AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Understanding South Carolina's "Swash Cycle" - NERRS/NSC(NERRS Science Collaborative)

Myrtle Beach is an economic pearl in South Carolinaâs grand strand, a sixty-mile stretch of beaches and resort communities that support a multi-billion dollar tourism industry. Fishing and water sports top the list of local attractions, making coastal water quality a priority concern. Addressing that concern, however, is a challenge along this heavily developed coast, where much of the polluted stormwater runoff flows into âswashes,â or tidal creeks that traverse beaches to connect directly to the ocean. To manage stormwater in a way that protects water quality, local decision makers need more information about the role that these swashes play in fueling hypoxia, or low levels of dissolved oxygen, in coastal waters.

Tags: biosphere, doc/noaa/nos/ocm, earth science, ecosystems, estuary, hypoxia, marine ecosystems, national ocean service, nerrs, noaa, north inlet-winyah bay, nutrient solution, office of coastal management, sc, stormwater, u.s. department of commerce, water quality
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Protecting Alabama's Water Quality through Marsh Restoration - NERRS/NSC(NERRS Science Collaborative)

In coastal Alabama, stormwater runs off the land into coastal waters, carrying with it a variety of pollutants and disease-causing microbes that degrade water quality and threaten human health. Fully restored coastal marshes with complete plant cover are able to absorb up to 80 percent of the nitrogen pollution in this runoff. Less is known, however, about the capacity of marshes at different stages of restoration to improve water quality.

Tags: al, biosphere, doc/noaa/nos/ocm, earth science, ecosystems, estuary, habitat restoration, marine ecosystems, national ocean service, nerrs, nitrogen, noaa, nonpoint source pollution, office of coastal management, restoration, stormwater, u.s. department of commerce, water quality, weeks bay
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Feasibility Planning for Pacific Northwest Blue Carbon Finance Projects - NERRS/NSC(NERRS Science Collaborative)

This project used the Verified Carbon Standard methodology and existing and newly-collected blue carbon data to demonstrate the feasibility of including carbon finance in funding strategies that support the restoration of tidal wetlands in the Pacific Northwest. It evaluated the viability of potential blue carbon projects in the Snohomish (Washington), Skagit (Washington), and Coos (Oregon) estuaries. The project advanced local stakeholdersâ understanding of blue carbon-related ecosystem services and carbon finance opportunities, and identified previously unrecognized data gaps and next steps for blue carbon project development in the region. This catalyst project was funded by NOAA through the National Estuarine Research Reserve System Science Collaborative to advance collaborative science. It did not produce any new data.

Tags: biosphere, continent, doc/noaa/nos/ocm, earth science, ecosystems, estuary, marine ecosystems, national ocean service, nerrs, noaa, north america, office of coastal management, or, oregon, padilla bay nerr, south slough nerr, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, wa, washington
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Great Lakes AIS Vessel Tracks 2013

Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) are a navigation safety device that transmits and monitors the location and characteristics of many vessels in U.S. and international waters in real-time. In the U.S. the Coast Guard and industry collect AIS data, which can also be used for a variety of coastal planning purposes. NOAA and BOEM have worked jointly to re-task and make available some of the most important records from the U.S. Coast Guard's national network of AIS receivers. Information such as location, time, ship type, length, width, and draft have been extracted from the raw data and prepared as track lines for analyses in desktop GIS software.

Tags: ais, continent, doc/noaa/nos/ocm, earth science, environmental governance/management, great lakes, human dimensions, marine transportation, national ocean service, noaa, north america, office of coastal management, track lines, u.s. department of commerce, united states, united states of america, vessel traffic
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Benthic Habitats of Florida Bay, FL 1991-1995 Biotic

