Statistical evaluation of potential redundancies in Everglades National Park's network of marsh hydro-stations
Banner KM , Liucci E, Strickland BA , McCaffrey KR . 2025. Statistical evaluation of potential redundancies in Everglades National Park's network of marsh hydro-stations. National Park Service. Homestead, FL. https://doi.org/10.36967/2308015
This report presents a purely statistical clustering approach to assess redundancies within the network of marsh hydro-stations based on their observed stage (water elevation) data recorded between January 1, 2000 (beginning of Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, CERP) and December 31, 2020. Using only a statistical analysis to determine whether two marsh hydro-stations might be considered redundant or not is dependent on the various choices made during the analysis, which we thoroughly explain in Section 4. We summarize general patterns of similarities among regional cluster-results and all-region results in Subsection 1.1 and similarities within each region’s results in Subsection 1.2. The ultimate decision for whether stations should no longer be maintained should be based on best professional judgement and domain knowledge provided by the Data Sciences Branch and others at South Florida Natural Resources Center (SFNRC).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Banner, Katharine; Liucci, Eliot; Strickland, Bradley; McCaffrey, Kelly
- Date of Issue
- 2025-01-29
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- DOI
- 10.36967/2308015
- Units
- EVER