Subcommittee 6 Report
Update April 19, 2005
Identifying the data that are currently available
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M. Cohen currently collecting hydrologic and water quality data from web sources, SRWMD, USGS
etc. see working document http://suwanneeho.ifas.ufl.edu/hydro_data.htm
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Meeting April 14, 2005 with Tom Greenlaugh, Rick Copeland, Rick Green (FL Geol Survey), Jon
Martin, M. Cohen, K. McKee./
o We learned a new word: swallette where stream is swallowed into the ground.
From T. Greenlaugh – tasks, description
o FAVA- Statewide, Alachua County both maps and reports. – Greenhalgh
They made coverages of the 3 aquifers, probably by county – Robin Hubbard of Alachua
County EPD would know.
o Trends (Spring water quality). – Copeland
o FL/GA Geology. – Copeland/T. Scott
o National Drastic web address. – Greenhalgh
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~aggrass/GROUNDWATER/dras2mil.html
o STATEMAP Geology Map Gainesville West hardcopy. – Greenhalgh
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/geology/programs/pdf/aasg_statemap_2005.pdf - these chosen
based on annual MAC meetings National Cooperative Mapping Program
o Link to borehole data. – Greenhalgh
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/geology/gisdatamaps/litholog.htm
Rick Green will tell us how to use the website. 1,800 in the warehouse, 20% described
No map of borehole locations yet – working on it. Info Circ. 103 (out of print) discusses
up to late 70s. Ron Ceryak copied this to SRWMD so they have best locational data.
Rick Green says download data from FGS and SRWMD.
They do 6-10 boreholes per year.
o Springs Quarterly Sampling data. – Means
13 springs, 8-10 wells , 10-12 years of data; Hornsby has the raw data. Copeland does
analysis on subset of the springs that are monitored.
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K. McKee to mesonet conference in Jacksonville FL to learn about available weather data sources. Met
with Paul Ruscher, Pat Welch there. See http://suwanneeho.ifas.ufl.edu/climate_data.htm for current
list of data. Got feedback from D. Bosch, P. Welch and G. Mahon on weather data. P. Welch will
supply info on results of the mesonet workshop. Included J. Jacobs ET model work.
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CUAHSI HIS conference in Austin, TX.
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3/3/05 K. McKee and M. Cohen visited USGS – Tallahassee.
Update March 8th, 2005
This is a first draft of the Subcommittee 6 report. This particular committee is not
charged with science questions per se, but does need to contribute to identifying core data
requirements. We also will provide, by the end of the proposal process, a list of
personnel/computing/instrumentation capacity within the HO team, and what needs the
HO will fill.
Overarching Question for the Suwannee River HO
How can we most efficiently link the research and educational communities with the data
resources for the entire Suwannee River basin?
Specific Goals
- Identify the data that are currently available. Develop a common data model for
their dissemination and quality control.
- Define which data are necessary for supporting research and education efforts in
the Suwannee Basin.
- Develop cyber-architecture that will link partner institutions and agencies
through the Hydrologic Observatory. Allow parallel/GRID computing, high
bandwidth data transmission, data telemetry and processing, software capability
and database design to organize and disseminate relevant information to users.
Core Data Requirements
The core data requirements of the HO require calibrating our research and education
questions. However, we have been compiling numerous data sources that will clearly
form the backbone of the data repository of the HO (so-called foundational data). These
data (spatial, temporal, references) are being compiled into a master database that will
soon be searchable. Data, primarily spatial, compiled for the basin are available at
http://suwanneeho.ifas.ufl.edu/current_data.pdf. Additional data capacity includes
access the USGS NWIS data for flow and water quality information from throughout the
Suwannee Basin, SRWMD’s WARN data (groundwater wells, lake and river stage data)
Personnel, Computing and Instrumentation
We’ve made little progress being specific about this section. More will follow (upon
return from the HIS symposium). In particular, we have started a survey of the entire HO
team to identify what instrumentation are available and what they collect.