AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Vegetation indicators and landscape characteristics for the Gearhart Mountain Wilderness, Oregon, USA

This dataset contains spatially-referenced tabular data associated with a study to characterize vegetation conditions within a dry mixed conifer forest study area (the Gearhart Mountain Wilderness) in southern Oregon, USA, in 2001 (a single year drought without any widespread insect mortality) and 2009 (during a multi-year drought that coincided with a severe outbreak of mountain pine beetle; MPB). Specifically, this study identified refugia from the effects of droughts (in 2001 and in 2009) and interacting drought-MPB effects (in 2009). In this study, refugia were defined as local areas that were relatively buffered against detrimental ecological effects from drought and MPB-attack. Refugia were quantified using remotely-sensed Normalized Difference Moisture Index (NDMI) from the Landsat archive across a 30-m resolution grid. This dataset contains the identified refugia in each year (2001 and 2009) along with landscape characteristics (topographic, soil, and forest stand characteristics) that were used as explanatory variables to model the locations of refugia.
References: 
Cartwright, 2018, &lt;placeholder cite for paper in preparation, bibliographic info will be filled in when available.&gt;

Tags: biota, elevation, environment, geoscientificinformation, usgs-59637fdbe4b0d1f9f059d824
Organization: Department of the Interior
Ontogenetic changes in swimming speed of silver carp, bighead carp, and grass carp larvae-Data

We measured ontogenetic changes in routine and maximum swimming speeds of bighead, grass, and silver carp larvae. Daily measurements of routine swimming speed were taken for two weeks post-hatch using a still camera and the LARVEL program, a custom image-analysis software.  Larval swimming speed was calculated using larval locations in subsequent image frames and time between images.  Using an endurance chamber, we determined the maximum swimming speed of larvae (post gas bladder inflation) for four to eight weeks post-hatch.

Tags: asian-carp, behavior, biota, city-of-columbia, columbia, early-life-history, fish, invasive-species, larval-drift, larval-fish, usgs-595fb357e4b0d1f9f05865f0
Organization: Department of the Interior
Migrating Bird Survey Data along the San Pedro River and its Tributaries, Southeastern Arizona, 1989-1994

Data files in this data series represent migrating bird count and habitat information collected during 1989, 1991, 1993, and 1994 field seasons at 13 riparian sites along the San Pedro River and its tributaries in southeastern Arizona, USA. At each site observations were made at up to 20 points, separated by 100 m arrayed along the riparian zone. Observation periods started at 20 minutes after sunrise, lasted for 7 minutes at each point and were completed within 4 hours. Bird detection and species identification were based on visual sighting, song, and call. Recorded observations were the number of individuals of each detected species detected using each detection method at each point and site within specified distance bands during each observation day (each point visited only once per day). Sites were visited from 11 to 22 times across the 3 field seasons.
The Arizona bird count data release includes a CSV file with survey and site location data, including latitudes and longitudes for each site location. All codes and acronyms from the data are defined in the metadata, with the exception of a list of 4 letter species acronyms for which there is a key included as an attachment on the ScienceBase page.

Tags: body-condition, cardellina-pusilla, cottonwood-willow, density, geoscientificinformation, habitat-connectivity, icteria-virens, isolated-oases, migratory-birds, neotropical-migrants, piranga-rubra, relative-abundance, riparian-corridors, san-pedro-river, setophaga-coronata, setophaga-petechia, short-distance-migrants, southeastern-arizona, species-richness, steldigopteryx-serripennis, usgs-595ec318e4b0d1f9f057052a, western-landscapes
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data Release of OSL, 14C, and U-series age data supporting geologic mapping along the South Platte River corridor in northeastern Colorado

