AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Warming Tolerances for 34 Species of Anurans Native to the Southeast United States

Identifying how close species are to their current upper thermal limits estimates species sensitivity to climate change (or the species ability to persist in place without changing). Process-based models like the NicheMapR mechanistic niche model (Kearney et al. 2019; https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04680) use a mass-balance approach to translate microclimate estimates into individual animal operative body temperatures based on biological traits. Using NicheMapR, we quantified 34 species' warming tolerance, or the difference between species critical thermal maximum and its modelled operative temperature, from 2011 to 2020 across approximately 18% of its range within the southeastern United States. Using available intraspecific trait values, we also investigated how intraspecific variation in preferred temperature and more or less sensitive traits suites affected our estimates of warming tolerance. Many species are already at their upper thermal limits during extreme high temperatures, with twenty species having negative minimum daily minimum warming tolerances in 25% of their modelled range, an average of 39.3% of modelled points below 0 during extreme temperatures, and an average minimum daily minimum warming tolerance of 1.2 degrees Celsius (range -5.0 to 10.5 degrees Celcius). Most species have some warming tolerance during the warmest quarter of the year (average 25th quartile of daily minimum warming tolerance = 9.1 degrees Celsius, range 0.8 to 15.5 degrees Celsius). Our investigation of how intraspecific trait variation affects model outputs revealed that variance in preferred temperature effects our estimates of sensitivity to seasonal and annual increases in warm temperature but not to extreme temperature events. Intraspecific models that included the most and least sensitive trait suites found congruent estimates of thermal sensitivity. All told, anuran species native to the Southeast United States vary in their thermal sensitivity, with some species already living close to their upper thermal limits.

Tags: amphibians, anatomy-and-physiology, biota, usgs-6682f0aed34e57e93663d5de
Organization: Department of the Interior
Projections of post-fire cover of non-native short-lived grasses and forbs under current and future climate conditions

These data provide current and future projected post-fire invasion risk by non-native short-lived grasses and forbs based on vegetation cover data from 26,729 plots in the western United States that burned prior to being sampled. Projected post-fire invasion risk was calculated using random forests with gridded climate, soil, and topographic predictor variables following Prevéy et al. (2024). Projections cover the western United States west of -100 longitude over the current time period (1981-2010), mid-century (2041–2070) and the end of the century (2071–2100) under medium (SSP245) and high (SSP585) greenhouse gas emission scenarios for non-native C3 short-lived grasses and non-native short-lived forbs. Each raster file represents the projected post-fire invasion risk for each non-native functional group ('sl_grass' = short-lived C3 grass, 'sl_forb' = short-lived forb), then the time period (current = 1981-2010, mid = 2041-2071, and late = 2071-2100), and lastly, the emissions scenario (none for current, '245' for SSP245, and '585' for SSP585). For example, 'sl_grass_mid_245.tif' is a raster file showing projected post-fire invasion risk for non-native short-lived C3 grasses for mid-century (2041-2070) under the SSP245 emissions scenario.

Tags: biota, climate-change, ecosystem-management, fires, invasive-species, risk-analysis, terrestrial-ecosystems, usa, usgs-667f2bb8d34e84b99fe5c149, vegetation, western-usa, wildfire
Organization: Department of the Interior
08ACH03_first_return_metadata: EAARL Coastal Topography-Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida, June 2008

ASCII XYZ point cloud data were produced from remotely sensed, geographically referenced elevation measurements by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Elevation measurements were collected over the area using the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL), a pulsed laser ranging system mounted onboard an aircraft to measure ground elevation, vegetation canopy, and coastal topography. The system uses high-frequency laser beams directed at the Earth's surface through an opening in the bottom of the aircraft's fuselage. The laser system records the time difference between emission of the laser beam and the reception of the reflected laser signal in the aircraft. The plane travels over the target area at approximately 50 meters per second at an elevation of approximately 300 meters, resulting in a laser swath of approximately 240 meters with an average point spacing of 2-3 meters. The EAARL, developed originally by NASA at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, measures ground elevation with a vertical resolution of 3 centimeters. A sampling rate of 3 kilohertz or higher results in an extremely dense spatial elevation dataset. Over 100 kilometers of coastline can be surveyed easily within a 3- to 4-hour mission. When resultant elevation maps for an area are analyzed, they provide a useful tool to make management decisions regarding land development.

