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Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN)

In the early 2000s, USGS developed the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) to provide water-level data for scientists, decision-makers, and managers to help monitor and assess Everglades restoration. EDEN is a real-time integrated network of 275 water-level gages, water-surface models, and applications that provides 400 x 400 meter gridded daily water-level data across the freshwater part...
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Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)
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Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN)

In the early 2000s, USGS developed the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) to provide water-level data for scientists, decision-makers, and managers to help monitor and assess Everglades restoration. EDEN is a real-time integrated network of 275 water-level gages, water-surface models, and applications that provides 400 x 400 meter gridded daily water-level data across the freshwater part...
Learn More
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Example 1 of typical canal habitat were non-native fishes occur in the Plantation/Davie area of Broward County, FL

Potential for Increased Inundation in Flood-Prone Regions of Southeast Florida in Response to Climate and Sea-Level Changes in Broward County, Florida, 2060–69

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Broward County Environmental Planning and Resilience Division, has developed county-scale and local-scale groundwater/surface-water models to study the potential for increased inundation and flooding in eastern Broward County that are due to changes in future climate and sea-level rise. The purpose is to provide information that can be used to help...
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Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)
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Potential for Increased Inundation in Flood-Prone Regions of Southeast Florida in Response to Climate and Sea-Level Changes in Broward County, Florida, 2060–69

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Broward County Environmental Planning and Resilience Division, has developed county-scale and local-scale groundwater/surface-water models to study the potential for increased inundation and flooding in eastern Broward County that are due to changes in future climate and sea-level rise. The purpose is to provide information that can be used to help...
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USGS

CFWSC Science Highlights

The purpose of this section is to draw your attention to important information that the CFWSC are conducting in your city.
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Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)
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CFWSC Science Highlights

The purpose of this section is to draw your attention to important information that the CFWSC are conducting in your city.
Learn More
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Everglades - stock image

How will Florida’s Biodiversity Respond to Climate Change?

Florida is home to 50 endangered species, 23 National Wildlife Refuges, 9 national parks, and 119 state parks. Straddling both temperate and sub-tropical zones, the state is also unique in that it is a long and narrow peninsula, surrounded on three sides by warm water, creating a dynamic environment. The impacts of climate change, such as sea-level rise and severe storms, threaten the...
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Climate Adaptation Science Centers
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How will Florida’s Biodiversity Respond to Climate Change?

Florida is home to 50 endangered species, 23 National Wildlife Refuges, 9 national parks, and 119 state parks. Straddling both temperate and sub-tropical zones, the state is also unique in that it is a long and narrow peninsula, surrounded on three sides by warm water, creating a dynamic environment. The impacts of climate change, such as sea-level rise and severe storms, threaten the state’s uniq
Learn More

Application of the National Hydrologic Model Infrastructure with the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System for Puerto Rico, Geospatial Fabric version 1.0, and Daymet version 4 Atmospheric Forcings, 1950-2021

This data release contains inputs for and outputs from hydrologic simulations for Puerto Rico using the Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) version 5.2.1, the USGS National Hydrologic Model infrastructure (NHM, Regan and others, 2018), National Hydrologic Geospatial Fabric version 1.0 (Viger and Bock, 2014), and the Daymet version 4 (Thornton et. al., 2020) atmospheric forcing...
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Water Resources Mission Area

PRMS simulator used to assess rainfall, runoff, and river flow for the National Hydrologic Model (NHM) Puerto Rico

The National Hydrologic Model (NHM) is a modeling framework which has been applied to the continental United States through the Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS). The PRMS model of Puerto Rico extends the NHM and allows the simulation of rainfall-driven hydrologic conditions in the Commonwealth. Calibration of the NHM Puerto Rico model involved an initial manual calibration to...
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Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Digital Elevation Model (DEM) at 50 m resolution for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN)

