Dataset title: Water Levels from the Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), South Florida from August 1999 to Present Dataset ID: PHY_Rubio_002 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 Water level is recorded at least hourly at TS/Ph2 and TS/Ph3. Water level is measured with acoustic water level gages that digitally record relative water height relative to the local soil surface. Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description The Study Extent of this dataset includes two sites in Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, South Florida Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: FCE LTER Site TS/Ph1a West bounding coordinate: -80.590 East bounding coordinate: -80.590 North bounding coordinate: 25.424 South bounding coordinate: 25.424 Geographic description: FCE LTER Site TS/Ph1b West bounding coordinate: -80.590 East bounding coordinate: -80.590 North bounding coordinate: 25.439 South bounding coordinate: 25.439 Geographic description: FCE LTER Site TS/Ph2 West bounding coordinate: -80.607 East bounding coordinate: -80.607 North bounding coordinate: 25.404 South bounding coordinate: 25.404 Geographic description: FCE LTER Site TS/Ph3 West bounding coordinate: -80.663 East bounding coordinate: -80.663 North bounding coordinate: 25.252 South bounding coordinate: 25.252 Geographic description: FCE LTER Site TS/Ph8 West bounding coordinate: -80.525 East bounding coordinate: -80.525 North bounding coordinate: 25.233 South bounding coordinate: 25.233 FCE LTER Sites: TS/Ph2,TS/Ph3, TS/Ph8, TS/Ph1a, TS/Ph1b All Sites Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph1a Longitude:-80.590 Latitude:25.424 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph1b Longitude:-80.590 Latitude:25.439 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph2 Longitude:-80.607 Latitude:25.404 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph3 Longitude:-80.663 Latitude:25.252 Geographic Description:FCE LTER Site TS/Ph8 Longitude:-80.525 Latitude:25.233 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 1999-08-04 End Date: 2020-12-31 Data Table Entity Name: PHY_Rubio_002.txt Entity Description: Water Levels from the Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, South Florida Object Name: PHY_Rubio_002.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 Ultrasonic water level recorders are placed at each site. The recorders collect water level readings every hour. The data is collected from the water level recorder using an HP 48G+ calculator on a monthly basis. To make a daily water level reading, all numbers are downloaded into Microsoft Excel, and all the readings from a day are averaged. Water level data is then transformed from inches to centimeters by multiplying the numbers by 2.54. Data from 29-Aug-97 to 25-May-00 were collected using a Richards Type Water Level Recorder. From 31-Aug-00 to 12-Oct-00 both the Richards Type and Ultrasonic water level recorders collected water level data to calibrate data from the Richards Type Water Level Recorder. A regression of data from both recorders was performed to calibrate data from the Richards Type Water Level Recorder to the Ultrasonic water level recorder data. From June 2004, water levels are recorded using an Infinities Pressure water level gauge. The new device was calibrated to the values from the Acoustic before removal. Method Step Description . Instrumentation Infinities USA, INC Ultrasonic water level recorders Model #220 HP 48G+ calculator Dell 3800 notebook Richards Type Water Level Recorder Model 6511 Infinities USA, INC Pressure water level recorders Quality Control Data that is downloaded from the Infinities water level gauges (WLG) is first checked for "Out of Range" values (they are deleted) (using the "Go To" command). Then the data is checked for negatives (values given especially during dry