Dataset title: Water Depths and Water Temperatures near Soil Surface from Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, October 2000 - ongoing Dataset ID: PHY_Grahl_002 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 US 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 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 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 Water depth (from October 2000 to present) and water temperature (from September 2021 to present) are recorded at least hourly at SRS1c (not active), SRS1d, SRS2, SRS3, SRS4, SRS5, and SRS6. Water depth is measured with pressure water level loggers (Infinities USA or HOBO) that record water height relative to the local soil surface. Water temperature near soil surface is measured with HOBO loggers. Note by IM (2021): The water meters at some of the SRS sites have been moved over the years as boardwalks have been reconstructed. There is no set survey datum for these sites, so it is impossible to correct the data to an actual datum. For hydrologic applications, it may be better to use water level data from USGS stations. Geographic Coverage Bounding Coordinates 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: 25.55 South bounding coordinate: 25.55 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 Geographic description: FCE LTER Site SRS4 West bounding coordinate: -80.964 East bounding coordinate: -80.964 North bounding coordinate: 25.41 South bounding coordinate: 25.41 Geographic description: FCE LTER Site SRS5 West bounding coordinate: -81.032 East bounding coordinate: -81.032 North bounding coordinate: 25.377 South bounding coordinate: 25.377 Geographic description: FCE LTER Site SRS6 West bounding coordinate: -81.078 East bounding coordinate: -81.078 North bounding coordinate: 25.365 South bounding coordinate: 25.365 FCE LTER Sites: SRS1c, SRS1d, SRS2, SRS3, SRS4, SRS5, SRS6 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 2000-10-29 End Date: 2023-12-31 Data Table Entity Name: PHY_Grahl_002.csv Entity Description: Water Depths and Water Temperatures near Soil Surface from Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA Object Name: PHY_Grahl_002.csv Data Format Number of Header Lines: 1 Attribute Orientation: column Field Delimiter: , Number of Records: Attributes Attribute Name: SITENAME Attribute Label: Site name Attribute Definition: Name of LTER site Storage Type: string Measurement Scale: SRS1c= FCE LTER Site SRS1c SRS1d= FCE LTER Site SRS1d SRS2= FCE LTER Site SRS2 SRS3= FCE LTER Site SRS3 SRS4= FCE LTER Site SRS4 SRS5= FCE LTER Site SRS5 SRS6= FCE LTER Site SRS6 Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Date Attribute Label: Date Attribute Definition: Collection date Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: WaterDepth Attribute Label: Mean daily water depth Attribute Definition: Mean daily water depth Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: WaterTemperature Attribute Label: Mean daily water temperature Attribute Definition: Mean daily water temperature Storage Type: float Measurement Scale: Units: celsius Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: WaterDepthSensor Attribute Label: Water depth sensor Attribute Definition: Water depth sensor used Storage Type: string Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: NA (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: WaterTemperatureSensor Attribute Label: Water temperature sensor Attribute Definition: Water temperature sensor used Storage Type: string Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: NA (Value will never be recorded) Methods Method Step Description Infinities pressure water level recorders or HOBO water level loggers and HOBO water temperature loggers are placed at each site. The recorders collect water level and water temperature readings at least every hour. The data are collected monthly, and all the readings from a day are averaged. From October 2000, water depths were recorded using Infinities Pressure water level loggers. In 2021, the Infinities pressure water level recorders from SRS 4, 5 & 6 were replaced by HOBO U20 Series Water level loggers. In September 2021, water temperature near soil surface was added as a new variable to the dataset, the data are collected using HOBO water temp Pro v2 loggers or HOBO U20 Series Water level loggers. In 2022, the Infinities pressure water level recorders from SRS 1d, 2 & 3 were replaced by HOBO U20 Series Water level loggers. Submission notes: At SRS1c for the listed dates, 10% or more of the sample intervals used to calculate daily averages are missing: 9-Sep-05, and 10-Nov-05. At SRS1d for the listed date, 10% or more of the sample intervals used to calculate daily averages are missing: 21-Jan-15. At SRS2 for the listed dates, 10% or more of the sample intervals used to calculate daily averages are missing: 6-Jun-02, 16-Jul-02, 25-Sep-02, 26-Oct-02, 27-Oct-02, 7-Nov-02, 20-Feb-03, 1-Mar-04, 19-May-04, 20-May-04, 21-Sep-06, 19-Mar-07 and 19-Aug-07. At SRS3 for the listed dates, 10% or more of the sample intervals used to calculate daily averages are missing: 12-Jun-01, 23-Jul-01, 14-Jul-02, 23-Sep-02, 11-Feb-03, 12-Feb-03, 19-Feb-03, 20-Feb-03, 6-Apr-06, 11-May-06 and 24-Apr-2011. At SRS4 for the listed dates, 10% or more of the sample intervals used to calculate daily averages are missing: 25-Jul-01, 23-Sep-02, 25-Sep-02, 28-Sep-02, 29-Sep-02, 1-Oct-02 to 3-Oct-02, 23-Jan-03, 22-Apr-03, 11-May-03, 29-Mar-07 and 09-Dec-09. At SRS5 for the listed dates, 10% or more of the sample intervals used to calculate daily averages are missing: 29-Dec-00, 25-Jul-01, 31-Jul-01, 21-Nov-02, 4-Dec-02, 5-Dec-02, 7-Dec-02 to 9-Dec-02, 20-Dec-02, 22-Dec-02 to 24-Dec-02, 31-Dec-02, 1-Jan-03, 3-Jan-03, 22-Apr-03, 11-May-03, 30-Jul-03, 31-Jul-03, 29-Jan-04, 30-Oct-05, 8-Jan-06, 30-Apr-06, 5-Dec-06, 8-Dec-06, 9-Dec-06, 10-Dec-06, 19-Dec-06, 29-Dec-06 to 31-Dec-06, 10-Jan-07, 15-Jan-07, 26-Jan-07, 30-Jan-07, 31-Jan-07, 5-Feb-07, 11-Feb-07 to 13-Feb-07, 16-Feb-07, 17-Feb-07, 19-Feb-07, 20-Feb-07, 21-Feb-07, 24-Feb-07 to 26-Feb-07, 4-Mar-07 to 7-Mar-07, 12-Mar-07 to 14-Mar-07, 19-Mar-07, 21-Mar-07 to 31-Mar-07, 8-Apr-07 to 10-Apr-07, 22-Apr-07 to 25-Apr-07, 8-May-07, 23-May-07 to 25-May-07, 31-May-07, 16-Nov-07, 18-Dec-07 to 20-Dec-07, 2-Jan-08 to 5-Jan-08, 15-Jan-08 to 17-Jan-08, 20-Jan-08, 21-Jan-08, 3-Feb-08, 4-Feb-08, 11-Feb-08, 12-Feb-08, 14-Feb-08, 15-Feb-08, 19-Feb-08, 20-Feb-08, 24-Feb-08 to 26-Feb-08, 28-Feb-08, 9-Mar-08, 17-Mar-08, 18-Mar-08, 16-Apr-08, 1-May-08, 26-May-08 to 29-May-08, 7-Jun-08, 8-Jun-08, 14-Jun-08, 9-Sep-08, 19-Nov-08, 23-Nov-08, 2-Dec-08 to 4-Dec-08, 8-Dec-08, 9-Dec-08, 13-Dec-08, 14-Dec-08, 22-Dec-08 to 31-Dec-08, 01-Jan-09 to 12-Jan-09, 14-Jan-09 to 19-Jan-09, 21-Jan-09 to 02-feb-09 and 04-Feb-09. At SRS6 for the listed dates, 10% or more of the sample intervals used to calculate daily averages are missing: 24-Dec-00, 6-Feb-01, 7-Feb-01, 19-Feb-01, 30-Apr-01, 27-Aug-01, 17-Dec-01, 17-Jan-02, 26-Jan-02 to 29-Jan-02, 2-Apr-02, 13-May-02, 20-Nov-02, 29-Nov-02, 2-Dec-02 to 7-Dec-02, 9-Dec-02 to 12-Dec-02, 15-Dec-02 to 20-Dec-02, 22-Dec-02, 23-Dec-02, 29-Dec-02, 30-Dec-02, 7-Jan-03, 14-Jan-03, 16-Jan-03, 17-Jan-03, 21-Jan-03, 22-Jan-03, 25-Jan-03 to 6-Feb-03, 10-Feb-03, 13-Feb-03 to 15-Feb-03, 17-Feb-03, 18-Feb-03, 25-Feb-03 to 28-Feb-03, 1-Apr-03, 2-Apr-03, 22-Apr-03, 30-Jul-03, 31-Jul-03, 29-Nov-03, 7-Dec-03, 9-Dec-03, 21-Dec-03 to 25-Dec-03, 5-Jan-04, 12-Jan-04, 8-Feb-04, 17-Feb-04 to 19-Feb-04, 26-Mar-04, 28-Jun-04, 29-Jun-04, 12-Dec-04 to 16-Dec-04, 21-Dec-04, 22-Dec-04, 25-Dec-04, 27-Dec-04 to 29-Dec-04, 8-Jan-05 to 11-Jan-05, 17-Jan-05 to 20-Jan-05, 24-Jan-05, 25-Jan-05, 5-Feb-05, 6-Feb-05, 19-Feb-05, 20-Feb-05, 4-Mar-05, 9-Mar-05, 4-Apr-05, 17-Apr-05, 11-Oct-05, 8-Dec-05, 10-Jan-06 to 13-Jan-06, 19-Jan-06, 26-Jan-06 to 