AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Existing and projected “worst-year” (year with least available habitat) areas of available primary waterbird habitat (km2) in the Central Valley of California for 17 climate, urbanization, and water management scenarios, by habitat and month

The dataset summarizes areas of Central Valley wetland and cropland waterbird habitats available for each of 17 projected scenarios by each month (August–December and following January–March). The dataset also includes relatively recent (year 2005) area of existing habitat (i.e., “existing area”) for comparison with habitat areas based on scenarios. Cropland habitats are defined as winter-flooded rice, unplowed dry rice, winter-flooded corn, unplowed dry corn, and other  winter-flooded cropland (in Tulare basin). Wetlands are defined as summer-irrigated seasonal wetland, seasonal wetland that is not summer-irrigated, and semipermanent wetland (combines semipermanent and permanent wetland types). Thus, data on availability of waterbird habitats is summarized by scenario, habitat, and month in 1 metric (area of available habitat in km2). These data are used to support the following publication:
Matchett EL, Fleskes JP (2017) Projected Impacts of Climate, Urbanization, Water Management, and Wetland Restoration on Waterbird Habitat in California’s Central Valley. PLoS ONE 12(1): e0169780. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169780

Tags: climate-change, cropland, habitat, urbanization, usgs-5812882ee4b0b5a0c12a2603, water-availability, water-management, waterbirds, wetland, wetland-restoration
Organization: Department of the Interior
Total existing area and projected (years 2006–2099) area of primary waterbird habitat in the Central Valley of California for 17 climate, urbanization, and water management scenarios

The dataset summarizes total area (km2) and proportion of Central Valley waterbird habitat, summed across individual waterbird habitats (i.e., wetland and cropland types), that was available for each of 17 projected scenarios. The dataset also includes relatively recent (year 2005) area of existing habitat (i.e., “existing area”) for comparison with areas based on scenarios.  Analysis was conducted for the projection period including water-years 2006–2099 (water-year defined as October-December and January–September of the following year). Because habitat areas vary through the season with timing of crop harvest and flooding of wetlands and post-harvested fields, annual areas and proportions represent summation of available projected habitat area following completion of crop harvest and flooding of wetland and crop habitats during the season. Cropland habitats are defined as winter-flooded rice, unplowed dry rice, winter-flooded corn, unplowed dry corn, and other winter-flooded cropland (in Tulare basin). Wetlands are defined as summer-irrigated seasonal wetland, seasonal wetland that is not summer-irrigated, and semipermanent wetland (combines semipermanent and permanent wetland types). These data are used to support the following publication:
Matchett EL, Fleskes JP (2017) Projected Impacts of Climate, Urbanization, Water Management, and Wetland Restoration on Waterbird Habitat in California’s Central Valley. PLoS ONE 12(1): e0169780. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169780

Tags: climate-change, cropland, habitat, urbanization, usgs-58127b66e4b0b5a0c12a25f4, water-availability, water-management, waterbirds, wetland, wetland-restoration
Organization: Department of the Interior
Supporting data for journal article, Glacier Runoff Extension to the Precipitation Runoff Modeling System

This archive contains modeling artifacts for the journal article:
Van Beusekom, A. E., and R. J. Viger (2016), A glacier runoff extension to the Precipitation Runoff Modeling System, J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf., 121, 2001-2021, doi:10.1002/2015JF003789.
This paper demonstrates the extension to PRMS through applications to two smaller, glaciated watersheds (Gulkana, Wolverine) in Alaska. This archive includes the executable used to simulate hydrology (in the bin directory). If the reader would like to recompile the executable for their computing platform (the bin only holds an executable for Mac OSX), this can be done using the contents of the PRMS_fullGlacWG subdirectory (instructions on this below). The final inputs and outputs to these models used in the journal article are separated into parallel subdirectories, GulkanaModel and WolverineModel. Also provided are the data against which preliminary parameter values were calibrated to create the final inputs used in the publication. These calibration data are also broken into two subdirectories, one for each watershed (GulkanaCalibrationData and WolverineCalibrationData). The post-processing script and its output used to create statistics and figures for the journal article are included in the Figures subdirectory.

