NASA Earthdata hosts a project examining the effect of wind on low-velocity surface-water flows in the Everglades wetlands and bordering subtidal embayments. The study, integrated into the TIME project, aimed to improve the treatment of wind forcing in hydrological models. Data was last updated by CEOS_EXTRA in September 1999.
Use Cases
- Modeling wind-driven flow velocities in wetland channels using wind speed and direction data.
- Analyzing relationships between wind forcing and horizontal mixing rates in subtidal embayments.
- Improving transport models for the SICS study area by incorporating scaled wind forcing data.
- Assessing the significance of wind versus other drivers like gravity and vegetative resistance on water movement.
Strengths
- Focuses on a specific, understudied physical phenomenon in a critical ecosystem.
- Project was integrated into the larger TIME (Tides and Inflows in the Mangrove Ecotone) research initiative.
Limitations
- Dataset is temporally stale, with last update in 1999.
- Specific data volume, row count, and column details are unknown.
- Geographic scope is limited to the Southern inland coastal systems of Dade County.
Provenance
- Source
- NASA Earthdata, from the CEOS_EXTRA organization.
- Collection Method
- Field studies and data collection focused on wind effects, likely involving sensor measurements.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Everglades wetlands and bordering subtidal embayments, specifically the SICS (Southern inland coastal systems) study area in Dade County, Florida, USA.