AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Ecological Model Support for the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP) Round Five, 2023

Ecological models facilitate evaluation of alternative approaches to restore the Greater Everglades ecosystem. However, the provision of useful and accessible models is a challenge because there is often a disconnect between model output and its use by decision makers. Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) meets this challenge by providing ecological model output tailored to management decisions.
Ecological models (i.e., ecological planning tools) were developed and used by JEM during the Central Everglades Planning Project to evaluate potential effects to natural resources in the impacted areas. There is a desire by the planning agencies and bureaus involved in the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP) to use these same tools for WERP evaluations of alternative restoration plans. The models of particular interest to the WERP Ecological Subteam are: (1) Marl Prairie Habitat Suitability Index in conjunction with the (2) Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Helper, (3) (native) Florida apple snail population model (EverSnail), (4) Wading bird distribution and evaluation models (WADEM), (5) Small-sized freshwater fish density with days since drydown (DSD) metric, and (6) Alligator Habitat Suitability Index (HSI). This is round 5 of ecological modeling for the WERP.

Tags: biota, ecological-models, everglades, florida, modeling, usgs-64d673aed34ef477cf3e1362
Organization: Department of the Interior
Magnetotelluric sounding data, station 30, San Luis Valley, Colorado, 2007

This dataset includes the magnetotelluric (MT) sounding data collected in 2007 in and near the San Luis Valley, Colorado. The U.S. Geological Survey conducted a series of multidisciplinary studies, including MT surveys, in the San Luis Valley to improve understanding of the hydrogeology of the Santa Fe Group and the nature of the sedimentary deposits comprising the principal groundwater aquifers of the Rio Grande rift. The shallow unconfined and the deeper confined Santa Fe Group aquifers in the San Luis Basin are the main sources of municipal water for the region. The population of the San Luis Valley region is growing rapidly and water shortfalls could have serious consequences. Future growth and land management in the region depend on accurate assessment and protection of the region's groundwater resources.

Tags: apparent-resistivity, aquifer, cggsc, colorado, conejos-county, crustal-geophysics-and-geochemistry-science-center, electromagnetic-surveying, geophysics, geoscientificinformation, gps-measurement, groundwater, hydrogeology, impedance, impedance-phase, impedance-strike, magnetic-field-earth, magnetic-surveying, magnetotelluric, mineral-resources-program, mrp, mt, rocky-mountains, san-luis-valley, sounding, tipper, usgs-5841e19ee4b04fc80e518cfb
Organization: Department of the Interior
Abundance, cover, and root measurements of perennial bunchgrasses in the Owyhee Mountains, USA

Invasion of exotic annual grasses (EAG) and increased wildfire have led to an emphasis on managing rangeland plant communities for resistance to invasion and resilience to disturbances. In sagebrush steppe and similar rangelands, perennial bunchgrasses and particularly their roots are hypothesized to be primary contributors to the resistance and resilience.  We asked how bunchgrass root abundance relates to annual grass invasion and aboveground indicators of bunchgrass vigor that are more readily measured, such as plant height. We used a standardized USDA protocol for root measurement in 445 excavations made in 2016-2018 across a topographically and ecologically varied region of sagebrush steppe burned in the 2015 Soda fire in the Northern Great Basin USA.

Tags: annual-grasses, biota, bunchgrass, environment, fire-damage, fires, habitat-alteration-and-disturbance, idaho, invasive-species, oregon, owyhee-county-idaho, remediation, restoration, roots, sagebrush-steppe, shrubland-ecosystems, usgs-5c508870e4b0708288f94fc3, vegetation
Organization: Department of the Interior
GFLOW model files used to generate probabilistic waste-water plume extents and contributing areas to supply wells for a proposed waste-water infiltration lagoon scenario, Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin.

This data release contains files for three scenarios of an analytic element (GFLOW) groundwater 
flow model with particle-tracking that were developed in cooperation with the Lac du Flambeau 
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and Indian Health Service to map the probablistic plume extent 
for a proposed waste-water infiltration lagoon, along with maps to delineate the area contributing 
recharge to supply wells under 2010 and 2035 pumping conditions. Monte Carlo methods were 
used to run each scenario thousands of times using a range of parameters developed through 
prior work (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20145020). Results illustrate that most of the infiltrated 
waste water would be expected to flow south, ultimately discharging to Moss and Fence Lakes. 
Probabalistic areas contributing recharge to the supply wells did not overlap with the new lagoon 
sites under 2010 pumping conditions, while the area contributing recharge under 2035 pumping 
conditions shows a low probability of overlapping with the new infiltration lagoon. This USGS 
data release contains input and output files as well as utility scripts to run a single realization 
of the Monte Carlo simulations, though all of the parameters used for the Monte Carlo simulations 
are also included in the associated *.ranvar files.