29-Jan-06, 7-Feb-06, 9-Feb-06, 10-Feb-06, 13-Feb-06 to 17-Feb-06, 22-Feb-06 to 25-Feb-06, 27-Feb-06, 28-Feb-06, 1-Mar-06, 8-Mar-06, 9-Mar-06, 28-Apr-06 to 30-Apr-06, 11-Jun-06, 5-Aug-06, 29-Aug-06 to 31-Aug-06, 4-Sep-06 to 13-Sep-06, 20-Sep-06, 22-Sep-06 to 25-Sep-06, 28-Sep-06, 2-Oct-06, 12-Oct-06, 13-Oct-06, 19-Oct-06 to 25-Oct-06, 28-Oct-06, 31-Oct-06 to 8-Nov-06, 26-Nov-06, 27-Nov-06, 1-Dec-06 to 11-Dec-06, 27-Mar-07, 12-Aug-09 and 02-Nov-09. At SRS1d for the listed dates, the water depth sensor changed position: 09-Sep-2009, 14-Jan-2010, 04-Jan-2011, 21-Jan-2015, 08-Mar-2018 and 5-Nov-2022. At SRS2 for the listed dates, the water depth sensor changed position: 12-May-2009, 24-Aug-2018, 08-Dec-2020 and 12-Oct-2022 At SRS3 for the listed dates, the water depth sensor changed position: 25-Mar-2003, 09-Sep-2009, 07-Set-2011, 01-Nov-2012, 11-Aug-2015 and 05-Nov-2022 At SRS4 for the listed dates, the water depth sensor changed position: 18-Feb-2003, 02-Nov-2009, 24-May-2010, 11-Feb-2014, 11-Feb-2016, 17-May-2016, 04-Aug-2020 and 21-Sep-2021. At SRS5 for the listed dates, the water depth sensor changed position: 18-Feb-2003, 26-Jul-2010, 17-Oct-2012, 05-Sep-2013, 11-Mar-2019, 24-Sep-2019 and 07-Oct-2021. At SRS6 for the listed dates, the water depth sensor changed position: 08-Dec-2005, 27-Mar-2007, 12-Oct-2009, 21-Dec-2010, 13-Aug-2014, 22-Oct-2018 and 19-Oct-2021. At SRS1d for the listed dates, the Infinities USA water depth sensor was redeployed to match the water level at the site: 14-Dec-2011, 12-Apr-2012, 7-May-2012, 21-Jan-2015, 9-Apr-2015, 27-May-2015, 17-Sep-2015 and 19-Jun-2017. At SRS2 for the listed dates, the Infinities USA water depth sensor was redeployed to match the water level at the site: 17-Dec-2012, 26-Jan-2017 and 22-Nov-2019. At SRS3 for the listed dates, the Infinities USA water depth sensor was redeployed to match the water level at the site: 13-Jul-2011, 21-Dec-2011, 01-Feb-2012, 17-Dec-2012, 20-Jun-2013, 10-May-2016 and 01-Jul-2019. At SRS4 for the listed dates, the Infinities USA water depth sensor was redeployed to match the water level at the site: 09-Dec-2009, 10-Apr-2012, 12-Nov-2013, 09-Sep-2014, 05-Jan-2016 and 12-Apr-2016, At SRS5 for the listed dates, the Infinities USA water depth sensor was redeployed to match the water level at the site: 04-Feb-2009, 02-Nov-2009, 09-Sep-2014, 10-May-2017 and 05-Nov-2018. At SRS6 for the listed dates, the Infinities USA water depth sensor was redeployed to match the water level at the site: 02-Nov-2009, 05-Nov-2018 and 10-Dec-2020. Instrumentation Infinities USA, INC Ultrasonic water level recorders Model #220; Infinities USA, INC Pressure Water Level Data Logger; HOBO U20 Series Water Level Logger; HOBO U20L Series Water Level Logger; HOBO Water Temp Pro v2 logger; HOBO Waterproof Shutter U-DTW-1 Quality Control The data are downloaded from the loggers; they are checked for negatives (values given especially during dry season). Negatives that are found are converted to zeros. Next the data are checked for peaks and valleys (values that are found to be excessively high or low). Lastly the data are averaged per day. The next several formulas are used for these checks, averaging the data set, and anomaly investigation: [=IF({time}=0,AVERAGE({24 values}),"")], [=IF(COUNT({24 values})>=22,"",{date at zero time})], [=IF(COUNT(D8:D10)>=2,IF(OR(ABS(D8-D9)<2,ABS(D9-D10)<2,D9=""),""),"")], [=IF(ISNUMBER(D9),IF(D9<>0,"",IF(AND(ABS(D9-D8)<2,ABS(D9-D10)<2),"")),"")]. Distribution Online distribution: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-fce/1094/19/7716ed4c1c1c4e0d324bf377254455a8 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 wetland inundation regimes water temperature long term monitoring hydrology depth disturbance disturbance Maintenance 1094.19: Added data through 2023; updated metadata (including addition of QUDT unit annotations) 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