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Precipitation from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA, November 2000 - ongoing


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Authors: John Kominoski, Rene Price, Daniel Childers, Rafael Travieso
Time period: 2000-11-15 to 2023-12-31
Package id: knb-lter-fce.1092.19
Dataset id: PHY_Grahl_001

How to cite:
Kominoski, J., R. Price, D. Childers, R. Travieso. 2024. Precipitation from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA, November 2000 - ongoing. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/3b2443d05c250a4ea144d9028e6d4fa3. Dataset accessed 2025-01-18.

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  • Dataset Creator(s)
    • Name: Dr. John Kominoski 
    • Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER
    • Address: Florida International University
      11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148
      Miami, FL 33199 United States
    • Phone: 305-348-7117
    • Email: jkominos@fiu.edu

    • Name: Dr. Rene Price 
    • Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER
    • Address: Florida International University
      11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148
      Miami, FL 33199 USA
    • Phone: 305-348-3119
    • Email: pricer@fiu.edu
    • URL: https://myweb.fiu.edu/pricer/

    • Name: Dr. Daniel Childers 
    • Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER
    • Address: Arizona State University
      PO Box 875502
      Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
    • Phone: 480-965-2320
    • Email: dan.childers@asu.edu

    • Name: Rafael Travieso 
    • Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER
    • Address: Florida International University
      11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148
      Miami, FL 33199 USA
    • Phone: 305-348-3095
    • Email: travieso@fiu.edu
    • URL: https://algae.fiu.edu/

  • Dataset Abstract
    Rain level is recorded at least every thirty minutes at the sites SRS 1d, SRS 2 & SRS 3. Not active sites are: SRS 1a and SRS 1c. Rain level data is collected using a tipping bucket rain gauge (SUTRON 5600-0425) attached to ISCO autosamplers, which also act as dataloggers. We condense these data into daily cumulative rainfall, although hourly rain level data are also available.

    Related precipitation data packages:

    Precipitation from the Taylor Slough (https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?scope=knb-lter-fce&identifier=1097).
  • Geographic Coverage
    Study Extent Description
    The Study Extent of this dataset includes the FCE Shark River Slough research sites within Everglades National Park, South Florida

    Bounding Coordinates
    FCE LTER Site SRS1a
    N: 25.761, S: 25.761, E: -80.727, W: -80.727

    FCE LTER Site SRS1c
    N: 25.755, S: 25.755, E: -80.574, W: -80.574

    FCE LTER Site SRS1d
    N: 25.746, S: 25.746, E: -80.654, W: -80.654

    FCE LTER Site SRS2
    N: 25.550, S: 25.550, E: -80.785, W: -80.785

    FCE LTER Site SRS3
    N: 25.468, S: 25.468, E: -80.853, W: -80.853

    FCE LTER Sites
    SRS1a, SRS1c, SRS1d, SRS2, SRS3

  • Attributes
    • Data Table:   Precipitation from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park, South Florida
      Attribute Name:
      SITENAME
      Attribute Label:
      sitename
      Attribute Definition:
      Name of LTER site
      Storage Type:
      string
      Measurement Scale:
      SRS1a= FCE LTER Site SRS1a
      SRS1c= FCE LTER Site SRS1c
      SRS1d= FCE LTER Site SRS1d
      SRS2= FCE LTER Site SRS2
      SRS3= FCE LTER Site SRS3
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Date
      Attribute Label:
      date
      Attribute Definition:
      Collection date
      Storage Type:
      datetime
      Measurement Scale:
      Missing Value Code:
       

      Attribute Name:
      Precipitation
      Attribute Label:
      precipitation
      Attribute Definition:
      precipitation
      Storage Type:
      data
      Measurement Scale:
      Units: centimetersPerDay
      Precision: 0.01
      Number Type: real
      Missing Value Code:
      -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded)

      Attribute Name:
      Flag
      Attribute Label:
      Flag
      Attribute Definition:
      Precipitation flag
      Storage Type:
      string
      Measurement Scale:
      ALT= Data recorded at alternate location; see submission notes for this record in Methods and Protocols section of metadata
      NDA= No data available
      POA= Potential anomaly; see submission notes for this record in Methods and Protocols section of metadata
      SIM= At least 5% of the sample interval was missing when calculating daily sum
      VALID= Data reviewed and found to be valid
      Missing Value Code:
       


  • Methods
    Sampling Description
    Rain level recorders are connected to ISCO autosamplers.The accuracy of the rain level recorders are 0.01 in. The autosampler queries the rain level recorder at least every 30 minutes for rain data. The rain level data is downloaded from the ISCO autosampler using a Dell 3800 laptop. The software used to download the information is ISCO Flowlink 3.23. To get one rain level reading per day, all the rain data is downloaded into Micosoft Excel, and the readings for a day are summed. Rain data is then transformed from inches to centimeters by multiplying the numbers by 2.54.

