Task 3 Report
Project:
Development of a Hydrodynamic/Salinity Model for Naples Bay and Rookery Bay
Deliverable:
Data Assessment
Due date:
September 23, 2013
Submitted by
Y. Peter Sheng (pete@coastal.ufl.edu), Vladimir Paramygin (pva@coastal.ufl.edu)
Data assessment was performed by UF and available data that could be relevant to the modeling effort
were identified. A variety of data from a number of stations are available. Depending on the location of data
stations, some data could be used to provide model forcing, other data may be used for model verification,
while some data could be used for both model forcing and model verification. Based on data availability a
tentative model verification time period: January through June of 2012 (six months) was selected. Figure 1
and Table 1 show locations of data stations and types of data and some details about available data.
A meeting was held at the University of Florida to discuss the possibility to join efforts with Taylor
Engineering who is developing a local-scale hydrological model for the Rookery Bay watershed. Participants
of the meeting include Y. Peter Sheng and Vladimir Paramygin from the University of Florida, Michael
DelCharco of Taylor Engineering, Emilio Robau of Robau Designs (coordinator of the Taylor Engineering
project), and John Loper of Interflow Engineering Company (hydrological modeler as subcontractor of Taylor
Engineering). During the meeting, a number of hydrologic stations were identified where results of the
hydrologic model may be used to provide the flow boundary condition for the UF CH3D model.
After the meeting, Taylor Engineering and Interflow Engineering provided 11 data points (Figure 1) and
average annual flows (Table 2) at each point that can be used as boundary conditions.
The hydrologic modeling effort is still ongoing so there is no time varying flow data available at the 11
stations. Therefore, for our present project, we plan to add as many hydrological data stations (with the
annual averaged flow rates) as feasible into the Naples Bay and Rookery Bay model being developed at UF.
If the hydrological modeling study is completed sufficiently early within the duration of our project, we plan
to include the time varying hydrological data into the CH3D model. Otherwise, we can include those data in
the next phase of the project.
Figures 2 through 8 show the data that was collected from different sources at the stations displayed on the
map on Figure 1.
Figure 1. Map of the domain, CH3D model grid and data stations
Table 1. Summary of data available for use in the Naples/Rookery Bay model or for model verification
Station
Location
Name
USGS
02291310
Gordon
26°08'57.9"N
River at
81°47'09.98"W
Rowing Club
Point Near
Naples, FL
USGS
02291315
Naples Bay
26°07'57.96"N
at City Dock 81°47'34.19"W
Near Naples,
FL
USGS
02291330
Naples Bay
26°05'35.28"N
at Gordon
81°47'53.31"W
Pass Near
Naples, FL
8725110
Naples, FL
26°7.9'N
81°48.4'W
RBNERR UL
Lower
26.02'57N
Henderson
81.73'32W
Creek, FL
RBNERR UH
Upper
26°03.004'N
Henderson
81°42.103'W
Creek
RBNERR MB
25° 56' 3.48 N
Middle
81° 35' 40.56 W
Blackwater
River
RBNERR FU
25° 54' 1.80 N
Faka Union
81° 30' 57.24 W
Bay
RBNERR FB
25° 53' 31.92 N
Fakahatchee 81° 28' 37.20 W
Bay
26°10'05.017''N
GG1
81°46'27.71''W
26°10'07.161''N
GG2
81°44'03.607''W
Data Type
Frequency
Start Data
End
Data
Data
Source
Gage height [NAVD88],
salinity, temperature
15 min
Jul. 9th.
2011
Now
USGS
Gage height [NAVD88],
salinity, temperature
15 min
May. 28th.
2011
Now
USGS
Gage height [NAVD88],
salinity, temperature
15 min
May. 20th.
2011
Now
USGS
6 min /
hourly
6 min /
hourly
Dec. 21th.
1992
Jan. 1st.
1996
Now
NOAA
Now
NOAA
Water temperature,
salinity, depth
15 min
2001
Now
CDMO
barometric pressure,
wind speed and
direction
15 min
Jan.2004
Now
CDMO
Water temperature,
salinity, depth
15 min
Jan. 2002
Now
CDMO
Water temperature,
salinity, depth
15 min
Jan. 2002
Now
CDMO
Water temperature,
salinity, depth
15 min
Jan. 2002
Now
CDMO
Water level
Flow (daily averaged)
Brkpt*
Daily
Jul. 2004
Sep. 2008
Now
Now
DBHYDRO
DBHYDRO
Water level
Brkpt*
Dec. 2008
Now
DBHYDRO
Wind
Water level
Station
Name
Location
Data Type
Frequency
Start Data
End
Data
Data
Source
26°10'06.406''N
Flow (daily averaged)
Daily
Dec. 2008
Now DBHYDRO
81°44'05.249''W
Brkpt*
1982
Now DBHYDRO
26°03'31.342''N Water Level
HC1
81°41'20.295''W Flow (daily averaged)
Daily
May. 2001
Now DBHYDRO
26°13'31.318''N
BCBN
Rainfall
Brkpt*
1990
Now DBHYDRO
81°48'29.304''W
26°07'47.332N''
COLGOV
Rainfall
Brkpt*
May. 1996
Now DBHYDRO
81°45'45.301W''
25°59'26.35''N
COLLISEM
Rainfall
Brkpt*
Jan. 1991
Now DBHYDRO
81°35'29.288''W
25°55'52.998''N
MARCO
Rainfall
Brkpt*
May. 2003
Now DBHYDRO
81°42'43.121''W
26°03'00.939''N
ROOK
Rainfall
Brkpt*
May. 2003
Now DBHYDRO
81°42'01.653''W
26°10'53.324''N
Oct.
NAPLE
Water level
Brkpt*
Jan. 1991
DBHYDRO
81°46'00.301''W
1999
26°10'26.326''N
GRDN
Water level
Brkpt*
Sep. 2013
Now DBHYDRO
81°47'01.302''W
26°10'04.683''N
Nov.
GOLD.W1
Water level
Brkpt*
Oct. 1964
DBHYDRO
81°46'01.848''W
2012
26°07'26.333''N
HALDEMAN
Water level
Brkpt*
Jun. 1981
Now DBHYDRO
81°45'43.301''W
26°06'14.335''N
LELY41
Water level
Brkpt*
Mar. 1980
Now DBHYDRO
81°44'46.3W''
Note: The term breakpoint is derived from the data reduction used to minimize the number of redundant
points stored in the database. Time interval may be 5-15 mins according to the data.
Table 2. Estimated hydrological flows
Flow Points Ranked by
Magnitude
Avg. Annual Flow
(cfs)
8
6
1
9
10
3
2
7
5
4
18.49
15.97
10.48
7.66
5.23
5.18
3.69
1.42
1.12
0.69
-0.5
0
0.5
Measured
-1
Water level, m (NAVD88)
Naples, FL (8725110)
2012-01-12
2012-03-12
2012-05-11
Figure 2. Measured water level at NOAA station 8725110 (Naples, FL)
Naples, FL (8725110)
10
5
0
Wind speed, m/s
15
WindSpeed
2012-01-12
2012-03-12
Figure 3. Measured wind speed at NOAA station 8725110 (Naples, FL)
2012-05-11
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
0.0
0.5
1.0
Rainfall, inches
3.5
4.0
BCBN
COLGOV
COLLISEM
MARCO
ROOK
2012-01-12
2012-03-12
2012-05-11
Figure 4. Rainfall at five DBHYDRO stations: BCBN, COLGOV, COLLISEM, MARCO and ROOK
GG1
GG2
HC1
10
Flow, cfs
8
6
4
2
0
2012-01-12
2012-02-11
2012-03-12
2012-04-11
Figure 5. Flow at three DBHYDRO stations: GG1, GG2 and HC1
2012-05-11
2012-06-10
GG1
GG2
GOLDW1
GRDN
HALDEMAN
HC1
LELY41
Water level, ft (NGVD29)
8
6
4
2
0
2012-01-12
2012-03-12
2012-05-11
Figure 6. Stage at seven DBHYDRO stations: GG1, GG2, GOLDW1, GRDN, HALDEMAN, HC1 and LELY41
40
Salinity, ppt
35
30
25
20
FB
FU
LH
MB
15
10
2012-01-12
2012-02-11
2012-03-12
2012-04-11
2012-05-11
Figure 7. Salinity at four Rookery Bay NERR stations: FB, FU, LH and MB
2012-06-10
40
35
Salinity, ppt
30
25
20
15
02291310
02291315
02291330
10
5
2012-01-12
2012-02-11
2012-03-12
2012-04-11
2012-05-11
Figure 8. Salinity at three USGS stations: 02291310, 02291315, 02291330
2012-06-10