Tags: environment, geoscientificinformation, gflow, groundwater, groundwater-model, inlandwaters, iron-county, lac-du-flambeau, monte-carlo, pest, usgs-59b83285-2983-427b-a8ac-92c04f2420ef, usgsgroundwatermodel, vilas-county, wisconsin
Organization: Department of the Interior
Aquaculture and Irrigation Water-Use Model (AIWUM) Version 1.1 Estimates and Related Datasets for the Mississippi Alluvial Plain

This dataset contains a zipped file of 21 shapefiles that present the lands permitted to withdraw groundwater for aquaculture and irrigation use from the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer in the Mississippi Delta each year from 1999 through 2019.  These data were provided by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and assessed by USGS to ensure values fell within reasonable ranges.

Tags: agriculture-water-use, irrigated-lands, irrigation, mississippi, mississippi-delta, usgs-602345aad34e31ed20c87439, water-use
Organization: Department of the Interior
Seafloor character--Offshore of Point Conception Map Area, California

This part of DS 781 presents data for the Seafloor character map of the Offshore of Point Conception Map Area, California. The vector data file is included in "SeafloorCharacter_OffshorePointConception.zip," which is accessible from https://doi.org/10.5066/F7QN64XQ. These data accompany the pamphlet and map sheets of Johnson, S.Y., Dartnell, P., Cochrane, G.R., Hartwell, S.R., Golden, N.E., Kvitek, R.G., and Davenport, C.W. (S.Y. Johnson and S.A. Cochran, eds.), 2018, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Point Conception, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018–1024, pamphlet 36 p., 9 sheets, scale 1:24,000, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20181024.
This raster-format seafloor-character map shows four substrate classes in the Offshore of Point Conception map area, California. The substrate classes mapped in this area have been colored to indicate which of the following California Marine Life Protection Act depth zones and slope classes they belong: Depth Zone 2 (intertidal to 30 m), Depth Zone 3 (30 to 100 m), Depth Zone 4 (100 to 200 m), Depth Zone 5 (deeper than 200 m), Slope Class 1 (0 degrees - 5 degrees; flat), and Slope Class 2 (5 degrees - 30 degrees; sloping). Depth Zone 1 (intertidal), and Slopes Classes 3 and 4 (greater than 30 degrees) are not present in this map area. The map is created using a supervised classification method described by Cochrane (2008), using multibeam echosounder (MBES) bathymetry and backscatter data collected and processed between 1998 and 2014.
References Cited:
Cochrane, G.R., 2008, Video-supervised classification of sonar data for mapping seafloor habitat, in Reynolds, J.R., and Greene, H.G., eds., Marine habitat mapping technology for Alaska: Fairbanks, University of Alaska, Alaska Sea Grant College Program, p. 185-194, available at http://doc.nprb.org/web/research/research%20pubs/615_habitat_mapping_workshop/Individual%20Chapters%20High-Res/Ch13%20Cochrane.pdf.

Tags: bathymetry, earth-sciences, environment, geoscientificinformation, imagerybasemapsearthcover, oceans, pacific-ocean, point-conception, santa-barbara-county, sea-floor-characteristics, seafloor-topography, state-of-california, usgs-58a0e50be4b0c8251285640d
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data Release for the 2008 National Seismic Hazard Model for the Conterminous U.S.

Seismicity catalogs, gridded seismic hazard curve data, gridded ground motion data, and mapped gridded ground motion values are available for the 2008 National Seismic Hazard Model for the Conterminous U.S.  
(1) Seismicity catalogs are available for the western U.S. (in Mw) and central and eastern U.S. (in mb).  
(2) Gridded (0.05 degree by 0.05 degree) ground motion values and hazard maps are available for peak ground acceleration (PGA) and 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 second spectral acceleration (SA) at probability levels of 2% in 50 years (annual probability of 0.000404), 5% in 50 years (annual probability of 0.001026), and 10% in 50 years (annual probability of 0.0021), assuming firm rock soil conditions at 760 m/s, for the conterminous U.S. (US). Additional periods (0.75s, 3s, 4s, and 5s) are available for the western U.S. (WUS). Data was derived from the probabilistic seismic hazard curves. 
(3) Gridded (0.1 degree by 0.1 degree) ground motion values and hazard maps are available for peak ground acceleration (PGA) and 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 second spectral acceleration (SA) at probability levels of 2% in 50 years (annual probability of 0.000404), 5% in 50 years (annual probability of 0.001026), and 10% in 50 years (annual probability of 0.0021), assuming hard rock site conditions at 2,000 m/s, for the central and eastern U.S. (CEUS). Data was derived from the probabilistic seismic hazard curves. 
(4) Gridded (0.05 degree by 0.05 degree) ground motion values and hazard maps are available for peak ground acceleration (PGA) and 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 0.75s, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0 second spectral acceleration (SA) at probability levels of 2% in 50 years (annual probability of 0.000404), 5% in 50 years (annual probability of 0.001026), and 10% in 50 years (annual probability of 0.0021), for VS30 values of 1,150 m/s, 537 m/s, 360 m/s, 259 m/s, and 180 m/s, for the western U.S. (WUS). Data was derived from the probabilistic seismic hazard curves. 
Development of the 2008 National Seismic Hazard Model for the Conterminous U.S. is documented in the USGS Open-File Report 2008-1128 (https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20081128).  
This dataset is considered a legacy dataset. The original dataset was uploaded to the USGS website at the time of publication of the seismic hazard model (2008) but was later moved over the the USGS ScienceBase Catalog (2019). The original dataset was assumed to be complete and accurate, but may contain inconsistencies when compared to more recent, actively maintained datasets.

Tags: conterminous-u-s, earthquake-hazards-program, ehp, geologic-hazards-science-center, ghsc, ground-motion, hazard-curve, hazard-map, national-seismic-hazard-model, national-seismic-hazard-model-project, nehrp-site-classes, nshm, nshmp, spectral-period, u-s-seismic-hazard-maps, usgs, usgs-5db892f2e4b0b0c58b5a51b6
Organization: Department of the Interior
Spatial social value distributions for multiple user groups in a coastal national park

Public participation geographic information systems (PPGIS) is increasingly used in coastal settings to inform natural resource management and spatial planning. Social Values for Ecosystem Services (SolVES), a PPGIS tool that systematizes the mapping and modeling of social values and cultural ecosystem services, is promising for use in coastal settings but has seen relatively limited applications relative to other PPGIS approaches; it has also to our knowledge not yet been applied in a barrier island setting. In this study, we surveyed two visitor groups and residents living near Cape Lookout National Seashore (North Carolina, USA) to understand social values they hold for the area in the context of the park’s management needs. We developed social-value models to evaluate differences between three user groups and evaluate how respondents’ experiences, attitudes, and recreational activities influence the locations they value and their most strongly held value types, which included aesthetic, recreation, biodiversity, future, therapeutic, and historic values. We found that accessibility, user types and the seasonality of major recreational activities, and the linear configuration of the barrier island system at Cape Lookout are important influences on the social values held by visitors and residents. The modeling approaches provide a variety of information relevant to management at Cape Lookout and can inform the design of future PPGIS studies in coastal and marine settings.

Tags: cape-lookout-national-seashore, north-carolina, protected-area-management, publid-participation-gis-ppgis, social-values-for-ecosystem-services-solves, united-states, usgs-60dcc46bd34e3a6dca22879c
Organization: Department of the Interior
GMX_Q01.TIF - U.S. Gulf of Mexico EEZ GLORIA sidescan-sonar data mosaic (1 of 16) (ACEA, 50 m, Clarke1866)

During February 1982 and again from August 7 to October 22, 1985 the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted four cruises to cover the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Continental Margin Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) seaward of the continental shelf edge. As in earlier EEZ reconnaissance surveys, the USGS utilized the GLORIA (Geological LOng-Range Inclined Asdic) sidescan-sonar system to complete the geologic mapping. The collected GLORIA data were processed and digitally mosaicked to produce continuous imagery of the seafloor. A total of 16 digital mosaics of a 2 degree by 2 degree (or smaller) area with a 50-meter pixel resolution were completed for the Gulf of Mexico region.

