Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Mark Hansen
Publication_Date: 2015
Title:
Single-Beam Bathymetry Sounding Data Offshore from Wiggins Pass to Cape Romano, Florida (2005) in XYZ format
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name:
Archive of Bathymetry Data Collected in South Florida from 1995 to 2015
Issue_Identification: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series-1031
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, Florida
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage:
Description:
Abstract:
During the last few decades, the coastal environments of south Florida have shown signs of ecological deterioration that has been attributed to changes in freshwater inflows caused by management practices and corresponding increases of salinity and nutrient content in estuarine waters. With plans to restore water levels in the Southern Golden Gate Estates area north of Tamiami Trail to more natural conditions, changes are expected in the amount, timing, and distribution of freshwater discharge through bridges and culverts under US-41, and therefore altering current conditions in the wetlands and estuaries to the south. Bathymetric and hydrologic information throughout the Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve and adjacent ecosystems is critical for the development and calibration of hydrodynamic models that would help with the evaluation of restoration results. With construction of the Southern Golden Gate Estates Hydrologic Restoration and Tamiami Trail Culvert projects underway, the need to determine the physical characteristics of rivers and bays within the areas to the south of US-41 that will be greatly impacted by both of these projects, becomes even more urgent. There are significant physical information gaps throughout the wetlands and estuaries within the study area that still need to be addressed. Among these gaps are the bathymetry of rivers and bays of the Ten Thousand Islands Preserve, estimates of freshwater flows across the Trail, groundwater information within the marshes south of Tamiami Trail (including Specific Conductance/salinity), flows at or near the mouth of tributaries for the determination of contaminant transport, water level, and salinity data throughout the area.
This report serves as an archive of processed single-beam bathymetry data that were collected offshore from Wiggins Pass to Cape Romano, Florida in 2005. Geographic information system data products include a XYZ data, bathymetric contours, and USGS quadrangle map. Additional files include formal Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata.
Purpose:
The results of this study will prioritize information needs (bathymetric and hydrologic) for all tributaries flowing into the Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve, by conducting bathymetric surveys along priority estuarine rivers and offshore coastal areas and by describing the hydrodynamic characteristics of estuarine rivers (tidal magnitudes) and relevance to the overall circulation and mixing patterns of the area. This project addresses the collection and interpretation of data necessary to develop the present day bathymetry offshore from Wiggins Pass to Cape Romano, Florida.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 2005
Ending_Date: 2005
Currentness_Reference:
Data assumed to be constant over time but may change due to geologic processes.
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.90113
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.68651
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.81020
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.24966
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:7c8bc891-e4be-4b54-9291-31c5d00caed1
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: bathymetry
Theme_Keyword: circulation model
Theme_Keyword: hydrology
Theme_Keyword: mapping
Theme_Keyword: SANDS
Theme_Keyword: sediment dynamics
Theme_Keyword: System for Accurate Nearshore Depth Surveying
Theme_Keyword: single beam
Theme_Keyword: echosounder
Theme_Keyword: erosion
Theme_Keyword: hydrography
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: SPCMSC
Theme_Keyword: soundings
Theme_Keyword: elevation
Theme_Keyword: sea floor
Theme_Keyword: orthometric
Theme_Keyword: water depth
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters
Theme_Keyword: elevation
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
Department of Commerce, 2001, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of
Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions,
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4, Washington,
D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: US
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the identification of
the States, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the
United States, and associated areas (Federal Information Processing
Standard 5-2): Washington, D. C., NIST
Place_Keyword: Florida
Place_Keyword: FL
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of
the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-3,
Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico
Place_Keyword: Caloosahatchee River
Place_Keyword: Charlotte Harbor
Place_Keyword: Captiva Island
Place_Keyword: Wiggins Pass
Place_Keyword: Marco Island
Place_Keyword: Cape Romano
Place_Keyword: Naples
Place_Keyword: Lovers Key
Access_Constraints:
The U.S. Geological Survey requests that it be referenced as the originator of this dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.
Use_Constraints: These data should not be used for navigational purposes.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Mark Hansen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Oceanographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 600 Fourth Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mhansen@usgs.gov
Data_Set_Credit:
South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) provided funding for the study. The project was conducted as a cooperative study by personnel from the USGS in St. Petersburg, FL and the SFWMD, in Fort Myers, FL. Mark Hansen was the USGS principal investigator. Dana Wiese performed a significant portion of bathymetric survey data collection.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise, Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcGIS 10.2.1 Build 3497
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Hansen, Mark
Eduardo Patino
Publication_Date: 2003
Title:
Hydrodynamic and Bathymetric Characteristics of South Florida Estuarine and Coastal Systems
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report
Series_Information:
Series_Name: USGS South Florida Information Access (SOFIA)
Issue_Identification: SOFIA
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: http: