Evapotranspiration Measurements and Modeling in the Everglades

Project Investigator: Sandra Kinnaman Project Personnel: Eddie Simonds Project Start Date: 1995 End Date: 2004 Proposals Work Plans Project Summaries Data Metadata Publications Photos

Summary

This project will provide the knowledge of ET necessary for use of hydrologic models.

For more information, please see the Tides and Inflows in the Mangrove Ecotone (TIME) Model Development Project Webpage.

In 1995, a study to measure and model evapotranspiration (ET) in the Everglades was begun as part of the US Geological Survey South Florida Ecosystem Program. The principle objective of the study is to develop an understanding of ET within the Everglades drainage unit, excluding agricultural and brackish environments. To achieve this, a network of eight ET-measurement sites was established, representing the various types of hydrologic and vegetative environments. Continuous measurement of ET at these sites for at least a 2-year period (October 1995 through September 1997) will be used to develop regional models of ET that can be used to estimate ET at other times throughout the Everglades.

Proposals

• 1998
• 1999
• 2001

Work Plans

• 2003
• 2004

Project Summaries

• 2001
• 2002
• 2003
• 2004

Data

• Evapotranspiration Data (from the data exchange pages)
• Rainfall Data (from the data exchange pages)
• Water Budget Data (from the data exchange pages)

Metadata

• Evapotranspiration Measuring & Modeling in the Everglades (project metadata)
• Water Budget data (data set metadata)

Publications

Abstracts

• Evapotranspiration
• Evapotranspiration Measurement and Modeling in the Everglades (from the South Florida Restoration Science Forum, May 1999)
• Evapotranspiration Rates from Two Different Sawgrass Communities in South Florida During Drought Conditions (from the GEER Conference, April 2003)
• Regional Evaluation of Evapotranspiration in the Everglades
• Regional Evaluation of Evapotranspiration in the Everglades (2) (from the GEER Conference, December 2000)

Bibliographies

• Everglades ET Measurement and Modeling - Bibliography

Fact Sheets

• Regional Evaluation of Evapotranspiration in the Everglades

Papers

• Regional Evaluation of Evapotranspiration in the Everglades (from the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, July 1999)

Water Resources Investigations Reports

• Regional Evaluation of Evapotranspiration in the Everglades (WRI 00-4217, available from the Water Resources of Florida website)

Photos

• Everglades ET Measurement and Modeling Photo Gallery