    Method Step

    Description
    Rain level recorders are connected to ISCO autosamplers.The accuracy of the rain level recorders are 0.01 in. The autosampler queries the rain level recorder at least every 30 minutes for rain data. The rain level data is downloaded from the ISCO autosampler using a Dell 3800 laptop. The software used to download the information is ISCO Flowlink 3.23. To get one rain level reading per day, all the rain data is downloaded into Micosoft Excel, and the readings for a day are summed. Rain data is then transformed from inches to centimeters by multiplying the numbers by 2.54.
    Submission notes:
    At SRS1a for the listed dates, 5% or more of the sample intervals were missing at the moment to calculate daily sums: 13-Feb-01, 31-Jul-01, 01-Aug-01, 28-Feb-02, 19-Dec-02, 21-Jan-03, 03-Dec-03, and 04-Jan-05.
    At SRS1c for the listed dates, 5% or more of the sample intervals were missing at the moment to calculate daily sums: 16-Mar-05, 23-May-05, 10-Nov-05.
    On 05-Jan-06 sampling at SRS1c was discontinued and transitioned to sampling at SRS1d.
    At SRS1d for the listed dates, 5% or more of the sample intervals were missing at the moment to calculate daily sums: 09-Jul-08.
    At SRS2 for the listed dates, 5% or more of the sample intervals were missing at the moment to calculate daily sums: 10-Feb-02, 11-Feb-02, 11-May-02, 12-May-02, 06-Jun-02, 24-Sep-02, 25-Sep-02, 18-Oct-02, 02-May-03, 03-May-03, 04-May-03, 05-May-03, 15-May-03, 09-Dec-03, 09-Feb-06, 09-Jul-08, 13-Sep-11, and 01-Dec-22.
    At SRS3 for the listed dates, 5% or more of the sample intervals were missing at the moment to calculate daily sums: 10-Feb-02, 07-May-02, 12-Jul-02, 21-Aug-02, 18-Oct-02, 01-Sep-06, 04-Oct-07, 08-Oct-07, 10-Jan-08, 24-Jun-08 and 08-Jul-08.
    SRS 2 precipitation data from 01-Apr-2014 through 30-Sep-2014 was collected by a rain level gauge located 350 meters NE (Latitude: 25.5519, longitude: -80.7826) from SRS 2.
    At SRS3 21-May-2023 total daily precipitation value was 12.90 cm; the value was flagged because it was much greater than the value of 0.07 cm recorded at the EDEN station (MO-215) located approximately 700 meter north of SRS3.

    Instrumentation
    ISCO autosamplers, Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge (SUTRON 5600-0425), Dell 3800 notebook

    Quality Control
    Data that is downloaded from ISCO is checked for errors (Code from "Flowlink" is 255) and for proper data intervals (every 30 minutes) using Microsoft Excel. Formula used to sum daily rain is as follows: [=IF({hour column}=0,SUM({48 rows of rain values}),"")]
  • Distribution and Intellectual Rights
    Online distribution
    https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-fce/1092/19/0c9986effe8e980767fdd49f5cc92bc9
    Intellectual Rights
    This information is released under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The consumer of these data ("Data User" herein) is required to cite it appropriately in any publication that results from its use. The Data User should realize that these data may be actively used by others for ongoing research and that coordination may be necessary to prevent duplicate publication. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur. Where appropriate, the Data User is encouraged to consider collaboration or co-authorship with the authors. The Data User should realize that misinterpretation of data may occur if used out of context of the original study. While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and associated documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. All data are made available "as is." The Data User should be aware, however, that data are updated periodically and it is the responsibility of the Data User to check for new versions of the data. The data authors and the repository where these data were obtained shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of the data. Thank you.

  • Keywords
    FCE, FCE LTER, Florida Coastal Everglades LTER, ecological research, long-term monitoring, Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park, rain, precipitation, meteorology, disturbance, disturbance
  • Data Table and Format
    Data Table:  Precipitation from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park, South Florida

    Entity Name:
    PHY_Grahl_001.csv
    Entity Description:
    Precipitation from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park, South Florida
    Object Name:
    PHY_Grahl_001.csv
    Number of Header Lines:
    1
    Attribute Orientation:
    column
    Field Delimiter:
    ,
    Number of Records:
    25324

  • Project permits
    National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2001-SCI-0071
    National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2002-SCI-0070
    National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2003-SCI-0067
    National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2004-SCI-0070
    National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2005-SCI-0081
    National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2007-SCI-0065
    National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2009-SCI-0070
    National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2011-SCI-0071
    National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2013-SCI-0058
    National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2015-SCI-0062
    National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2017-SCI-0054
    National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2019-SCI-0055
    National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2022-SCI-0029
    National Park Service scientific research and collecting permit EVER-2023-SCI-0011