Culvert project", there is a need to determine current hydrologic conditions in areas south of US-41. These areas will be greatly impacted by these CERP projects currently underway. There is little hydrologic information throughout the wetlands and estuaries within the study area that could be used in the construction and calibration of the MIKESHE subregional model currently being constructed under the auspices of the CERP Southwest Florida Feasibility Study. There is a critical need for information on freshwater flows across the Trail, ground-water information (including Specific Conductance/salinity) within the marshes south of the Trail, flows at or near the mouth of tributaries, water level, and salinity data throughout the area. The results of this study will provide information that currently does not exist on freshwater flows and salinity trends, effects of weather systems on flow patterns, and on how SGGE and Tamiami Trail Culverts restoration projects affect freshwater inflows and water quality of the estuarine ecosystem within the Ten Thousand Islands area.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 200510

Ending_Date: 20100930

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.75

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.5

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 26

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.75

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: flow models

Theme_Keyword: hydrology

Theme_Keyword: groundwater

Theme_Keyword: water level

Theme_Keyword: salinity

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters

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, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: US

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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, D. C., 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: Collier County

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Place_Keyword: SW Big Cypress

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints: none

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Eduardo Patino

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Hydrologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1400 Colonial Blvd., Suite 70, Royal Palm Square

City: Ft. Myers

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33901

Country: 7

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 239 275-8448 ext. 11

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 239 275-6820

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: epatino@usgs.gov

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<http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/workplans06/images/westTT_flows_ttcp_mapx.jpg>

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: location of the Tamiami Trails culverts project

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: not available

Completeness_Report: not available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Work planned for FY 2006 includes:

1. Installation of a maximum total of four flow stations at bridges of Tamiami Trail between Faka-Union canal and County Road 92 for the collection of stage, velocity, discharge, salinity (or Specific Conductance), and temperature data. 2. Begin discharge measurements with an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) or comparable instrument at these and all other bridges (or culverts) along the same section of Tamiami Trail. 3. Start developing velocity calibration ratings for all instrumented sites to calculate discharge records. 4. Begin correlation analyses to determine relations between instrumented sites and all other non-instrumented sites, in order to calculate individual flows across all bridges and culverts within the study area.

Process_Date: Not complete

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Eduardo Patino

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Hydrologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1400 Colonial Blvd., Suite 70, Royal Palm Square

City: Ft. Myers

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33901

Country: 7

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 239 275-8448 ext. 11

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 239 275-6820

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: epatino@usgs.gov

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20060809

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

U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal Geology
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