Since its inception, the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) has used the High Accuracy Elevation Dataset (HAED) digital elevation model (DEM) to provide scientists and managers with continuous water depth surfaces, derived from interpolated water stage, on a 400 X 400 meter grid. A new, high resolution LiDAR-based DEM is available through a collaboration between Everglades...
By
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

MODFLOW simulator used to assess groundwater flow for the Whiting Field Naval Air Station, Milton FL

The study of Whiting Field Naval Air Station, Milton Florida requires numerical modeling of the groundwater system to determine the fate of contaminants released at the air station in previous decades. The MODFLOW-NWT modeling code (Niswonger and others, 2011) was applied for this purpose with field data defining a number of inputs including aquifer properties and timeseries. Lithologic...
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Attributions for nonstationary peak streamflow records across the conterminous United States, 1941-2015 and 1966-2015

The U.S. Geological Survey Dakota Water Science Center, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, analyzed annual peak-flow data to determine if trends are present and provide attribution of trends where possible. Work for the national trend attributions for nonstationary annual peak-flow records was broken into seven regions that are loosely based off of two-digit...
By
Dakota Water Science Center

o FTLOADDS (combined SWIFT2D surface-water model and SEAWAT groundwater model) simulator used to Repurpose a Hindcast Simulation of the 1926 Great Miami Hurricane using the South Florida Peninsula for the Biscayne and Southern Everglades Coastal Transport

The previously developed Biscayne and Southern Everglades Coastal Transport (BISECT) model, which combines a three-dimensional groundwater model with a two-dimensional hydrodynamic surface-water model with variable-density solute-transport (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195045), was used to evaluate the hydrologic response to historical and hypothesized modern hurricane strikes...
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Water Resources Mission Area, Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

FTLOADDS (combined SWIFT2D surface-water model and SEAWAT groundwater model) simulator used to assess proposed sea-level rise response and water-resource management plans for the hydrologic system of the South Florida Peninsula for the Biscayne and Southe

The Biscayne and Southern Everglades Coastal Transport(BISECT) model combines a three-dimensional groundwater model with a two-dimensional hydrodynamic surface-water model with variable-density solute-transport. Input data files containing parameters and boundary condtions for groundwater and surface-water were developed for the calibrated model, represnting conditions from 1996 to 2004...
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Water Resources Mission Area, Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Model Data Sets for 1DTempPro and VFLUX simulation experiments to Determine Groundwater Seepage in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida

A series of vertical arrays of temperature sensor were placed in the bed of Indian River Lagoon to measure temperature time series for the vertical profile. These data were used in two numerical models, 1DTempPro and VFLUX, to estimate seepage flux rates into the lagoon.
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Water Resources Mission Area
Filter Total Items: 46

Forecasting water levels using the ConvLSTM algorithm in the Everglades, USA

Forecasting water levels in complex ecosystems like wetlands can support effective water resource management, ecological conservation, and understanding surface and groundwater hydrology. Predictive models can be used to simulate the complex interactions among natural processes, hydrometeorological factors, and human activities. The Greater Everglades in the USA is a well-known example...
Authors
Raidan Bassah, Gerald A. Corzo Perez, Biswa Bhattacharya, Saira Haider, Eric D. Swain, Nicholas Aumen
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC), Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

Representation of surface-water flows using Gradient-Related Discharge in an Everglades Network

The Everglades Depth Estimation Network interpolates water-level gage data to produce daily water-level elevations for the Everglades in south Florida. These elevations were used to estimate flow vectors (gradients and directions) and volumetric flow rates using the Gradient-Related Discharge in an Everglades Network (GARDEN) application developed by the U.S. Geological Survey in...
Authors
E. Swain, T. Adams
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Insight into sources of benzene, TCE, and PFOA/PFAS in groundwater at Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Florida, through numerical particle-tracking simulations