In the winter of 1991/92 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office for Coastal Management's Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) and the State of Florida commissioned the National Ocean Service's Photogrammetry Unit, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS), to acquire conventional color metric aerial photography of Florida Bay suitable for interpretation of photic benthic habitats (scale of 1:48,000). Additional photography was acquired by NGS in 1995 to cover areas of the bay that were not interpretable due to turbidity and glare during the original mission. The imagery was collected according to stringent parameters detailed in the C-CAP protocol (https://coast.noaa.gov/crs/lca/ccap.html). The original photographic diapositives were interpreted by two ecologists, familiar with the local environment.  The benthic signatures were interpreted from the photography using Bausch and Lomb Zoom Stereoscopes and Richards Light Tables.  The boundaries of each unique signature were delineated on acetate overlays and assigned one of 20 habitat classes. Only the central 'sweet spot' of each frame was interpreted to minimize the effects of sun glint. An ecologist at the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI) conducted thematic quality assurance and control. Following interpretation, Office for Coastal Management staff scanned the aerial photos, with the interpreted acetate overlays attached, using a photogrammetric quality scanner (AGFA Horizon Plus) at a resolution of 600 dpi resulting in a pixel resolution of 2.03 meters.  The resulting image file was rectified (second order bilinear interpolation) using ERDAS Imagine software. Ground control points were selected from features common to digital orthophotoquads of Florida Bay. The interpreted polygon habitats were digitized into an ARC coverage from the rectified files using ERDAS Imagine software's vector module. In 1999, the final edits and quality control of the habitat polygons were completed. The coverage and shoreline were edge matched to the Benthic Habitats of the Florida Keys Atlas to complete the coverage, as the dates of photography, methodology and classification system used were the same.
Original contact information: 
   Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
   Phone: 843-740-1202
   Email: coastal.info@noaa.gov

Tags: benthic, benthic habitats, biosphere, biotic component, cmecs, coastal, coastal and marine ecological classification standard, continent, corals, doc/noaa/nos/ocm, earth science, ecosystems, environmental monitoring, estuary, field verification, florida, florida bay, image rectification, marine ecosystems, national ocean service, noaa, north america, ocm benthic habitat mapping, office of coastal management, photo-interpretation, seagrass, submerged aquatic vegetation, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) for Michigan based on 2000 Census Block Groups

This data depicts the social vulnerability of Michigan census block groups to environmental hazards.  Data were culled primarily from the 2000 Decennial Census.

Tags: census block groups, coastal areas, coastal states, comparative index, continent, demographic, demographics, doc/noaa/nos/ocm, earth science, environmental hazards, hazard mitigation/planning, household income, human dimensions, human settlements, indicators, michigan, national ocean service, noaa, north america, office of coastal management, population, population estimates, poverty levels, resilience, social behavior, social vulnerability index, socioeconomics, u.s. department of commerce, united states, united states of america, vulnerability, vulnerability levels/index
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Power Plants

These data represent operable electric generating plants within the vicinity of the U.S. coastline by energy source. This includes all plants that are operating, on standby, or short or long-term out of service with a combined nameplate capacity of 1 megawatt or more. The presence of a facility may indicate that power transmission infrastructure exists nearby. The absence of a facility or lack of sufficient capacity at a facility in a given area may be an important characteristic in future energy planning activities.

Tags: coastal, continent, doc/noaa/nos/ocm, earth science, environmental governance/management, human dimensions, marinecadastre, national ocean service, noaa, north america, office of coastal management, planning, renewable energy, territorial sea, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Coastal Bend Texas Benthic Habitat Mapping Corpus Christi Bay 2004 Substrate

In 2006 and 2007 the NOAA Office for Coastal Management purchased services to process existing digital multi-spectral imagery (ADS-40) and create digital benthic habitat data from this imagery for selected Texas coastal bend bays.The Center worked cooperatively with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and the Texas A and M University Center for Coastal Studies to develop benthic habitat data, primarily Submerged Aquatic Vegetation(SAV) for several coastal bays.  This data will support the state's recently adopted Seagrass Monitoring Program which calls for regional mapping of SAV for status and trends assessment.  The Center, Texas A and M, and TPWD have coordinated on the requirements of this project.
Original contact information: 
   Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
   Phone: 843-740-1202
   Email: coastal.info@noaa.gov

Tags: benthic, benthic habitat, biosphere, cmecs, coastal, coastal and marine ecological classification standard, continent, digital map, doc/noaa/nos/ocm, earth science, ecosystems, environmental monitoring, estuary, habitat classification, marine ecosystems, national ocean service, noaa, north america, office of coastal management, seagrass, submerged aquatic vegetation, substrate component, texas, texas seagrass monitoring program, tx, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Sea Surface Height

Monthly and annual summary of global sea surface height anomalies above mean sea surface, averaged from raw data. Raw data available from Oct. 2, 1992 to May 14, 2016, at 5 day intervals, with a spatial resolution of 0.17 degrees (Latitude) x 0.17 degrees (Longitude). Dataset contains the fully corrected heights, in meters.

