Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Eduardo Patino Lars Soderqvuist; Craig Thompson Publication_Date: 2005 Title: Southwest Florida Coastal and Wetlands Systems Monitoring Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: text files Online_Linkage: http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/sys_monitor/ Description: Abstract: The objective of this project is to describe the salinity patterns in relation to freshwater inflows to the estuaries and tidal exchange with the Gulf of Mexico, to provide support for the USGS Tides and Inflows in the Mangroves of the Everglades model (TIME) and to programs like the Everglades Long Term Ecological Research (LTER). This study will quantify water discharge, describe hydrodynamic characteristics of estuarine rivers of southwest Everglades National Park, and provide necessary information for the development and calibration of the TIME hydrodynamic model. Purpose: Hydrologic information throughout the Everglades ecosystem is key to the development of restoration strategies and for future evaluation of restoration results. There are significant hydrologic information gaps throughout the Everglades wetlands and estuaries that need to be addressed, particularly along Florida’s southwest coast. Among these gaps are flow, water level, and salinity data. This project, in conjunction with the Everglades National Park’s (ENP) marine monitoring network, will provide water level, salinity, and flow information at key points within the mangrove zone along the southwest coast of ENP. This project will also include a wetland component designed to provide water level, salinity, and "sheetflow" velocity at selected points within the "sloughs" (flow paths) flowing into the estuaries. Hydrodynamic modelers of the Everglades, Florida Bay, southwest coast estuaries, and other adjacent marine systems can use these data to calibrate and verify models describing flow patterns throughout ENP. Supplemental_Information: This project has taken over the responsibilities of the 1996 USGS program to measure flows and nutrient flux from the Everglades wetlands into the southwest estuaries of Everglades National Park. Nutrient data collection was discontinued in FY 2000. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1996 Ending_Date: 2005 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: In Work Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.39 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.91 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.87 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.33 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: hydrology Theme_Keyword: monitoring Theme_Keyword: wetland Theme_Keyword: TIME Theme_Keyword: Tides and Inflows in the Mangrove Ecotone Theme_Keyword: estuaries Theme_Keyword: flow 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 Place: 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_Keyword: Monroe County Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Names Information System Place_Keyword: Everglades National Park Place_Keyword: Big Cypress National Preserve Place_Keyword: Ten Thousand Islands Place_Keyword: Barron River Place_Keyword: Broad River Place_Keyword: Chatham River Place_Keyword: Lopez River Place_Keyword: Lostmans River Place_Keyword: New River Place_Keyword: North River Place_Keyword: Shark Point Place_Keyword: Turner River Place_Keyword: Whitewater Bay Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: SW Big Cypress Place_Keyword: mangrove zone Place_Keyword: Bottle Creek (Rookery Branch) Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Temporal_Keyword: 15-minute intervals 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: 33907 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 239 275-8448 ext. 11 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 239 275-6820 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: epatino@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/zucker_woods_patino/location.html Browse_Graphic_File_Description: location map for southwest coast data Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG Data_Set_Credit: Project personnel include Lars Soderqvist, Craig Thompson, and Jessica Flanigin Native_Data_Set_Environment: ASCII text files, comma delimited (.csv) Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Patino, Eduardo Publication_Date: 1996 Title: Feasibility of using acoustic velocity meters for estimating highly organic suspended-solids concentrations in streams Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 96-137 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr96137 Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: Data collected at all flow sites (Chatham River near the Watson Place, Lostman's River below Second Bay, Broad River near the Cutoff, Shark River near Gunboat Island, and North River upstream of the Cutoff) include continuous (15-minute interval) measurements of stage, water velocity, salinity, and temperature and periodic measurements of discharge for index velocity calibrations. All raw data at flow sites were recorded by an electronic data logger and transmitted every 4 hours via the Geostationary Operations Environmental Satellite (GOES) into the database of the USGS Center for Water and Restoration Studies in Miami, FL. Data collection at non-flow sites (Barron River at Everglades City, Turner River near Chokoloskee Island, Lopez Island near campsite, New River at Sunday Bay, ENP boundary marker near Chatham River mouth, and ENP boundary marker near Shark Point) included continuous (15-minute interval) measurements of stage, salinity, and temperature, Raw data at Turner River, Lopez River, and New River were recorded by an electronic data logger and transmitted every 4 hours via the GOES into the database of hte USGS Center for Water and Restoration Studies in Miami, FL. Raw data at Barron River, ENP boundary marker near Chatham Rover mouth, and the ENP boundary marker near Shark Point) were recorded by an electronic data logger and manually stored in the database of the USGS Center for Water and Restoration Studies in Miami, FL. Completeness_Report: Data for the ENP boundary marker near Chatham River mouth and the ENP boundary marker near Shark Point sites are not yet available. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: All horizontal positions established in FY 2000 and after with the use of GPS instruments. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Stage data at the New River and Turner River sites are referenced to the local datum. All others are referenced to NAVD-88. NAVD-88 datum corrected for Broad River, Chatham River, Lopez River, and Lostmans River sites. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: In 1996, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began a project to measure flows and nutrient flux from the Everglades wetlands into the southwest estuaries of Everglades National Park. The current project has taken over the responsibilities of this project and expanded the study area to the northwest (nutrient data collection was discontinued in FY-2000). The objectives of the current project are to quantify water discharge, describe flow characteristics of estuarine rivers, provide necessary hydrologic information for the development and calibration of the USGS Tides and Inflows in the Mangroves of the Everglades model (TIME), and to support programs such as the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) of the Everglades and the SIRENIA Manatee project. The data collection network established through this project included the following types and number of stations: 1. Five estuarine-river sites were be selected to monitor stage, flow, salinity and temperature, based on TIME model needs and other ecological work being done or planned within the study area. These sites included the continuation of two previously existing stations. 2. Six additional sites were instrumented to monitor stage, salinity, and temperature in order to provide maximum spatial coverage for the TIME model, in conjunction with ENP’s marine monitoring network. These sites were located at creeks flowing into the estuaries, within the "mixing" zone, with two located near shore in the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico. 3. All water surface elevations were referenced to arbitrary local datum and do not represent NGVD-29 nor NAVD-88 elevations. Elevation control will be established to NAVD-88 in the near future. Data collection at all flow sites included continuous (15-minute interval) measurements of water level, water velocity, salinity, and temperature, and calibration measurements of discharge (no discharge measurements at wetland sites). Data collection at water level sites included continuous (15-minute interval) measurements of water level, salinity, temperature. Most continuous data were recorded and transmitted every 4 hours by way of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) into the database of the USGS Miami Subdistrict office. Stations at which transmission of data was not possible nor required were logged, retrieved, and stored into the database of the USGS Miami Subdistrict office. Flow stations: Estuarine stream sites were instrumented with water level, salinity, temperature, velocity sensors. Velocity data was collected with acoustic Doppler instruments, calibrated with the use of an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), and used in the computation of discharge. Periodic discharge measurements were done at all new sites during the first year and every four to six months thereafter for rating verification purposes. Water quality data (salinity and temperature) were collected at two depths in the water column. Salinity stations: Salinity stations included the collection of water level, salinity, and temperature. Two of these stations were located out in the open-water boundary of the Gulf of Mexico in order to provide tidal information for the TIME model. Salinity and temperature data were collected at one or two depths, depending on site location. Data Analysis: Discharge data was computed using established area and velocity ratings and provided to TIME model and other researchers in the best usable format for its use within the model and/or ecological research within the area. Process_Date: 2001 Process_Step: Process_Description: Hydrologic modeling of estuaries within the southwest coast of Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, and the Cape Romano-Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve. Work planned for FY 2003 includes: 1. Maintaining 11 to 13 monitoring stations at rivers and bays within the estuaries of the southwest coast of Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, and the Cape Romano-Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve. These stations include North River, Shark River, Broad River, Lostman’s River, Chatham River, New River, Lopez River, Turner River, Barron River/Canal, two open-water stations in the Gulf of Mexico, ENP boundary markers near Shark Point and the mouth of Chatham River, and possibly two rivers within the Cape Romano-Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve. 2. Continue with ADCP discharge measurements for the development of velocity calibration ratings for the computation of discharge at instrumented coastal rivers. 3. Continue QA/QC of all field data. 4. Begin uploading data on the SOFIA web page and make it available to all researchers. 5. Arrange for data transfer from Tampa for data collected during 1996-2000. 6. If funding becomes available, construct and instrument monitoring stations within the Ten Thousand Islands Preserve. Process_Date: 2003 Process_Step: Process_Description: FY2003 planned work includes: 1. Maintain and operate the Bottle Creek monitoring station at Rookery Branch. 2. Begin ADCP discharge measurements for the development of velocity calibration ratings for the computation of discharge at Bottle Creek and adjacent creeks. 3.Continue QA/QC of all field data. 4. Begin uploading data on the SOFIA web page and make it available to all researchers. Process_Date: 2004 Process_Step: Process_Description: Local elevation surveys at all monitoring stations (coastal and wetland) This task is designed to establish elevation ties between 22 monitoring gage-house measuring points and reference marks (RM’s) installed for obtaining NAVD-88 datum with GPS instrumentation. Planned FY 2003 work includes: 1. Install stable reference marks nearby all monitoring stations. 2. Run elevation surveys from the RM’s into the gage-houses. 