Tags: airborne-lidar-processing-system, alabama, alps, altimetry, ascii-xyz-first-return, bathymetry-and-elevation, bon-secour, chandeleur-islands, dauphin-island, digital-elevation-models, distributions, doi-usgs-cmg-gt-coastal-and-marine-geology-u-s-geological-survey-u-s-department-of-interior, eaarl, elevation, experimental-advanced-airborne-research-lidar, florida, gulf-of-mexico, land-surface-gt-topography-gt-terrain-elevation, laser-altimetry, lidar, lidar-gt-light-detection-and-ranging, louisiana, ocean-gt-coastal-processes-gt-barrier-islands, ocean-gt-coastal-processes-gt-beaches, ocean-gt-coastal-processes-gt-shoreline-displacement, remote-sensing, santa-rosa-island, topographic-mapping, topography, usgs-667eea30-2662-477a-a027-dd710c3c9d8c, usgs-national-assessment-of-coastal-change-hazards-project
Organization: Department of the Interior
Community-sourced lower Zanclean [early Pliocene] sea surface temperature (SST) data

This data set collects, from peer-reviewed research, values of sea surface temperature
(SST) that occurred at select sites across the Earth during a brief period of the lower-
Zanclean.

Tags: alkenone, biogeochemistry, biota, climate-model, paleoceanography, pliocene, sea-surface-temperature, sst, usgs-667ec6a4d34ed3656855c490, zanclean
Organization: Department of the Interior
Indiana Amphibian Pathogen Surveillance data release

Data in this dataset were collected as a part of a surveillance project for reintroduction of a state endangered species in Indiana. This data was collected in the field by state biologists and sent to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) for testing of four amphibian pathogens, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bs), Ranavirus, and perkinsea. The dataset includes both the field records of the individual amphibians tested and the results for individuals for all four pathogens.

Tags: amphibian, amphibians, batrachochytirum-dendrobatidis, batrachochytirum-salamandrivorans, biota, disease, fungi, greene-county-indiana, indiana, perkinsea, polymerase-chain-reaction, ranavirus, united-states, usgs-667def55d34e29ccacefcbf9, vanderburgh-county-indiana, viruses, wildlife-disease
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data from the Capture and Collection of Non-Die-Off Seabirds Across Alaska

This data package contains one table with morphometric and diet information for "non-die-off" seabirds captured and collected in southcentral and southwest Alaska. Data pertains to birds captured (live) or collected (lethally) including, bird identification numbers, sampling dates, geographic locations, body measurements, diets (from either stomach contents or regurgitated prey), and sex and age of the bird when discernible. Common Murres (Uria aalge) and Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) were captured from their breeding colonies in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska, 2016-2023. Kittiwakes, murres, Glaucous-winged Gulls (Larus glaucescens) and Horned Puffins (Fratercula corniculata) were collected in Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, and Unalaska.

Tags: alaska, animals-vertebrates, aquatic-birds, aquatic-ecology, aquatic-ecosystems, aquatic-sciences, biota, capturing-animals, coastal-ecosystems, community-ecology, cook-inlet, diets, environment, field-inventory-and-monitoring, food-web, gulf-of-alaska, marine-ecosystems, morphology-biological, prince-william-sound, specimen-collecting, unalaska-island, usgs-667c9debd34efd94b21957d9, waders-gulls-auks-and-allies
Organization: Department of the Interior
Gridded Pre-2015 Bathymetry Data for Icy Bay and Taan Fiord, Alaska

This data release provides a gridded compilation of bathymetry data collected prior to the 2015 landslide in Taan Fiord, the northeast arm of Icy Bay, Alaska. The data release consists of a 50-m grid, derived from ten prior surveys covering both Taan Fiord and Icy Bay.