Tags: alaska, glaciology, gulkana, hydrology, kenai, mathematical-modeling, snow-and-ice-cover, usgs-58111fafe4b0f497e79892f7, wolverine
Organization: Department of the Interior
Model climate scenario output Taunton and Sudbury river basins, Massachusetts, 2036-2065 change from 1975-2004, Representative Concentration Pathways 4.5 and 8.5

This data release provides a set of Hydrological Simulation Program--Fortran (HSPF) model files representing 5 EPA-selected future climate change scenarios for each of two river basins: Taunton and Sudbury, in Massachusetts. Output from these models are intended for use as input to EPA Watershed Management Optimization Support Tool (WMOST) modeling. Climate scenarios, based on 2036-2065 change from 1975-2004 Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) 4.5 and 8.5, model effects of air temperature and precipitation changes (in degrees F for air temperature, in percent for precipitation) made to the input historical meteorological time series 1975-2004. Taunton meteorological data is from T.F. Green Airport and the Sudbury meteorological data is from Worcester Regional Airport. Each set of climate scenario model files are derived from the original calibrated model files developed to support WMOST modeling (refer to Source Input fields in this metadata file).

Tags: climate-change, hydrology, sudbury, taunton, usgs-58110407e4b0f497e7981164
Organization: Department of the Interior
Shapefile of the bathymetric contours of Lago La Plata, Puerto Rico, March-April 2015

The U.S. Geological Survey conducted a sedimentation survey of Lago La Plata, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, during March and April 2015 to provide up-to-date information about the relation of pool elevation and storage volume in the reservoir. The survey was conducted in cooperation with the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority. A total of 264 navigation lines were surveyed, using a depth sounding device coupled to a global positioning system. The results of the survey were used to prepare a bathymetric map showing the reservoir bottom referenced with respect to the spillway elevation.

Tags: bathymetric-contours, puerto-rico, toa-alta, usgs-5810b608e4b0f497e7972b60
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bathythermograph Data, Lake Michigan, 1954

In 1954 researchers at the USGS Great Lakes Science Center conducted 11 research cruises on Lake Michigan during which 779 bathythermographs were cast to collect temperature profile data (temperature at depth). Bathythermographs of that era recorded water pressure and temperature data by mechanically etching them as a curve on a glass slide. Data was collected from the glass slide by projecting the image of the curve, superimposing a grid, and taking a photo of it, thereby creating a  bathythermogram.  Data collection personnel could then read the data from the curve. This USGS data release is a digitized set of those original bathythermogram print photos and the temperature and depth data the project team collected from them using the open-source software, Web Plot Digitizer, as well as metadata describing each. In addition, because of their historical value as well as potential future use, this data release includes the cruise logs, which include nautical and research notes beyond the logical scope of this data release.

Tags: bathythermogram, bathythermograph, canada, effects-of-climate-change, great-lakes, illinois, lake-michigan, legacy-data, michigan, temperature-profile, united-states, usgs-580f8dc9e4b0f497e7960008, water-depth, water-temperature, wisconsin
Organization: Department of the Interior
Echosounder Quality Assurance Points, Schoharie Reservoir, 2014

From 2013 to 2015, bathymetric surveys of New York City’s six West of Hudson reservoirs (Ashokan, Cannonsville, Neversink, Pepacton, Rondout, and Schoharie) were performed to provide updated capacity tables and bathymetric maps.  Depths were surveyed with a single-beam echo sounder and real-time kinematic global positioning system (RTK-GPS) along planned transects at predetermined intervals for each reservoir.  A separate set of echo sounder data was collected along transects at oblique angles to the main transects for accuracy assessment.  Field survey data was combined with water-surface elevations in a geographic information system to create three-dimensional surfaces representing reservoir-bed elevations in the form of triangulated irregular networks (TINs); the TINs were linearly enforced to better represent geomorphic features within the reservoirs.  The linearly enforced TINs were used to create bathymetric maps of the reservoirs; contours were mapped at 2-foot intervals and capacity was calculated at 0.01-foot intervals. This dataset contains the echo sounder point quality assurance data.

Tags: bathymetry, delaware-county, gps-measurement, greene-county, schoharie-county, schoharie-reservoir, single-beam-echo-sounder, usgs-580f7b20e4b0f497e795ffc0
Organization: Department of the Interior
Echosounder Quality Assurance Points, Rondout Reservoir, 2013 to 2014

From 2013 to 2015, bathymetric surveys of New York City’s six West of Hudson reservoirs (Ashokan, Cannonsville, Neversink, Pepacton, Rondout, and Schoharie) were performed to provide updated capacity tables and bathymetric maps.  Depths were surveyed with a single-beam echo sounder and real-time kinematic global positioning system (RTK-GPS) along planned transects at predetermined intervals for each reservoir.  A separate set of echo sounder data was collected along transects at oblique angles to the main transects for accuracy assessment.  Field survey data was combined with water-surface elevations in a geographic information system to create three-dimensional surfaces representing reservoir-bed elevations in the form of triangulated irregular networks (TINs); the TINs were linearly enforced to better represent geomorphic features within the reservoirs.  The linearly enforced TINs were used to create bathymetric maps of the reservoirs; contours were mapped at 2-foot intervals and capacity was calculated at 0.01-foot intervals. This dataset contains the echo sounder point quality assurance data.

Tags: bathymetry, gps-measurement, rondout-reservoir, single-beam-echo-sounder, sullivan-county, ulster-county, usgs-580f7a32e4b0f497e795ffb5
Organization: Department of the Interior
Echosounder Quality Assurance Points, Pepacton Reservoir, 2015

From 2013 to 2015, bathymetric surveys of New York City’s six West of Hudson reservoirs (Ashokan, Cannonsville, Neversink, Pepacton, Rondout, and Schoharie) were performed to provide updated capacity tables and bathymetric maps.  Depths were surveyed with a single-beam echo sounder and real-time kinematic global positioning system (RTK-GPS) along planned transects at predetermined intervals for each reservoir.  A separate set of echo sounder data was collected along transects at oblique angles to the main transects for accuracy assessment.  Field survey data was combined with water-surface elevations in a geographic information system to create three-dimensional surfaces representing reservoir-bed elevations in the form of triangulated irregular networks (TINs); the TINs were linearly enforced to better represent geomorphic features within the reservoirs.  The linearly enforced TINs were used to create bathymetric maps of the reservoirs; contours were mapped at 2-foot intervals and capacity was calculated at 0.01-foot intervals. This dataset contains the echo sounder point quality assurance data.

Tags: bathymetry, delaware-county, gps-measurement, pepacton-reservoir, single-beam-echo-sounder, usgs-580f7a03e4b0f497e795ffb2
Organization: Department of the Interior
Echosounder Quality Assurance Points, Neversink Reservoir, 2014

From 2013 to 2015, bathymetric surveys of New York City’s six West of Hudson reservoirs (Ashokan, Cannonsville, Neversink, Pepacton, Rondout, and Schoharie) were performed to provide updated capacity tables and bathymetric maps.  Depths were surveyed with a single-beam echo sounder and real-time kinematic global positioning system (RTK-GPS) along planned transects at predetermined intervals for each reservoir.  A separate set of echo sounder data was collected along transects at oblique angles to the main transects for accuracy assessment.  Field survey data was combined with water-surface elevations in a geographic information system to create three-dimensional surfaces representing reservoir-bed elevations in the form of triangulated irregular networks (TINs); the TINs were linearly enforced to better represent geomorphic features within the reservoirs.  The linearly enforced TINs were used to create bathymetric maps of the reservoirs; contours were mapped at 2-foot intervals and capacity was calculated at 0.01-foot intervals. This dataset contains the echo sounder point quality assurance data.

Tags: bathymetry, gps-measurement, neversink-reservoir, single-beam-echo-sounder, sulllivan-county, usgs-580f7865e4b0f497e795ffa4
Organization: Department of the Interior
Echosounder Quality Assurance Points, Cannonsville Reservoir, 2015

From 2013 to 2015, bathymetric surveys of New York City’s six West of Hudson reservoirs (Ashokan, Cannonsville, Neversink, Pepacton, Rondout, and Schoharie) were performed to provide updated capacity tables and bathymetric maps.  Depths were surveyed with a single-beam echo sounder and real-time kinematic global positioning system (RTK-GPS) along planned transects at predetermined intervals for each reservoir.  A separate set of echo sounder data was collected along transects at oblique angles to the main transects for accuracy assessment.  Field survey data was combined with water-surface elevations in a geographic information system to create three-dimensional surfaces representing reservoir-bed elevations in the form of triangulated irregular networks (TINs); the TINs were linearly enforced to better represent geomorphic features within the reservoirs.  The linearly enforced TINs were used to create bathymetric maps of the reservoirs; contours were mapped at 2-foot intervals and capacity was calculated at 0.01-foot intervals. This dataset contains the echo sounder point quality assurance data.

Tags: bathymetry, cannonsville-reservoir, delaware-county, gps-measurement, single-beam-echo-sounder, usgs-580f77e4e4b0f497e795ffa1
Organization: Department of the Interior
Echosounder Quality Assurance Points, Ashokan Reservoir, 2013 to 2014

From 2013 to 2015, bathymetric surveys of New York City’s six West of Hudson reservoirs (Ashokan, Cannonsville, Neversink, Pepacton, Rondout, and Schoharie) were performed to provide updated capacity tables and bathymetric maps.  Depths were surveyed with a single-beam echo sounder and real-time kinematic global positioning system (RTK-GPS) along planned transects at predetermined intervals for each reservoir.  A separate set of echo sounder data was collected along transects at oblique angles to the main transects for accuracy assessment.  Field survey data was combined with water-surface elevations in a geographic information system to create three-dimensional surfaces representing reservoir-bed elevations in the form of triangulated irregular networks (TINs); the TINs were linearly enforced to better represent geomorphic features within the reservoirs.  The linearly enforced TINs were used to create bathymetric maps of the reservoirs; contours were mapped at 2-foot intervals and capacity was calculated at 0.01-foot intervals. This dataset contains the echo sounder point quality assurance data.

Tags: ashokan-reservoir, bathymetry, gps-measurement, single-beam-echo-sounder, ulster-county, usgs-580f77dae4b0f497e795ff9e
Organization: Department of the Interior
Delineation of Water Bodies in Emergent Wetlands in Coastal New Jersey

Hurricane Sandy, which made landfall on October 29, 2012, near Brigantine, New Jersey, had a significant impact on coastal New Jersey, including the large areas of emergent wetlands at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and the Barnegat Bay region. In response to Hurricane Sandy, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has undertaken several projects to assess the impacts of the storm and provide data and scientific analysis to support recovery and restoration efforts. As part of these efforts, the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP) sponsored Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) Applications Project in collaboration with the USGS National Geospatial Program (NGP), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) developed a three-dimensional (3D) 1-meter topobathymetric elevation models (TBDEMs) for the New Jersey/Delaware sub-region including the Delaware Estuary and adjacent coastline. The integrated elevation data are extending the USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) Elevation Dataset within the Hurricane Sandy impact zone to enable the widespread creation of flood, hurricane, and sea-level rise inundation hazard maps. More information on the USGS CoNED project is available at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/coned/index.php. 
The CoNED Applications Project team is also developing new applications for pre- and post-Hurricane Sandy regional lidar datasets for mapping the spatial extent of coastal wetlands. These new methods have been developed to derive detailed land/water polygons for an area in coastal New Jersey, which is dominated by a complex configuration of emergent wetlands and open water. Using pre- and post-Hurricane Sandy lidar data, repeatable geospatial methods were used to map the land/water spatial configuration at a regional scale to complement wetland mapping that uses traditional methods such as photointerpretation and image classification.

