Dataset title:  Water Levels from the Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida from April 1996 to 2012

Dataset ID:  PHY_Losada_001
Research type:   Long-term Physical

Dataset Creator

	Name:		Dr. Tiffany Troxler
	
	Address:
			Florida International University
			 University Park
			 OE 148
			Miami, FL 33199  USA
	
	Phone:		305-348-1453
	Fax:		305-348-4096
	Email:		troxlert@fiu.edu 
	URL:		http://wetland.fiu.edu/

	Name:		Dr. Daniel Childers
	
	Address:
			Arizona State University
			PO Box 875402
			Tempe, AZ 85287  USA
	
	Phone:		480-965-2320
	Fax:		480-965-8087
	Email:		dan.childers@asu.edu


Metadata Provider

	Organization:	Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program
	
	Address:
			Florida International University
			 University Park
			 OE 148
			Miami, FL 33199  USA
	
	Phone:		305-348-6054
	Email:		fcelter@fiu.edu  
	URL:		http://fcelter.fiu.edu  


Dataset Abstract

	Data is a compilation of 15 minute data into daily averages for use with other FCE-LTER datasets. For original dataset Meta-data and other information please visit the South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) website at https://archive.usgs.gov/archive/sites/sofia.usgs.gov/index.html (the current URL as of March 2020)


Geographic Coverage

	Study Extent Description

		The Study Extent of this dataset includes two of the FCE Taylor Slough research sites within Everglades National Park, South Florida

	Bounding Coordinates

		Geographic description:	FCE LTER Site TS/Ph6a
		West bounding coordinate:	-80.649
		East bounding coordinate:	-80.649
		North bounding coordinate:	25.214
		South bounding coordinate:	25.214
	
		Geographic description:	FCE LTER Site TS/Ph7a
		West bounding coordinate:	-80.639
		East bounding coordinate:	-80.639
		North bounding coordinate:	25.191
		South bounding coordinate:	25.191
	

	FCE LTER Sites:  TS/Ph6a, TS/Ph7a


	All Sites

		Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph6a
		Longitude:-80.649
		Latitude:25.214

		Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph7a
		Longitude:-80.639
		Latitude:25.191



Temporal Coverage

	Start Date:  1996-04-07
	End Date:  2012-09-30


Data Table

	Entity Name:  PHY_Losada_001.txt
	Entity Description:  Water Levels from the Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, South Florida 
	Object Name:  PHY_Losada_001.txt

	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:  text
		Measurement Scale: 
			Name of LTER site
		Missing Value Code: 


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


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




Methods

	Sampling Description 

		Compiled data from USGS stage data at "Upstream Taylor River" and "Taylor River at Mouth".


	Method Step 

		Description 

			Compiled data from USGS stage data at "Upstream Taylor River" and "Taylor River at Mouth".


		Instrumentation

			Visit orginial dataset Meta-data site, currently at (Mar. '08)
			http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/zucker_woods_patino/metadata.html


		Quality Control 

			During compilation of 15 minute data - any daily average that did not have greater than 86 measurements was flagged in the Dataset Anomolies section.


Distribution

	Online distribution:  https://fce-lter.fiu.edu/perl/public_data_download.pl?datasetid=PHY_Losada_001.txt


Intellectual Rights

	These data were provided openly and free of charge from the USGS SOFIA website.  They are released here with the CC0 waiver– No Rights Reserved. CC0 states that data are placed in the public domain, so that others may freely build upon, enhance and reuse the works for any purposes without restriction under copyright or database law.  The consumer of these data (“Data User” herein) has an ethical obligation 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 coauthorship 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.


Dataset Keywords

	water level
	FCE
	FCE LTER
	Florida Coastal Everglades LTER
	ecological research
	long-term monitoring
	Taylor Slough
	Everglades National Park
	hydrology
	wetland inundation regimes
	landscape
	estuarine
	freshwater
	water level
	Data Submission Date:  2013-08-04

Maintenance

	This is a long-term water level dataset and subsequent data will be appended. This dataset replaces all previous versions of PHY_Losada_001 original and  (v1-v5). The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013.


Dataset Contact

	Position:	Information Manager
	Organization:	Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program
	
	Address:
			Florida International University
			 University Park
			 OE 148
			Miami, FL 33199  USA
	
	Phone:		305-348-6054
	Fax:		305-348-4096
	Email:		fcelter@fiu.edu
	URL:		http://fcelter.fiu.edu


Dataset Submission Date 

	2013-08-04


Data Submission Notes

	For TS/Ph7a the following dates were removed from the anomolies section between v3 and v4: 28-Feb-98, 30-Aug-98, 06-Jun-00 to 08-Jun-00, 15-Jun-00.


