AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Imagery data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Congaree National Park

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Orthophotos, raw imagery, and scanned aerial photos are common files held here.

A total of 42 photos were needed to provide full photo coverage of the study area. Because of adequate control and sufficient overlap between flight lines and photos, it was determined that interpretation would be done on every other photograph. Each photo was prepared with a 9” x 9” frosted mylar overlay for the photo signature delineations. Photo overlay were then pin-registered to the photos; project labels were affixed to each overlay identifying the photo number, status of work (Initial PI, QC), and photo interpreters responsible for that task. Study area boundaries were drafted onto each photo overlay, defining the area within the photograph to be interpreted. The study area boundaries were edge matched to adjacent photos to ensure full coverage.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Fish Inventory at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in 2003 - Open Format Dataset

The Southeast Coast Network is comprised of 20 parks within the states of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, all of which are responsible for a large percentage of the fish diversity in the United States. Collectively, these parks would be expected to harbor a high diversity of fishes due to the wide range of habitats represented. At the time of the present study (2001-2005), many basic species inventories for fishes were lacking for many of the parks in the network. The purpose of the study was to sample fishes in 12 parks to supplement existing data or to provide preliminary records of fishes where no records existed. From these data an expected list of fishes for all parks was generated. In 2023, the data was then processed for dissemination by the Inventory and Monitoring Division (IMD), complying with Executive Order 13642, Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information (GPO 2013). Processed tabular datasets have been created using the data provided from the parks, following Darwin Core naming standards and introducing data quality flagging where data was missing or unclear.

Tags: biodiversity, coast, fish, inventory, monitoring, npspecies, observations, species, survey, taxonomy
Organization: Department of the Interior
Saguaro flower phenology data, 2017-2018

Flower count data are provided for 20 individual saguaro plants measured on multiple dates in 2017 and 2018 at Saguaro National Park. Flower directions were determined using a digital compass placed on top of individual photographs of the top of each saguaro stem.

Tags: flowers, phenology, sagu, saguaro, sonoran-desert
Organization: Department of the Interior
Glacier Bay oceanography 2020 data quality evaluations (OC_M)

At the end of each survey year, a review is done to determine if post-season calibration data (OC_G) indicate that sensor drift over the cruise year is significant. The original log sheet images (OC_H) are also reviewed for annotations regarding data exceptions. The raw and processed vertical profile data plots are reviewed both separately and jointly for irregular instrument readings.

The Project Leader flags questionable and unusable casts for the year using the data quality report spreadsheets. Inoperable individual sensors encountered during a cast are also noted on the sheets. The Data Manager, after validating the spreadsheet forms, publishes the forms to the Data Store and then updates appropriate columns in the cumulative database (OC_D) to reflect quality levels of all observations.

Tags: alaska, chlorophyll-a, ctd, ecological-framework-water-hydrology-marine-hydrology, field-log, fluorometer, glacier-bay, glacier-bay-national-park, glba, icy-strait, monitoring, obs, oceanography, oceans, par, photic-depth, photosynthetically-available-radiation, physical-oceanography, salinity, sean, sigma-t, southeast-alaska-network, temperature, turbidity
Organization: Department of the Interior
Pilot Landbird Monitoring throughout the Southeast Coast Network, 2009-2010 - Data Package

The Southeast Coast Network (SECN) initiated a pilot program using the Variable-radius circular plot point count method as a way to establish a quality-control method for data collected via automated recording devices (ARDs). Landbirds were selected as a vital sign for monitoring due to their interaction with several trophic levels in the environments they reside in, leading to landbird populations being an effective way to analyze the ecological conditions of those environments. The monitoring was performed in the spring of 2009 and 2010, where selected park units were surveyed once. Observations were made from sampling locations scattered throughout each park. Observed birds, either visually or audially, were recorded throughout a 12-minute time period at each sampling point. Over 19,000 observations of 173 species were made across 14 NPS park units in 2009 and 2010. Data collected under this protocol are stored in the SECN data management system and are available online in the Integration of Resource Management Applications (IRMA) database maintained by the Inventory and Monitoring Division national office located in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Tags: biota, birds, caha, calo, cana, canaveral-national-seashore, cape-hatteras-national-seashore, cape-lookout-national-seashore, chat, chattahoochee-river-national-recreation-area, cong, congaree-national-park, cuis, cumberland-island-national-seashore, foca, foma, fopu, fort-caroline-national-memorial, fort-matanzas-national-monument, fort-pulaski-national-monument, fort-sumter-and-fort-moultrie-national-historical-park, fort-sumter-national-monument, fosu, hobe, horseshoe-bend-national-military-park, kemo, kennesaw-mountain-national-battlefield-park, landbirds, mocr, monitoring, moores-creek-national-battlefield, national-park-service, ocmu, ocmulgee-mounds-national-historical-park, secn, southeast-coast-network, timu, timucuan-ecological-and-historic-preserve, variable-circular-point-count
Organization: Department of the Interior
Craters of the Moon Acoustic Monitoring Report: Off-site Listening Results

This dataset presents summarized results of acoustical data gathered by the Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division (NSNSD) at six sites in Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve (CRMO) from June–September of 2017. Specifically, these summaries represent the off-site listening analysis conducted by the Colorado State University Listening Lab. The data summaries include hourly audibility (% time audible) results of each natural and non-natural sound source in a subset of the acoustical dataset. The data herein are described in further detail in the corresponding acoustic monitoring report.

Tags: acoustic-monitoring, acoustical-monitoring, canis-latrans, coyote, natural-sound, noise, sound-source, soundscape
Organization: Department of the Interior
Gulf Island National Seashore Breeding Bird Monitoring Data FY 2014

Data are part of the GULN Inventory and Monitoring Program Land bird monitoring project for GUIS. Data were collected by Mark Woodry through a cooperative agreement with GULN in 2014. Data were entered into the Avian Knowledge Network database and exported to Excel 2007 format by GULN data manager, Whitney Granger. A separate reference is available for the Field Sheets that accompanies this data set.

Tags: ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-birds
Organization: Department of the Interior
Fen Inventory at Grand Teton National Park and John D. Rockefeller Jr Parkway 2023 - Open Format Dataset

Little is known about fens in Grand Teton National Park (GRTE) and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway (JODR). To better manage fen resources in GRTE and JODR, the National Park Service funded the Colorado Natural Heritage Program to create a map of potential fens within GRTE and JODR, visit potential fen polygons to verify their status as fens, and survey for rare fen-indicator plant species. Potential fens were mapped in the winter of 2022-23. The initial map of fens contained 906 potential fens covering 5,208 acres. Field sampling took place in the summer of 2023 and verified 41 fens and 28 peat-accumulating wetlands. Field sampling also confirmed that 48 polygons were not fens. The revised map contained 1,016 acres of confirmed or highly likely fens, which were concentrated at elevations below 2100 m in specific areas of the parks, including Lower Jackson Lake watershed and most of JODR. One hundred and twenty-seven populations of 23 rare fen-indicator plant species were observed either within or near confirmed fens. Rapid vegetation surveys were conducted in 38 confirmed fens. Most fens were characterized as rich fens, with some considered poor fens and no sites meeting the water chemistry and vegetation classification of extreme rich fen. GRTE and JODR fens are exceptional resources that support numerous rare species. Management plans for the park units should protect and avoid impacting these special habitats and their species so they remain intact into the future.

Tags: darwin-core-archive-dwc-a, fen-wetlands, grand-teton-national-park, imd, john-d-rockefeller, jr-memorial-parkway, national-park-service, nps, nps-inventory-and-monitoring-division, nps-species-inventory-program, open-format, rare-plants, vegetation-sampling
Organization: Department of the Interior
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Elk Exclosure Vegetation  Monitoring

This database contains all long-term vegetation monitoring data related to elk (Cervus elaphus) reintroduction and management in GRSM. Each vegetation plot consists of an exclosure plot and a paired control plot. Also included in the database are all data related to exclosure damage from tree fall or other disturbance and exclosure repairs. All work has been performed by GRSM Resource Management & Science staff.

Tags: aphn, appalachian-highlands-network, branch-im, cervus-canadensis, cervus-canadensis-canadensis, eastern-elk, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-forest-woodland-communit, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-mammals, elk, elk-exclosure, great-smoky-mountains-national-park, grsm, ser, southeast-region
Organization: Department of the Interior
Southeast Coast Network Landbird Monitoring in the Southeastern United States, 2024 cumulative data package

The National Park Service (NPS) operates 32 Inventory & Monitoring (I&M) networks across the United States encompassing over 280 parks.  Each I&M network has established "vital signs" monitoring in its parks. These vital signs represent elements and processes in park ecosystems that help indicate the overall health or condition of park resources. Just as people monitor their vital signs such as blood pressure and pulse, the parks monitor selected vital signs to help them understand the condition and trends of park natural resources. Network personnel monitor physical resources and processes (such as air, water, climate, fire, erosion), biological attributes (such as species and biological communities), and ecological processes (such as disturbance and productivity).
The Southeast Coast Network (SECN) contains 15 parks containing natural resources, located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Each spring, SECN collects audio recording data during implementation of the SECN's Landbird Community Monitoring Protocol.  Automated recording devices (ARDs) are used to capture landbird vocalizations every second morning between March and June at up to 30 spatially-balanced random sampling locations per park.  Five of the SECN's 15 parks are sampled each year on a three-year rotation.  All discernable bird vocalizations are reviewed from selected recordings and classified to species.
These data address the following protocol objectives: (1) evaluate status of landbird community species richness during the spring breeding season and (2) assess landbird occupancy and spatial distribution at sampling locations during the breeding season.

Tags: acoustic-monitoring, ard, audio-recording, automated-recording-device, avian, bird, landbird, occupancy, spatial-distribution, species-richness
Organization: Department of the Interior
Grassland Bird and Raptor Inventory at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park 2022 - Open Format Dataset

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (NHP) includes grassland habitats that are maintained for the interpretation of historic Civil War battles. In 2022, as part of the National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring program, the University of Delaware conducted a grassland bird and raptor inventory in the park. The goals of this inventory were to determine the grassland bird use of Harpers Ferry grasslands during Spring and Fall migration, estimate the abundance and daily nest survival for focal breeding species, and determine the raptor use during migration. We established and used multiple avian sampling techniques to address these goals including distance sampling using line transects, mist-netting to capture passerine birds, point counts, hawk watching, and nest searching and monitoring. We conducted this inventory during the annual cycle starting in March 2022 and completed the sampling in October 2022. During the course of this effort, we detected 111 species using the Harpers Ferry grasslands at some time during the year. We found that the park is supporting migrating and breeding grassland birds and that the avian species composition changes over the course of the annual cycle. During migration, we detected focal grassland bird species including Bobolink, Savannah Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow, and Eastern Meadowlark. During the breeding season, we located and monitored Eastern Meadowlark and Grasshopper Sparrow nests with adequate sample sizes to estimate daily nest survival. We found that Eastern Meadowlark daily nest survival was relatively high (99%) and was influenced by the proximity of the nest to a forested edge.

Tags: avian, bird, bobolink, breeding, darwin-core-archive-dwc-a, eastern-meadowlark, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-birds, grasshopper-sparrow, grassland, hafe, harpers-ferry-national-historical-park, imd, inventory, migrating, national-park-service, nps, nps-inventory-and-monitoring-division, nps-species-inventory-program, raptor, savannah-sparrow, species-inventory
Organization: Department of the Interior
Great Lakes Network 2006-2024 Inland Lakes Water Quality Monitoring Data as of 2025-03-21

This data package was created 2025-03-21 05:16:30 by NPSTORET and includes selected project, location, and result data.

Data contained in Great Lakes Network NPSTORET back-end file (GLKNLKWQ_NPSTORET_BE_20250319.ACCDB) were filtered to include:

Station:
- Include Trip QC And All Station Visit Results
Value Status:
- Accepted or Certified (exported as Final) or Final

The data package is organized into five data tables:
- Projects.csv - describes the purpose and background of the monitoring efforts
- Locations.csv - documents the attributes of the monitoring locations/stations
- Results.csv - contains the field measurements, observations, and/or lab analyses for each sample/event/data grouping
- HUC.csv - enumerates the domain of allowed values for 8-digit and 12-digit hydrologic unit codes utilized by the Locations data table
- Characteristics.csv - enumerates the domain of characteristics available in NPSTORET to identify what was sampled, measured or observed in Results

Period of record for filtered data is 2006-05-02 to 2024-09-18.  This data package is a snapshot in time of one National Park Service project. The most current data for this project, which may be more or less extensive than that in this data package, can be found on the Water Quality Portal at:

https://www.waterqualitydata.us/data/Result/search?project=GLKNLKWQ&mimeType=csv&zip=yes&dataProfile=biological&providers=STORET

Tags: air-temperature, alkalinity, ammonium, biological-substances, calcium, carbon, chloride, chlorophyll-a, depth, dissolved-organic-compounds, dissolved-oxygen, elements-and-compounds, lake-water-quality-monitor, magnesium, nitrogen, nitrogen-compounds, npstoret, ph, phosphorus, physical-properties, potassium, secchi-depth, sodium, specific-conductivity, sulfate, suspended-solids, water-level, water-properties, water-quality, water-temperature, wave-height, weather, wind, wind-direction
Organization: Department of the Interior
Vegetation Monitoring in the Great Lakes Network, 2007-2024 - Data Package

Forest vegetation provides an integrated measure of terrestrial ecosystem health by expressing information about the collective suite of drivers and stressors which act upon it. These include climate, disturbance, browse, and invasive species. We developed a comprehensive forest monitoring protocol to detect change in the nine Great Lakes Network parks. Monitoring is conducted on a nine-year rotation, with each of the parks sampled over the course of one summer, once every nine years. Site locations were selected to ensure that they are random, but also spatially balanced throughout the parks. At each sampling site, we collect extensive data on trees (including saplings and seedlings), shrubs, herbs, coarse woody material, and browse. We also carry out assessments of tree health. Data are housed in a Microsoft Access database and published annually in an open-source, machine readable format. Quality control measures include both on site assessments of accuracy, as well as extensive data checking via automated parsing routines. Finally, reports from monitoring are produced on a regular basis and include internal National Park Service technical reports and externally reviewed manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals. All data are publicly available.

Tags: apis, apostle-islands-national-lakeshore, basal-area, biomass, biota, browse, coarse-woody-materials, density, frequency, glkn, grand-portage-national-monument, great-lakes, great-lakes-network, grpo, herbaceous-species, imd, indiana, indiana-dunes-national-lakeshore, indu, isle-royale-national-park, isro, michigan, minnesota, miss, mississippi-national-river-and-recreation-area, monitoring, pathogens, percent-cover, pests, pictured-rocks-national-lakeshore, piro, plants, sacn, saint-croix-national-scenic-river, shrub-species, slbe, sleeping-bear-dunes-national-lakeshore, tree-seedlings, tree-species, vegetation, volume, voya, voyageurs-national-park, wisconsin
Organization: Department of the Interior
Imagery data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Isle Royale National Park

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Orthophotos, raw imagery, and scanned aerial photos are common files held here.

The classification was developed based on observations during a reconnaissance trip in fall of 1996 by combined teams of aerial photo interpreters and ecologists. This reconnaissance trip clarified both the nature of the classification units and their aerial photo signatures. A minimum mapping unit of 0.5 ha guided decisions about how to treat various units as complexes or mosaics. Based on the reconnaissance trip, the aerial photo team attempted to identify all of the different aerial photo signatures that might correspond to the vegetation types. By the spring of 1997, mapping protocols were sufficiently stabilized to permit the aerial photo team to begin delineating polygons throughout the park. The full set of airphoto overlays for the park were delivered to the field team in mid-July 1997, and they were then used to locate polygons for plot sampling. Once polygon photosignatures were reviewed and updated by the aerial photo interpretation team, an accuracy assessment was conducted. The number of polygons visited per type depended on how common the type was, from 24 polygons for widespread types to 2 for rare types. Points were stratified to be equitably distributed across the island. The target number of polygons to be sampled for each community was split into two groups, one for a team working the northeast half of the park (east team), and one for the team working the southwest half of the park (west team).

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Fort Laramie National Historic Site Water Quality Data

USGS collects streamflow, dissolved oxygen, pH, specific conductance, and water temperature for the Northern Great Plains Network on a 3 year rotation during the ice free season. Data can be accessed from the NWIS external link for 2015, 2018, and 2021.

Tags: application-inventory-registry, ecological-framework-water-hydrology-surface-water-dynamics, ecological-framework-water-water-quality-water-chemistry, fola, fort-laramie-national-historic-site, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data Package: Terrestrial Vegetation Monitoring in National Parks of the Southeast Coast Network, 2019-2023

Vegetation communities serve as the foundation of habitat for many species, function as a carbon sink, produce oxygen, cycle nutrients and energy, improve water quality, and moderate flooding/erosion. Given the widespread anthropogenic influences in Southeast Coast Network parks and the importance of vegetation communities, quantifying trends in species diversity and forest regeneration is vital to understanding ecological processes and identifying stressors and their impacts. Evaluating trends in vegetation and environmental attributes provides measures for assessing the ecological integrity and sustainability of park’s terrestrial vegetation and identifies potential management activities on our park lands. The National Park Service Omnibus Management Act of 1998 and other reinforcing policies and regulations require park managers to establish baseline information and to provide information on the long-term trends in the condition of National Park System resources (Title II, Sec. 204). The data summarized herein is a tool to assist managers in fulfilling this mandate.

Tags: database, forest-health, ms-access, terrestrial-vegetation, vegetation-plot
Organization: Department of the Interior