Dataset title: Monthly water balance data for southern Taylor Slough Watershed (FCE) from January 2001 to December 2011 Dataset ID: LT_HYW_Price_001 Research type: Short-Term Physical Dataset Creator Name: Dr Rene Price Position: Principal Investigator Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Address: 11200 SW 8th St. SERC OE-148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-3119 Fax: 305-348-3877 Email: pricer@fiu.edu URL: www.fiu.edu/~pricer 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 The following abstract is from Sandoval (2013). The purpose of this research was to investigate the water balance, flushing time, and water chemistry of Taylor Slough; one of the main natural waterways of the coastal Everglades, during its early stages of restoration. Watershed flushing times were estimated as the surface water volume divided by the total water outputs. Both the water balance and water residence times were calculated on monthly from 2001 – 2011. Flushing times varied between 3 and 78 days, with the highest values occurring in December and the lowest in May. Flushing times were negatively correlated with evapotranspiration (ET), but were longer when surface water volume exceeded ET and shorter when ET exceeded water volume. Dataset Purpose To provide estimates of evaporation from Florida Bay. Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description The Study Extent of this dataset includes the Southern Taylor Slough Watershed, Everglades National Park, South Florida Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: Southern Taylor Slough Watershed West bounding coordinate: -80.508 East bounding coordinate: -80.913 North bounding coordinate: 25.168 South bounding coordinate: 25.433 Geographic description: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Study Area: South Florida, Everglades National Park, and Florida Bay West bounding coordinate: -81.078 East bounding coordinate: -80.490 North bounding coordinate: 25.761 South bounding coordinate: 24.913 FCE LTER Sites: Southern Taylor Slough All Sites Geographic Description:Southern Taylor Slough Watershed Longitude:-80.519 Latitude:25.088 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 2001-01-01 End Date: 2011-12-31 Data Table Entity Name: LT_HYW_Price_001 Entity Description: Monthly water balance data for southern Taylor Slough Watershed (FCE) Object Name: LT_HYW_Price_001 Data Format Number of Header Lines: 1 Attribute Orientation: column Field Delimiter: , Number of Records: Attributes Attribute Name: Date Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Collection date Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Rain Attribute Label: Rain Attribute Definition: total monthly rain Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: cubicMeterPerMonth Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Evapotranspiration Attribute Label: ET Attribute Definition: total monthly ET Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: cubicMeterPerMonth Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Qin Attribute Label: Surface Water Flow beneath Taylor Slough Bridge Attribute Definition: total monthly water flow Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: cubicMeterPerMonth Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Qout Attribute Label: Surface water Flow out of Taylor Slough Attribute Definition: Total monthly water flow Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: cubicMeterPerMonth Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: S Attribute Label: Change in Storage Attribute Definition: Total monthly change in surface water storage Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: cubicMeterPerMonth Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: R Attribute Label: Residual Attribute Definition: Groundwater Discharge (+) or Groundwater Recharge (-) Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: cubicMeterPerMonth Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: V Attribute Label: Volume Attribute Definition: Volume of surface water in watershed Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: cubicMeterPerMonth Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Tr Attribute Label: Residence Time Attribute Definition: Surface Water Residence Time Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: nominalDay Precision: 1 Number Type: integer Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded ) Methods Sampling Description This dataset provides data from the Southern Taylor Slough Watershed, Everglades National Park, South Florida Method Step Description Methods described in Master's Thesis entitled "Ten Year Study ofn Water Flushing Times and Water Quality in Southern Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, FL" . Please see citation information. Citation Sandoval, Estefania 1905-07-05. Ten Year Study ofn Water Flushing Times and Water Quality in Southern Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, FL. M.S., Florida International University , 111 pp. Instrumentation Please see citation information for instrumentation details Quality Control Dataset is inspected by PI for QA/QC; standard validation checks for negative numbers, graphs to detect potential outliers . Distribution Online distribution: http://fcelter.fiu.edu/perl/public_data_download.pl?datasetid=LT_HYW_Price_001.txt Intellectual Rights These data are classified as 'Type I' whereby original FCE LTER experimental data collected by individual FCE researchers are available for scientific purposes 2 years after collection. Maximum lock period = 2 years. All publications based on this dataset must cite the data Contributor, the Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program and that this material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation through the Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research program under Cooperative Agreements #DBI-0620409, and #DEB-9910514. Additionally, two copies of the manuscript must be submitted to the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Office, LTER Program Manager, Florida International University, Southeast Environmental Research Center, OE 148, University Park, Miami, Florida 33199. For a complete description of the FCE LTER Data Distribution and Data User Agreement, please go to FCE Data Management Policy at http://fcelter.fiu.edu/data/DataMgmt.pdf and LTER Network Data Access Policy at http://fcelter.fiu.edu/data/core/data_user_agreement/distribution_policy.html. Dataset Keywords FCE Florida Coastal Everglades LTER ecological research long-term monitoring water balance flushing time water chemistry watershed evapotranspiration rain precipitation surface water flow Taylor Slough Taylor Slough Bridge residual groundwater groundwater discharge groundwater recharge residence time Everglades National Park hydrology water policies Data Submission Date: 2015-02-17 Maintenance This is a short-term hydrology & water policiesl dataset and subsequent data and and subsequent data will be appended. Dataset Contact Position: Information Manager Organization: LTER Network Office Address: UNM Biology Department, MSC03-2020 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA Phone: 505 277-2535 Fax: 505 277-2541 Email: tech-support@lternet.edu URL: http://www.lternet.edu 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 2015-02-17 Data Submission Notes As per Dr. Rene Price, these data will not be updated as project has ended (Feb. 2016) Dataset Anomalies Data Gaps of missing data occur between 01Oct2002 and 26Oct2002| 09Feb2003 and 18Jul2003| 24Oct2003|30June2004 Information Management Notes This is a long-term hydrology & water policies dataset and subsequent data and and subsequent data will be appended.