Tags: barnegat-bay, edwin-b-forsythe-national-wildlife-refuge, elevation, environment, lidar, national-wetlands-inventory, new-jersey, oceans, usgs-580e7704e4b0f497e794b928, wetlands
Organization: Department of the Interior
Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in contaminated groundwater, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2014-2015

The U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Cape Cod Research site has been the subject of intensive hydrological and geochemical investigations. The site has multiple sources of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), including perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA), for which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued health advisories because of potential adverse human health effects.  During 2014 and 2015, groundwater contamination by PFASs from a fire-training area and a wastewater treatment facility effluent infiltration beds, located on Joint Base Cape Cod, was assessed by collecting groundwater samples and sediment cores (Figures 1 and 2). The water and sediment samples were analyzed for a suite of PFASs using high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
First posted March 16, 2017
Revised March 24, 2017, ver. 1.1

Tags: cape-cod, fire-training-area, groundwater, joint-base-cape-cod, massachusetts, north-america, perfluorooctane-sulfonate-pfos, perfluorooctanoate-pfoa, usgs-580e746be4b0f497e794b882, usgs-cape-cod-research-site, wastewater-infiltration-beds
Organization: Department of the Interior
Major and trace element concentrations in water samples collected before and during the September 2013 Colorado South Platte River flood

Record amounts of precipitation fell across the Colorado Front Range from September 9 to 16, 2013, resulting in extensive flooding in the South Platte River and its major mountain tributaries. In this study, the effects of the flood on the City of Boulder, Colorado urban hydrology system were assessed using weekly time-series sampling of 3 source waters (Boulder tap water, Boulder wastewater treatment facility effluent, and Boulder Creek water) conducted from September 20 to October 16, 2012 (n=5) and August 13 to September 30, 2013 (n=8). The effect of the flood on the South Platte River was assessed using a single basin-wide sampling of 5 main stem and 7 tributary sites from September 18 to 22, 2013. Filtered water samples were analyzed at the Boulder sites, and filtered and unfiltered samples were analyzed at the South Platte River sites. Major elements were measured by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry and trace elements were measured by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Each sample was measured in triplicate and the averages and standard deviations are reported. The results from analyses of associated quality assurance samples (field blanks and field duplicates) also are presented.

Tags: boulder-colorado, boulder-creek-colorado, colorado, commerce-city-colorado, floodwater-chemistry, fort-lupton-colorado, fort-morgan-colorado, julesburg-colorado, major-elements, north-america, rare-earth-elements, south-platte-river, south-platte-river-basin, sterling-colorado, tap-water, trace-elements, usgs-580e6ccde4b0f497e794b6de, wastewater-treatment-facility-effluent
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mineral exploration sites of Latin America and the Caribbean

This dataset presents information about exploration sites relating to the mineral industries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Exploration sites include sites in active exploration status, sites with feasibility work being performed or planned, exploration at a producing mine for a mine expansion, or sites that are approved for or under development but not yet at the producing stage. Relevant data fields include the mineral commodities present at the site, project name, project type, operator, owners of the site, geographic coordinates, and locational accuracy. These data are dervied from work conducted by staff of the Material Flow Analysis section of the National Minerals Information Center.

Tags: argentina, biota, bolivia, brazil, chile, colombia, development, economic-geology, economy, ecuador, environment, exploration, feasibility, french-guiana, guyana, jamaica, location, metallic-mineral-resources, mexico, mineral-commodities, mineral-commodity, mineral-resources, nicaragua, nonmetallic-mineral-resources, peru, suriname, usgs-58093596e4b0f497e78f3f0e
Organization: Department of the Interior
Maps of the USGS Climate Adaptation Science Centers (May 2024)

The Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs) partner with natural and cultural resource managers, tribes and indigenous communities, and university researchers to provide science that helps fish, wildlife, ecosystems, and the communities they support adapt to climate change. The CASCs provide managers and stakeholders with information and decision-making tools to respond to the effects of climate change. While each CASC works to address specific research priorities within their respective region, CASCs also collaborate across boundaries to address issues within shared ecosystems, watersheds, and landscapes. These shapefiles represent the 9 CASC regions and the national CASC that comprise the CASC network, highlighting the consortium institutions that make up each region.The shapefiles were produced in ArcGIS Pro but any geospatial software can be used to view the shapefiles (ArcGIS, QGIS, etc).

Tags: boundaries, climate-change, geospatial-datasets, usgs-5809236fe4b0f497e78f3e85
Organization: Department of the Interior