Hydrological Data

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Mark Hansen

Publication_Date: 2005

Title: Hydrological Data

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: maps and data

Online_Linkage: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/10000_islands/index.html>

Description:

Abstract:

Hydrological data was collected at 11 sites for the Caloosahatchee Estuary and Estero Bay regions.using two methods, one developed by the USGS and the other developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Data collected include date and time of collection, stage, discharge, salinity, and water temperature.

Purpose:

This project addresses the collection and interpretation of data necessary to develop the present day bathymetry of the lower portions of South Florida including: Estero Bay, Charlotte Harbor, Pine Island Sound, offshore regions of Sanibel and Captiva Islands and the Caloosahatchee, Loxahatchee, and St. Lucie Rivers. In addition, a need for an Estero Bay and Charlotte Harbor estuarine mixing model has been identified by the Southwest Florida Regional Restoration Coordination Team and the Southwest Florida Feasibility Study. In order to create an accurate numerical model, current bathymetric data must be obtained. Bathymetry data is also needed for the creation of a seagrass vision maps (an NEP effort) and to populate the species response models being created as assessment tools for several restoration programs.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20041021

Ending_Date: 20050606

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.59

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.38

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.96

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.89

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: salinity

Theme_Keyword: stage

Theme_Keyword: discharge

Theme_Keyword: chemistry

Theme_Keyword: hydrology

Theme_Keyword: geography

Theme_Keyword: water temperature

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters

Theme_Keyword: oceans

Theme_Keyword: 007

Theme_Keyword: 012

Theme_Keyword: 014

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, DC, 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, DC, 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: Monroe County

Place_Keyword: Collier County

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Names Information System

Place_Keyword: Barron River

Place_Keyword: Blackwater River

Place_Keyword: East River

Place_Keyword: Faka Union River

Place_Keyword: Fakahatchee River

Place_Keyword: Ferguson River

Place_Keyword: Little Wood River

Place_Keyword: Palm River

Place_Keyword: Pumpkin River

Place_Keyword: Wood River

Place_Keyword: Whitney River

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Place_Keyword: Central Everglades

Place_Keyword: SW Big Cypress

Place_Keyword: Southwest coast

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints: none

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Mark Hansen

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 x 3036

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2030

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mhansen@usgs.gov

Native_Data_Set_Environment: text files

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Palm River's Index velocity meter came out of the water during low tide. The record for this period was deleted. There was a large volume of data deleted due to the sensor coming out of the water often. We decided to try and estimate the discharge record by using the index velocity meter at Blackwater River. Therefore, the entire period of record of discharge for Palm River is estimated.

All other values are direct measurements

Completeness_Report:

The data were collected at 15 minute intervals at each site over 3 to 6 month periods

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: GPS was used to establish the location of the sampling sites.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The plan to acquire bathymetric data for the area is to employ two methods which have been developed by the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) and National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA). The USGS method is an acoustic based system named System for Accurate Nearshore Depth Surveys (SANDS), and the NASA method is an airborne LIDAR system named Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL).

The USGS has developed a hydrographic survey system specifically designed to map in very shallow water. The system can acquire data in water depths of ~25cm, but in practice boat/motor draft limitations prevent surveying in water depths less than 45cm. Precise differential GPS receivers are used to measure boat position and dynamic elevation, a survey quality 200 kHz depth sounder acquires water depth measurements, and a motion sensor measures heave, pitch, and roll of the boat. A measurement is collected about every 3m along a survey line. The vertical accuracy of the system is +/- 8cm and +/- 4cm inches horizontally.

EAARL is a new airborne lidar that provides unprecedented capabilities to bays, the nearshore shoreface, benthic habitats, coastal vegetation, and sandy beaches. The EAARL sensor suite includes a rasterscanning- water penetrating full-waveform adaptive lidar, a down-looking color digital camera, a hyperspectral scanner, and an array of precision kinematic GPS receivers which provide for sub-meter georeferencing of each laser and hyper-spectral sample. EAARL has the unique real-time capability to detect, capture, and automatically adapt to each laser return backscatter over a large signal dynamic range and keyed to considerable variations in vertical complexity of the surface target. EAARL limited to water depths greater than 50 cm and can penetrate the water column to approximately 1.5 secchi disk depth. The lidar has a ground footprint of 30cm with vertical and horizontal accuracies equal to the SANDS system. The swath width is 250m which converts to a spatial coverage of approximately 1 laser shot per square meter.

The EAARL system wasa used to map shallow (less than 1.5 secchi depth) and nonturbid areas in Estero Bay and nearshore areas. The SANDS system was used in deeper areas and those which are turbid which include the Caloosahatchee River.

Bathymetric mapping has been done for the following areas: Estero Bay, Charlotte Harbor, Pine Island Sound, offshore regions of Sanibel and Captiva Islands and on the Florida West Coast the Caloosahatchee, Shark, Little Shark, Broad, Harney, Lopez, Chatham, and Turner Rivers. The offshore region between Ft. Myers and Naples, FL will be mapped during FY05.

Process_Date: 2006

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Hydrologic information was collected at the main tributary rivers flowing into the Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve, including (1) Barron River, (2) Ferguson River/Tide Creek, (3) East River, (4) Fakahatchee River, (5) Faka Union River, (6) Wood River, (7) Little Wood River, (8) Pumpkin River, (9) Whitney River, (10) Blackwater River, and (11) Palm Bay River. The information collected includes time-series data for water level, velocity, salinity, and temperature, for a period not to exceed 3-months. Acoustic Doppler Velocity Meters (ADVM) equipped with an up-looking transducer were installed to facilitate the collection of water stage and velocity with one single instrument. ADCP discharge measurements were made for the development of Index-Velocity calibration ratings at all instrumented sites. ADCP measurement sessions thru tide were made to capture the tidal characteristics of these rivers, and used for rating development. Discharge was computed for the 3-month period for all stations, and analyzed to describe tidal magnitudes that include possible variations due to meteorological events, such as rain and wind. Priorities for bathymetric and hydrologic information needs were set by the comparison of these tidal magnitudes at all measured rivers. In turn, hydrodynamic modelers can use these data to calibrate and verify models describing flow patterns throughout the study area. The study area encompasses the estuarine regions from Everglades City to Goodland.

Process_Date: 2006

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Mark Hansen

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 x 3036

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2030

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mhansen@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference: southwest coast of Florida

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: 11

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 1

Longitude_Resolution: 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

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Hydrological data collected for each site includes stage, discharge, salinity, and temperature

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: USGS 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: Hydrological Data

Distribution_Liability: The data have no explicit or implied guarantees.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ASCII

Format_Information_Content: each file contains data for a site

Transfer_Size: 0.9

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/10000_islands/index.html>

Access_Instructions: The data may be downloaded from the SOFIA website

Fees: none

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20110606

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

Metadata_Access_Constraints: none

Metadata_Use_Constraints:

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