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Internal Surface-water Flows

Entry ID: USGS_SOFIA_int_surf_water_flows_04

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Summary

Abstract: Proposed modified water deliveries to Indian Tribal Lands, Big Cypress National Preserve, and Water Conservation Area 3A require that flow and nutrient loads at critical points in the interior surface water network be measured. Defining the foundation for water levels, flows, and nutrient loads has become an important baseline for Storm Treatment Area 5 and 6 development, recent C-139 Basin flow ... re-diversions, and future L-28 Interceptor Canal de-compartmentaliztion including flow rerouting into the Big Cypress Preserve. Flow monitoring for the two primary flow routes for both L-28 Interceptor Canal and L-28 is key to developing this network. Data are available for L-28 Interceptor Canal below S-190, L-28 Canal above S-140, and L-28 Interceptor South
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The accurate determination of flow through the interior canal networks south of Lake Okeechobee and the C-139 basin remains critical for water budgets and regional model calibrations as defined by the Everglades Forever Act of 1994 and due to the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) initiative to reroute Big Cypress Preserve flows. The implementation of strategically located stream flow gaging points and associated data collection for nutrients has helped define future surface-water flow requirements and has provided valuable baseline flow data prior to the establishment of the recently constructed northern Storm Treatment Areas (STAs 5 and 6) and the Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area. Generating continuous flow data at selected impact points for interior basins has complemented the existing eastern coastal canal discharge network, and has allowed for more accurately timed surface-water releases while providing flow and nutrient monitoring after recent STA implementation. A unique multi-agency experiment was conducted with much success with the focus on cooperation and development of new instrumentation and acoustic flow-weight auto-sampler protocols. The original data collection and processing was provided by three separate entities at each site with responsibilities originally allocated between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and SFWMD. USGS provides calibration, analysis and processing of acoustic velocity meters (AVMs) and side-looking Doppler systems and stage shaft encoders, SFWMD provides data loggers with real-time flow-weighted algorithms, and radio frequency (RF) telemetry instrumentation. The Seminole Tribe provides auto-sampler service and funds nutrient load analysis through the USGS Ocala Lab.

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Data may be downloaded from the the SOFIA web site

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Description: Collection sites for flow and nutrient loads

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 26.26

S: 25.13

E: -80.81

W: -80.96

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Mitch Murray Rick Solis

Dataset Title: Internal Surface-water Flows

Dataset Release Date: 2005

Data Presentation Form: text files

Online Resource: http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/surf_wtr_flow/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1997-01-01

Stop Date: 2004-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > FLORIDA

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > DISCHARGE/FLOW

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > NUTRIENTS

BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT

INLAND WATERS

Project

USGS_SOFIA > South Florida Information Access

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints These data are approved for official publication and may be cited with appropriate credit.

Ancillary Keywords

Hendry County

Broward County

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

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

Distribution

Distribution Format: ASCII

Fees: None

Personnel

RICK SOLIS

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: 954 377-5948

Fax: 954 377-5901

Email: rsolis at usgs.gov

Contact Address:

3110 SW 9th Avenue

City: Ft. Lauderdale

Province or State: FL

Postal Code: 33315

Country: USA

ALICIA ALEMAN

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Email: alicia.m.aleman at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

Goddard Space Flight Center

Code 610.2

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

Lietz, A. C., 2002, Feasibility of Estimating Constituent Concentrations and Loads Based on Data Recorded by Acoustic Instrumentation, USGS Open-File Report, 02-285, Tallahassee, FL, U.S. Geological Survey.
http://fl.water.usgs.gov/Abstracts/ofr02_285_lietz.html

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2007-04-27

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-05-13

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