AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands-Seafloor elevation change in Maui, St. Croix, St. Thomas, and the Florida Keys

Coral reefs serve as natural barriers that protect adjacent shorelines from coastal hazards such as storms, waves and erosion but projections indicate global degradation of coral reefs due to anthropogenic impacts and climate change will cause a transition to net erosion by mid-century. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center conducted research to quantify the combined effect of all constructive and destructive processes on modern coral reef ecosystems by measuring regional-scale changes in seafloor elevation. USGS staff assessed five coral reef ecosystems in the Atlantic Ocean (Upper and Lower Florida Keys), Caribbean Sea (U.S. Virgin Islands: St. Thomas and Buck Island, St. Croix), and Pacific Ocean (Maui, Hawaii), including both coral-dominated and adjacent, non-coral dominated habitats. Scientists used historical bathymetric data from the 1930s to 1980s and contemporary light detection and ranging (lidar) digital elevation models (DEMs) from the late 1990s to 2000s to calculate changes in seafloor elevation for each study site over time periods reflecting low to high anthropogenic impacts. STT_ElevationChange.zip contains the location, elevation, and elevation change data for St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Using these changes in elevation, further analysis was done to calculate corresponding changes in seafloor volume for all study areas and habitat types within each site.

Tags: coral-reefs, doi-usgs-cmg-gt-coastal-and-marine-geology-u-s-geological-survey-u-s-department-of-interior, elevation, geoscientificinformation, lidar-gt-light-detection-and-ranging, ocean-gt-bathymetry-seafloor-topography-gt-water-depth, ocean-gt-coastal-processes-gt-coral-reefs, ocean-gt-coastal-processes-gt-erosion, ocean-gt-coastal-processes-gt-sea-level-rise, oceans, sea-level-rise, seafloor-accretion, seafloor-elevation, seafloor-erosion, st-thomas, u-s-virgin-islands, usgs-57cb447d-d4e8-4ee8-a174-f7cdb7341236
Organization: Department of the Interior
Survey Data of Amphibians in Northern California Coastal Dune Drainages (2014 - 2016)

These data describe the date, time (night vs. day), observer, and air temperature of each amphibian occupancy survey conducted in coastal dune drainages from 2014 through 2016. Survey-specific covariates explain patterns in detection probabilities among surveys, thereby reducing bias in occupancy models and improving future surveys.

Tags: amphibian, california, coastal-dune, colonization, extirpation, great-beach, occupancy, point-reyes-national-seashore, restoration, usgs-57c9e643e4b0f2f0cec1938f
Organization: Department of the Interior
Site Data for Coastal Dune Drainages in Northern California (2014-2016)

These data describe the maximum water depth in each studied coastal dune drainage in each study year. Water depth is used as a proxy for hydroperiod, and is a good indicator of the relative persistence of surface water among sites that can be collected in a single visit.

Tags: amphibian, california, coastal-dune, colonization, extripatation, great-beach, occupancy, point-reyes-national-seashore, restoration, usgs-57c9e49de4b0f2f0cec19384
Organization: Department of the Interior
Occurrence of Amphibians in Northern California Coastal Dune Drainages

Many coastal dune ecosystems have been degraded by non-native dune vegetation, but these systems might still provide valuable habitat for some taxa, including amphibians. Because restoration of degraded dune systems is occurring and likely to continue, we examined the occurrence of amphibians in drainages associated with a coastal dune ecosystem degraded by invasive plants (European Beachgrass, Ammophila arenaria, and Iceplant, Carpobrotus edulis). We found that occupancy of three amphibian species (California Red-legged Frog, Rana draytonii; sierran treefrog, Pseudacris sierra; and Rough-skinned Newt, Taricha granulosa) among 21 coastal dune drainages was high, with most coastal dune drainages occupied by all three species. Furthermore, reproduction of Sierran Treefrogs and California Red-legged Frogs was estimated to occur in approximately half and one-third of the drainages, respectively. The probability of occurrence of Rough-skinned Newts and pre-metamorphic life stages of both anurans decreased during the study, perhaps because of ongoing drought in California or precipitation-induced changes in phenology during the final year of the study. Maintaining structural cover and moist features during dune restoration will likely benefit native amphibian populations inhabiting coastal dune ecosystems.

