AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
San Francisco Bay Tidal Marsh Avian Predator Surveys, 2010

This dataset contains avian survey observations across four tidal marsh areas around San Francisco Bay. Multiple surveys were conducted around both high and low tides during the winter of 2010/11. Each survey alternated between scan and focals. During scans, all observable birds were counted. During focals, the behavior of a single, randomly selected bird was observed. Water level data was collected concurrently at each site and is provided with the avian survey data.    

Tags: biota, birds, carnivores, emergent-tidal-marsh, flooding, petaluma-river, san-francisco-bay, sea-level-change, usgs-5d3f8026e4b01d82ce8d9475
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bathymetry of Blackfoot Reservoir, Caribou County, Idaho, 2011

The USGS, in cooperation with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, surveyed the bathymetry of Blackfoot Reservoir in 2011 to determine temporal changes due to sedimentation and other factors, and to improve the overall accuracy of the stage-capacity table. Bathymetric surveys of high accuracy and resolution are possible through advances in instrumentation, notably a multibeam echosounder (MBES). An MBES coupled with real-time kinematic global positioning systems (RTK-GPS) has advantages over traditional techniques for surveying reservoir bathymetry, such as single-beam echosounders, acoustic Doppler profilers, or soundings, because they can provide more coverage of the reservoir bed and real-time data corrections. The topography (above-water) of the reservoir, which could not be measured with the MBES, was surveyed by Horizons, Inc., in 2000 using terrestrial light detection and ranging (LiDAR), and verified in selected areas by USGS in 2011 using RTK-GPS surveying equipment.

Tags: ascii, bathymetry, blackfoot-reservoir, elevation, geology, hypack, hysweep, id, idaho, inlandwaters, multibeam, soda-springs, swath-bathymetry, topography, u-s-geological-survey, usa, usgs, usgs-5d3f5385e4b01d82ce8d93a3, water-depth, xyz
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geochemistry of sediment and organic matter in drainages burned by the Altas and Nuns wildfires in October 2017 and of nearshore seabed sediment in north San Francisco Bay from March to April 2018

Fine-grained sediment was collected from the banks of Napa River, Sonoma Creek, and tributaries in March 2018 and from shallow nearshore areas of the northern reach of San Francisco Bay in April 2018. Bulk sediment was dated using activities of short-lived cosmogenic radionuclides (beryllium-7, cesium-137, and lead-210). Contents of potentially toxic metals and source-rock-indicative elements, including rare earth elements, were quantified in the fine fraction of sediment (particles less than 0.063 mm diameter). Ratios of stable carbon-13/carbon-12 isotopes and total carbon to total nitrogen were determined in sedimentary organic matter.

Tags: bedrock-geochemistry, carquinez-straight, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, environment, fires, geochemistry, geoscientificinformation, grizzly-bay, heavy-metal-pollution, isotope-geochemistry, isotopic-analysis, mass-spectroscopy, napa-river, napa-valley, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, radiometric-dating, rare-earth-elements, rocks-and-deposits, san-francisco-bay, san-pablo-bay, sediment-geochemistry, sonoma-creek, sonoma-valley, substrate, suisun-bay, toxic-trace-element-contamination, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-5d3f4014e4b01d82ce8d92ad
Organization: Department of the Interior
Target-Chemical Concentration Results of Mixed-Organic/Inorganic Chemical Exposures in Puerto Rico Tapwater, 2017 to 2018

This dataset provides the water-quality results for organic and inorganic concentrations analyzed from samples collected at domestic and commercial tapwater faucets and one spring, sourced in Puerto Rico.  Samples were collected in October, 2017 and August and December, 2018 from 19 locations.  Samples were analyzed at various U.S. Geological Survey laboratories: the National Water Quality Laboratory in Denver, Colorado for organic compounds; the Redox Chemistry Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado for inorganic constituents; the Organic Geochemistry Laboratory in Lawrence, Kansas for microcystin and pesticides including glyphosate and atrazine; the Organic Chemistry Research Laboratory in Sacramento, California for disinfection byproducts; and at Michigan Microbiological Research Laboratory in Lansing, Michigan for microbiological bacteria cell counts.  Additionally, samples were analyzed for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado and for phthalates at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez.