season). Negatives that are found are converted to zeros (modified Find and Replace). Next the data is checked for peaks and valleys (values that are found to be excessively high or low). Before the data is averaged per day the last data check is to see if a negative number (now a zero) causes a peak or valley (which are deleted as a peak or valley). The next several formulas are used for these checks, averaging the data set, and anomoly 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/1098/11/f38ec75e573cb762e84cce63e8595b5a 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 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 ecosystems water Data Submission Date: 2021-05-17 Maintenance This is a long-term water level dataset and subsequent data will be appended. This dataset replaces all previous versions of PHY_Rubio_002 original and (v1-v7). The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013. Dataset Contact Name: Emily Standen Position: Technical Staff Organization: Southeast Environmental Research Center Address: Florida International University University Park OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-1576 Fax: 305-348-4096 Email: estanden@fiu.edu URL: http://www.fiu.edu/~ecosyst/ 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 Project permits EVER-2007-SCI-0065 EVER-2008-SCI-0069 EVER-2009-SCI-0063 EVER-2010-SCI-0078 EVER-2011-SCI-0071 EVER-2013-SCI-0058 EVER-2015-SCI-0062 EVER-2017-SCI-0054 EVER-2019-SCI-0055 Dataset Submission Date 2021-05-17 Data Submission Notes Data interpolation used to fill gaps from 1-Jan-02 to 31-Dec-09, 01-Jul-09 to 15-Jul-09, and 29-May-10 to 15-Nov-10. For TS/Ph1a: Data interpolation used to fill gaps from 14-Jun-18 to 01-Aug-18, 08-Nov-18 to 10-Mar-19, and 04-Jun-19 to 03-Jul-19. For TS/Ph2: data interpolation used to fill gaps from 18-Oct-19 to 04-Nov-19 and 16-Nov-19 to 31-Dec-19. For specific dates please contact principal investigator. Dataset Anomalies Data missing for TS/Ph2 from 21-Jan-05 to 17-Feb-05, 07-Jan-14 to 06-Mar-14, 09-Jun-17 to 18-Jul-17, 08-Nov-17 to 08-Feb-18,14-Jun-18 to 10-Jul-18, and 19-May-20 to 05-Aug-20; Data missing for TS/Ph3 from 19-Feb-16 to 18-Apr-16, 25-Jul-16 to 26-Aug-16, 28-Aug-16, 31-Aug-16 to 3-Sep-16, 5-Sep-16, and 15-Jul-18 to 07-Oct-18; At TS/Ph1a for the listed dates, 10% or more of the sample intervals are missing used to calculate daily averages: 12-Jul-06, 05-Aug-10 to 07-Aug-10, 11-Aug-11 to 27-Aug-11; At TS/Ph2 for the listed dates, 10% or more of the sample intervals are missing used to calculate daily averages: 18-Sep-00 to 08-Oct-00, 17-Jan-01, 08-Feb-01, 22-Feb-01, 17-Mar-01, 22-Apr-01 to 26-Apr-01, 20-May-01, 23-May-01 to 24-May-01, 26-May-01, 11-Jul-01, 07-Sep-01, 20-Sep-01, 25-Sep-01 to 28-Sep-01, 07-Oct-01, 15-Oct-01, 16-Oct-01, 19-Oct-01 to 22-Oct-01, 21-Nov-01, 12-Mar-02, 19-May-02, 31-May-02 to 05-Jun-02, 15-Jun-02 to 20-Jun-02, 23-Jun-02, 24-Jun-02, 26-Jun-02 to 29-Jun-02, 01-Jul-02 to 23-Jul-02, 25-Jul-02 to 11-Sep-02, 13-Sep-02 to 22-Sep-02, 24-Sep-02 to 26-Sep-02, 16-Oct-02, 18-Dec-02, 08-Jan-03, 18-Jun-04, 19-Jun-04, 20-Jun-04, 24-Jun-04, 26-Jun-04, 29-Jun-04, 30-Jun-04, 01-Jul-04, 02-Jul-04, 20-Jan-05, 18-Feb-05, 08-Jun-17, 19-Jul-17, 07-Nov-17, 09-Feb-18, 13-Jun-18 and 11-Jul-18; At TS/Ph3 for the listed dates, 10% or more of the sample intervals are missing used to calculate daily averages: 21-Apr-11, 24-Jul-16, 14-Jul-18, and 08-Oct-18; At TS/Ph8 for the listed dates, 10% or more of the sample intervals are missing used to calculate daily averages: 13-Sep-02, 15-Nov-02, 20-Nov-02, 27-May-03, 24-Oct-05, 09-Jan-07, 21-Apr-11, 04-Nov-11, 15-Nov-11, 20-Nov-11, 19-Feb-16 to 18-Apr-16, 25-Jul-16 to 26-Aug-16, 28-Aug-16, 31-Aug-16 to 03-Sep-16, 5-Sep-16, 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_Rubio_002 original and (v1-v7). The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013.