Tags: amphibian, california, coastal-dune, colonization, extripatation, great-beach, occupancy, point-reyes-national-seashore, restoration, usgs-57c9e2ece4b0f2f0cec19376
Organization: Department of the Interior
Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Catchments and Modified Routing of Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States: Major Sites of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

This tabular data set represents the number and density of major National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) sites, as defined by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), compiled for two spatial components of the NHDPlus version 2 data suite (NHDPlusv2) for the conterminous United States; 1) number and desnity of major sites per individual reach catchments and 2) number and density of major sites accumulated upstream through the river network. This dataset can be linked to the NHDPlus version 2 data suite by the unique identifier COMID.  The source data was acquired by James Falcone (USGS, written commun., 2010) from the EPA. Reach catchment information characterizes data at the local scale. Reach catchments accumulated upstream through the river network characterizes cumulative upstream conditions.  Network-accumulated values are computed using two methods, 1) divergence-routed and 2) total cumulative drainage area. Both approaches use a modified routing database to navigate the NHDPlus reach network to aggregate (accumulate) the metrics derived from the reach catchment scale. (Schwarz and Wieczorek, 2018).

Tags: catchment, national-pollutant-discharge-elimination-system, nawqa, nhdplus, npdes, sparrow, usgs-57c9d89ce4b0f2f0cec192da
Organization: Department of the Interior
WDM file, Meteorological Database, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2015

ARGN15.WDM contains nine data sets: air temperature in degrees Fahrenheit (DSN 400), dewpoint  
temperature in degrees Fahrenheit (DSN 500), wind speed in miles per hour (DSN 300), solar radiation  
in Langleys (DSN 600), computed potential evapotranspiration in thousandths of an inch (DSN 200), and  
four data-source flag series for air temperature (DSN 410), dewpoint temperature (DSN 510),  
wind speed (DSN 310) and solar radiation (DSN 610) respectively from January 1, 1948,  
to September 30, 2015.  
The primary source of the data is the Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois. 
To open this file user needs to install any of the utilities described in the section  
"The Related External Resources" in this page.

Tags: air-temperature, argonne-national-laboratory-illinois, data-source-flag, dekalb-illinois, dewpoint-temperature, dupage-county-illinois, flood-forecasting, hydrology, ohare-international-airport-illinois, potential-evapotranspiration, runoff, solar-radiation, st-charles-illinois, usgs-57c9ab75e4b0f2f0cec1922c, wind-speed
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hourly wind speed in miles per hour and three-digit data-source flag associated with the data, January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2015

The text file "Wind speed.txt" contains hourly data and associated data-source flag from January 1, 1948, to September 30, 2015. The primary source of the data is the Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois. The first four columns give year, month, day and hour of the observation. Column 5 is the data in miles per hour. Column 6 is the three-digit data-source flag to identify the wind speed data processing and they indicate if the data are original or missing, the method that was used to fill the missing periods, and any other transformations of the data. The data-source flag consist of a three-digit sequence in the form "xyz" that describe the origin and transformations of the data values. The user of the data should consult Over and others (2010) for the detailed documentation of this hourly data-source flag series.
Reference Cited:  
Over, T.M., Price, T.H., and Ishii, A.L., 2010, Development and analysis of a meteorological database, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2010-1220, 67 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1220/.

Tags: argonne-national-laboratory-illinois, data-source-flag, dekalb-illinois, dupage-county-illinois, flood-forecasting, hydrology, ohare-international-airport-illinois, runoff, st-charles-illinois, usgs-57c9ab3ee4b0f2f0cec19228, wind-speed
Organization: Department of the Interior
Associated data for Water- and Sediment-Quality in the Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, 2012–14, Appendix 3

These are all the chemical, biological, and physical results collected in 2013 and 2014 for the subject study.