Tags: contaminant-mixtures, exposure, human-health, inorganics, organics, point-of-use, puerto-rico, tapwater, usgs-5d3f0cd6e4b01d82ce8d9046, world
Organization: Department of the Interior
Electrical conductivity, pH, and dissolved oxygen time-series data generated from the short-term precision experiment and the long-term field precision analysis to characterize water-quality sondes for the Guidelines and Standard Procedures for High-Frequency Groundwater-Quality Monitoring Station Techniques and Methods Report

The authors examined the long-term precision of SC, pH, and DO sensors by analyzing the groundwater-quality time-series data generated at a deep municipal supply well (USGS station 364200119420001) during the period from September 2013 to July 2018. The data set presented is the data collected by the RBRmaestro sonde the during the time period from February 2016 to June 2016 and September 2017 to October 2017.

Tags: usgs-5d3b4b66e4b01d82ce8d77c5, water
Organization: Department of the Interior
Rapid peat development beneath maturing mangrove forests: quantifying ecosystem changes along a 25-year chronosequence of created coastal wetlands

Mangrove forests are among the world’s most productive and carbon-rich ecosystems. In addition to providing important fish and wildlife habitat and supporting coastal food webs, these coastal wetlands provide many ecosystem goods and services including clean water, stable coastlines, food, recreational opportunities, and stored carbon. Despite a growing understanding of the factors controlling mangrove soil carbon stocks, there is a pressing need to advance understanding of the pace of peat development beneath maturing mangroves — especially in created and restored mangroves, which are often intended to compensate for ecosystem functions lost during mangrove conversion to other land uses. To better quantify the rate of soil organic matter development beneath created, maturing mangroves, we measured ecosystem changes along a 25-year chronosequence in Tampa Bay Florida (USA). We compared ecosystem properties in created mangroves to adjacent natural mangroves. We also quantified site-specific changes that occurred between 2010 and 2016. Our objective was to advance understanding of the pace of ecosystem development in created, maturing mangrove forests. This information can improve predictions of mangrove responses to global change and ecosystem restoration.

Tags: carbon-cycling, coastal-ecosystems, florida, long-term-ecological-monitoring, mangrove, spartina-alterniflora, tampa-bay, usgs-5d3b0108e4b01d82ce8d3c8d
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Hawaii Akepa point-transect surveys, 1987-2017

This dataset contains the point-transect distance sampling records of Hawaii Akepa collected at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge between 1987 and 2017. These data include the survey point locations, observer details, time of day, and sampling conditions during the counts. In addition, the data include the elevation and alliance level habitat classification at the survey points. Provided here in the data release is the single tabular dataset containing the project’s bird and habitat data.

Tags: biota, density-estimation, hakalau-forest-national-wildlife-refuge, hawaii-akepa, hawaii-usa, point-transect-distance-sampling, spatio-temporal-smoother, usgs-5d3a3425e4b01d82ce8cdfb6, variance-propagation
Organization: Department of the Interior
Modeled potential presence of Ceratocystis luhuohia across Hawaiian Islands

Hawaiʹi’s most widespread native tree, ʹōhiʹa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha), has been dying across large areas of Hawaiʹi Island mainly due to two fungal pathogens (Ceratocystis lukuohia and Ceratocystis huliohia) that cause a disease collectively known as Rapid ʹŌhiʹa Death (ROD). Here we examine patterns of positive detections of C. lukuohia as it has been linked to the larger mortality events across Hawaiʹi Island. Our analysis compares the environmental range of C. lukuohia and its spread over time through the known climatic range and distribution of ʹōhiʹa.
This data set is a georeferenced raster file, containing the projected potential presence of C.lukuohia across the main Hawaiian Islands using climatic variables that varied consistently with C. lukuohia prevalence (Mean annual precipication and minimum temperature of coldest month) at 500 meter resolution. This modeled C. lukuohia potential presence was generated using maxent using methods described in Fortini et. al 2019 (Forest Ecology and Management). 
Full citation is listed in the larger work section of this XML file.

