Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Research Sites in Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, January 2003 - ongoing
At a Glance
Authors: Michael Rugge, Timothy Russell
Time period: 2003-01-08 to 2021-12-27
Package id: knb-lter-fce.1254.3
Rugge, M., T. Russell. 2023. Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Research Sites in Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, January 2003 - ongoing. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/82c13533b7323a4a7f39934c752f0da0. Dataset accessed 2024-11-07.
Geographic Coverage
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Dataset Creator(s)
- Name: Michael Rugge
- Position: Program Manager
- Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research
- Email: ruggem@fiu.edu
- Name: Timothy Russell
- Position: Geographic Information Systems Analyst and Researcher
- Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research
- Email: tmruss@wm.edu
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Dataset AbstractThe dataset includes shapefile point locations for all current and past Florida Coastal Everglades LTER sites along the two major drainages in Everglades National Park, Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough. Timothy Russell used a GeoExplorer 3 to record GPS coordinates at all FCE LTER research sites that existed in 2003. Michael Rugge added coordinates of FCE LTER research sites recorded after 2003 to the shapefile.
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Geographic CoverageBounding Coordinates
SRS1a
N: 25.76145171, S: 25.76145171, E: -80.72742805, W: -80.72742805
SRS1b
N: 25.75776827, S: 25.75776827, E: -80.72558792, W: -80.72558792
SRS1c
N: 25.7552333, S: 25.7552333, E: -80.5742667, W: -80.5742667
SRS1d
N: 25.7463, S: 25.7463, E: -80.654, W: -80.654
SRS2
N: 25.54972811, S: 25.54972811, E: -80.78520692, W: -80.78520692
SRS3
N: 25.46820617, S: 25.46820617, E: -80.85327617, W: -80.85327617
SRS4
N: 25.40976421, S: 25.40976421, E: -80.96431016, W: -80.96431016
SRS5
N: 25.37702258, S: 25.37702258, E: -81.03234716, W: -81.03234716
SRS6
N: 25.36462994, S: 25.36462994, E: -81.07794623, W: -81.07794623
SRS7
N: 25.352825, S: 25.352825, E: -81.114339, W: -81.114339
TS/Ph1a
N: 25.42388762, S: 25.42388762, E: -80.59029790000001, W: -80.59029790000001
TS/Ph1b
N: 25.43857602, S: 25.43857602, E: -80.59027402, W: -80.59027402
TS/Ph2a
N: 25.403572, S: 25.403572, E: -80.606903, W: -80.606903
TS/Ph2b
N: 25.404214, S: 25.404214, E: -80.607248, W: -80.607248
TS/Ph3
N: 25.25240534, S: 25.25240534, E: -80.66271768, W: -80.66271768
TS/Ph4
N: 25.31472178, S: 25.31472178, E: -80.52209443, W: -80.52209443
TS/Ph5
N: 25.29478536, S: 25.29478536, E: -80.52023732, W: -80.52023732
TS/Ph6a
N: 25.21418102, S: 25.21418102, E: -80.6490792, W: -80.6490792
TS/Ph6b
N: 25.21609115, S: 25.21609115, E: -80.65101654, W: -80.65101654
TS/Ph7a
N: 25.19080491, S: 25.19080491, E: -80.63910514, W: -80.63910514
TS/Ph7b
N: 25.19676203, S: 25.19676203, E: -80.64207766, W: -80.64207766
TS/Ph8
N: 25.23269749, S: 25.23269749, E: -80.52455665, W: -80.52455665
TS/Ph9
N: 25.17692874, S: 25.17692874, E: -80.48978207, W: -80.48978207
TS/Ph10
N: 25.02476744, S: 25.02476744, E: -80.68097374, W: -80.68097374
TS/Ph11
N: 24.91293492, S: 24.91293492, E: -80.93798347, W: -80.93798347
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Temporal CoverageStart Date: 2003-01-08
End Date: 2021-12-27
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MethodsMethod Step
Description
Timothy Russell recorded GPS coordinates in UTM at all FCE LTER sites except SRS 1c using a Trimble GeoExplorer 3 in January 2003. At each site, the GPS unit recorded 93-104 positions, horizontal precision, and maximum PDOP. The average position was differentially corrected at all sites except SRS 1a, SRS 1c and SRS 2. Timothy Russell created a point shapefile of the site locations from the coordinates using Pathfinder Office.
Instrumentation
Trimble GeoExplorer 3Method Step
Description
Tim Grahl recorded GPS coordinates at SRS-1c on December 1, 2004. The GPS unit used to record the coordinates and the accuracy of the coordinates are unknown. Michael Rugge converted the SRS-1c coordinates from decimal degrees to UTM and appended them to the dbf table of site coordinates collected in August 2003. Michael Rugge created a new shapefile of all of FCE LTER site coordinates using ArcView 3.3 and ArcMap 9.
Method Step
Description
GPS coordinates were recorded at SRS-1d on January 5, 2006. A Garmin eTrex Legend GPS unit was used to record the coordinates, but the accuracy of the coordinates was not recorded. Michael Rugge converted the UTM coordinates in the dbf file to decimal degree, appended the SRS-1d coordinates to the dbf table of site coordinates collected in 2003-2004, and created a new shapefile of all of FCE LTER site coordinates using ArcMap 9.
Instrumentation
Garmin eTrex Legend GPS unitMethod Step
Description
Dr. Edward Castaneda recorded GPS coordinates at SRS-7 in 2017. The accuracy of the coordinates was not recorded . Michael Rugge appended the SRS-7 coordinates to the dbf table of site coordinates collected in 2003-2006 and created a new shapefile of the FCE LTER site coordinates using ArcMap 10.
Method Step
Description
Michael Rugge merged date and time fields into one date field with the YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss format and created a new shapefile of the FCE LTER site UTM coordinates using QGIS 3.10 on April 20, 2023. An EML metadata file was created for the new shapefile.
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Distribution and Intellectual RightsIntellectual Rights
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KeywordsFCE LTER, Florida Coastal Everglades LTER, research sites, LTER, spatial vector, shapefiles, locations, coordinates, global positioning systems, geographic information systems
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Dataset Contact
- Position: Information Manager
- Organization: FCE LTER
- Address: Institute of Environment
Florida International University
Miami, FL 33199
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Metadata Provider
- Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER
- Address: Florida International University
11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148
Miami, FL 33199 USA - Phone: 305-348-6054
- Email: fcelter@fiu.edu
- URL: http://fcelter.fiu.edu