Tags: albemarle-sound, aquatic-biology, bertie-county, camden-county, chowan-county, currituck-county, dare-county, north-carolina, pasquotank-county, perquimans-county, tyrrell-county, usgs-57dc6525e4b090824ffdaa65, washington-county, water-chemistry, water-properties, water-quality-data
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hourly dewpoint temperature in degrees Fahrenheit and three-digit data-source flag associated with the data, January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2015

The text file "Dewpoint temperature.txt" contains hourly data and associated data-source flag from January 1, 1948, to September 30, 2015. The primary source of the data is the Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois. The first four columns give year, month, day and hour of the observation. Column 5 is the data in degrees Fahrenheit. Column 6 is the data-source flag consist of a three-digit sequence in the form "xyz". They indicate if the dewpoint temperature data are original or missing, the method that was used to fill the missing periods, and any other transformations of the data. The user of the data should consult Over and others (2010) for the detailed documentation of this hourly data-source flag series.   
Reference Cited:  
Over, T.M., Price, T.H., and Ishii, A.L., 2010, Development and analysis of a meteorological database, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2010-1220, 67 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1220/.

Tags: argonne-national-laboratory-illinois, data-source-flag, dekalb-illinois, dewpoint-temperature, dupage-county-illinois, flood-forecasting, hydrology, ohare-international-airport-illinois, runoff, st-charles-illinois, usgs-57c9aa94e4b0f2f0cec1921d
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hourly computed potential evapotranspiration in thousandths of an inch., January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2015

The text file PET.txt contains hourly data from January 1, 1948, to September 30, 2015. This data is computed from average daily air temperature, average daily dewpoint temperature, daily unadjusted wind speed, and daily solar radiation using the Fortran program LXPET. This program is documented in detail in Murphy (2005).  
Reference Cited:  
Murphy, E.A., 2005, Comparison of potential evapotranspiration calculated by the LXPET (Lamoreux Potential Evapotranspiration) Program and by the WDMUtil (Watershed Data Management Utility) Program: US Geological Survey OpenFile Report 2005-1020, 20p., https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20051020.

Tags: air-temperature, argonne-national-laboratory-illinois, dekalb-illinois, dewpoint-temperature, dupage-county-illinois, ohare-international-airport-illinois, potential-evapotranspiration, solar-radiation, st-charles-illinois, usgs-57c9a97ee4b0f2f0cec19218, wind-speed
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hourly air temperature in degrees Fahrenheit and three-digit data-source flag associated with the data, January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2015

The text file "Air temperature.txt" contains hourly data and associated data-source flag from January 1, 1948, to September 30, 2015. The primary source of the data is the Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois. The first four columns give year, month, day and hour of the observation. Column 5 is the data in degrees Fahrenheit. Column 6 is the three-digit data-source flag. They indicate if the air temperature data are original or missing, the method that was used to fill the missing periods, and any other transformations of the data. These flags consist of a three-digit sequence in the form "xyz". The user of the data should consult Over and others (2010) for the detailed documentation of this hourly data-source flag series.   
Reference Cited:  
Over, T.M., Price, T.H., and Ishii, A.L., 2010, Development and analysis of a meteorological database, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2010-1220, 67 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1220/.

Tags: air-temperature, argonne-national-laboratory-illinois, data-source-flag, dekalb-illinois, dupage-county-illinois, flood-forecasting, hydrology, ohare-international-airport-illinois, runoff, st-charles-illinois, usgs-57c9a92fe4b0f2f0cec19213
Organization: Department of the Interior
Meteorological Database, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2015

This data release is the update of the U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase data release by Bera and Over (2016), with the processed data through September 30, 2015. The primary data for water year 2015 is downloaded from the ANL website (http://gonzalo.er.anl.gov/ANLMET/numeric/) and is processed following the guidelines documented in Over and others (2010) and Bera (2014). This data release is the update of the U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase data release Bera and Over (2016) with the processed data through September 30, 2015. The primary data for each year is downloaded from the ANL website (http://gonzalo.er.anl.gov/ANLMET/numeric/) and is processed following the guidelines documented in Over and others (2010) and Bera (2014). Hourly potential evapotranspiration computed using the computer program LXPET (Lamoreux Potential Evapotranspiration). Murphy (2005) describes in detail the computer program LXPET.
References Cited:
Bera, M., and Over, T. M., 2016, Meteorological Database, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2014: U.S. Geological Survey data release, http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7Q52MQG.                                                                                                                 
Bera, M., 2014, Watershed Data Management (WDM) database for Salt Creek streamflow simulation, DuPage County, Illinois, water years 2005-11: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 870, 18 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds870.
Over, T.M., Price, T.H., and Ishii, A.L., 2010, Development and analysis of a meteorological database, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1220, 67 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1220/.
Murphy, E.A., 2005, Comparison of potential evapotranspiration calculated by the LXPET (Lamoreux Potential Evapotranspiration) Program and by the WDMUtil (Watershed Data Management Utility) Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1020, 20 p., https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20051020.

Tags: air-temperature, argonne-national-laboratory-illinois, data-source-flag, dekalb-illinois, dewpoint-temperature, dupage-county-illinois, flood-forecasting, hydrology, ohare-international-airport-illinois, potential-evapotranspiration, runoff, solar-radiation, st-charles-illinois, usgs-57c98889e4b0f2f0cec15c57, wind-speed
Organization: Department of the Interior
Magnetotelluric data, Southern San Luis Valley, Colorado, 2006: Station 5

This dataset includes the magnetotelluric (MT) sounding data collected in 2006 in the Southern San Luis Valley, Colorado. The U.S. Geological Survey conducted a series of multidisciplinary studies, including MT surveys, in the San Luis Valley to improve understanding of the hydrogeology of the Santa Fe Group and the nature of the sedimentary deposits comprising the principal groundwater aquifers of the Rio Grande rift. The shallow unconfined and the deeper confined Santa Fe Group aquifers in the San Luis Basin are the main sources of municipal water for the region. The population of the San Luis Valley region is growing rapidly and water shortfalls could have serious consequences. Future growth and land management in the region depend on accurate assessment and protection of the region's groundwater resources.

Tags: apparent-resistivity, colorado, costilla-county, electromagnetic-surveying, geophysics, geoscientificinformation, gps-measurement, impedance, impedance-phase, impedance-strike, magnetic-field-earth, magnetic-surveying, magnetotelluric, mt, rocky-mountains, san-luis-valley, sounding, tipper, usgs-57c8639ce4b0f2f0cec02444
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sediment-quality and water-toxicity data from 10 sites on the Westside creeks and San Antonio River, San Antonio, Texas, 2014

Sediment samples and samples for water-toxicity testing were collected during 2014 from several streams in San Antonio, Texas known locally as the Westside creeks (Alazán, Apache, Martínez, and San Pedro Creeks) and from the San Antonio River. Samples were collected once during base-flow and again after periods of storm-water runoff (post-storm conditions) to determine baseline sediment- and water-quality conditions. Streambed-sediment samples were analyzed for selected constituents, including trace elements and organic contaminants such as pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), brominated flame retardants, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

Tags: alazan-creek, apache-creek, bexar-county, brominated-flame-retardants, fathead-minnow, halogenated-organic-compounds, martinez-creek, pah, pcb, pesticides, pimephales-promelas, polychlorinated-biphenyls, polycyclic-aromatic-hydrocarbons, san-antonio, san-antonio-river, san-pedro-creek, sediment-quality, texas, trace-elements, united-states, usa, usgs-57dab1b4e4b090824ffc30cc, usgs-station-id-08178100, usgs-station-id-08178310, usgs-station-id-08178345, usgs-station-id-08178375, usgs-station-id-08178410, usgs-station-id-08178445, usgs-station-id-08178460, usgs-station-id-08178465, usgs-station-id-08178504, usgs-station-id-08178515, water-toxicity, westside-creeks
Organization: Department of the Interior
At-sea aerial survey GPS points in southern California, 1999-2002