Past waste-disposal activities at Naval Air Station Whiting Field (NASWF) have led to elevated concentrations of contaminants in the underlying sand and gravel aquifer. Contaminants include two of the most commonly detected chemicals in groundwater in many countries (benzene and trichloroethylene (TCE)) and the “forever chemicals” per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) such as...
Authors
Eric Swain, James E. Landmeyer, Michael A. Singletary, Shannon E. Provenzano
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Water Resources Mission Area, South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC), Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Forecasting water levels using machine (deep) learning to complement numerical modelling in the southern Everglades, USA

Water level is an important guide for water resource management and wetland ecosystems, defining one of the most basic processes in hydrology. This research seeks to investigate the possibility of complementing numerical modeling with a Machine Learning (ML) model to forecast daily water levels in the southern Everglades in Florida, USA. An exact analytical solution to water level may...
Authors
Courtney S Forde, Biswa Bhattacharya, Dimitri Solomatine, Eric Swain, Nicholas Aumen
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Insight into Hurricane Maria peak flows from the development and application of the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS): Including Río Grande de Arecibo, Puerto Rico, 1981–2017

The Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) was used to develop a simulation of watershed hydrology on the island of Puerto Rico for the period 1981–2017, concentrating on the Río Grande de Arecibo, a river with some of the highest streamflows on the island. This development is part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) National Hydrologic Model (NHM) infrastructure which supports...
Authors
Eric Swain, Jason C. Bellino
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Groundwater chemistry, hydrogeologic properties, bioremediation potential, and three-dimensional numerical simulation of the sand and gravel aquifer at Naval Air Station Whiting Field, near Milton, Florida, 2015–20

The U.S. Geological Survey completed a study between 2015 and 2020 of groundwater contamination in the sand and gravel aquifer at a Superfund site in northwestern Florida. Groundwater-quality samples were collected from representative monitoring wells located along a groundwater-flow pathway and analyzed in the field and laboratory. In general, ambient groundwater in the sand and gravel...
Authors
James Landmeyer, Eric D. Swain, Carole D. Johnson, John T. Lisle, W. Scott McBride, David H. Chung, Michael A. Singletary
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Water Resources Mission Area, Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC), St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC)

The Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) surface-water interpolation model, version 3

The Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) is an integrated network of water-level gages, interpolation models that estimate daily water-level data at ungaged locations, and applications that generate derived hydrologic data across the freshwater part of the Greater Everglades landscape. Version 3 (V3) of the EDEN interpolation surface-water model is the most recent update, replacing...
Authors
Saira Haider, Eric Swain, James Beerens, Matthew D. Petkewich, Bryan McCloskey, Heather Henkel
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC), Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

Repurposing a hindcast simulation of the 1926 Great Miami Hurricane, south Florida

Hydrodynamic model hindcasts of the surface water and groundwater of the Everglades and the greater Miami, Florida, area were used to simulate hydrology using estimated storm surge height, wind field, and rainfall for the Great Miami Hurricane (GMH), which struck on September 18, 1926. Ranked estimates of losses from hurricanes in inflation-adjusted dollars indicate that the GMH was one...
Authors
M. Dennis Krohn, Eric D. Swain, Catherine A. Langtimm, Jayantha Obeysekera
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center , Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

The hydrologic system of the south Florida peninsula—Development and application of the Biscayne and Southern Everglades Coastal Transport (BISECT) model

The Biscayne and Southern Everglades Coastal Transport (BISECT) model was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey under the Greater Everglades Priority Ecosystem Studies Initiative to evaluate, both separately and in conjunction, the likely effects on surface-water stages and flows, hydroperiod, and groundwater levels and salinity in south Florida of (1) a vertical Biscayne aquifer...
Authors
Eric D. Swain, Melinda A. Lohmann, Carl R. Goodwin
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Potential for increased inundation in flood-prone regions of southeast Florida in response to climate and sea-level changes in Broward County, Florida, 2060–69