Tags: alaska, alaska-science-center, asc, bathymetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, earthquake-hazards-program, ehp, elevation, icy-bay, landslide-hazards-program, lhp, oceans, singlebeam-echo-sounder, taan-fiord, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-667c9a91d34efd94b219567c
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mercury concentrations in dragonfly larvae from the Willamette River Basin, 2023

Comma-separated values (.csv) file containing data related to mercury concentrations in dragonfly samples from the Willamette River Basin collected in 2023.

Tags: biota, ecotoxicology, environment, inlandwaters, mercury-contamination, oregon, river-systems, surface-water-quality, usgs-667c8a2ad34e828a20a6a1d9, willamette-river-basin
Organization: Department of the Interior
Spectral reflectance measurements of standard reference materials in laboratory setting using an Analytical Spectral Devices (ASD) FieldSpec® 4 Hi-Res and Ocean Optics OCEAN-HDX-VIS-NIR® (HDX), suitable for comparison to other spectroradiometer measurements

Two spectroradiometers, a Malvern Panalytical Analytical Spectral Devices FieldSpec® 4 Hi-Res (hereafter referred to as ASD spectrometer) and a high sensitivity spectrometer, OCEAN-HDX-VIS-NIR®, from Ocean Optics (hereafter referred to as HDX) were used to collect reflectance measurements of materials in a controlled indoor setting at the USGS Spectroscopy Lab in Denver, Colorado on July 8, 2022 to enable spectrometer wavelength position comparisons.
The ASD spectrometer has a spectral range of 350 to 2500 nm. Malvern Panalytical reports bandpass values of 3 nm in the VNIR (visible and near infrared, 350 to 1000 nm) and 8 nm in the SWIR (shortwave infrared, 1001 to 2500 nm). The ASD collects 2151 channels of spectral data within a 22° field of view (Malvern Panalytical, 2024).
The HDX spectrometer has a spectral range of 345 to 930 nm. Ocean Optics reports that the HDX bandpass varies between 0.75 to 1.2 nm depending on the wavelength. The HDX collects 2068 channels of spectral data within a 25.4° field of view (Ocean Optics, 2024).
Five standard reference materials with strong, narrow absorption features were measured for comparing the wavelength positioning of the two spectrometers. Ten measurements were collected of each standard reference material using both spectrometer instruments. All ten reflectance spectra collected using each instrument are provided here in two Comma Separated Value (.csv extension) text files, one file per instrument source:  "20220708_LabSpectra_ASD.csv" and "20220708_LabSpectra_HDX.csv". We also provide an averaged reflectance spectrum per material and instrument, provided in two additional .csv files: "20220708_LabSpectra_ASD_averaged.csv" and "20220708_LabSpectra_HDX_averaged.csv". 
References Cited:
Malvern Panalytical, 2024, ASD FieldSpec 4 Hi-Res: High Resolution Spectroradiometer, accessed July 18, 2024 at https://www.malvernpanalytical.com/en/products/product-range/asd-range/fieldspec-range/fieldspec4-hi-res-high-resolution-spectroradiometer
Ocean Optics, 2024, Ocean HDX Spectrometers, accessed July 18, 2024 at https://www.oceanoptics.com/product/ocean-hdx/

Tags: geosciences-and-environmental-change-science-center, handheld-field-spectroscopy, hyperspectral-imaging, malvern-panalytical-asd-fieldspec-4-hi-res, ocean-optics-ocean-hdx-vis-nir, optical-methods, remote-sensing, spectra, spectral-profiles, spectral-signature, spectrometer, spectroradiometer, surface-reflectance, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-667c721ad34e828a20a69bd7
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data for Distance sampling accounting for density gradient and animal distribution

There are 9 datasets. one distance sampling dataset, 4 resource selection datasets, and 4 outputs from bootstrapped resource selection models the use the estimated correction factor. The 4 resource selection datasets have data that can be used in a binomial generalized linear mixed effect model to create the correction factor. The distance sampling data set is used to estimate density, and the 4 resource selection datasets can be subset to used points only to estimate the animal distribution relative to transects.