Dataset Anomalies

	At the following SITENAME and DATES more than 10% of the readings were missing per daily average: TS/Ph6a: 30-Jul-99, 21-Aug-99, 04-Nov-99 to 06-Nov-99, 12-Nov-99, 03-Dec-99, 06-Dec-99, 09-Dec-99, 16-Dec-99, 03-Apr-00, 04-Apr-00, 04-May-00, 18-May-00, 01-Jul-00, 11-Jul-00, 18-Aug-00, 12-Oct-00, 16-Oct-00, 15-Nov-00, 14-Dec-00, 07-Feb-01, 14-Feb-01, 30-Mar-01, 08-Apr-01, 23-Jul-01, 26-Jul-01, 19-Nov-01, 17-Dec-01, 02-Jan-02, 09-Jan-02, 27-Jan-02, 25-Feb-02, 07-Mar-02, 13-Mar-02, 14-Mar-02, 18-Mar-02, 20-Mar-02, 27-Mar-02, 28-Mar-02, 03-Apr-02, 01-May-02, 03-May-02, 08-May-02, 15-Jun-02, 18-Jun-02, 17-Jul-02, 31-Jul-02, 09-Sep-02,25-Sep-02, 17-Oct-02, 25-Oct-02, 06-Apr-03 to 08-Apr-03, 14-May-03, 17-May-03, 18-May-03, 27-May-03, 01-Jun-03, 03-Jun-03 to 05-Jun-03, 10-Jun-03 to 14-Jun-03, 16-Jun-03, 18-Jun-03, 20-Jun-03, 25-Jun-03, 30-Jul-03, 04-Aug-03, 06-Aug-03, 07-Aug-03, 12-Aug-03, 14-Aug-03 to 16-Aug-03, 19-Aug-03, 29-Aug-03, 20-Oct-03, 24-Nov-03 to 02-Dec-03, 04-Dec-03, 05-Dec-03, 09-Jan-04, 10-Jan-04, 12-Jan-04, 15-Jan-04 to 17-Jan-04, 21-Jan-04, 23-Jan-04 to 25-Jan-04, 08-Feb-04, 10-Feb-04, 12-Feb-04, 14-Feb-04, 14-Apr-04 to 19-Apr-04, 24-Apr-04, 06-May-04, 10-May-04, 11-May-04, 16-May-04, 04-Oct-04, 21-Mar-05, 15-May-05, 17-May-05, 19-May-05, 20-May-05, 13-Jun-05, 25-Aug-05, 30-Aug-05, 10-Oct-05, 12-Oct-05, 09-Mar-06, 13-Mar-06, 20-Aug-06, 07-Sep-06, 23-Sep-06, 12-Sep-07, 16-Sep-07, 04-Nov-07, 13-Nov-07, 23-Apr-08, 07-Jul-08, 08-Jul-08, 24-Jul-08, 29-Jul-08, 10-Sep-09 to 15-Sep-09, 17-Nov-09 to 19-Nov-09, 21-Nov-09, 16-Feb-10 to 17-Feb-10; TS/PH7a: 30-May-96, 13-Jun-96, 01-Jul-96, 13-Jul-96, 18-Jul-96, 19-Jul-96, 22-Jul-96, 02-Aug-96, 16-Aug-96, 17-Aug-96, 19-Aug-96 to 23-Aug-96, 03-Sep-96, 08-Sep-96, 11-Sep-96, 12-Sep-96, 17-Sep-96, 03-Jan-97, 09-Jan-97 to 17-Jan-97, 21-Jan-97, 10-Feb-97, 11-Feb-97, 01-Apr-97, 25-Apr-97, 02-May-97, 28-May-97, 29-May-97, 10-Jun-97, 11-Jun-97, 14-Jun-97, 19-Jun-97, 11-Jul-97, 13-Jul-97, 18-Jul-97, 13-Sep-97, 17-Sep-97, 10-Nov-97, 04-Dec-97, 06-Dec-97, 17-Jan-98, 20-Jan-98, 23-Feb-98 to 27-Feb-98, 01-Mar-98, 02-Mar-98, 10-Mar-98, 22-Mar-98, 23-Mar-98, 25-Mar-98, 05-Apr-98 to 07-Apr-98, 10-Apr-98, 11-Apr-98, 13-Apr-98, 27-Apr-98, 30-Apr-98, 06-May-98, 15-May-98, 02-Aug-98, 04-Aug-98, 07-Aug-98 to 09-Aug-98, 11-Aug-98, 12-Aug-98, 16-Aug-98, 21-Aug-98, 25-Aug-98 to 29-Aug-98, 31-Aug-98, 01-Sept-98 to 09-Sep-98, 27-Oct-98, 30-Oct-98, 02-Nov-98, 24-Dec-98, 28-Dec-98, 01-Jan-99, 13-May-99, 28-May-99, 22-Jun-99 to 28-Jun-99, 07-Jul-99, 08-Jul-99, 14-Aug-99, 16-Aug-99, 23-Aug-99, 24-Aug-99, 26-Aug-99, 27-Aug-99, 05-Oct-99, 26-Oct-99, 09-Nov-99, 12-Nov-99, 09-Dec-99, 16-Dec-99, 08-Jan-00 to 10-Jan-00, 25-Jan-00, 09-Feb-00, 22-Feb-00, 23-Feb-00, 16-Mar-00, 21-Mar-00 to 27-Mar-00, 06-Apr-00, 07-Apr-00, 21-Apr-00, 22-Apr-00, 26-Apr-00, 08-May-00, 10-May-00, 18-May-00, 24-May-00, 29-May-00, 02-Jun-00 to 05-Jun-00, 09-Jun-00 to 14-Jun-00, 16-Jun-00, 01-Jul-00, 19-Aug-00, 21-Aug-00, 17-Sep-00, 03-Oct-00, 12-Oct-00, 20-Oct-00, 05-Nov-00, 06-Nov-00, 16-Nov-00, 14-Dec-00, 13-Feb-01, 03-Jul-01, 26-Nov-01, 02-Jan-02, 09-Jan-02, 08-May-02, 16-May-02, 17-May-02, 31-May-02, 17-Jun-02, 21-Jun-02, 17-Jul-02, 23-Jul-02, 18-Aug-02, 20-Aug-02, 01-Sep-02, 05-Nov-02, 06-Nov-02, 14-Nov-02, 15-Nov-02, 20-Nov-02 to 25-Nov-02, 16-Jan-07, 21-Jan-07 to 24-Jan-07, 03-Jan-09 to 04-Jan-09, 06-Jan-09, 21-Nov-09, 25-Apr-10 to 28-Nov-10.


Information Management Notes

	This is a long-term water level dataset and subsequent data will be appended. This dataset replaces all previous versions of PHY_Losada_001 original and  (v1-v5). The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013.