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Ecosystem Responses to Hurricanes across North America, the Caribbean, and Taiwan; 1985 to 2018

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Data Package:
Local Identifier:edi.493.16
Title:Ecosystem Responses to Hurricanes across North America, the Caribbean, and Taiwan; 1985 to 2018
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

Tropical cyclones play an increasingly important role in shaping ecosystems. Understanding and generalizing their responses is challenging because of meteorological variability among storms and its interaction with ecosystems. Data here represent the responses of ecosystems to hurricanes from across North America, the Caribbean and Taiwan. Data across a variety of ecosystems are represented here including wetlands, estuaries, marine, terrestrial and fresh water systems. These data measure a variety of different parameters to understand ecosystem response such as biogeochemical, hydrological and physical measurements as well as the abundance of mobile and sedentary biota.

Meteorological data characterizing tropical cyclones are also presented and are derived from:

  1. IBTrACS: International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship
  2. Global storm track data set for all recorded low pressure systems and tropical cyclones dating back to 1842. Data includes timestamped spatial information on storm center location as well as meteorological readings of wind speed, wind direction, and barometric pressure. Most importantly for the purposes of this data set, wind speeds at various distances from storm center are provided, which allows for the development of a model of wind speed with distance for different category storms.
  3. GRIDMET: University of Idaho Gridded Surface Meteorological Dataset
  4. The Gridded Surface Meteorological dataset provides high spatial resolution (~4-km) daily surface fields of temperature, precipitation, winds, humidity and radiation across the contiguous United States from 1979. The dataset blends the high resolution spatial data from PRISM with the high temporal resolution data from the National Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) to produce spatially and temporally continuous fields that lend themselves to additional land surface modeling.
  5. This dataset contains provisional products that are replaced with updated versions when the complete source data become available. Products can be distinguished by the value of the status property. At first, assets are ingested with status=early. After several days, they are replaced by assets with status=provisional. After about 2 months, they are replaced by the final assets with status=permanent.
  6. Daymet V3: Daily Surface Weather and Climatological Summaries
  7. Daymet V3 provides gridded estimates of daily weather parameters for United States, Mexico, Canada, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. It is derived from selected meteorological station data and various supporting data sources.
  8. Compared to the previous version, Daymet V3 uses an entirely new suite of inputs including: • NASA SRTM DEM version 2.1. • Land/Water Mask: MODIS 250 MOD44W_v2.NASA_ORNL_ • Horizon files derived from the SRTM DEM. • Ground station weather inputs from several sources with QA/QC.
  9. PERSIANN-CDR: Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information Using Artificial Neural Networks-Climate Data Record
  10. PERSIANN-CDR is a daily quasi-global precipitation product that spans the period from 1983-01-01 to present. The data is produced quarterly, with a typical lag of three months. The product is developed by the Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing at the University of California, Irvine (UC-IRVINE/CHRS) using Gridded Satellite (GridSat-B1) IR data that are derived from merging ISCCP B1 IR data, along with GPCP version 2.2.
  11. CHIRPS Daily: Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station Data (version 2.0 final)
  12. Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data (CHIRPS) is a 30+ year quasi-global rainfall dataset. CHIRPS incorporates 0.05° resolution satellite imagery with in-situ station data to create gridded rainfall time series for trend analysis and seasonal drought monitoring.

Publication Date:2024-07-16
Language:English
For more information:
Visit: https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/217abc6c7c135da6535e61d0729313c8
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Time Period
Begin:
1985-07-25
End:
2018-09-13

