AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Field efficacy trials with sylvatic plague vaccine

These data were collected as part of a field trial to test the efficacy of a sylvatic plague vaccine.  Treatment and control sites were selected randomly from the available sites at each location. Site pairs were a minimum of 20 acres, (with a few  exceptions). Prairie dog trapping took place a minimum of two weeks post-baiting and trapping procedures were approved by the NWHC Animal Care and Use Committee as well as individual states as required.

Tags: arizona, awapa-plateau, buffalo-gap-national-grasslands, cedar-city, charles-m-russell-national-wildlife-refuge, colorado, coyote-basin, espee-ranch, gunnison-county, larimer-county, lower-brule, mammals, montana, pitchfork-ranch, prairie-dogs, rita-blanca-national-grasslands, south-dakota, texas, usgs-5899ca34e4b0efcedb71a46a, wind-cave, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Modified Mercalli Intensity based on the average of horizontal spectral response acceleration for 1.0-second period and peak ground acceleration, with 1-percent probability of exceedance in 1 year

A one-year seismic hazard forecast for the Central and Eastern United States, based on induced and natural  earthquakes, has been produced by the U.S. Geological Survey.  The model assumes that earthquake rates calculated from several different time windows will remain relatively stationary and can be used to forecast earthquake hazard and damage intensity for the year 2017. This assessment is the first step in developing an operational earthquake forecast for the CEUS, and the analysis could be revised with updated seismicity and model parameters. Consensus input models consider alternative earthquake catalog durations, smoothing parameters, maximum magnitudes, and ground motion estimates, and represent uncertainties in earthquake occurrence and diversity of opinion in the science community.  Near some areas of active induced earthquakes, hazard is higher than in the 2014 USGS National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM) by more than a factor of 3; the 2014 NSHM did not consider induced earthquakes. In some areas, previously observed induced earthquakes have stopped, so the seismic hazard reverts back to the 2014 NSHM.
This data set represents the results of calculations of hazard curves for a grid of points with a spacing of 0.05 degrees in latitude and longitude.  It represents the average Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) with a 1-percent probability of exceedance in 1 year.  The MMI values are the average of the MMI values obtained by converting peak ground acceleration to MMI and 1.0-second spectral response acceleration to MMI.  The data are for the Central and Eastern United States and are based on the one-year model described above.

Tags: alabama, arizona, arkansas, colorado, connecticut, delaware, district-of-columbia, earthquake, florida, georgia, hazard, illinois, indiana, induced, iowa, kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, mississippi, missouri, montana, natural, nebraska, new-hampshire, new-jersey, new-mexico, new-york, north-carolina, north-dakota, ohio, oklahoma, pennsylvania, rhode-island, seismic, south-carolina, south-dakota, tennessee, texas, united-states, usa, usgs-58a60128e4b057081a24f90e, utah, vermont, virginia, west-virginia, wisconsin, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sediment grain size and digital image calibration parameters from the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, 2014

This dataset includes 63 still images extracted from digital video imagery of sediment grab samples, along with laboratory grain size analysis of the sediment grab samples, taken from the mouth of the Columbia River, OR and WA, USA. Digital video was collected in September 2014 in the mouth of the Columbia River, USA, as part of the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Program contribution to the Office of Naval Research funded River and Inlets Dynamics experiment (RIVET II). Still images were extracted from the underwater video footage whenever the camera was resting on the sediment bed and individual sediment grains were visible and in focus. The images were used to calculate the calibration curve through auto-correlation regressed against the results of laboratory-determined median grain size (D50) of the grab samples (Barnard, 2007), provided in an accompanying .csv file. 

Tags: columbia-river, estuarine-processes, geology, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, marine-sediments, oceans, sediment, sediment-transport, state-of-oregon, state-of-washington, substrate, underwater-photography, usgs-58990c3ee4b0efcedb707913, video-observation, videography
Organization: Department of the Interior
Acoustic Backscatter of the Sacramento River, from the Feather River to Knights Landing, California in February 2011

This part of the data release presents acoustic backscatter data collected on February 1, 2011, in the Sacramento River from the confluence of the Feather River to Knights Landing. The data were collected by the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) team with collaboration and funding from the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. This project used interferometric sidescan sonar to characterize the riverbed and channel banks along a 12 mile reach of the Sacramento River, California (River Mile 79 through River Mile 91) to aid in the understanding of fish response to the creation of safe habitat associated with levee restoration efforts in two 1.5 mile reaches of the Sacramento River between River Mile 80 and 86.

Tags: bathymetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, digital-elevation-models, echo-sounders, elevation, feather-river, gps-global-positioning-system, interferometric-sonar, knights-landing, levee, multibeam-echo-sounder, real-time-monitoring-and-reporting, river, sacramento-river, sea-floor-acoustic-reflectivity, sea-floor-characteristics, sidescan-sonar, usgs-5898ce0de4b0efcedb707565, water-depth, woodland
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bathymetric DEM of the Sacramento River, from the Feather River to Knights Landing, California in February 2011

This part of the data release presents a digital elevation model (DEM) created from bathymetry data collected on February 1, 2011, in the Sacramento River from the confluence of the Feather River to Knights Landing. The data were collected by the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) team with collaboration and funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This project used interferometric sidescan sonar to characterize the riverbed and channel banks along a 12 mile reach of the Sacramento River, California (River Mile 79 through River Mile 91) to aid in the understanding of fish response to the creation of safe habitat associated with levee restoration efforts in two 1.5 mile reaches of the Sacramento River between River Mile 80 and 86.

Tags: bathymetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, digital-elevation-models, echo-sounders, elevation, feather-river, gps-global-positioning-system, interferometric-sonar, knights-landing, levee, multibeam-echo-sounder, real-time-monitoring-and-reporting, river, sacramento-river, sea-floor-acoustic-reflectivity, sea-floor-characteristics, sidescan-sonar, usgs-5898cdc1e4b0efcedb707561, water-depth, woodland
Organization: Department of the Interior
Microsomal EROD data from the Salt and Gila Rivers, AZ.

This dataset includes microsomal ERDO data from an assay done with liver samples from several fish species that are found in Arizona at sites that are being assessed for PBDE contamination.  The data was created in September and October 2016.

Tags: catostomus-clarki, cyprinus-carpio, environment, ictalurus-punctatus, lepomis-spp, micropterus-salmoide, pylodictis-olivaris, usgs-5898bfe2e4b0efcedb707511
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mississippi barrier island land area change 1984-2016

The analyses of landscape change presented in this dataset use Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM), Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM) and Operational Land Imager (OLI) to assess changes in land area through time.  All cloud-free dates of imagery from 1984 through early 2016 were used in this analysis.  This amounted to a total of 174 dates of imagery which were analyzed. No water level restrictions were used during the image selection process as gages with a period of record sufficient for this analysis are not available nearby. Persistent loss and gain data are presented for 1984-2016.

Tags: cat-island, change-analysis, horn-island, hurricane-effects, landscape-change, mississippi, petit-bois-island, ship-island, shoreline-erosion, usgs-5898b595e4b0efcedb707498, wetland-change, wetland-loss
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data from Mercury intrusion porosimetry conducted on samples of a mudstone underlying the Naval Air Warfare Center, West Trenton, NJ

This data set presents the results of conducting mercury intrusion porosimetry on core samples of the mudstone underlying the Naval Air Warfare Center, West Trenton, NJ. The core samples were selected from the continuous core collected from boreholes 83BR-89BR.

Tags: core-analysis, porosity, sedimentary-rock, usgs-5898a1a3e4b0efcedb7073e8
Organization: Department of the Interior
Community-level riparian plant traits, Colorado River, Grand Canyon, 2013-2015

These data were compiled based on field observations and available literature. Field observations of plant cover were made in September and October of 2013 and 2014, while trait measurements were made in September and October of 2014 and 2015. Field data was collected on sandbars along the Colorado River through Grand Canyon between river miles 0 and 226. Field measurements of specific leaf area, stem specific gravity, and total cover. Plant height was taken from the Flora of North America, the Jepson Desert Manual, or A Utah Flora. Seed mass values were available from the Kew Seed Information Database (http://data.kew.org/sid/). Photosynthetic pathway was compiled from published literature. The trait values were converted to a community-level value using two matrices: a matrix of the relative species cover (species cover/total cover) and a matrix of the average trait value for each species. These two matrices were multiplied, and then summed over all species in each plot to produce a community-level trait value for each plot. Inundation was calculated as the yearly average of the number of hours for each plot that the river stage, based on stage-discharge relationships, was greater than the surveyed plot elevation using USGS streamflow data. This exceedance probability was calculated as the probability that stage height will exceed plot height for the 2013 survey plots based on the 1984 - 2013 USGS streamflow record.

Tags: arizona, colorado-river, community-assembly, community-level-trait-value, diamond-creek, environmental-gradient, exceedance-probability, field-data, field-measurements, field-observations, flood-disturbance-adaptation, functional-traits, glen-canyon-dam, grand-canyon, inundation, lees-ferry, literature-review, marble-canyon, photosynthetic-pathway, plant-cover, plant-height, relative-species-cover, riparian-plants, sandbars, seed-mass, species-cover, specific-leaf-area, stem-specific-gravity, stress-adaptation, total-cover, trait-measurements, trait-values, usgs-58a6016fe4b057081a24f911
Organization: Department of the Interior
Landsliding in the 2005 Kashmir earthquake region, NW Himalayas, Pakistan

This inventory was originally created by Basharat and others (2016) describing the landslides triggered by the M 7.6 Kashmir, Pakistan earthquake that occurred on 8 October 2005 at 03:50:40 UTC. Care should be taken when comparing with other inventories because different authors use different mapping techniques. This inventory also could be associated with other earthquakes such as aftershocks or triggered events. Please check the author methods summary and the original data source for more information on these details and to confirm the viability of this inventory for your specific use.   With the exception of the data from USGS sources, the inventory data and associated metadata were not acquired by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and thus have not been reviewed for accuracy and completeness by the USGS.  They are presented as part of this data series for convenience of the user only, as part of an effort to make published ground-failure inventories more accessible from a single aggregated site. No warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

Tags: asia, earthquake, earthquake-hazards-program, earthquakes, ehp, geographic-informtion-system, geologic-hazards-science-center, ghsc, gis, global, ground-failure, groundfailure, inventory, landslide, landslides, landslides-hazards-program, lhp, pakistan, secondary, secondary-hazards, usgs, usgs-5895dabfe4b0fa1e59bc788f
Organization: Department of the Interior
Genetic Structure of California Gnatcatcher populations in southern California from 2012 through 2013

These data were collected to determine how genetic variation is arrayed across remaining populations of gnatcatchers, allowing inference about individual movement and gene flow patterns among those populations.  The work focused on determining the extent to which gnatcatcher aggregations function as an interconnected metapopulation, with aggregations exchanging migrants across a fragmented landscape and freely capable of re-establishing in patches from which they have been previously extirpated.  These data will be used in combination with habitat and corridor indices to determine whether genetic connectivity is facilitated by stepping stone arrays of suitable habitat, or whether birds are unable to move across unsuitable habitat regardless of distance.  The genetic data will also provide information on distances that individual birds will disperse for breeding.  
These data were used to support the following publication:

Tags: 2012, 2013, california-south, coastal-ecosystems, genetics, los-angeles-county, orange-county, riverside-county, san-bernardino-county, san-diego-county, southern-california, usgs-58953a18e4b0fa1e59b99e13, ventura-county
Organization: Department of the Interior
Upper Colorado River Basin SPARROW model catchments and synthetic stream network - 2017