Tags: biota, ceratocystis-lukuohia, metrosideros-polymorpha, ohia, rapid-ohia-death, usgs-5d38f9bae4b01d82ce8bcef3
Organization: Department of the Interior
Wild and Scenic Rivers 2018 Linked to the NHDPlusV2.1

These data depict the National Hydrography Dataset Plus Version 2.1 (NHDPlusV2.1) flowline representation of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System throughout the conterminous United States as of 2018. U.S. Forest Service geospatial data on National Wild and Scenic River segments (USFS WSR Segment) from 3/1/2016 were joined to the NHDPlusV2.1 to create the Wild and Scenic Rivers 2018 Linked to the NHDPlusV2.1 (wsr_nhdpv2.1) data. To ensure these data correctly represented the NHDPlusV2.1 flowline delineation of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, each wsr_nhdpv2.1 river segment was examined against the USFS WSR Segment data to check for duplication and/or omission of Wild and Scenic River segments. Spatial information from the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (WSR) website was used to compare and improve these data as well. Additional information regarding river and outstanding remarkable value (ORV) descriptions were compiled from the WSR website and information regarding designation reaches, river management agencies, classifications, and ORV designations were compiled from USFS Segments data attribute information. This information was collected in order to track specific details concerning river designations and justify the representation of each river in the wsr_nhdpv2.1 data.

Tags: alabama, arizona, arkansas, california, colorado, connecticut, conterminous, delaware, florida, georgia, hydrography, idaho, illinois, kentucky, louisiana, maine, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, mississippi, missouri, montana, national, national-hydrography-dataset, nebraska, new-hampshire, new-jersey, new-mexico, new-york, nhdplus, nhs, north-carolina, ohio, oregon, pennsylvania, recreation, river, scenic, south-carolina, south-dakota, stream, tennessee, texas, united-states, united-states-of-america, usa, usfs, usgs, usgs-5d38b38de4b01d82ce8b947c, utah, vermont, washington, west-virginia, wild, wisconsin, wsr, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Electrical conductivity and pH time-series data generated from the short-term precision experiment  to characterize water-quality sondes for the Guidelines and Standard Procedures for High-Frequency Groundwater-Quality Monitoring Station Techniques and Methods Report

This dataset was generated during the precision testing of three water-quality sondes before picking one to use for field deployment of high frequency ground-water quality monitoring. Precision is important because the authors wanted to try and minimize calibration drift corrections between site visits. A laboratory experiment was conducted for the three sondes to simultaneously measure at hourly intervals with a setup of standard solution circulating past the sondes to simulate field conditions. The electrical conductivity experiment lasted 33 hours, the pH experiment lasted 13 hours, and the DO experiment failed (no data).

Tags: geoscientificinformation, usgs-5d38adc1e4b01d82ce8b942e, water
Organization: Department of the Interior
Repeat microgravity data from Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

These data are microgravity measurements collected at the summit of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii.  Data are collected using multiple instruments, with each file representing measurements from a specific instrument during a specific time period.  The data dictionary explains the file format and contents, and the dataset will be updated as new measurements are collected.

Tags: geodesy, gravimeter-measurement, hawaii-county-2, usgs-5d376d10e4b01d82ce8a7030, volcano-monitoring
Organization: Department of the Interior
Reporting the limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ) for environmental DNA assays: Data

This data set was collected to provide examples and aid in developing a standardized way of determining LOD and LOQ for eDNA assays and has 3 data files. GEDWG_LOD_DATA3.csv is raw qPCR data from multiple labs running multiple standards of known concentration for eDNA assays they regularly use. Comparison-Data.csv is the merged data output from running a generic LOD/LOQ calculator script multiple times with different LOD model settings. The generic LOD/LOQ calculator script is available at: https://github.com/cmerkes/qPCR_LOD_Calc, and details about the multiple settings used are commented in the analysis script available at: https://github.com/cmerkes/LOD_Analysis

Tags: biota, columbia-environmental-research-center-4200-e-new-haven-road-columbia-missouri-65201, department-of-biochemistry-and-microbiology-university-of-victoria-3800-finnerty-road-victoria-, detection, edna, engineers-research-and-development-center-3909-halls-ferry-road-vicksburg-mississippi-39180, environmental-dna, invasive-species, national-wildlife-research-center-4101-laporte-avenue-fort-collins-colorado-80521, ontario-ministry-of-natural-resources-and-forestry-2140-east-bank-drive-peterborough-ontario-k9, pcr, school-of-the-environment-washington-state-university-100-dairy-road-pullman-washington-99164, upper-midwest-environmental-sciences-center-2630-fanta-reed-road-la-crosse-wisconsin-54603, usgs-5d36fbfce4b01d82ce8a6cbf, whitney-genetics-laboratory-555-lester-avenue-onalaska-wisconsin-54650
Organization: Department of the Interior
Airborne electromagnetic and magnetic survey, Yellowstone National Park, 2016 - Minimally Processed Data

Airborne electromagnetic (AEM) and magnetic survey data were collected during November and December 2016 along 4,212 line-kilometers over Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The survey was conducted as part of a study of the subsurface geologic structure and geothermal and groundwater resources of Yellowstone National Park. The survey was designed to image the subsurface plumbing of Yellowstone's myriad thermal features by constraining the geometry of the major hydrostratigraphic contacts and mapping regional-scale geologic structures. Data were acquired by SkyTEM ApS with the SkyTEM 312M time-domain helicopter-borne electromagnetic system together with a Geometrics G822A cesium vapor magnetometer. The survey was flown along six block-style line groups with a nominal line spacing of 450 meters (m), one block-style line group with a nominal line spacing of 250 m, two block-style line groups with a nominal line spacing of 150 m, and a series of regional reconnaissance lines with 5 km nominal line spacing. Due to terrain complexity, the mean flight height was about 48 m. The AEM depth of investigation varies considerably with subsurface resistivity, however the maximum depth of investigation is about 500 m. This data release includes minimally processed (raw) AEM and magnetic data as delivered by the contractor. A subsequent data release will include processed AEM data and inverted resistivity models used for USGS interpretation. Minimally processed digital data from production flights are provided and described in an accompanying data dictionary in open data format. The complete data package received from the contractor is included in a separate zip-file directory and described in the contractor's report (pdf file included with this data release).

Tags: aeromagnetic-surveying, electromagnetic-surveying, environment, geologic-structure, geology-geophysics-and-geochemistry-science-center, geophysics, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, geothermic, gggsc, grand-canyon-of-the-yellowstone-river, groundwater, hot-spring-basin-group, hydrogeology, lower-falls-of-the-yellowstone-river, lower-geyser-basin, mammoth-hot-springs, midway-geyser-basin, mineral-resources-program, mrp, mud-volcano, norris-geyser-basin, old-faithful, park-county, pelican-valley, resistivity, state-of-wyoming, teton-county, u-s-geological-survey, united-states-of-america, upper-falls-of-the-yellowstone-river, upper-geyser-basin, usgs, usgs-5d35fe69e4b01d82ce8a61d1, wyoming, yellowstone-lake, yellowstone-national-park, yellowstone-river
Organization: Department of the Interior
Modeled and observed trends at reference basins in the conterminous U.S. from October 1, 1983 through September 30, 2016

This data release contains trend results computed on the basis of modeled and observed daily streamflows at 502 reference gages across the conterminous U.S. from October 1, 1983 through September 30, 2016. Modeled daily streamflows were computed using the deterministic Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS), and five statistical techniques: Nearest-Neighbor Drainage Area Ratio (NNDAR), Map-Correlation Drainage Area Ratio (MCDAR), Ordinary Kriging of the logarithms of discharge per unit area (OKDAR), Nearest-Neighbor nonlinear spatial interpolation using flow duration curves (NNQPPQ), and Map-Correlation nonlinear spatial interpolation using flow duration curves (MCQPPQ). Observed daily streamflow data for the study gages were retrieved from the National Water Information System (NWIS). Study gages were selected from among Hydro-Climatic Data Network 2009 (HCDN-2009) gages in the GAGES-II dataset considered to be minimally affected by regulation, diversion, mining, or other anthropogenic activities. Results include trends in annual and monthly means, annual percentiles (1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 75, 90, 95, 99), annual 1-day high, 3-day high, and 7-day low, and annual snowmelt-related runoff timing for a subset of snowmelt dominated basins. Bias and volumetric efficiency statistics between observed and modeled streamflows also are provided.

