Dataset title: Precipitation from the Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida, USA, November 2000 - ongoing Dataset ID: PHY_Grahl_001 Research type: Long-term Physical Dataset Creator 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/ 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: https://fcelter.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 Geographic description: FCE LTER Site SRS1a West bounding coordinate: -80.727 East bounding coordinate: -80.727 North bounding coordinate: 25.761 South bounding coordinate: 25.761 Geographic description: FCE LTER Site SRS1c West bounding coordinate: -80.574 East bounding coordinate: -80.574 North bounding coordinate: 25.755 South bounding coordinate: 25.755 Geographic description: FCE LTER Site SRS1d West bounding coordinate: -80.654 East bounding coordinate: -80.654 North bounding coordinate: 25.746 South bounding coordinate: 25.746 Geographic description: FCE LTER Site SRS2 West bounding coordinate: -80.785 East bounding coordinate: -80.785 North bounding coordinate: 25.550 South bounding coordinate: 25.550 Geographic description: FCE LTER Site SRS3 West bounding coordinate: -80.853 East bounding coordinate: -80.853 North bounding coordinate: 25.468 South bounding coordinate: 25.468 FCE LTER Sites: SRS1a, SRS1c, SRS1d, SRS2, SRS3 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 2000-11-15 End Date: 2023-12-31 Data Table 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 Data Format Number of Header Lines: 1 Attribute Orientation: column Field Delimiter: , Number of Records: Attributes 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 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. 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Dataset Keywords FCE FCE LTER Florida Coastal Everglades LTER ecological research long-term monitoring Shark River Slough Everglades National Park rain precipitation meteorology disturbance disturbance Maintenance 1092.19: Added data through 2023, and added precipitation flag column; updated metadata (including adding submission notes about a flagged value at SRS3) Dataset Contact Position: Information Manager Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Email: fcelter@fiu.edu URL: https://fcelter.fiu.edu 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 Information Management Notes This is a long-term precipitation dataset and subsequent data will be appended. This dataset replaces all previous versions of PHY_Grahl_001 original and (v1-v8). The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013.