People and Organizations
Contact:Leon, Miguel (Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire) 
Creator:Leon, Miguel (Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire)
Creator:Patrick, Christopher (Biology Department, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary)
Creator:Branoff, Benjamin (National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, University of Tennessee Knoxville)
Creator:Kominoski, John (Institute of Environment, Florida International University)
Creator:Armitage, Anna (Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston)
Creator:Campos-Cerqueira, Marconi (Sieve Analytics, San Juan, PR)
Creator:Chapela Lara, María (Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire)
Creator:Congdon, Victoria (Department of Marine Science, University of Texas at Austin)
Creator:Crowl, Todd (Institute of Environment, Florida International University)
Creator:Devlin, Donna (Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi)
Creator:Douglas, Sarah (Marine Sciences Institute, University of Texas at Austin)
Creator:Erisman, Brad (Marine Sciences Institute, University of Texas at Austin)
Creator:Feagin, Russell (Department of Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M University)
Creator:Fisher, Mark (Texas Parks and Wildlife)
Creator:Geist, Simon (Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi)
Creator:Hall, Nathan (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute of Marine Sciences)
Creator:Hardison, Amber (University of Texas at Austin, Department of Marine Science)
Creator:Hogan, James Aaron (Institute of Environment, Florida International University)
Creator:Hogan, James Derek (Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Department of Life Sciences)
Creator:Lin, Teng-Chiu (National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Life Sciences)
Creator:Liu, Xianbin (The Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies (ITES), University of Puerto Rico)
Creator:Lu, Kaijun (Marine Sciences Institute, University of Texas at Austin)
Creator:Montagna, Paul (Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
Creator:O'Connell, Christine (Environmental Studies, Macalester College)
Creator:Pennings, Steven (Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston)
Creator:Proffitt, C (Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi)
Creator:Rehage, Jennifer (Institute of Environment, Florida International University)
Creator:Reustle, Joseph (Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi)
Creator:Robinson, Kelly (Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
Creator:Rush, Scott (Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University)
Creator:Santos, Rolando (Institute of Environment, Florida International University)
Creator:Smith, Rachel (Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia)
Creator:Starr, Gregory (Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama)
Creator:Strazisar, Theresa (Biological Sciences Department, Florida Atlantic University)
Creator:Strickland, Bradley (Institute of Environment, Florida International University)
Creator:Wetz, Michael (Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
Creator:Kelly, Stephen (Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
Creator:Wilson, Sara (Institute of Environment, Florida International University)
Creator:Xinping, Hu (Marine Sciences Institute, University of Texas at Austin)
Creator:Xue, Jianhong (Marine Sciences Institute, University of Texas at Austin)
Creator:Yeager, Lauren (Marine Sciences Institute, University of Texas at Austin)
Creator:Zou, Xiaoming (Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus)
Creator:McDowell, William H. (Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire)

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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
Core Areasdisturbance
LTER Controlled Vocabularyecosystem ecology, productivity, hurricanes, biogeochemistry, hydrology, hydrography, physical properties, estuarine, riparian, wetlands, marine, aquatic ecosystems, terrestrial ecosystems

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package
Description:

Ecosystem response to hurricanes data were collected from 42 different researchers across 142 monitored ecosystem sites where 289 different observation types were inspected for responses to hurricanes that effected the sites. These ecosystem responses span North America, the Caribbean, and Taiwan. Data were reorganized and reclassified to be more consistent between entries and to achieve the ecosystem groupings we are looking for. Variables were divided into groups of Biogeochemistry, Physical, Sedentary Biota, Mobile Biota and Microfauna.  Ecosystems were classified into groups of Forest, Lotic, Estuarine/In-Shore waters, Estuarine marshes, Riparian, and Off-Shore. Data was quality checked and site locations where verified.