In conjunction with geologic mapping of four 7.5′ quadrangles along the South Platte River corridor in northeastern Colorado (Masters, Orchard, Weldona, and Fort Morgan), geochronology samples were collected and analyzed  using optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), radiocarbon (14C), or U-series methods to provide age control for mapping units. This section of river corridor is largely covered by surficial deposits that formed from alluvial, eolian, and hillslope processes operating in concert with environmental changes from the Pleistocene to the present. The South Platte River originates high in the Colorado Rocky Mountains and recurrent glaciation of basin headwaters has affected river discharge and sediment supply far downstream, influencing aggradation and incision along this part of the river corridor. Unglaciated tributaries originating in the Colorado Piedmont east of the Front Range have periodically deposited large volumes of sediment at their confluences during major flood events. Eolian sand deposits cover much of the area and record past episodes of sand mobilization during times of prolonged drought. Sediment samples dated using OSL provide ages for alluvial and eolian sand deposits; organic samples dated using 14C methods constrain ages of alluvial deposits; and bone and river gravels with calcium carbonate rinds dated using U-series methods provide minimum ages for alluvial deposits.

Tags: alluvial, colorado, eolian, fort-morgan, geochronology, luminescence, masters, morgan-county, orchard, radiocarbon, south-platte-river, united-states, uranium-series, usgs-595ea09be4b0d1f9f057046c, weld-county, weldona
Organization: Department of the Interior
Table 2. Reported and inventoried crop and irrigated acreage in Santa Rosa County, Florida, 1974–2016.

A detailed inventory of irrigated crop acreage is not available at the level of resolution needed to accurately estimate agricultural water-use or to project future water demands in many Florida counties. A detailed summary table of irrigated acreage for the 2016 growing season was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for Santa Rosa County, Florida, and includes totals of acreage by irrigation system. It also provides a comparison between published acreage totals for previous years by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Census of Agriculture and those determined from the 2016 inventory. The irrigated acreage estimated by the USGS for the 2016 inventory was 560 acres.

Tags: crop-type, environment, farming, florida, florida-department-of-agriculture-and-consumer-service, groundwater, inland-waters, irrigation-type, landuse, landuse-classification-codes, northwest-florida-water-management-district, orthoimagery, santa-rosa-county, surface-water, usgs-595e70c3e4b0d1f9f0570331
Organization: Department of the Interior
Near-real-time Herbaceous Annual Cover in the Sagebrush Ecosystem, (June 19, 2017)

This dataset provides a near-real-time estimate of 2017 herbaceous annual cover with an emphasis on annual grass (Boyte and Wylie. 2016. Near-real-time cheatrass percent cover in the Northern Great Basin, USA, 2015. Rangelands 38:278-284.) This estimate was based on remotely sensed enhanced Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (eMODIS) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data gathered through June 19, 2017. This is the second iteration of an early estimate of herbaceous annual cover for 2017 over the same geographic area. The previous dataset used eMODIS NDVI data gathered through May 1 (https://doi.org/10.5066/F7445JZ9). The pixel values for this most recent estimate ranged from 0 to100% with an overall mean value of 7.02% and a standard deviation of +/-9.08. The model's test mean error rate (n = 1664), based on nine different randomizations, equaled 5.2% with a standard deviation of +/- 0.09. Overall statistics between the May and June datasets were similar. However, some individual pixel differences can be considerable and are attributed to changing conditions on the ground that are reflected in the satellite data. These changes can influence how the models relate the dependent variable to the independent variables. Both datasets were generated by integrating ground-truth measurements of annual herbaceous percent cover with 250-m spatial resolution eMODIS NDVI satellite derived data and geophysical variables into regression-tree software. The geographic coverage includes the Great Basin, the Snake River Plain, the state of Wyoming, and contiguous areas. We applied a mask to areas above 2250-m elevation because annual grasses are unlikely to exist at substantial cover above this threshold. To target likely sagebrush ecosystems, the mask also covered pixels classified as something other than shrub or grassland/herbaceous by the 2011 National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD). The model was not trained on any masked pixels.  Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) is the most common annual grass in the study area. It grows from seed, usually in spring, matures quickly, produces seed, and dies. After dying, cheatgrass contributes fine fuels that facilitate fire ignition and spread throughout sagebrush ecosystems. These fires remove sagebrush stands. Increasing fire frequencies, land management practices, and development have all contributed to the fragmentation of the once expansive sagebrush ecosystems. These ecosystems are critical for water quality, reduced fire threats, and the survival of sagebrush-dependent wildlife.