This data collection consists of a synthetic stream network and associated catchments developed as the foundation for a Spatially Referenced Regressions on Watershed Attributes (SPARROW) dissolved-solids source and transport model for the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB). The SPARROW model requires a hydrologically connected representation of a stream network through which loads are transported from an upstream reach to the next reach downstream (Schwarz and others, 2006; Moore and others, 2004). Each stream reach or segment within this synthetic stream network has an associated local drainage area or catchment used to calculate catchment characteristics that may have an effect on loads being modeled. The synthetic stream reach network and associated catchments created for this SPARROW model were modified from the network used in a 2009 model (Kenney and others, 2009).  The data were assembled using a digital elevation model (DEM) and the Medium Resolution National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). The data were developed using ArcHydro and Streamstats methods in the ArcGIS processing environment. 
References cited:
Kenney T.A., Gerner S.J., Buto S.G., and Spangler L.E., 2009, Spatially referenced statistical assessment of dissolved-solids load sources and transport in streams of the Upper Colorado River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5007, 50 p.
Moore, R.B., Johnson, C.M., Robinson, K.W., and Deacon, J.R., 2004, Estimation of total nitrogen and phosphorus in New England streams using spatially referenced regression models: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5012, http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2004/5012/
Schwarz, G.E., Hoos, A.B., Alexander, R.B., and Smith, R.A., 2006, The SPARROW surface water-quality model-theory, applications, and user documentation: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 6, chap. B3, 248 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/2006/tm6b3/contents.htm

Tags: arizona, catchment, colorado, dissolved-solids-model, geoscientificinformation, hydrologic-network, inlandwaters, new-mexico, sparrow, upper-colorado-river-basin, usgs-5893d58ce4b0fa1e59b73a75, utah, watershed, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Selected Basin Characterization Model Parameters for the Upper Colorado River Basin

These data are derived from the Basin Characterization Model (BCM) and used as input to a total dissolved solids SPARROW model for the Upper Colorado River Basin. The BCM mechanistically models the pathways of precipitation into evapotranspiration, infiltration into soils, runoff, or percolation below the root zone to recharge groundwater (Flint and others, 2013). The dataset is composed of twelve, 270-meter resolution raster layers representing mean total annual values for water years 1985 - 2012 of actual evapotranspiration (aet), climatic water deficit (cwd), excess water (exc), snowmelt (mlt), snowpack (pck), potential evapotranspiration (pet), precipitation (ppt), recharge (rch), runoff (run), sublimation (sbl), snowfall (snw), and soil water storage (str). 
Reference cited:
Flint, A.L., Flint, L.E., Thorne, J.H., and Boynton, R., 2013, Fine-scale hydrologic modeling for regional landscape applications: the California Basin Characterization Model development and performance, Ecological Processes, DOI: 10.1186/2192-1709-2-25

Tags: actual-evapotranspiration, arizona, climatic-water-deficit, colorado, excess-water, geoscientificinformation, groundwater-recharge, inlandwaters, new-mexico, potential-evapotranspiration, precipitation, runoff, snowfall, snowmelt, snowpack, soil-water-storage, sublimation, upper-colorado-river-basin, usgs-5893cfaee4b0fa1e59b739e7, utah, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Dam Metrics Representing Stream Fragmentation and Flow Alteration for the Conterminous United States Linked to the NHDPLUSV1

This CSV file contains 21 dam metrics representing stream fragmentation and flow alteration for nearly 2.3 million stream reaches in the conterminous USA.  Dam metrics fall into four main categories: segment-based, count and density, distance-based, and cumulative reservoir storage (described below).  These data were developed using spatially verified large dam locations (n=49,468) primarily from the National Anthropogenic Barrier Dataset (NABD) that were spatially linked to the National Hydrography Dataset Plus version 1 (NHDPlusV1). These dam metrics have been summarized using the unique identifier field native to the NHDPlusV1 (COMID) which can be used to join this table to spatial layers and data tables of the NHDPlusV1.  Non-fluvial features in the NHDPlusV1 (lake and reservoir flow paths, coastlines, etc.) are excluded (see NFHP metadata).  
Please contact Arthur Cooper (coopera@msu.edu) for a copy of the publication associated with this data:
Cooper, A.R., Infante, D.M., Daniel, W.M., Wehrly, K.E., Wang, L., Brenden, T.O.  2017.  Assessment of dam effects for streams and fish assemblages of the conterminous USA.  Science of the Total Environment doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.067

Tags: alabama, arizona, arkansas, barriers, california, colorado, connecticut, dams, delaware, district-of-columbia, drainage-basins, environmental-assessment, florida, georgia, idaho, illinois, indiana, iowa, kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, mississippi, missouri, montana, nebraska, nevada, new-hampshire, new-jersey, new-mexico, new-york, north-carolina, north-dakota, ohio, oklahoma, oregon, pennsylvania, rhode-island, river-basin, river-reaches, south-carolina, south-dakota, streams, tennessee, texas, usgs-58a60b88e4b057081a24f99d, utah, vermont, virginia, washington, west-virginia, wisconsin, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Evapotranspiration at Starkey pasture site, daily data, Pasco County, Florida, January 2010 - April 2016

The data set consists of daily sums of 30-minute evapotranspiration measurements made at the USGS Starkey pasture climate station beginning January 1, 2010 and ending April 30, 2016. Annual evapotranspiration rates corrected to a near-surface energy-budget for the 12 calendar years of record at this site (2004-2015) varied from 718 millimeters (2007) to 903 millimeters (2010). The eddy-covariance method was used, with high-frequency sensors installed above the pasture to measure sensible and latent heat fluxes. Ancillary meteorological data are also included in the data set: rainfall and ground-water levels. Data were collected at 30-minute resolution, with evapotranspiration corrected to the near-surface energy-budget at that timescale. Data are presented at daily time intervals. Related data sets are presented at 30-minute and monthly time intervals. The study was conducted at a nearly flat, non-irrigated site (Latitude 28 13 31 North Longitude 82 33 33 West in degrees minutes seconds, NAD 1927, Section 13, Township 26S, Range 17E, NAD 1927) within the Anclote River Ranch property owned by the Southwest Florida Water Management District in Pasco County, Florida. The site was also within J.B. Starkey Wilderness Park. Instrumentation was installed in April 2003. The dominant (about 80 percent of surface coverage) plant cover at the study site is bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum) that varies from a lush green during the summer to a drab brown during the winter. The bahiagrass is ungrazed and grass height can reach 0.5 meter. During the study, the pasture was mowed periodically to 0.2 meters. Vegetation tables provided with the data release list when mowing occurred. Maximum grass rooting depth at the site is about 0.5 meters. Other plants at the study site, intermixed with the bahiagrass and occurring as distinct patches, include bushy broom grass (Andropogon glomeratus), rush (Juncus spp.), dog fennel (Eupatorium capillifolium), flat-topped goldenrod (Euthamia minor), and groundsel tree (Baccharis halimifolia). Forested wetlands are present on the margins of Sandy Branch, a tributary to the Anclote River southwest of the site, and a small cypress dome (40 meter diameter) is located east of the site. The effects of these forested areas are assumed to be negligible, as the pasture area extends 175 meters away from the site in all directions and satisfies upwind fetch requirements for the height of the eddy covariance sensors (more than 100 times the final height of 1.5 meters). The soils at the site are Pomona fine sands with less than 5 percent organic content. For the 13 years of record at this site, the water table was always within 2 meters of land surface.

Tags: evapotranspiration, florida, latent-heat-flux, net-radiation, pasco-county, surface-energy-budget, unimproved-pasture, usgs-58937891e4b0fa1e59b73715
Organization: Department of the Interior