Tags: biota, distance-sampling-sampling-white-tailed-deer-line-transects-density-estimation, usgs-667c2577d34e828a20a69067
Organization: Department of the Interior
Estimated crop irrigation water use withdrawals in Willcox Groundwater Basin, Arizona for 2023

Observations of irrigated agricultural land within the Willcox Groundwater Basin in Arizona. Crops were verified in situ three times in 2023, first on May 3rd, then on Aug 16th, and finally on Dec 19th; based on digitized field boundaries. Field boundaries were digitized from U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agriculture Imagery Program County Mosaic 2023 imagery for Arizona and supplemented with the Sentinel2 imagery collection accessed via the European Space Agency, Copernicus Browser (https://browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu/). Satellite images were also used to identify the length of the growing season and crop condition. Water withdrawals were calculated using the modified Blaney-Criddle model of calculating consumptive use (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 1992 appendix A) using crop coefficients from Doorenbos and Pruitt (1975), the number of acres with active crops, crop condition, and irrigation system efficiency. The withdrawal equation was modified from "Water withdrawals for irrigation, municipal, mining, thermoelectric-power, and drainage uses in Arizona outside of active management areas, 1991-2000" (Tadayon, 2005) to account for variations in water application.

Tags: agricultural-sites, arizona, cochise, graham, groundwater, irrigation, usgs-667b84b2d34e4b7815b85b9d, water-use, willcox-groundwater-basin
Organization: Department of the Interior
Estimated crop irrigation water use withdrawals in Prescott Active Management Area Groundwater Basin, Arizona for 2023

Observations of irrigated agricultural land within the Prescott Active Management Area Groundwater Basin in Arizona. Crops were verified in situ once in 2023 on Sep 13th; based on digitized field boundaries. Field boundaries were digitized from U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agriculture Imagery Program County Mosaic 2023 imagery for Arizona and supplemented with the Sentinel2 imagery collection accessed via the European Space Agency, Copernicus Browser (https://browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu/). Satellite images were also used to identify the length of the growing season and crop condition. Water withdrawals were calculated using the modified Blaney-Criddle model of calculating consumptive use (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 1992 appendix A) using crop coefficients from Doorenbos and Pruitt (1975), the number of acres with active crops, crop condition, and irrigation system efficiency. The withdrawal equation was modified from "Water withdrawals for irrigation, municipal, mining, thermoelectric-power, and drainage uses in Arizona outside of active management areas, 1991-2000" (Tadayon, 2005) to account for variations in water application.

Tags: agricultural-sites, arizona, groundwater, irrigation, prescott-active-management-area-groundwater-basin, prescott-active-management-area-little-chino-groundwater-subbasin, presprescott-active-management-area-upper-agua-fria-groundwater-subbasincott-active-management-, usgs-667b7c80d34e4b7815b85b94, water-use, yavapai
Organization: Department of the Interior
Estimated crop irrigation water use withdrawals in Douglas Active Management Area Groundwater Basin, Arizona for 2023

Observations of irrigated agricultural land within the Douglas Active Management Area Groundwater Basin in Arizona. Crops were verified in situ twice in 2023, first on May 4th and again on Aug 16th; based on digitized field boundaries. Field boundaries were digitized from U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agriculture Imagery Program County Mosaic 2023 imagery for Arizona and supplemented with the Sentinel2 imagery collection accessed via the European Space Agency, Copernicus Browser (https://browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu/). Satellite images were also used to identify the length of the growing season and crop condition. Water withdrawals were calculated using the modified Blaney-Criddle model of calculating consumptive use (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 1992 appendix A) using crop coefficients from Doorenbos and Pruitt (1975), the number of acres with active crops, crop condition, and irrigation system efficiency. The withdrawal equation was modified from "Water withdrawals for irrigation, municipal, mining, thermoelectric-power, and drainage uses in Arizona outside of active management areas, 1991-2000" (Tadayon, 2005) to account for variations in water application.

