Ecological Landscape Modeling - Everglades: ELM 500m grid regional application to SERES Project

Everglades regional: SERES Project

The target audience for this page is the scientific team developing the Synthesis of Everglades Research and Ecosystem Services (SERES) project. Thus, we do not attempt to describe the goals of the SERES Project itself, nor the documents describing the work done to date (see the SERES products).

This page provides the SERES scientists with results of ELM simulation of the Existing Condition Base (ECB), the updated full-CERP implementation (CERP0), and 3 other modified CERP planning scenarios.

The Model Documentation report on the ELM v2.8.4 historical (calibration/validation) performance assessment (including data, code, model performance assessment, and user's guide) is found in the Publications link. (Note: Code changes from ELM v2.8.4 to v2.8.6 do not effect any results related to this project).

Note: That report is separate from the documentation of the ELM applications that support the SERES project, which is the topic of this web page.

Here we document the assumptions and results of applying ELM v2.8.6 to aid in future project planning for the SERES project.

See pdf this one-page summary of the basic information on ELM and its assumptions specific to the SERES project.

Documentation of ELM v2.8.6 SERES Project results

This section links to documentation of model assumptions, inputs, and outputs for the ECB, CERP0, OPTC, OPTD, and OPTE simulation runs.

Timeline of updates to this page.

Jul 4, 2014 -- Posted results of revised OPTC restoration scenario (due to revised DMSTA run). Removed old OPTC results (very minor differences between runs). Also posted above 1-page summary of use of ELM for SERES.

Jun 6, 2014 -- Posted results of the CERP0, OPTC, OPTD, and OPTE restoration scenarios.

Jul 16, 2012 -- Revised page, making it publicly available within overall EcoLandMod site.

Jun 13, 2012 -- Posted provisional results for simulation of the ECB, and two CERP0 scenarios (using different STA-outflow concentrations).

Page Contents - Major headings

SFWMM and ELM simulations for SERES

Input data common to all ECB and CERP0 simulations

Input data specific to individual ECB and CERP0 simulations

Perfomance Indicators used to evaluate project simulations

Results: ECB, CERP0, OPTC, OPTD, and OPTE scenario runs
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SFWMM and ELM simulations for SERES

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Input data common to all (ECB, CERP0, OPTC, OPTD, and OPTE) simulations

pdf 0.4 Mb - Summary table of input data for simulations (from Decomp project; SERES apps use analogous methods).

pdf 1.2 Mb - Input map data that are common to all Decomp project simulations (same as SERES).

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Input data specific to individual (ECB, CERP0, OPTC, OPTD, and OPTE) simulations

Note: Please see the above "Summary table of input data for simulations".

For detailed hydrologic assumptions used by the SFWMM (whose managed water control structure flows drive these ELM simulations), please see the relevant documentation for the application of the SFWMM.

Water management infrastructure data

0.1 Mb, July 27, 2011 - ECB: Canal/levee and water control structure map (ECB2_STAhistTSer run).

pdf 9.3 Mb, July 27, 2011 - ECB: Water control structure attributes, including into-domain constituent (P, Cl) inflow concentrations (database export graphic) (ECB2_STAhistTSer run).

0.1 Mb, June 6, 2014 - CERP0: Canal/levee and water control structure map (CERP0 run).

pdf 9.3 Mb, June 6, 2014 - CERP0: Water control structure attributes, including into-domain constituent (P, Cl) inflow concentrations (database export graphic) (CERP0 run).

OPTC: Canal/levee and water control structure map is the same as that for the CERP0 run.

pdf 9.1 Mb, June 6, 2014 - OPTC: Water control structure attributes, including into-domain constituent (P, Cl) inflow concentrations (database export graphic) (OPTC run).

0.1 Mb, June 6, 2014 - OPTD: Canal/levee and water control structure map (OPTD run).

pdf 8.5 Mb, June 6, 2014 - OPTD: Water control structure attributes, including into-domain constituent (P, Cl) inflow concentrations (database export graphic) (OPTD run).

0.1 Mb, June 6, 2014 - OPTE: Canal/levee and water control structure map (OPTE run).

pdf 8.0 Mb, June 6, 2014 - OPTE: Water control structure attributes, including into-domain constituent (P, Cl) inflow concentrations (database export graphic) (OPTE run).

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Perfomance Indicators

(Below is the same file summary used in Decomp PIR1, and does not include what Decomp team referred to as ELM supplementary metrics). Performance Indicators are quantitative metrics used to make relative comparisons among baseline and alternative simulations. (The term Performance Measure was not used for Decomp ELM apps, as the ELM simulations were used primarily to evaluate any potential water quality constraints on the Decomp project planning).

pdf 0.1 Mb, Sep 1, 2011 - Summary table of the Performance Indicator metrics that are used to make relative comparisons among ELM-simulated baselines and alternatives. Includes description of the Performance Indicator, and guidance on their use and interpretation. (These Performance Indicators were developed by the Decomp PDT members in spring 2011, based on RECOVER Performance Measures and related documents).

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Results: scenario runs

For evaluations of the SERES project, we use relative comparisons of the full CERP (CERP0) to the Existing Condition Base (ECB), then relative comparisons of the 3 restoration options to CERP0.

In addition to the formal Performance Indicator metrics described above (for Decomp), for SERES we provide a larger suite of hydro-ecological metrics. Included are difference-maps for

chloride (Cl) concentration in surface water (conservative tracer of flows) (model variable name is "SaltSf").
velocity of surface water flows (magnitude only, model variable name is "SF_WT_VEL_mag"),
P concentration in soil porewater (model variable name is "TPSedWat"),
surface water depth (POS mean, and seasonal snapshots, model variable name is "SfWat").

Summary of Performance metrics Results for the ECB and four restoration scenario runs.

Summary graphic pdf 0.8 Mb, July 4, 2014 - ECB, CERP0, OPTC, OPTD, and OPTE: Summary graphic (area of marsh within the regional domain) of the hydro-ecological (primarily water quality) Performance Indicator differences between scenarios. (FYI, for the end-of-season TP concentrations in surface water: Dry season end is April, Wet season end is September; Example-Dry-Year is 1989, Example-Wet-Year is 1994, Example-Average-Year is 1978.)

0.1 Mb xls file, July 4, 2014 - Excel (.xls) file containing the summary data table for the above pdf graphic.

CERP0

Performance metrics Maps
Regional-domain difference-map example pdf 33.8 Mb, Jun 6, 2014 - CERP0 vs ECB: Maps of the hydro-ecological differences between the two simulations.

OPTC

Performance metrics Maps
Regional-domain difference-map example pdf 31.2 Mb, Jul 4, 2014 - OPTC vs CERP0: Maps of the hydro-ecological differences between the two simulations.

OPTD

Performance metrics Maps
Regional-domain difference-map example pdf 32 Mb, Jun 6, 2014 - OPTD vs CERP0: Maps of the hydro-ecological differences between the two simulations.

OPTE

Performance metrics Maps
Regional-domain difference-map example pdf 31.8 Mb, Jun 6, 2014 - OPTE vs CERP0: Maps of the hydro-ecological differences between the two simulations.

Projects:

Everglades regional: SERES Project

Documentation of ELM v2.8.6 SERES Project results

SFWMM and ELM simulations for SERES

Input data common to all (ECB, CERP0, OPTC, OPTD, and OPTE) simulations

Input data specific to individual (ECB, CERP0, OPTC, OPTD, and OPTE) simulations

Perfomance Indicators

Results: scenario runs