Tags: annual-grass, annual-herbaceous, bromus-tectorum, california, cheatgrass, colorado, desert, fire, geoscientificinformation, great-basin, habitat, idaho, invasive, montana, ndvi, nevada, oregon, sagebrush, satellite, snake-river-plain, united-states, usgs-595e6cc3e4b0d1f9f0570318, utah, western-u-s, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Nutrient and pesticide data collected from the USGS National Water Quality Network and previous networks, 1963-2016

The National Water Quality Network (NWQN) for Rivers and Streams includes 113 surface-water river and stream sites monitored by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Quality Program, National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Project. The NWQN includes 19 large river coastal sites, 44 large river inland sites, 30 wadeable stream reference sites, 10 wadeable stream urban sites, and 10 wadeable stream agricultural sites. In addition to the 113 NWQN sites, 3 large inland river monitoring sites from the USGS Cooperative Water Program are also included in this annual water-quality reporting Web site to be consistent with previous USGS studies of nutrient transport in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin. This data release provides streamflow, nutrient, pesticide and sediment data collected and analyzed by NWQN and other historical water-quality networks from 1963-2016. Data from this release are presented at the USGS Tracking Water Quality page: http://cida.usgs.gov/quality/rivers/home.

Tags: nutrient-content, pesticide-and-herbicide-contamination, river-systems, sediment-transport, streamflow, usgs-595e6b16e4b0d1f9f05702fd, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Rare Earth Element Occurrence Database of the Tien Shan Region, Central Asia

Central Asia, site of the historic Silk Road trade network, has long been a conduit for the movement of people, energy, and mineral resources between Europe and Asia.  Once part of the former Soviet Union, this region was and continues to be an important producer of base and precious metals, rare metals (RM), including niobium, tantalum, and beryllium, and a past producer of rare earth elements (REE). The Tien Shan and Pamir Mountains regions, encompassing parts of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, are of significant interest for mineral exploration as these regions are thought to host substantial undeveloped and undiscovered resources of REE and RM.  Based on this legacy, and as an emerging REE and RM producing region, the Central Asian countries are implementing mining sector reforms to create a more attractive investment environment for domestic and foreign mining interests.  During the most recent increase in REE prices, beginning in 2009 and culminating in a dramatic price spike in 2011, much mineral exploration activity for REE was undertaken in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.  In order to assess the mineral potential for REE in Central Asia, the U.S. Geological Survey began in 2012 compiling an inventory of REE-RM occurrences in that region.  These occurrences range in development status from mineral showings to previously developed deposits.  Completed in 2016, the inventory consists of 384 REE-RM occurrences, including 160 in Kazakhstan, 75 in Kyrgyzstan, 60 in Tajikistan, 2 in Turkmenistan, and 87 in Uzbekistan. The inventory dataset includes detailed information on location, mineral deposit type, geology, production, resources, and development status.  Four important groups of REE-RM mineral deposit types were recognized: (1) carbonatite and alkaline igneous rock-related deposits; (2) pegmatite and skarn/greisen deposits; (3) weathered-crust deposits, including laterite, derived from weathering of other REE-RM mineral deposits; and (4) sediment-hosted uranium deposits.  This inventory is released as a database in two formats, a Microsoft Excel workbook and an ESRI ArcGIS 10.5 point feature class dataset built from the Excel workbook.  The Excel workbook also includes data field definitions, explanations of the terminology and abbreviations, and references.

