AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Offshore baseline for Long Island coastal region generated to calculate shoreline change rates for the Long Island region from Montauk Point to the entrance of Raritan Bay, New York (LongIsland_baseline.shp)

Sandy ocean beaches are a popular recreational destination, often surrounded by communities containing valuable real estate.  Development is on the rise despite the fact that coastal infrastructure is subjected to flooding and erosion.  As a result, there is an increased demand for accurate information regarding past and present shoreline changes.  To meet these national needs, the Coastal and Marine Geology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is compiling existing reliable historical shoreline data along open-ocean sandy shores of the conterminous United States and parts of Alaska and Hawaii under the National Assessment of Shoreline Change project.  
There is no widely accepted standard for analyzing shoreline change.  Existing shoreline data measurements and rate calculation methods vary from study to study and prevent combining results into state-wide or regional assessments.  The impetus behind the National Assessment project was to develop a standardized method of measuring changes in shoreline position that is consistent from coast to coast.  The goal was to facilitate the process of periodically and systematically updating the results in an internally consistent manner.

Tags: atlantic-coast, baseline, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, coastal-processes, continental-island-shore-complex, digital-shoreline-analysis-system, dsas, east-hampton, effects-of-coastal-change, endpoint-rate, environment, erosion, fire-island, geoscientificinformation, jones-beach, linear-regression-rate, long-beach, long-island, mid-atlantic, montauk, national-assessment-of-shoreline-change-project, new-york, oceans, rockaway, shoreline-accretion, shoreline-change-rate, shoreline-erosion, south-hampton, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-4fad4876-6249-44e8-b4e1-50e743785087, virginian-ecoregion, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Navigation and environmental data from R/V Weatherbird II for the West Florida Shelf: USGS Cruise 11BHM02

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a study on the effects of climate change on ocean acidification within the Gulf of Mexico; dealing specifically with the effect of ocean acidification on marine organisms and habitats. To investigate this, the USGS participated in cruises in the West Florida Shelf and northern Gulf of Mexico regions aboard the R/V Weatherbird II, a ship of opportunity lead by Dr. Kendra Daly, of the University of South Florida (USF). This cruise occurred June 25-30, 2011, leaving from and returned to Saint Petersburg, Florida. The USGS collected data pertaining to pH, dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), and total alkalinity in discrete samples. Forty-eight underway discrete samples were collected approximately hourly over a span of 1130 kilometer (km) track line. Flow-through conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) data were collected, which includes temperature, salinity, and pH. Corroborating the USGS data are the vertical CTD profiles collected by USF, using the following sensors: CTD, oxygen, chlorophyll fluorescence, optical backscatter, and transmissometer. Additionally, discrete depth samples for nutrients, chlorophyll, and particulate organic carbon/nitrogen were collected.

Tags: assessments, bathypelagic, carbon-flux, chemical-analysis, chemical-oceanography, environmental-chemistry, epipelagic, florida, marine-chemistry, mesopelagic, ocean-acidification, ocean-chemistry, ocean-surface, pco2, ph, physical-chemical-features, salinity, temperature, total-carbon, united-states, usgs-4faba09e-3b9d-413a-b38b-3fb52e2e3293, west-florida-shelf
Organization: Department of the Interior
maui_geo - Geologic attributes of the coastal zone of Maui, Hawaii

Geologic attributes of the coastal zone of Maui, Hawaii

Tags: barrier, beach, coast, coastal, continental-island-shore-complex, developed, embayed, fringing, geographical-features, geological-features, geology, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, hawaii, hawaii-ecoregion, headland, island, kauai, lanai, land-surface-characteristics, maui, molokai, oahu, oceans, pacific, reef, rocky, stream, usgs-4f96858b-9e43-42d0-844d-2ecacd4342f4, wetland
Organization: Department of the Interior
HATTERAS_INDEX - Hatteras Island, North Carolina (geographic, WGS84)

The shoreline of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, is experiencing long-term coastal erosion. In order to better understand and monitor the changing coastline, historical aerial imagery is used to map shoreline change. For the area of Hatteras Island from Cape Point to Oregon Inlet, fourteen aerial datasets from 1978-2002 were scanned and georeferenced for use in a Geographic Information System (GIS). Shoreline positions (high water line) were digitized from georeferenced imagery. The shoreline vectors were then compiled for use in the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) ArcGIS extension in order to generate rates of shoreline change.

