scholarly journals A 240-Year Stable Oxygen and Carbon Isotopic Record in a Coral from South Florida: Implications for the Prediction of Precipitation in Southern Florida

Palaios ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Koenraad Swart ◽  
Richard E. Dodge ◽  
Harold J. Hudson
Keyword(s):  
South Florida ◽  
Carbon Isotopic ◽  
Stable Oxygen ◽  
Southern Florida

Formation processes of cemented features in karstic cave sites revealed using stable oxygen and carbon isotopic analyses: A case study at middle paleolithic Amud Cave, Israel

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Shahack-Gross ◽  
Avner Ayalon ◽  
Paul Goldberg ◽  
Yuval Goren ◽  
Boaz Ofek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Paleolithic ◽  
Formation Processes ◽  
Carbon Isotopic ◽  
Isotopic Analyses ◽  
Stable Oxygen

ORIGIN AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE WEEVILS OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE)

1994 ◽  
Vol 126 (3) ◽  
pp. 819-839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert S. Anderson ◽  
Stewart B. Peck
Keyword(s):  
Florida Keys ◽  
Habitat Diversity ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Habitat Types ◽  
Species Origin ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Southern Florida ◽  
Unintentional Action ◽  
Important Site

AbstractThe naturally occurring weevil (Curculionidae) fauna of Dade and Monroe counties in southern Florida is composed of 100 genera and 222 species. Another 20 species are adventive; their presence is due to the unintentional action of humans. Twenty-eight species occur only on the islands of the Florida Keys, 118 species occur only on mainland south Florida, and 76 species are shared by the mainland and the islands. Greater habitat diversity on the mainland accounts for its higher species diversity. The species distributions and faunal affinities are 60% Nearctic and 40% Neotropical or West Indian. Thirty-five species are known to occur only in southern Florida. This probably reflects poor knowledge of their distribution in the Caribbean rather than southern Florida as an important site for species origin. Most of the weevil species (133; 60%) are habitat specific and few species (22; 10%) are found in three or more habitat types. Wetland-inhabiting species are predominant (76; 34%), followed by hardwood hammock species (47; 21%). Flightlessness in adults is uncommon (35 species; 16%), but more prevalent in the species endemic to southern Florida (12 species; 34%). Extrapolation from data on weevil diversity yields a conservative estimate of over 5000 species of insects in southern Florida.

A Comparison of Precipitation Estimation Techniques over Lake Okeechobee, Florida

10.1175/824.1 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1029-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie L. Dyer ◽  
Reggina Cabrera Garza
Keyword(s):  
South Florida ◽  
Spatial Sampling ◽  
Stage Iii ◽  
Lake Okeechobee ◽  
Precipitation Estimation ◽  
Precipitation Estimates ◽  
Hydrologic System ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Southern Florida ◽  
Relative Differences

Abstract Lake Okeechobee, located in southern Florida, is an important component in the regional hydrologic system. Currently, the Southeast River Forecast Center (SERFC) is setting up a forecasting scheme for Lake Okeechobee and its major inflows. An important aspect in calibrating the system is estimating the depth of direct precipitation over the water surface. Within this project, National Weather Service (NWS) and South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) surface gauges, along with stage III multisensor precipitation estimates, are used to create time series of mean areal precipitation (MAP). The computed MAP values are compared in order to find the relative differences between them, and to determine the utility of using each data source for calibration and in future operations. It was found that the SFWMD gauge-based MAP was the most useful data source, because it had a suitable period of record and the SFWMD gauges had a better spatial sampling of precipitation over the lake surface. The radar-based stage III estimates were not found to be a useful source of data, despite the superior spatial sampling resolution, because they had too short a period of record and a number of changes in the processing algorithms made the associated MAP nonhomogeneous and inappropriate for model calibration.

scholarly journals Spatiotemporal Patterns and Return Periods of Tropical Storm and Hurricane Strikes from Texas to Maine

2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (14) ◽  
pp. 3498-3509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry D. Keim ◽  
Robert A. Muller ◽  
Gregory W. Stone
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
New England ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Tropical Storm ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Return Periods ◽  
North Central ◽  
Outer Banks ◽  
The North ◽  
Southern Florida

Abstract The authors analyze 105 yr (1901–2005) of tropical cyclone strikes at 45 coastal locations from Brownsville, Texas, to Eastport, Maine, with the primary objective of examining spatiotemporal patterns of storm activity. Interpretation of the data suggests that geographically, three focal points for activity are evident: south Florida, the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and the north-central Gulf Coast. Temporally, clusters of hyperactivity are evident in south Florida from the 1920s through the 1950s and then again during the most recent years. North Carolina was a region of enhanced activity in the 1950s and again in the 1990s. A more consistent rate of occurrence was found along the north-central Gulf Coast; the last two years, however, were active in this region. Return periods of tropical storm strength systems or greater range from a frequency of once every 2 yr along the Outer Banks of North Carolina, every three years on average in southeast Texas, southeastern Louisiana, and southern Florida, and about once every 10–15 yr in northern New England. Hurricane return periods range from 5 yr in southern Florida to 105+ years at several sheltered portions of the coastline (e.g., near Cedar Key, Florida, Georgia, and the northeastern seaboard), where some locations experienced only one strike, or no strikes through the entire period of record. Severe hurricane (category 3–5) return periods range from once every 15 yr in South Florida to 105+ in New England.

scholarly journals The stable oxygen and carbon isotopic record from a coral growing in Florida Bay: a 160 year record of climatic and anthropogenic influence

1996 ◽  
Vol 123 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 219-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter K. Swart ◽  
Genevieve F. Healy ◽  
Richard E. Dodge ◽  
Philip Kramer ◽  
J. Harold Hudson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Florida Bay ◽  
Anthropogenic Influence ◽  
Carbon Isotopic ◽  
Stable Oxygen

Carbon isotopic composition of cypress trees from South Florida and changing hydrologic conditions

2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.T. Anderson ◽  
L.S.L. Sternberg ◽  
M.C. Pinzon ◽  
T. Gann-Troxler ◽  
D.L. Childers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Isotopic Composition ◽  
Carbon Isotopic Composition ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Carbon Isotopic ◽  
Hydrologic Conditions ◽  
Cypress Trees
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