Tags: economy, geoscientific-information, kazakhstan, kyrgyzstan, mineral-resources, natural-resources, rare-earth-elements, tajikistan, turkmenistan, usgs-595a5be7e4b0d1f9f052831d, uzbekistan
Organization: Department of the Interior
l678ar.m77t - MGD77 data file for Geophysical data from field activity L-6-78-AR in Arctic from 08/26/1978 to 09/20/1978

Single-beam bathymetry and gravity data along with DGPS navigation data was collected as part of field activity L-6-78-AR in Arctic from 08/26/1978 to 09/20/1978, http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l678ar/html/l-6-78-ar.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/l678ar/html/l-6-78-ar.bath.html and http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l678ar/html/l-6-78-ar.grav.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, arctic, arctic-ocean, bathymetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, bathymetry-measurement, distributions, geoscientificinformation, gravimeter-measurement, gravimetry, marine-geology, marine-geophysics, marine-gravity-field, oceans, seafloor-topography, single-beam-echo-sounder, usgs-595a4be3-5c49-4ab0-8216-ce0be4fbbe86, water-depth
Organization: Department of the Interior
USGS CoastCam at Waiakāne, Moloka'i, Hawai'i: 2018 GNSS Topography Survey Data

This data release presents the post-processed global navigation satellite system (GNSS) ground-survey data acquired during the installation of the Argus camera at Waiakāne, Moloka'i, Hawai'i. The data contains topographic survey data collected during the installation of the camera. Data were collected on foot by a person equipped with a GNSS antenna affixed to a backpack outfitted for surveying location and elevation data (XYZ). The GNSS measurements were made using Post-Processed Kinematic (PPK) corrections from a GNSS base station occupying a temporary benchmark (MK02) located approximately 1 kilometer (km) from the study area.

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, geology, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, global-positioning-system-gps-observations, gps-measurement, kalohi-channel, marine-geology, maui-county, molokai, oceans, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, 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, state-of-hawaii, topographic-mapping, topography, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-5957f8d9-03cf-46e5-93e3-2ca2cea2d190, waiakne
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hazard curve data for annual rate of exceedance versus peak ground acceleration

A seismic hazard model for South America, based on a smoothed (gridded) seismicity model, a subduction model, a crustal fault model, and a ground motion model, has been produced by the U.S. Geological Survey.  These models are combined to account for ground shaking from earthquakes on known faults as well as earthquakes on un-modeled faults.
This data set represents the hazard curves for a grid of points with a spacing of 0.1 degrees in latitude and longitude.  It represents the annual rate of exceedance versus peak ground acceleration.

Tags: argentina, bolivia, brazil, chile, colombia, earthquake, ecuador, french-guiana, guyana, hazard, panama, paraguay, peru, risk, seismic, south-america, suriname, trinidad-and-tobago, uruguay, usgs-5956c441e4b0d1f9f050de8a, venezuela
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hazard curve data for annual rate of exceedance versus 0.2-second spectral response acceleration

A seismic hazard model for South America, based on a smoothed (gridded) seismicity model, a subduction model, a crustal fault model, and a ground motion model, has been produced by the U.S. Geological Survey.  These models are combined to account for ground shaking from earthquakes on known faults as well as earthquakes on un-modeled faults.
This data set represents the hazard curves for a grid of points with a spacing of 0.1 degrees in latitude and longitude.  It represents the annual rate of exceedance versus 0.2-second spectral response acceleration.

Tags: argentina, bolivia, brazil, chile, colombia, earthquake, ecuador, french-guiana, guyana, hazard, panama, paraguay, peru, risk, seismic, south-america, suriname, trinidad-and-tobago, uruguay, usgs-5956bd47e4b0d1f9f050dd3b, venezuela
Organization: Department of the Interior
CoSMoS (Coastal Storm Modeling System) Southern California v3.0 Phase 2 coastal squeeze projections