Tags: atlantic-coast, atlantic-ocean, buxton-quadrangle, cape-hatteras-point, cape-hatteras-quadrangle, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, coastal-processes, field-inventory-and-monitoring, geology, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, hatteras-island, historical-aerial-imagery, little-kinnakeet-quadrangle, location, north-america, north-carolina, oceans, oregon-inlet, oregon-inlet-quadrangle, pamlico-sound, pea-island-quadrangle, rodanthe-quadrangle, spcmsc, st-petersburg-coastal-and-marine-science-center, u-s-geological-survey, unconsolidated-deposits, united-states, usgs, usgs-4f9069e8-c6ce-482f-9cd1-b45a0f88b0d8, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Beach Profile Data Collected from Madeira Beach, Florida (July 9, 2021)

This dataset, prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC), provides beach profile data collected at Madeira Beach, Florida. Data were collected on foot by a person equipped with a Global Positioning System (GPS) antenna affixed to a backpack outfitted for surveying location and elevation data (XYZ) along pre-determined transects. The horizontal position data are given in the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projected coordinate system, Zone 17 North (17N), referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83); the elevation data are referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88), GEOID12B.

Tags: altimetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, beach, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, distributions, earth-science-gt-land-surface-gt-topography-gt-terrain-elevation, earth-science-gt-oceans-gt-coastal-processes-gt-beaches, elevation, elevation-data, florida, geology, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, global-positioning-system-gps-observations, gps-measurement, gulf-of-mexico, madeira-beach, marine-geology, oceans, providers-gt-government-agencies-u-s-federal-agencies-gt-doi-gt-usgs-gt-doi-usgs-cmg-gt-coastal, spcmsc, st-petersburg-coastal-and-marine-science-center, topographic-mapping, topography, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-4f8f7a4d-d53e-4b70-9fc9-a0cd409e3a2c
Organization: Department of the Interior
Samples collected by Reid, et al (1979)

This GIS layer provides the location where samples were taken in a survey conducted by R.N. Reid, et al (1979)

Tags: arcview, benthic-communities, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, coastal-and-marine-geology-team, connecticut, connecticut-department-of-environmental-protection, environmental-baselines, estuary, geospatial-datasets, infauna, long-island-sound, marine-biology, new-york, noaa, points, reid, shapefile, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-4f860775-f6e8-4ede-b68e-eeae0971a6aa, woods-hole-field-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Lanai Island Spatial Prioritization of Native Plant Habitat and Hunting Areas, 2021

This data release includes data and metadata on all native plant species, native habitat, and hunting areas included in the spatial prioritization analyses.
Broadly, recovery of threatened and endangered species requires specific management actions by natural resource managers at a fine scale. We used a systematic conservation planning framework to outline conservation goals across multiple land-uses, including native habitat protection and identifying endangered species-specific recovery areas while minimizing intrusion on existing hunting areas on the island of Lanai. We used spatial prioritization tools to generate multiple scenarios where both conservation and hunting areas (deemed zones for analysis purposes) were delineated to meet land-use goals. These delineated areas will help land managers to minimize conflicts between uses for populations of non-native game animals and the conservation and restoration of native plant species in climate resilient areas.