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Broward County Environmental Planning and Resilience Division, has developed county-scale and local-scale groundwater/surface-water models to study the potential for increased inundation and flooding in eastern Broward County that are due to changes in future climate and sea-level rise. These models were constructed by using MODFLOW 2005...
Authors
Jeremy D. Decker, Joseph D. Hughes, Eric D. Swain
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Using heat as a tracer to determine groundwater seepage in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, April–November, 2017

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the St. Johns River Water Management District, conducted a study to examine water fluxes in two small study areas in the Indian River Lagoon. Vertical arrays of temperature sensors were placed at multiple locations in the lagoon bed to measure temperature time series in the vertical profile. These data at one of the study areas, Eau Gallie...
Authors
Eric D. Swain, Scott T. Prinos
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Implications of refining vertical resolution of hydraulic conductivity in the numerical modeling of groundwater flow to surface water, NAS Whiting Field, Florida

Naval Air Station Whiting Field is located near Milton, Florida and is one of the Navy's two primary pilot training bases. Commissioned in 1943, historic operations at Whiting Field generated industrial wastes that contaminated soil and the water-table aquifer. The Environmental Protection Agency placed Whiting Field on the Superfund program’s National Priorities List of contaminated...
Authors
Eric D. Swain, Bruce G. Campbell, James Landmeyer
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

GARDEN - A flow vector tool for EDEN

The GrAdient-Related Discharge in an Everglades Network (GARDEN) software computes flow in the Greater Everglades with a command-line Python script (Python Software Foundation. The script validates command-line arguments, fetches necessary EDEN water-level and depth data by means of the Xarray Python package, and then converts the data to imperial units (centimeters to feet). The main...
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Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

EDEN

This package provides a set of functions for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN).
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Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Conduit Flow Process (CFP): A Program to Simulate Turbulent or Laminar Groundwater Flow Conditions

Conduit Flow Process (CFP) allows simulation of laminar and turbulent flow within a standard MODFLOW layer and/or simulation of a hybrid model (one-dimensional pipe network coupled to MODFLOW).
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Water Resources Mission Area

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Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) Thumbnail Image

Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN)

In the early 2000s, USGS developed the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) to provide water-level data for scientists, decision-makers, and managers to help monitor and assess Everglades restoration. EDEN is a real-time integrated network of 275 water-level gages, water-surface models, and applications that provides 400 x 400 meter gridded daily water-level data across the freshwater part...
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)
link

Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN)

In the early 2000s, USGS developed the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) to provide water-level data for scientists, decision-makers, and managers to help monitor and assess Everglades restoration. EDEN is a real-time integrated network of 275 water-level gages, water-surface models, and applications that provides 400 x 400 meter gridded daily water-level data across the freshwater part...
Learn More
link
Example 1 of typical canal habitat were non-native fishes occur in the Plantation/Davie area of Broward County, FL

Potential for Increased Inundation in Flood-Prone Regions of Southeast Florida in Response to Climate and Sea-Level Changes in Broward County, Florida, 2060–69

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Broward County Environmental Planning and Resilience Division, has developed county-scale and local-scale groundwater/surface-water models to study the potential for increased inundation and flooding in eastern Broward County that are due to changes in future climate and sea-level rise. The purpose is to provide information that can be used to help...
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)
link

Potential for Increased Inundation in Flood-Prone Regions of Southeast Florida in Response to Climate and Sea-Level Changes in Broward County, Florida, 2060–69

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Broward County Environmental Planning and Resilience Division, has developed county-scale and local-scale groundwater/surface-water models to study the potential for increased inundation and flooding in eastern Broward County that are due to changes in future climate and sea-level rise. The purpose is to provide information that can be used to help...
Learn More
link
USGS

CFWSC Science Highlights

The purpose of this section is to draw your attention to important information that the CFWSC are conducting in your city.
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)
link

CFWSC Science Highlights

The purpose of this section is to draw your attention to important information that the CFWSC are conducting in your city.
Learn More
link
Everglades - stock image

How will Florida’s Biodiversity Respond to Climate Change?