Tags: acoustic-receivers, acoustic-reflectivity, backscatter, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, continental-island-rise, continental-island-slope, continental-margin, continental-rise, continental-shelf, continental-slope, distributions, eez, exclusive-economic-zone, exclusive-economic-zone-eez, florida-escarpment, floridian-ecoregion, geological-long-range-inclined-asdic, geoscientificinformation, geotiff-image, gloria, gloria-gt-geological-long-range-inclined-asdic, grey-scale-image, gulf-of-mexico, image-mosaics, imagerybasemapsearthcover, infobank-identifier-f-1-85-gm, infobank-identifier-f-2-85-gm, infobank-identifier-f-3a-85-gm, infobank-identifier-f-7-82-gm, marine-basin-floor, marine-geology, marine-geophysics, marine-oceanic, mississippi-canyon-and-fan, northern-gulf-of-mexico-ecoregion, ocean-gt-atlantic-ocean, ocean-gt-atlantic-ocean-gt-north-atlantic-ocean, ocean-gt-atlantic-ocean-gt-north-atlantic-ocean-gt-gulf-of-mexico, oceans, oceans-gt-ocean-acoustics-gt-acoustic-reflectivity, physical-habitats-and-geomorphology, sea-floor-acoustic-reflectivity, sea-floor-characteristics, seabed, side-scan-sonar, sidescan-sonar, sidescan-sonar-mosaic, sigsbee-escarpment, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-5078bef8-90f7-42fc-9bfd-ddc69e2da501, whsc, whsc-cruise-identifier-82farn-7, whsc-cruise-identifier-frnl-85-leg-1, whsc-cruise-identifier-frnl-85-leg-2, whsc-cruise-identifier-frnl-85-leg-3, whsc-serial-number-82005, whsc-serial-number-85027, whsc-serial-number-85028, whsc-serial-number-85034, woods-hole-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Compiled onshore and offshore paleoseismic data along the Cascadia Subduction zone

The USGS Powell Center Cascadia earthquake hazards working group compiled published onshore and offshore paleoseismic data along the Cascadia subduction zone, spanning sites from Vancouver Island to the Mendocino triple junction. Evidence for megathrust rupture includes coastal land-level change, tsunami inundation, onshore shaking proxies such as landslides or liquefaction, and offshore shaking proxies such as marine turbidites. The quality of paleoseismic data for megathrust rupture along the Cascadia subduction zone collected over the past three decades varies because analytical capabilities and data collection methodologies have evolved. Thus, as part of the compilation, we also present a ranking scheme to assess the quality of age estimates and evidence for great megathrust rupture. With the age ranking scheme, we ask: "How well is a proposed paleoseismic event dated?" based on the materials and methods used. With the evidence ranking scheme, we ask: "How confident are we that a proposed event is, in fact, the result of a Cascadia megathrust rupture?" based on the sedimentological characteristics, correlation, and mapping. The evidence ranking scheme also helps to evaluate possible alternative mechanisms for creating paleoseismic evidence such as crustal fault, intraslab, or distant tsunamigenic earthquake.

Tags: british-columbia, california-state, cascadia-subduction-zone, earthquake, economy, lacustrine-turbidite, landslide, liquefaction, marine-turbidite, oregon-state, paleoseismic, subsidence, tsunami, usgs-64261ec8d34e370832ff6232, washington-state
Organization: Department of the Interior
Ground control point and transect locations associated with images collected during unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights over The Lake Ontario shoreline in the vicinity of Chimney Bluffs, New York in July 2017

Low-altitude (80-100 meters above ground level) digital images were obtained from a camera mounted on a 3DR Solo quadcopter, a small unmanned aerial system (UAS), in three locations along the Lake Ontario shoreline in New York during July 2017. These data were collected to document and monitor effects of high lake levels, including shoreline erosion, inundation, and property damage in the vicinity of Chimney Bluffs State Park, New York. This data release includes images tagged with locations determined from the UAS GPS; tables with updated estimates of camera positions and attitudes based on the photogrammetric reconstruction; tables listing locations of the base stations, ground control points, and transect points; geolocated, RGB-colored point clouds; orthomosaic images; and digital elevation models for each of the survey regions. Collection of these data was supported by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the State of New York Departments of State and Environmental Conservation, and the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program and was conducted under USGS field activity number 2017-042-FA.
      

Tags: carlson-survce, chimney-bluffs, chimney-bluffs-state-park, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, elevation, federal-emergency-management-agency, fema, field-activity-number-2017-042-fa, global-positioning-system, gps, great-lakes, ground-control-points, huron-ny, inlandwaters, lake-ontario, lakeshore, location, low-altitude-aerial-imagery, navigation, navigational-data, new-york, new-york-state-department-of-environmental-conservation, spectra-precision-sp80, state-of-new-york-department-of-state, transect-points, u-s-geological-survey, usa, usgs, usgs-5b28643de4b0592076260e53, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Phytostabilization in Polymetallic Tailings using Compost and Endophyte Additions

Mining wastes can pose environmental hazards. These hazards can be mitigated by promoting the growth of native plants that can stabilize the mine wastes and potentially toxic elements in situ (i.e., phytostabilization). We grew a widespread perennial grass species  (Bouteloua curtipendula) in dolomite amended polymetallic tailings from a historic mine in southeastern Arizona (USA). We applied a compost top dressing and an endophyte seed coating alone and in combination to quantify improvements in plant growth and potentially toxic trace element stabilization. This release provides the data on the following: temperature, light, and humidity during growth; plant growth rates and biomass yields; organic matter concentrations in the tailings and compost layers; and major, minor, and trace elements in plant tissues, the compost layer, the tailings layer, and in water extracts of the tailings layer.

Tags: arizona, bioremediation, biota, blue-nose-mine, environment, mining-hazards, remediation, soil-resources, toxic-trace-element-contamination, usgs-616076a1d34e52f49c8224fe
Organization: Department of the Interior
Wind rose plots for the volcano: 222051  Emuruangogolak

This zip folder contains ASCII text files of vectors at the specified volcano at 
12-hour intervals, 
from January 1, 1990 through December 28, 2009.  
The wind vectors are divided into five files, names by their elevation range above 
sea level in the atmosphere: 00-05km.txt; 05-11km.txt; 11-16km.txt; 16-24km.txt; 
and 24-30km.txt. 
The zip folder also contains a subfolder "figures", with Wind rose plots of wind 
direction and speed over 
this time period.  The plots are by season, and by elevation, given a total of 20 
plots (4 seasons, 5 
elevation ranges).  A summary plot is also included which gives the year-round 
wind pattern at the volcano, 
at 0-5 km elevation.  Plots are in both jpg and pdf format.

Tags: meteorology, usgs-58d01068e4b0236b68f528c3, volcanic-ash, volcanic-eruption-forecasting, wind
Organization: Department of the Interior
Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) 2005, 2008, 2012, and 2016 Site 0161 land-water matrix

Wetland restoration efforts conducted by the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in Louisiana rely on monitoring efforts to determine the efficacy of these efforts. The Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) was developed to assist in a multiple-reference approach that uses aspects of hydrogeomorphic functional assessments and probabilistic sampling for monitoring. The CRMS program includes a suite of approximately 390 sites that encompass the range of hydrological and ecological conditions for each stratum. As part of CRMS, land and water classifications are created from Wetland restoration efforts conducted by the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in Louisiana rely on monitoring efforts to determine the efficacy of these efforts. The Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) was developed to assist in a multiple-reference approach that uses aspects of hydrogeomorphic functional assessments and probabilistic sampling for monitoring. The CRMS program includes a suite of approximately 390 sites that encompass the range of hydrological and ecological conditions for each stratum. As part of CRMS, land and water classifications are created from Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangles (DOQQs) approximately every three years at all CRMS sites. This dataset consists of a matrix of four land-water products (2005, 2008, 2012, and 2016).  The resulting matrix has 16 possible classes defined by the combination of land and water categories on those four dates.

Tags: alteration-of-wetland-habitats, cartography, coastal, crms, doqq, emergent-wetland, forested-wetland, geographic-information-system, imagerybasemapsearthcover, land-water, louisiana, mapping, marsh, protection, restoration, scrub-shrub-wetland, state-of-louisiana, usgs-5b6319c5e4b006a11f717722, wetland, wetland-ecosystems, wetlands
Organization: Department of the Interior