People and Organizations

Publishers:
Organization:Environmental Data Initiative
Email Address:
info@edirepository.org
Web Address:
https://edirepository.org
Id:https://ror.org/0330j0z60
Creators:
Individual: Miguel Leon
Organization:Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire
Individual: Christopher Patrick
Organization:Biology Department, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary
Individual: Benjamin Branoff
Organization:National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Individual: John Kominoski
Organization:Institute of Environment, Florida International University
Individual: Anna Armitage
Organization:Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston
Individual: Marconi Campos-Cerqueira
Organization:Sieve Analytics, San Juan, PR
Individual: María Chapela Lara
Organization:Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire
Individual: Victoria Congdon
Organization:Department of Marine Science, University of Texas at Austin
Individual: Todd Crowl
Organization:Institute of Environment, Florida International University
Individual: Donna Devlin
Organization:Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Individual: Sarah Douglas
Organization:Marine Sciences Institute, University of Texas at Austin
Individual: Brad Erisman
Organization:Marine Sciences Institute, University of Texas at Austin
Individual: Russell Feagin
Organization:Department of Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M University
Individual: Mark Fisher
Organization:Texas Parks and Wildlife
Individual: Simon Geist
Organization:Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Individual: Nathan Hall
Organization:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute of Marine Sciences
Individual: Amber Hardison
Organization:University of Texas at Austin, Department of Marine Science
Individual: James Aaron Hogan
Organization:Institute of Environment, Florida International University
Individual: James Derek Hogan
Organization:Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Department of Life Sciences
Individual: Teng-Chiu Lin
Organization:National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Life Sciences
Individual: Xianbin Liu
Organization:The Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies (ITES), University of Puerto Rico
Individual: Kaijun Lu
Organization:Marine Sciences Institute, University of Texas at Austin
Individual: Paul Montagna
Organization:Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Individual: Christine O'Connell
Organization:Environmental Studies, Macalester College
Individual: Steven Pennings
Organization:Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston
Individual: C Proffitt
Organization:Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Individual: Jennifer Rehage
Organization:Institute of Environment, Florida International University
Individual: Joseph Reustle
Organization:Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Individual: Kelly Robinson
Organization:Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Individual: Scott Rush
Organization:Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University
Individual: Rolando Santos
Organization:Institute of Environment, Florida International University
Individual: Rachel Smith
Organization:Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
Individual: Gregory Starr
Organization:Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama
Individual: Theresa Strazisar
Organization:Biological Sciences Department, Florida Atlantic University
Individual: Bradley Strickland
Organization:Institute of Environment, Florida International University
Individual: Michael Wetz
Organization:Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Individual: Stephen Kelly
Organization:Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Individual: Sara Wilson
Organization:Institute of Environment, Florida International University
Individual: Hu Xinping
Organization:Marine Sciences Institute, University of Texas at Austin
Individual: Jianhong Xue
Organization:Marine Sciences Institute, University of Texas at Austin
Individual: Lauren Yeager
Organization:Marine Sciences Institute, University of Texas at Austin
Individual: Xiaoming Zou
Organization:Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
Address:
University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, Ponce de Leon Ave.,,
San Juan, PR 00931 US
Phone:
(787) 764-0000 x2868 (voice)
Phone:
(787) 772-1481 (facsimile)
Email Address:
xzou2011@gmail.com
Individual: William H. McDowell
Organization:Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire
Contacts:
Individual: Miguel Leon
Organization:Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period
Begin:
1985-07-25
End:
2018-09-13
Geographic Region:
Description:Data here represent the responses of ecosystems to hurricanes from across North America, the Caribbean and Taiwan. Data across a variety of ecosystems are represented here including wetlands, estuaries, marine, terrestrial and fresh water systems.
Bounding Coordinates:
Northern:  -90Southern:  90
Western:  -180Eastern:  180

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:Ecosystem Responses to Hurricanes Synthesis Workshop
Personnel:
Individual:Dr. Christopher Patrick
Address:
William and Mary, Virginia Institue of Marine Science,
1370 Greate Rd.,
Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062 United States
Email Address:
cjpatster@gmail.com
Role:Principal Investigator
Individual: John Kominoski
Organization:Institute of Environment, Florida International University
Address:
FIU, Department of Biological Sciences,
11200 SW 8th Street,
Miami, Florida 33199 United States
Email Address:
jkominos@fiu.edu
Role:Co-Principal Investigator
Individual: William H. McDowell
Organization:Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire
Address:
University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment,
181 James Hall,
Durham, New Hampshire 03824 United States
Email Address:
Bill.McDowell@unh.edu
Role:Co-Principal Investigator
Abstract:

Three major hurricanes (Harvey, Irma, and Maria) made landfall in the United States during the fall of 2017. Catastrophic human, economic, and ecological effects occurred from the storm surge, saltwater intrusion, wind damage, and flooding. The number of storms, their intensity, the number that made landfall, and the catastrophic damage was remarkable. Global models predict hurricanes will increase and effected areas will change over the next century. Thus, synthesizing responses to severe tropical storm disturbances is needed to understand general patterns of impact and recovery. This award will provide workshop funds for researchers, experts, managers, and graduate students to develop a synthetic understanding of hurricane impacts on freshwater, estuarine, and terrestrial ecosystems. The proposed workshop will provide important opportunities for career advancement and training of underrepresented and early career scientists. The unprecedented landfall of multiple major hurricanes in the United States presents a rare opportunity to document generalizable patterns in ecosystem response to extreme disturbance. The workshop will leverage the significant investment of the National Science Foundation in Hurricane Research following the devastating impacts of storms Harvey, Irma, and Maria in 2017 to generate a novel cross-system disturbance ecology synthesis. The synthesis will result from three major activities including: recruitment and workflow design, a three-day workshop, and post-workshop analysis and synthesis. The workshop will bring together research teams studying multiple ecosystem types (estuarine, freshwater, terrestrial) and ecosystem responses (physical, biogeochemical, organismal ? mobile vs sedentary, microbial, animal, and plant) to these hurricanes. The participants will merge diverse datasets into a common statistical framework and conduct synthetic analyses to identify shared and unique responses to different types of hurricane stressors. Both workshop and post workshop activities will yield an understanding of how ecosystems respond to severe disturbance and contribute a generalizable conceptual framework that is applicable across ecosystems and ecosystem components.

Funding:

NSF Award DEB-1903760

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