Projected coastal squeeze derived from CoSMoS Phase 2 shoreline change and cliff retreat projections.  
Projected coastal squeeze extents illustrate the available area between shoreline (mean high water; MHW) positions and man-made structures and barriers (referred to as non-erodible structures) or cliff-top retreat, as applicable, for a range of sea-level rise scenarios.
The coastal squeeze polygons include results from the Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS) shoreline change (CoSMoS-COAST; Vitousek and others, 2017; available at https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/57f426b9e4b0bc0bec033fad) and cliff retreat models (Limber and others, 2015; available at https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/57f4234de4b0bc0bec033f90) using future wave-climate conditions derived from Global Climate Models (GCMs). Coastal squeeze areas are identified and defined from combined model projections, using model scenarios where erosion was limited by non-erodible structures (for shoreline change models) and armoring (for cliff retreat models; both cliff and shoreline cases referred to as 'hold the line') and where no beach-nourishment was included. Coastal squeeze projections are defined for each sea-level rise scenario.
Shoreline change and cliff retreat model details and data sources are outlined in CoSMoS_3.0_Phase_2_Southern_California_Bight:_Summary_of_data_and_methods (available at https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/57f1d4f3e4b0bc0bebfee139?name=CoSMoS_SoCalv3_Phase2_summary_of_methods.pdf). Phase 2 data for Southern California include information for the coast from the border of Mexico to Pt. Conception. Please read the Summary of methods and inspect output carefully.  Data are complete for the information presented.

Tags: beaches, climate-change, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, coastal-erosion, erosion, extreme-weather, floods, hazards-planning, los-angeles-county, ocean-waves, ocean-winds, oceans, orange-county, physical-habitats-and-geomorphology, san-diego-county, santa-barbara-county, sea-level-change, sea-level-rise, southern-california, southern-california-bight, state-of-california, storm-surge, storms, usgs-5956b7bbe4b0d1f9f050dc2f, ventura-county, water-depth, waves, wind
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sediment-sample and climate data for the agricultural and forested parts of Smith Creek watershed, Virginia (2012-2015)

This metadata record covers 5 comma delimited ascii files that contain sediment source sample data, sediment target sample data, quantitation limits for samples, and daily temperature data. This data release is a companion to the journal article Sediment fingerprinting to delineate sources of fine-grained sediment in the agricultural and forested Smith Creek watershed, Virginia (2012-2015).

Tags: erosion, geomorphology, sediment-transport, smith-creek, usgs-595d48f3e4b0d1f9f055aa59, virginia
Organization: Department of the Interior
Metabolic-hydaulic model Data

The data contained in this workbook were compiled to investigate the relationship between hydrology of the Colorado River and ecosystem metabolism parameters (i.e., primary production and ecosystem respiration).  The workbook contains data exploring the link between Colorado River discharges and water velocity, which are depicted in figure 2 of the associated manuscript. The workbook also contains data pertaining to calibration of the hydraulic model used for modeling discharge and metabolism, and these data are depicted in figure 3 of the manuscript.  Also contained are data pertaining to air-water gas exchange rates (k600) that were estimated from the coupled hydraulic model (from figures 4 and 5 of the manuscript).  The workbook also contains data used to evaluate the performance of the coupled model during steady and unsteady flows, and these data are depicted in figure 6 of the manuscript.  Finally, the workbook contains data showing the joint probability distribution for metabolism parameters (i.e., primary production and ecosystem respiration) for both the Eularian dynamic flow model and the simple LaGrangian steady flow model.  These data are depicted in figure 8 of the manuscript.

Tags: colorado-river, ecosystem-metabolism, ecosystem-respiration, glen-canyon-dam, grand-canyon, gross-primary-production, hydropeaking, lees-ferry, unsteady-flow, usgs-59568bcae4b0d1f9f050d899
Organization: Department of the Interior
Zooplankton Community Data at the Sheboygan River Area of Concern and Non-Areas of Concern Comparison Sites in Western Lake Michigan Rivers and Harbors in 2016

Data are for zooplankton communities sampled in 2016 at the Sheboygan River Area of Concern and two comparison sites, the Kewaunee River and the Manitowoc River, which have similar physical and chemical characteristics. Zooplankton were collected by using tows from depth to the surface with a 63 micrometer mesh plankton net. Physical and chemical data that were sampled concurrently (specific conductance, temperature, pH, and dissolved oxygen) in water by use of a multi-parameter water-quality sonde, and the results of field quality assurance quality control are also included.

Tags: kewaunee-river, lake-michigan, manitowoc-river, plankton, river-ecosystems, sheboygan-river, usgs-595651e4e4b0d1f9f050d76c, wisconsin
Organization: Department of the Interior