sofia news > issue #28
Summer is just about here, and we have new website additions and updates to share with you.
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+ Data:
(This is a list of new and updated data added; for a complete list of SOFIA data, visit our data exchange pages at http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/)
- New Data:
- Evapotranspiration data for Blue Cypress Marsh station added to Evapotranspiration Database
- Fluorescence of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (FDOM) data added to Near-Surface Water-Quality Surveys of the Caloosahatchee River and Downstream Estuaries, Florida, USA
- Updated Data:
- Hydrology Data (South Florida Hydrology Database)
- Coastal Gradients of Flow, Salinity and Nutrients;
- Freshwater Flows to Northeastern FL Bay;
- Hydrologic Monitoring in Joe Bay;
- SW FL Coastal & Wetland Systems Monitoring;
- Flow Monitoring Along the Tidal Caloosahatchee River & Tributaries;
- Hydrodynamic & Salinity Char. of Rivers and Estuaries of the Ten Thousand Islands;
- Empirical Studies in Support of a Pink Shrimp, Farfantepenaeus duorarum, Simulation Model for Florida Bay;
- Sediment Transport and Saline Intrusion on Cape Sable, Everglades National Park, Florida, and
- Dynamics of Land Margin Ecosystems: Historical Change, Hydrology, Vegetation, Sediment, and Climate
for projects: - Near-Surface Water-Quality Surveys of the Caloosahatchee River and Downstream Estuaries, Florida, USA
- Hydrology Data (South Florida Hydrology Database)
+ Metadata:
(This is a list of updated metadata added; for a complete list of SOFIA metadata, visit our metadata pages at http://sofia.usgs.gov/metadata/)
- Updated Metadata:
- Near-Surface Water-Quality Surveys of the Caloosahatchee River and Downstream Estuaries, Florida, USA (data set metadata)
- South Florida Hydrology Database (data set metadata)
+ New Publications:
(These postings include USGS publications as well as other selected publications that have been converted from paper to an electronic format for the web. Some publications are found on sites other than SOFIA.)
Reports:
- Effects of variations in flow characteristics through W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam on downstream water quality in the Caloosahatchee River Estuary and in McIntyre Creek in the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge, southern Florida, 2010-13 (Scientific Investigations Report 2016-5033)
2014 Project Work Plans:
- Advanced Computer Applications to Support the Greater Everglades Joint Ecosystem Modeling Effort
- Development of Trojan Y technology to control invasive fishes in the Greater Everglades
- Greater Everglades Hydrology: Integrating EDEN with Real-Time Hydrology and Biological Responses
- Greater Everglades Hydrology Monitoring Network: Data Mining and Modeling to Separate Human and Natural Hydrologic Dynamics
- Improving linkages and integration between management issues and science needs for Landscape Conservation (via SHC) in the Greater Everglades
- Joint Ecosystem Modeling: Greater Everglades Modeling Decision Support Tools and Ecosystem Models
- Optimal Control Strategies for Invasive Exotics in South Florida
- Southwest Florida National Wildlife Refuges - Greater Everglades Baseline Information and Response to CERP
- Wildlife indicators of Greater Everglades restoration progress, climate change, and shifts in ecosystem services
+ Publications recently added to SOFIA's publications database:
(These publications have been recently added to SOFIA's publications database. Publications are found on sites other than SOFIA.)
Reports:
- System-wide Indicators for Everglades Restoration 2006 Report
- System-wide Indicators for Everglades Restoration 2008 Report
- System-wide Indicators for Everglades Restoration 2010 Report
- System-wide Indicators for Everglades Restoration 2012 Report
- System-wide Indicators for Everglades Restoration 2014 Report
+ Project Updates:
- Updated Bibliography:
+ Other Website Updates:
- Updates to Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) website:
- Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (CSSS) Viewer - newly added features include downloadable sparrow habitat statistics and a daily year-by-year comparison report. Click on links under section (6) Subpopulation area daily percentages to access these features.
- Rainfall Data posted
- 2015 Q3 and 2015 Q4 Provisional Water Surface Data posted (7/1/15-12/31/15) and 2013 Q4, 2014 Q1, 2014 Q2 and 2014 Q3 Final Water Surfaces posted (10/1/13-9/30/14)
- EDEN at National Conference of Ecosystem Restoration (NCER) 2016
- EDEN Newsletter
If you are interested in receiving updates to the EDEN website, please sign up for our free EDEN Newsletter. Information can be found at http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/newsletter.php or by contacting Heather Henkel (hhenkel@usgs.gov).
- Updates to Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling Program for the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge website:
- Quarterly Update Reports:
- Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling Program for the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Quarterly Update Report - June 2015
- Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling Program for the A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Quarterly Update Report - September 2015
- Quarterly Update Reports:
- Updates to Carbonate Aquifer Characterization Laboratory website:
- See scientists, students and staff on the Collaboration page
- See references on the Capabilities page
http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/eve/index.php?rainfall=rainfall
http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/models/watersurfacemod_download.php
Poster presentation: Application of the Coastal Salinity Index (CSI) to sites in Florida Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
Talk: Computing Water-Level Gradient Vectors to Assess System Changes in Sheet Flow and Direction
Talk: Real-time Evaluation Tools: Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Habitat Viewer and Tree Island Inundation Monitoring
View NCER Speaker and Poster presentations here: http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/ncer2016/presentations.html.
+ Upcoming Meetings/Conferences:
- 13th International Coral Reef Symposium, June 19-24, 2016, Honolulu, Hawaii
- ACES: A Community on Ecosystem Services 2016 Conference, December 5-9, 2016, Jacksonville, Florida
- Mangrove & Macrobenthos Meeting MMM4 2016, July 18-22, 2016, St. Augustine, Florida
- Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) - Advancing Science - Restoring the Everglades, April 17-21, 2017, Coral Springs, Florida
- If you know of any upcoming meetings or conferences, please let us know (hhenkel@usgs.gov)!