Tags: agricultural-sites, arizona, cochise, douglas-active-management-area-groundwater-basin, groundwater, irrigation, usgs-667b72e6d34e4b7815b85976, water-use
Organization: Department of the Interior
Estimated crop irrigation water use withdrawals in McMullen Valley Groundwater Basin, Arizona for 2023

Observations of irrigated agricultural land within the McMullen Valley Groundwater Basin in Arizona. Crops were verified in situ three times in 2023, first on May 10th, then on Aug 24th, and finally on Sep 27th; based on digitized field boundaries. Field boundaries were digitized from U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agriculture Imagery Program County Mosaic 2023 imagery for Arizona and supplemented with the Sentinel2 imagery collection accessed via the European Space Agency, Copernicus Browser (https://browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu/). Satellite images were also used to identify the length of the growing season and crop condition. Water withdrawals were calculated using the modified Blaney-Criddle model of calculating consumptive use (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 1992 appendix A) using crop coefficients from Doorenbos and Pruitt (1975), the number of acres with active crops, crop condition, and irrigation system efficiency. The withdrawal equation was modified from "Water withdrawals for irrigation, municipal, mining, thermoelectric-power, and drainage uses in Arizona outside of active management areas, 1991-2000" (Tadayon, 2005) to account for variations in water application.

Tags: agricultural-sites, arizona, groundwater, irrigation, la-paz, maricopa, mcmullen-valley-groundwater-basin, usgs-667b688ed34e4b7815b85968, water-use
Organization: Department of the Interior
Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Lakes

The 2022 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill - the appropriations bill that funds the USGS - established a regional Integrated Water Availability Assessment study program in the Great Basin of the American West. Twenty saline lakes across California, Nevada, Oregon, and Utah were identified by USGS partners as priority ecosystems. They include: California: Eagle Lake, Honey Lake, Mono Lake, Owens Lake; Utah: The Great Salt Lake and Sevier Lake; Nevada: Carson Lake, Carson Sink, Franklin Lake, Pyramid Lake, Ruby Lake, Walker Lake, Winnemucca Lake; Oregon: Lake Abert, Harney Lake, Malheur Lake, Silver Lake, Summer Lake, the Warner Lakes; California/Oregon: Goose Lake

Tags: aquatic-ecosystems, biota, california, desert-ecosystems, environment, geospatial-datasets, inlandwaters, nevada, oregon, shrubland-ecosystems, surface-water-non-marine, usgs-667f1a25d34e2cb7853eaf4f, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior
Streamline Polylines in the Nevada StreamStats Study Area

These vector data represent the dendritic network of streamline polylines used to hydrologically condition the digital elevation model in the Nevada StreamStats study area.

Tags: geospatial-analysis, geospatial-datasets, hydrology, inlandwaters, modeling, river-systems, rivers, streamflow, streams, surface-water-non-marine, usgs-667b32b4d34e6151c9d6c25b
Organization: Department of the Interior
Water chemistry data for samples collected at groundwater sites in the Midway-Sunset and Buena Vista Oil Fields study area, March 2018–April 2019, Kern County, California

The California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) initiated the Oil and Gas Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) to assess effects of oil and gas development on groundwater (GW) designated for any beneficial use. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is the technical lead in conducting the RMP through the California Oil, Gas, and Groundwater (COGG) Program, working in cooperation with the State Water Board, and in partnership with other State and local agencies. The USGS collected and analyzed groundwater and associated quality control (QC) samples in the Midway-Sunset and Buena Vista Oil Fields (MSBV) study area during March 2018 - April 2019. Groundwater samples were collected from seven irrigation, one domestic, and ten monitoring wells located within and near the administrative boundaries of the Midway-Sunset and Buena Vista Oil Fields in Kern County, California. Samples were collected using established groundwater data-collection protocols and procedures. Samples were analyzed for water-quality indicators, major and minor ions, nutrients, trace elements, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), naturally occurring radioactive material, geochemical and age-dating tracers, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), dissolved standard and hydrocarbon gases (methane through hexane), and dissolved noble and atmospheric gases. Two hundred and twenty constituents and water-quality indicators were measured; one hundred and twenty are reported here. QC samples collected as part of the Midway-Sunset and Buena Vista Oil Fields study included replicates, source-solution blanks, field blanks, and laboratory spikes.

Tags: aquifers, buena-vista-oil-field, california, geochemistry, groundwater, groundwater-aquifer, groundwater-quality, inlandwaters, kern-county, midway-sunset-oil-field, regional-monitoring-program, salinity, salinity-mapping, usgs-667b1457d34e6151c9d6bd13, water-chemistry, water-quality-data
Organization: Department of the Interior