Tags: analytical-modeling, biota, endangered-species, hawaii, lanai, native-species, spatial-analysis, usgs-4f816b98-84b8-47af-9c7b-d228d9cf9b7c
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sprague River Oregon Water 1968

The Sprague River drains 4090 square kilometers in south-central Oregon before flowing into the Williamson 
River and upper Klamath Lake. In cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the USGS and University 
of Oregon conducted a study to evaluate channel and floodplain processes for the 131 km of the Sprague River 
and its major tributaries, including the lower 20 km of the South Fork Sprague River, the lower 16 km of the North 
Fork Sprague River, and the lower 62 km of the Sycan River. The study involved multiple analyses, including 
assessments of historical channel change, riparian and floodplain vegetation, and surficial geology. To support 
these analyses, digital floodplain and channel maps were prepared from historic notes, maps, and aerial photos 
to depict channel and floodplain conditions at different times between 1866 and 2005. The geospatial database 
of current and historic channel and floodplain conditions will also enable evaluation of long-term trends pertaining 
to aquatic and riparian habitat conditions.

Tags: channel-analysis, floodplain-analysis, geomorphology, inlandwaters, klamath-basin, sprague-river-oregon, usgs-4f7ba18b-0be1-43cd-83d3-a2a73ced9012
Organization: Department of the Interior
Acquisition and observation logs for seabed video and sediment samples from Stellwagen Bank on U.S. Geological Survey field activity 2017-043-FA, aboard the R/V Auk, Aug. 22 and 23, 2017 (PDF file)

This field activity is part of an effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000-scale) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. The data collected in this study will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. On August 22 and 23, 2017, the U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, conducted a research cruise aboard the Sanctuary’s Research Vessel Auk, visiting 39 locations within the sanctuary. A customized Van Veen grab sampler (SEABOSS) equipped with a video camera and a conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) instrument was deployed in drift mode to collect sediment for grain-size analysis, video imagery of the seabed, and measurements of water column properties.

Tags: atlantic-ocean, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, field-activity-logs, field-monitoring-stations, geoscientificinformation, ground-truth, location, log-book, marine-biology, marine-geology, massachusetts, massachusetts-bay, navigation, navigational-data, north-america, oceans, sbnms, sea-floor-samples, seaboss, sediment-samples, stellwagen-bank, stellwagen-bank-national-marine-sanctuary, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-4f7ac405-659e-4033-ba50-29f3787c2b3b, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
l982bs.m77t - MGD77 data file for Geophysical data from field activity L-9-82-BS in Bering Sea, Alaska from 07/11/1982 to 08/03/1982

Single-beam bathymetry, magnetics, and gravity data along with transit satellite navigation data was collected as part of field activity L-9-82-BS in Bering Sea, Alaska from 07/11/1982 to 08/03/1982, http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l982bs/html/l-9-82-bs.meta.html
These data are reformatted from space-delimited ASCII text files located in the Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP) InfoBank field activity catalog at http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l982bs/html/l-9-82-bs.bath.html http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l982bs/html/l-9-82-bs.grav.html http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l982bs/html/l-9-82-bs.mag.html into MGD77T format provided by the NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center(NGDC). The MGD77T format includes a header (documentation) file (.h77t) and a data file (.m77t). More information regarding this format can be found in the publication listed in the Cross_reference section of this metadata file.

Tags: ak, alaska, bathymetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, bathymetry-measurement, bering-sea, bering-sea-alaska, distributions, geoscientificinformation, gravimeter-measurement, gravimetry, magnetic-field-observations, magnetometer-measurement, marine-geology, marine-geophysics, marine-gravity, marine-magnetics, marine-seismic, oceans, seafloor-topography, single-beam-bathymetry, single-beam-echo-sounder, usa, usgs-4f77eef6-1145-46ee-a55c-07df418613b9, water-depth
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mississippi embayment aquifer system

This data set represents the extent of the Mississippi embayment aquifer system in the states of 
Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky.