Florida is home to 50 endangered species, 23 National Wildlife Refuges, 9 national parks, and 119 state parks. Straddling both temperate and sub-tropical zones, the state is also unique in that it is a long and narrow peninsula, surrounded on three sides by warm water, creating a dynamic environment. The impacts of climate change, such as sea-level rise and severe storms, threaten the...
By
Climate Adaptation Science Centers
link

How will Florida’s Biodiversity Respond to Climate Change?

Florida is home to 50 endangered species, 23 National Wildlife Refuges, 9 national parks, and 119 state parks. Straddling both temperate and sub-tropical zones, the state is also unique in that it is a long and narrow peninsula, surrounded on three sides by warm water, creating a dynamic environment. The impacts of climate change, such as sea-level rise and severe storms, threaten the state’s uniq
Learn More

Application of the National Hydrologic Model Infrastructure with the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System for Puerto Rico, Geospatial Fabric version 1.0, and Daymet version 4 Atmospheric Forcings, 1950-2021

This data release contains inputs for and outputs from hydrologic simulations for Puerto Rico using the Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) version 5.2.1, the USGS National Hydrologic Model infrastructure (NHM, Regan and others, 2018), National Hydrologic Geospatial Fabric version 1.0 (Viger and Bock, 2014), and the Daymet version 4 (Thornton et. al., 2020) atmospheric forcing...
By
Water Resources Mission Area

PRMS simulator used to assess rainfall, runoff, and river flow for the National Hydrologic Model (NHM) Puerto Rico

The National Hydrologic Model (NHM) is a modeling framework which has been applied to the continental United States through the Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS). The PRMS model of Puerto Rico extends the NHM and allows the simulation of rainfall-driven hydrologic conditions in the Commonwealth. Calibration of the NHM Puerto Rico model involved an initial manual calibration to...
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Digital Elevation Model (DEM) at 50 m resolution for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN)

Since its inception, the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) has used the High Accuracy Elevation Dataset (HAED) digital elevation model (DEM) to provide scientists and managers with continuous water depth surfaces, derived from interpolated water stage, on a 400 X 400 meter grid. A new, high resolution LiDAR-based DEM is available through a collaboration between Everglades...
By
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

MODFLOW simulator used to assess groundwater flow for the Whiting Field Naval Air Station, Milton FL

The study of Whiting Field Naval Air Station, Milton Florida requires numerical modeling of the groundwater system to determine the fate of contaminants released at the air station in previous decades. The MODFLOW-NWT modeling code (Niswonger and others, 2011) was applied for this purpose with field data defining a number of inputs including aquifer properties and timeseries. Lithologic...
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Attributions for nonstationary peak streamflow records across the conterminous United States, 1941-2015 and 1966-2015

The U.S. Geological Survey Dakota Water Science Center, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, analyzed annual peak-flow data to determine if trends are present and provide attribution of trends where possible. Work for the national trend attributions for nonstationary annual peak-flow records was broken into seven regions that are loosely based off of two-digit...
By
Dakota Water Science Center

o FTLOADDS (combined SWIFT2D surface-water model and SEAWAT groundwater model) simulator used to Repurpose a Hindcast Simulation of the 1926 Great Miami Hurricane using the South Florida Peninsula for the Biscayne and Southern Everglades Coastal Transport

The previously developed Biscayne and Southern Everglades Coastal Transport (BISECT) model, which combines a three-dimensional groundwater model with a two-dimensional hydrodynamic surface-water model with variable-density solute-transport (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195045), was used to evaluate the hydrologic response to historical and hypothesized modern hurricane strikes...
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

FTLOADDS (combined SWIFT2D surface-water model and SEAWAT groundwater model) simulator used to assess proposed sea-level rise response and water-resource management plans for the hydrologic system of the South Florida Peninsula for the Biscayne and Southe