This file contains the flight trackline Global Positioning System (GPS) point data from the aerial surveys. Surveys were flown at 60 meters (200 feet) above sea level at 160 kilometers per hour (90 knots) ground speed. The surveys were flown in a high-winged, twin engine Partenavia PN 68 Observer aircraft following methods developed for seabirds by Briggs et al. (1987). GPS points were recorded every five seconds to allow adequate spatial coverage of the trackline (222 meters is traversed every five seconds at the survey speed of 160 kilometers per hour) and to limit the size of the resulting data files. Data was collected using a laptop computer running the program dLOG (R.G. Ford Consulting, Inc.) that allowed us to simultaneously collect coordinates (NAD27 map datum) and sea surface temperature (SST, degrees Celsius [°C]) determined via a belly-mounted, digital infrared radiation pyrometer (Heitronics™ KT19.85; measurement interval = 1 s, response time = 3 ms, emissivity = 0.99). SST values were appended to GPS flight data based on date and time. Observers sat on both sides of the aircraft and scanned the sea surface through bubble windows. Each of two observers counted and identified seabirds and marine mammals occurring within a 50-meter strip on their side of the aircraft for a total maximum strip-width of 100 meters when both observers were surveying simultaneously. At least one observer surveyed at all times, but individual effort was discontinued when glare obscured greater than 25% of an observer's field of view. To ensure that we maintained a strip width of 50 m, we estimated sighting angles from the aircraft to the water using clinometers. Observers rechecked sighting angles with a clinometer several times during each survey.
These data are associated with the following publication: Mason, J.W., McChesney, G.J., McIver, W.R., Carter, H.R., Takekawa, J.Y., Golightly, R.T., Ackerman, J.T., Orthmeyer, D.L., Perry, W.M., Yee, J.L. and Pierson, M.O. 2007. At-sea distribution and abundance of seabirds off southern California: a 20-Year comparison. Cooper Ornithological Society, Studies in Avian Biology Vol. 33.  
References-
Briggs, K.T., W.B. Tyler, D.B. Lewis, and D.R. Carlson. 1987. Bird communities at sea off California: 1975–1983. Studies in Avian Biology 11.

Tags: at-sea-survey, california-current-system, channel-islands, marine-bird, marine-mammal, seabird, southern-california-bight, usgs-57c761a8e4b0f2f0cebed536
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bird density and marine mammal counts based on 7700 meter bins in southern California, 1999-2002

Tracklines and associated observations were mapped and analyzed using ArcMap (ESRI, Redlands, CA). GPS data were recorded in NAD27 map datum and projected to an USGS Albers Equal Area Conic map projection for presentation and subsequent density analyses. Concatenated GPS and observation data were then used to generate point and line coverages in ArcMap (ESRI, Redlands, CA). We designed a custom analytic tool using ArcMap Model Builder that allows for the construction and export of user-specified and effort-adjusted spatial binning of species observations along continuous trackines. For the purposes of this report, we calculated seabird density estimates and marine mammal counts along continuous 3.0-kilometer and 7.7-kilometer trackline segments (i.e., 3.0 kilometer and 7.7 kilometer bins). Therefore, marine bird densities (at 3-kilometer scale, for example) are based on a composite strip area ranging from 0.15 per kilometer squared (one observer on effort) to 0.30 per kilometer squared (two observers on effort). We made no effort to adjust densities such that they would be proportional to variations in the area of buffered transect strip bin (i.e., weighted offset variable).
These data are associated with the following publication: Mason, J.W., McChesney, G.J., McIver, W.R., Carter, H.R., Takekawa, J.Y., Golightly, R.T., Ackerman, J.T., Orthmeyer, D.L., Perry, W.M., Yee, J.L. and Pierson, M.O. 2007. At-sea distribution and abundance of seabirds off southern California: a 20-Year comparison. Cooper Ornithological Society, Studies in Avian Biology Vol. 33.  
References-
ESRI. ArcGIS Desktop: Release 10. Redlands, CA: Environmental Systems Research Institute.

Tags: at-sea-suvey, california-current-system, channel-islands, marine-bird, marine-mammals, seabird, southern-california, southern-california-bight, usgs-57c76193e4b0f2f0cebed534
Organization: Department of the Interior