3. Apply (or provide to ENP) necessary correction for the transfer of NAVD-88 datum elevations to gage-houses, whenever NAVD-88 datum is established on the RM’s and made available. Process_Date: 2006 Process_Step: Process_Description: Hydrologic monitoring of estuaries within the southwest coast of Everglades National Park Work planned for FY 2004 includes: a) Maintain 11 monitoring stations at rivers and bays within the estuaries of the southwest coast of Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve. These stations include North River, Shark River, Broad River, Lostman’s River, Chatham River, New River, Lopez River, Turner River, Barron River/Canal, and two open-water stations in the Gulf of Mexico, ENP boundary markers near Shark Point and the mouth of Chatham River. b) Continue with ADCP discharge measurements for the development and verification of velocity calibration ratings for the computation of discharge at instrumented coastal rivers. c) Continue QA/QC of all field data. d) Upload data on the SOFIA web page to make it available to all researchers. 2. Continue local elevation surveys at all monitoring stations a) Install stable reference marks near all 18 remaining USGS and ENP monitoring stations. b) Run elevation surveys from the Reference Marks (RM) into the gage-houses. c) Apply (or provide to ENP) necessary correction for the transfer of NAVD-88 datum elevations to gage-houses, whenever NAVD-88 datum is established on the RM’s and made available. Process_Date: 2005 Process_Step: Process_Description: Work planned for FY 2005 includes: 1. Hydrologic monitoring of estuaries within the southwest coast of Everglades National Park a) Maintain 11 monitoring stations at rivers and bays within the estuaries of the southwest coast of Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve. These stations include North River, Shark River, Broad River, Lostman’s River, Chatham River, New River, Lopez River, Turner River, Barron River/Canal, and two open-water stations in the Gulf of Mexico, ENP boundary markers near Shark Point and the mouth of Chatham River b) Continue with ADCP discharge measurements for the development and verification of velocity calibration ratings for the computation of discharge at instrumented coastal rivers c) Continue QA/QC of all field data d) Complete upload of WY-2001 thru WY-2003 to SOFIA e) Compute and process all hydrologic data for WY-2004 f) Begin analysis of all available data for the description of flow and salinitiy patterns of rivers and estuaries along the southwest coast of ENP, including the use of available ata filters for the calculation of NET discharges at all flow sites within the study area 2. Local elevation surveys at all monitoring stations a) Install stable reference marks near 2 of the 4 remaining USGS monitoring stations: Chatham River near the Watson Place and Lopez River near Camp Site b) Run elevation surveys from the RM's into the gage-houses c) Apply necessary datum corrections to stage records, as NAVD-88 datum is established on the RM's and made available Process_Date: 2005 Process_Step: Process_Description: Work planned for FY 2006 includes: 1. Hydrologic monitoring of estuaries within the southwest coast of Everglades National Park a) Maintain 11 monitoring stations at rivers and bays within the estuaries of the southwest coast of Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve. These stations include North River, Shark River, Broad River, Lostman’s River, Chatham River, New River, Lopez River, Turner River, Barron River/Canal, and two open-water stations in the Gulf of Mexico, ENP boundary markers near Shark Point and the mouth of Chatham River b) Install a new station near Onion Key Bay to determine flow contributions from northwestern bays to outgoing discharges at the Lostman's River station c) Continue with ADCP discharge measurements for the development and verification of velocity calibration ratings for the computation of discharge at instrumented coastal rivers d) Continue QA/QC of all field data e) Compute, process, and publish all hydrologic data for WY-2005 f) Continue analysis of all available data for the description of flow and salinity patterns of rivers and estuaries along the southwest coast of ENP, including the use of available data filters for the calculation of "residual" discharges at all flow sites 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: 33907 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 239 275-8448 ext. 11 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 239 275-6820 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: epatino@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Southwest Florida coastal and wetland systems Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 9 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.1 Longitude_Resolution: 0.1 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Degrees, minutes, and decimal seconds Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257 Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Altitude_System_Definition: Altitude_Datum_Name: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 Altitude_Resolution: .01 Altitude_Distance_Units: feet Altitude_Encoding_Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Data collected at each site includes stage in feet, salinity in parts per thousand (ppt), and temperature in degrees Celsius for non-flow sites. Data for flow sites includes stage, water velocity, salinity, and temperature plus periodic measurements of discharge in cubic feeet per second (cfs). Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: USGS field personnel Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Heather S.Henkel Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 600 Fourth St. 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: hhenkel@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Hydrology Data Distribution_Liability: The data have no explicit or implied guarantees. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: ASCII Format_Version_Number: unknown Format_Information_Content: Each file contains data for a specific site by water year. Transfer_Size: 2 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/zucker_woods_patino/index.html Access_Instructions: Data may be downloaded from the SOFIA website. Fees: none Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20070917 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