Tags: alabama, aquifer, aquifer-extent, arkansas, environment, geoscientificinformation, groundwater, inlandwaters, kentucky, louisiana, mississippi, tennessee, usgs-4f7008e6-bb99-465f-b917-cfcd33abb9ff
Organization: Department of the Interior
Georeferenced TIFF images displaying backscatter data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey along the transit between the Madison Swanson and Steamboat Lumps Marine Protected Areas, Gulf of Mexico in 2000 (UTM Zone 16, WGS 84, 5 GeoTIFF images)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mapped approximately 22 square miles of the Madison Swanson Marine Protected Area (MPA) and Steamboat Lumps MPA, which are located on the Florida shelf edge in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico in 2000 using sidescan sonar and high-resolution chirp seismic-reflection systems. This survey was conducted as part of a larger study of the effectiveness of no-fishing reserves in protecting grouper spawning aggregations. Field activity information for this cruise is available on-line through the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fa=2000-005-FA.

Tags: backscatter, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, field-activity-number-2000-005-fa, florida, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, gulf-of-mexico, image-mosaics, imagerybasemapsearthcover, madison-swanson-marine-protected-area, marine-geology, marine-geophysics, north-america, oceans, r-v-oregon-ii, sea-floor-acoustic-reflectivity, sidescan-sonar, sis-1000, steamboat-lumps-marine-protected-area, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-4f6bcf69-d308-4b9b-aa8d-416224e89f2d, west-florida-shelf, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
2-m Bathymetric Grid of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11445 in Long Island Sound, North of Plum Island, New York (H11445_2M_GEO, Geographic, WGS84)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Imagery, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provides a fundamental framework for research and management activities along this part of Long Island Sound, shows the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provides information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. Interpretive data layers were derived from the multibeam echo-sounder data and sidescan-sonar data collected north of Plum Island, New York. During November 2009, bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of a ground-truth reconnaissance survey. For more information on the ground-truth survey see http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2009/09059/.

Tags: arcraster-grid, atlantic-ocean, bathymetry, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, connecticut-department-of-environmental-protection, ct-dep, elevation, geospatial-datasets, grid, h11445, long-island-sound, marine-geophysics, multibeam-bathymetry, multibeam-sonar, national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration, new-york, noaa, noaa-survey-h11445, north-america, oceans, ofr-2010-1005, open-file-report-2010-1005, orient-point, plum-island, reson-8101, reson-8125, sea-floor-characteristics, u-s-east-coast, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-4f6423c1-9168-4ed1-9523-2c5d543fc437, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Topobathymetric Lidar Survey of Breton and Gosier Islands, Louisiana, January 16 and 18, 2014 - DEM Data

This dataset contains binary point-cloud data and a Digital Elevation Model (DEM), produced from remotely sensed, geographically referenced topobathymetric measurements collected by Photo Science, Inc., encompassing the Breton Island, LA study area. The original area of interest was buffered by 100 meters to ensure complete coverage, resulting in approximately 75 square miles of lidar data. The Breton Island Lidar project called for the planning, acquisition, processing, and derivative products of topobathymetric lidar data, collected at a nominal pulse spacing (NPS) of 0.5-0.45 meters (4-5 points/square meter). Lidar acquisition was prioritized to coincide with the lowest tide possible. Water clarity was also assessed and deemed acceptable prior to acquisition flights. The data, in meters, are projected to UTM Zone 16 North and referenced horizontally to the NAD83 (2011) datum and vertically to the NAVD88 (GEOID12A) datum. The classified point-cloud data were delivered in LAS v1.2 format and the merged DEM was converted to a GeoTIFF file. Each LAS file contains data in a 1-kilometer by 1-kilometer tile named according to the US National Grid conventions.