Tags: data-release, datasets, environment, hydrographic-datasets, hydrology, inlandwaters, mathematical-modeling, regression-analysis, stream-discharge, streamflow, usgs-5d35ca26e4b01d82ce8a6019
Organization: Department of the Interior
Whole-rock and glass chemistry of lava samples collected during the 2018  Lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kilauea

This data release contains selected results of whole-rock and glass analyses of lava samples collected during the 2018 eruption of Kilauea’s lower East Rift Zone (LERZ). Included are sampling-site information, eruptive vent/fissure, and sampling descriptions.  During the 2018 LERZ eruption, the chemical analysis of lava samples was performed within hours of collection using an energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) pressed-pellet methodology. The accuracy of this method was evaluated by analyzing a subset of samples using the more widely accepted wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WD-XRF) fused-bead methodology. WD-XRF analyses were performed both during and after the eruption at the Hamilton Analytical Lab, Hamilton College, New York. Results from both ED-XRF and WD-XRF, as well as summary statistics on reference-material runs, are presented here for selected major and trace-element data.
The glass component of lava samples was analyzed separately using Electron Probe Microanalysis (EPMA). The results of EPMA analysis of samples, as well as summary statistics on EPMA glass-reference-material runs are presented for selected major and trace-element data.
Also included in this release are the analytical results from whole-rock and glass samples which are representative of magmatic end members, or eruptive vent sites, on Kilauea volcano.  This includes, a spatter sample collected from the “last gasp” of the Puu Oo eruption during the collapse of that vent on May 1, 2018 preceding the LERZ eruption, select samples from the Puu Oo vent preceeding the eruption, samples from the Overlook vent at Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kilauea, and finally a dacite-lava sample collected from a drilling well in the LERZ which may represent a mixing end-member of the LERZ 2018 eruption.

Tags: geochemistry, usgs-5d3279d2e4b01d82ce8791b2, volcanology
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial Data for a Preliminary GIS Representation of Deep Coal Areas for Carbon Dioxide Storage in the Contiguous United States and Alaska

These geospatial data and their accompanying report outline many areas of coal in the United States beneath more than 3,000 ft of overburden. Based on depth, these areas may be targets for injection and storage of supercritical carbon dioxide. Additional areas where coal exists beneath more than 1,000 ft of overburden are also outlined; these may be targets for geologic storage of carbon dioxide in conjunction with enhanced coalbed methane production. These areas of deep coal were compiled as polygons into a shapefile for use in a geographic information system (GIS). The coal-bearing formation names, coal basin or field names, geographic provinces, coal ranks, coal geologic ages, and estimated individual coalbed thicknesses (if known) of the coal-bearing formations were included. An additional point shapefile, coal_co2_projects.shp, contains the locations of pilot projects for carbon dioxide injection into coalbeds. This report is not a comprehensive study of deep coal in the United States. Some areas of deep coal were excluded based on geologic or data-quality criteria, while others may be absent from the literature and still others may have been overlooked by the authors.

Tags: alabama, alaska, arizona, black-warrior-basin, burke, carbon-sequestration, central-appalachian-basin-central-basin, coal, coal-resources, colorado, eastern, florida, gulf-coast, illinois, illinois-basin, interior, iowa, kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maryland, mississippi, missouri, montana, nebraska, new-mexico, north-america, north-dakota, north-slope-alaska, northern-great-plains, ohio, oklahoma, oregon, pacific-coast, pennsylvania, rocky-mountain, russell, san-juan, san-juan-basin, southern-alaska-cook-inlet, tennessee, texas, tuscaloosa, united-states, usgs-5d32058fe4b01d82ce86fe8d, utah, virginia, wabash-county, washington, west-virginia, williston-basin, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior