Shark Slough Water Level Correlation Analysis
Probst RJ and Rosendahl PC. 1981. Shark Slough Water Level Correlation Analysis. SFRC T-618. South Florida Natural Resources Center. Homestead, Flordia
Water level measurements were taken over a 2 year period at 54 staff gauges and 16 continuously recording gauges in the Shark Slough region of Everglades National Park in south Florida. Data sets from these gauges were compared via linear regression and correlation analysis. It was determined that continuous recording gauges can be used to estimate water level at the staff gauge locations with regression equations to an acceptable degree of accuracy. Regression equations, confidence intervals were presented for all station pairings meeting minimum criteria for water level estimation. Correlation analysis points out distinctions in water level relations in hydrologic sub-units of Shark Slough and the surrounding area. Information derived from the tudy could be used to determine which continuous recording gauges are essential for continued hydrologic monitoring in Shark Slough as well as to provide predictive relationships between nearby gauges to decrease the need for wide-scale monitoring.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Probst, Robert; Rosendahl, Peter
- Date of Issue
- 1981-04
- Publisher
- South Florida Natural Resources Center
- Units
- EVER
- Keywords
- Correlation, everglades, SFNRCTRS, shark, slough, Water