Dataset title: Monthly water balance data for southern Taylor Slough Watershed (FCE LTER) 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: -80.913 East bounding coordinate: -80.508 North bounding coordinate: 25.433 South bounding coordinate: 25.168 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.txt Entity Description: Monthly water balance data for southern Taylor Slough Watershed (FCE) Object Name: LT_HYW_Price_001.txt 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: https://fce-lter.fiu.edu/perl/public_data_download.pl?datasetid=LT_HYW_Price_001.txt 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. 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 co-authorship 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. Publications citing this dataset Sandoval, Estefania, René M. Price, Dean Whitman, and Assefa M. Melesse. 2016. Long-term (11 years) study of water balance, flushing times and water chemistry of a coastal wetland undergoing restoration, Everglades, Florida, USA. CATENA 144: 74-83. DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.05.007 Dataset Keywords precipitation evapotranspiration water balance groundwater FCE FCE LTER Florida Coastal Everglades LTER ecological research long-term monitoring flushing time watershed rain surface water flow Taylor Slough Taylor Slough Bridge 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: 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.