The Biscayne and Southern Everglades Coastal Transport(BISECT) model combines a three-dimensional groundwater model with a two-dimensional hydrodynamic surface-water model with variable-density solute-transport. Input data files containing parameters and boundary condtions for groundwater and surface-water were developed for the calibrated model, represnting conditions from 1996 to 2004...
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Model Data Sets for 1DTempPro and VFLUX simulation experiments to Determine Groundwater Seepage in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida

A series of vertical arrays of temperature sensor were placed in the bed of Indian River Lagoon to measure temperature time series for the vertical profile. These data were used in two numerical models, 1DTempPro and VFLUX, to estimate seepage flux rates into the lagoon.
By
Water Resources Mission Area
Filter Total Items: 46

Forecasting water levels using the ConvLSTM algorithm in the Everglades, USA

Forecasting water levels in complex ecosystems like wetlands can support effective water resource management, ecological conservation, and understanding surface and groundwater hydrology. Predictive models can be used to simulate the complex interactions among natural processes, hydrometeorological factors, and human activities. The Greater Everglades in the USA is a well-known example...
Authors
Raidan Bassah, Gerald A. Corzo Perez, Biswa Bhattacharya, Saira Haider, Eric D. Swain, Nicholas Aumen
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC), Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

Representation of surface-water flows using Gradient-Related Discharge in an Everglades Network

The Everglades Depth Estimation Network interpolates water-level gage data to produce daily water-level elevations for the Everglades in south Florida. These elevations were used to estimate flow vectors (gradients and directions) and volumetric flow rates using the Gradient-Related Discharge in an Everglades Network (GARDEN) application developed by the U.S. Geological Survey in...
Authors
E. Swain, T. Adams
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Insight into sources of benzene, TCE, and PFOA/PFAS in groundwater at Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Florida, through numerical particle-tracking simulations

Past waste-disposal activities at Naval Air Station Whiting Field (NASWF) have led to elevated concentrations of contaminants in the underlying sand and gravel aquifer. Contaminants include two of the most commonly detected chemicals in groundwater in many countries (benzene and trichloroethylene (TCE)) and the “forever chemicals” per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) such as...
Authors
Eric Swain, James E. Landmeyer, Michael A. Singletary, Shannon E. Provenzano
By
Water Resources Mission Area, South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC), Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Forecasting water levels using machine (deep) learning to complement numerical modelling in the southern Everglades, USA

Water level is an important guide for water resource management and wetland ecosystems, defining one of the most basic processes in hydrology. This research seeks to investigate the possibility of complementing numerical modeling with a Machine Learning (ML) model to forecast daily water levels in the southern Everglades in Florida, USA. An exact analytical solution to water level may...
Authors
Courtney S Forde, Biswa Bhattacharya, Dimitri Solomatine, Eric Swain, Nicholas Aumen
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Insight into Hurricane Maria peak flows from the development and application of the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS): Including Río Grande de Arecibo, Puerto Rico, 1981–2017

The Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) was used to develop a simulation of watershed hydrology on the island of Puerto Rico for the period 1981–2017, concentrating on the Río Grande de Arecibo, a river with some of the highest streamflows on the island. This development is part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) National Hydrologic Model (NHM) infrastructure which supports...
Authors
Eric Swain, Jason C. Bellino
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Groundwater chemistry, hydrogeologic properties, bioremediation potential, and three-dimensional numerical simulation of the sand and gravel aquifer at Naval Air Station Whiting Field, near Milton, Florida, 2015–20

The U.S. Geological Survey completed a study between 2015 and 2020 of groundwater contamination in the sand and gravel aquifer at a Superfund site in northwestern Florida. Groundwater-quality samples were collected from representative monitoring wells located along a groundwater-flow pathway and analyzed in the field and laboratory. In general, ambient groundwater in the sand and gravel...
Authors
James Landmeyer, Eric D. Swain, Carole D. Johnson, John T. Lisle, W. Scott McBride, David H. Chung, Michael A. Singletary
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC), St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC)

The Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) surface-water interpolation model, version 3

The Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) is an integrated network of water-level gages, interpolation models that estimate daily water-level data at ungaged locations, and applications that generate derived hydrologic data across the freshwater part of the Greater Everglades landscape. Version 3 (V3) of the EDEN interpolation surface-water model is the most recent update, replacing...
Authors
Saira Haider, Eric Swain, James Beerens, Matthew D. Petkewich, Bryan McCloskey, Heather Henkel
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC), Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

Repurposing a hindcast simulation of the 1926 Great Miami Hurricane, south Florida

Hydrodynamic model hindcasts of the surface water and groundwater of the Everglades and the greater Miami, Florida, area were used to simulate hydrology using estimated storm surge height, wind field, and rainfall for the Great Miami Hurricane (GMH), which struck on September 18, 1926. Ranked estimates of losses from hurricanes in inflation-adjusted dollars indicate that the GMH was one...
Authors
M. Dennis Krohn, Eric D. Swain, Catherine A. Langtimm, Jayantha Obeysekera
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center , Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

The hydrologic system of the south Florida peninsula—Development and application of the Biscayne and Southern Everglades Coastal Transport (BISECT) model

The Biscayne and Southern Everglades Coastal Transport (BISECT) model was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey under the Greater Everglades Priority Ecosystem Studies Initiative to evaluate, both separately and in conjunction, the likely effects on surface-water stages and flows, hydroperiod, and groundwater levels and salinity in south Florida of (1) a vertical Biscayne aquifer...
Authors
Eric D. Swain, Melinda A. Lohmann, Carl R. Goodwin
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Potential for increased inundation in flood-prone regions of southeast Florida in response to climate and sea-level changes in Broward County, Florida, 2060–69

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Broward County Environmental Planning and Resilience Division, has developed county-scale and local-scale groundwater/surface-water models to study the potential for increased inundation and flooding in eastern Broward County that are due to changes in future climate and sea-level rise. These models were constructed by using MODFLOW 2005...
Authors
Jeremy D. Decker, Joseph D. Hughes, Eric D. Swain
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Using heat as a tracer to determine groundwater seepage in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, April–November, 2017

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the St. Johns River Water Management District, conducted a study to examine water fluxes in two small study areas in the Indian River Lagoon. Vertical arrays of temperature sensors were placed at multiple locations in the lagoon bed to measure temperature time series in the vertical profile. These data at one of the study areas, Eau Gallie...
Authors
Eric D. Swain, Scott T. Prinos
By
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Implications of refining vertical resolution of hydraulic conductivity in the numerical modeling of groundwater flow to surface water, NAS Whiting Field, Florida

Naval Air Station Whiting Field is located near Milton, Florida and is one of the Navy's two primary pilot training bases. Commissioned in 1943, historic operations at Whiting Field generated industrial wastes that contaminated soil and the water-table aquifer. The Environmental Protection Agency placed Whiting Field on the Superfund program’s National Priorities List of contaminated...
Authors
Eric D. Swain, Bruce G. Campbell, James Landmeyer
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Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

GARDEN - A flow vector tool for EDEN

The GrAdient-Related Discharge in an Everglades Network (GARDEN) software computes flow in the Greater Everglades with a command-line Python script (Python Software Foundation. The script validates command-line arguments, fetches necessary EDEN water-level and depth data by means of the Xarray Python package, and then converts the data to imperial units (centimeters to feet). The main...
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Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

EDEN

This package provides a set of functions for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN).
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Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)

Conduit Flow Process (CFP): A Program to Simulate Turbulent or Laminar Groundwater Flow Conditions

Conduit Flow Process (CFP) allows simulation of laminar and turbulent flow within a standard MODFLOW layer and/or simulation of a hybrid model (one-dimensional pipe network coupled to MODFLOW).
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