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TIME data sets

Entry ID: USGS_SOFIA_time_datasets

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Summary

Abstract: This is a historical archive of TIME data from the past several years. No new data is being added on a regular basis, though archived data will be available for the forseeable future. Data for NOAA and USGS stations are no longer available for access on TIME. Check individual NOAA and USGS station pages for new data access URLs. The map on the home page for TIME data is divided into four areas of ... interest - three wetland regions (R1, R2, R3) and Florida Bay. Selecting an area on this map will lead to a map of that area displaying all the station locations at which water level, rain, discharge, salinity, conductivity, temperature, or wind data are collected. Selecting one of the stations on a area map will lead to a form for plotting and/or downloading the data from that particular station. An alternate means of directly accessing a station's form is by selecting the station name from the list in the frame on the left side of the screen. Note that not all stations are included on the map, but all may be accessed from the station list.

A critical objective of the south Florida ecosystem restoration effort is to preserve ecological conditions that are consistent with habitat requirements. The duration, timing, and extent of wetland inundation in the southern Everglades have been greatly distorted as evidenced by shifts in biologic and vegetative species. Both natural and regulatory factors contribute to influence of hydroperiods making their precise evaluation and management difficult. This complexity is particularly problematic in the transition zone between the Everglades wetlands and coastal embayments encompassing the mangrove ecotone where freshwater inflow effects on salinities must also be considered. In order to correctly and sufficiently investigate flow effects on both hydroperiods and embayment salinities neither hydrologic processes affecting flows in the wetlands nor the dynamic effects of external forces such as tides and winds can be ignored. This project entails translation of findings from the Southern Inland and Coastal Systems (SICS) project and extension of the model westward to resolve boundary limitations and to enable concurrent analysis of wetland and tidal response throughout the entire saltwater-freshwater interface zone along the Gulf coast and Florida Bay. Extension of the SICS model westward will require the addition of continuous monitoring stations to supplement data from coastal creek stations and control structures needed to provide boundary conditions as well as the synoptic measurement of flows and water levels in the wetlands for use in model calibration and verification.

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: The data may be downloaded from the TIME website.

Multimedia Sample

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Description: map showing regions for selection of data sets

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 25.98

S: 25.02

E: -80.3

W: -81.56

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Harry Jenter Ray Schaffranek (retired); Ami L. Ricassi; Kevin Kotun (ENP)

Dataset Title: TIME data sets

Dataset Release Date: 2003

Data Presentation Form: text files

Online Resource: http://time.er.usgs.gov/TIME

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1995-01-01

Stop Date: 2003-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > FLORIDA

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS

ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > RAIN

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ENVIRONMENT

INLAND WATERS

Project

USGS_SOFIA > South Florida Information Access

Quality The data are shown as either published or provisional which may be subject to change.

Each station report contains information about missing data values, the horizontal and vertical datums for the data, the data types available and the earliest available data. Data that have been reviewed and published are no longer available on the TIME website. Links to the data are provided.

Data was provided by the various cooperating agencies to the USGS TIME project for posting on the TIME Data Sets website. Contact the individual agency for more information on how the data was collected.

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints Data available via this website are provisional data that have not been reviewed or edited. These data may be subject to significant change and are not citeable until reviewed and approved by the agency responsible for their collection.

Data users are cautioned to consider carefully the provisional nature of the information before using it for decisions that concern personal or public safety or the conduct of business that involves substantial monetary or operational consequences.

Information concerning the accuracy and appropriate uses of these data should be obtained from the contact person listed on each station's web page.

Ancillary Keywords

Miami-Dade County

Monroe County

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Data Center

SOUTH FLORIDA INFORMATION ACCESS, FLORIDA INTEGRATED SCIENCE CENTER, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Data Center URL: http://sofia.usgs.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: HEATHER S. HENKEL Phone: 727.803.8747 ext. 3028 Fax: 727.803.2032 Email: hhenkel at usgs.gov Contact Address: USGS-FISC-St. Petersburg 600 Fourth St. South City: St. Petersburg Province or State: FL Postal Code: 33701 Country: USA