Tags: bare-earth, bathymetry, breton-island, dem, depth, digital-elevation-model, doi-usgs-cmg-gt-coastal-and-marine-geology-u-s-geological-survey-u-s-department-of-interior, elevation, elevation-data, gulf-of-mexico, intensity-image, land-surface-gt-topography-gt-terrain-elevation, las-point-cloud, lidar, 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, plaquemines-parish, remote-sensing, shoreline, topobathy, topography, usgs-4f511200-c74b-4889-a9b3-00f257c268b4
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sedimentary Data Collected in September 2016 From Old Tampa Bay, Florida (U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity Number 2016–350–FA)

The toxic dinoflagellate Pyrodinium bahamense (P. bahamense) produces recurring, persistent summer algal blooms in Old Tampa Bay, Florida, which degrade water quality and are potentially harmful to humans if contaminated shellfish is consumed. As part of its life cycle,  P. bahamense produces dormant cysts, which settle to the seafloor, forming seed beds that may initiate future blooms if favorable conditions for germination occur.
From August 2015 to September 2016, the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) collaborated to conduct seasonal sediment sampling at in Old Tampa Bay, Florida. Sediment cores were collected at three sites. The USGS characterize bottom sediment texture and measured profiles of naturally-occurring radionuclides in the uppermost five centimeters of the sediment column. This information will provide an assessment of sediment accumulation, depositional focusing, and resuspension in relation to the potential impact on the seeding potential of P. bahamense cysts. This data will be used in conjunction with FWC research on the vertical distribution of cyst abundance and viability to estimate the seeding potential of future blooms (Lopez and others, 2015). This project was funded by the Tampa Bay Environmental Restoration Fund.
This data release is an archive of USGS field data and laboratory analytical results for the five sampling periods in this study, designated as USGS Field Activity Numbers 2015-329-FA (project ID 15FWR02), 2015-341-FA (project ID 15FWR03), 2016-312-FA (project ID 16FWR04), 2016-327-FA (project ID 16FWR05), and 2016-350-FA (project ID 16FWR06).

Tags: algae, biota, bulk-density, estuaries, florida, gamma-spectroscopy, geology, geoscientificinformation, gradistat, grain-size, lithology, location, loss-on-ignition, old-tampa-bay, push-core, radiochemistry, rocks-and-deposits, sediment, u-s-geological-survey, unconsolidated-deposits, usgs, usgs-4f481085-6c93-4965-bc4b-c2876d5b13eb
Organization: Department of the Interior
Locations of All Shotpoints for R/V GYRE Cruise G1-99-GM (99002) - GOM99SHTALLG.SHP

All shotpoint locations from multichannel seismics survey, USGS cruise G1-99-GM
During June 1998 and April 1999, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted two research cruises in the northern Gulf of Mexico to acquire high-resolution seismic reflection data across the upper and middle continental slope as part of an investigation of the seismic character, distribution, and potential effects of naturally-occurring marine gas hydrates and related free gas within the gas hydrate stability zone. Over 1600 km of two-dimensional multichannel seismic reflection profiles were acquired during these two cruises. The specific objectives of this investigation are (a) to produce high-resolution images of the gas hydrate stability zone; (b) to study the distribution and character of potential seafloor failures and their relationship to known and inferred gas hydrate deposits; (c) to look at systematic variations in subsurface structure in gas hydrate and non-hydrate areas; and (d) to estimate, if possible, the amounts of hydrates present within the gas hydrate stability zone. The multichannel profiles provide high-quality images with approximately 5 meters of vertical resolution and up to 2 km of penetration. This report gives an overview of the acquisition and data processing of the multichannel seismic reflection profiles and provides references and links to reports with more detailed information. Geologic interpretations of these seismic profiles regarding gas hydrate occurrence and distribution within the study areas of this investigation are given in Cooper and Hart (2002).

Tags: cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, continental-slope, field-activity-serial-number-99002, g1-99-gm, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, gulf-of-mexico, hydrophone, location, marine-geophysics, multichannel, navigation, navigational-data, oceans, offshore-louisiana, offshore-texas, polyline-shapefile, shot-points, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-4f287820-a1bd-42fc-922e-884ba4befb05, whsc, woods-hole-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior