SICS and TIME Model Linkages and Development in Support of Everglades Restoration

Project Investigators: Eric Swain, Chris Langevin Project Personnel: Dawn James, John Wang, Melinda Lohmann, Donald L. DeAngelis, Jon Cline Project Start Date: 2000 End Date: 2006 Recent Funding: (FY06) USGS GE PES, (FY05) USGS GE PES, SFWMD/CERP Work Plans Project Summaries Publications Related Links

Summary

This coupled numerical model will continue to be a crucial decision support tool. The quantity, timing, and distribution of clean fresh water needed to restore the South Florida ecosystem is a primary concern, and can only be addressed by numerical models which represent the controlling factors and can represent proposed CERP restoration scenarios.

This investigation makes use of the SWIFT2D two-dimensional surface-water model and the SEAWAT three-dimensional ground-water model to represent flow and transport in the southern Everglades. The SICS model, constructed first, represents the southeast coastal region interface with Florida Bay. SWIFT2D and SEAWAT are coupled, allowing leakage to be represented along with salinity transfer. In order to represent regional restoration scenarios, the SICS model has been linked via boundary water levels to the regional South Florida Water Management Model. This linkage allows the simulation of restoration scenarios, defined by the SFWMM, in the SICS area. The same modeling system is in the process of being expanded to the west and north to include the TIME domain. This encompasses more of the structural controls in the area and allows for the representation of Shark Slough flows. The SICS model output has been coupled to components of the ATLSS ecologic modeling suite, in order to supply the necessary hydrologic information for determination of fish population dynamics.

Work Plans

• 2005
• 2006

Project Summaries

• 2004
• 2005
• 2006

Publications

Abstracts

• Development of a Coupled Surface-water and Groundwater Model of Biscayne Bay (from the GEER Conference, June 2006)
• Utilizing the TIME Model to Simulate Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) Scenarios for the Florida Bay and Florida Keys Feasibility Study (FBFKFS) (from the GEER Conference, June 2006)

Fact Sheets

• Development of Coastal Flow and Transport Models in Support of Everglades Restoration (FS-2004-3130, available from the U.S. Geological Survey website)

Related Links

• Ground Water Flow and Transport for the SICS and TIME Models
• TIME and SICS Modeling of Surface Water and Interactions with Ground Water