Tags: coastal, continent, doc/noaa/nos/ocm, earth science, environmental governance/management, exclusive economic zone, human dimensions, marinecadastre, national ocean service, noaa, north america, office of coastal management, outer continental shelf, renewable energy, territorial sea, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AIS Vessel Tracks 2018

A vessel track shows the location and characteristics of commercial and recreational boats as a sequence of positions transmitted by an Automatic Identification System (AIS). AIS signals are susceptible to interference and this can result in a gap within a vessel track. The distribution, type, and frequency of vessel tracks are a useful aid to understanding the risk of conflicting uses within a certain geographic area. The vessel track positions in this data set are collected and recorded from land-based antennas as part of a national network operated by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Tags: ais, coastal, doc/noaa/nos/ocm, exclusive economic zone, national ocean service, noaa, office of coastal management, outer continental shelf, planning, renewable energy, territorial sea, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Sediment profile image data from October 1994 in Lower Bay of New York/New Jersey Harbor

Sediment profile images (SPI) of the sediment-water interface were collected using a sediment profiling camera at pre-determined locations in the harbor. Physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions observed in the photos were used to create a database for all stations, and habitat classes were defined by sediment type and/or faunal community for each location. The database was then used in a Geographic Information System (GIS) to characterize benthic habitat types for New York/New Jersey Harbor.
Original contact information: 
   Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
   Phone: 843-740-1202
   Email: coastal.info@noaa.gov

Tags: benthic, benthic habitat, benthic mapping, biosphere, coastal, continent, doc/noaa/nos/ocm, earth science, ecosystems, environmental monitoring, estuary, geographic information system, gis, lower bay, marine ecosystems, national ocean service, new jersey, new york, new york harbor, noaa, north america, northeastern u. s., ocm benthic habitat mapping, office of coastal management, raritan bay, sandy hook bay, sediment profile imagery, spi, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Enhancing Resilience on Maryland's Deal Island - NERRS/NSC(NERRS Science Collaborative)

Marylandâs coastal marshlands are under siege from rising sea levels and historic land use practices, such as intensive wetland ditching. When the marshlands go they take vital services with them, such as protection from storm surge and flooding. While there is an urgent need to address this problem, decision-makers lack the collaborative partnerships and science-based information needed to develop and apply effective management solutions.

Tags: biosphere, chesapeake bay md, climate change, collaboration, ditching, doc/noaa/nos/ocm, earth science, ecosystems, estuary, marine ecosystems, marsh resilience, national ocean service, nerrs, noaa, office of coastal management, sea level rise, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
C-CAP Land Cover, Molokai, Hawaii

This data set consists of land derived from high resolution imagery and was analyzed according to the Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) protocol to determine land cover. This data set utilized 20 full or partial WorldView2 multispectral scenes and the 2005 high-resolution Molokai C-CAP data set. The imagery and base classification were included in a multi-step semi-automated change detection process to extract land cover features in the 2009 imagery.

Tags: airplane, c-cap, cameras, central pacific ocean, coastal zone, continent, digitalglobe worldview-2, digitalglobe worldview-3, doc/noaa/nos/ocm, earth science, hawaii, hawaiian islands, land cover, land cover analysis, land surface, land use/land cover, land use/land cover classification, molokai, national ocean service, noaa, north america, ocean, office of coastal management, pacific ocean, remotely sensed imagery/photos, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, worldview-2, worldview-3
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AIS Vessel Transit Counts 2015

Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) are a navigation safety device that transmits and monitors the location and characteristics of many vessels in U.S. and international waters in real-time. In the U.S. the Coast Guard and industry collect AIS data, which can also be used for a variety of coastal planning purposes. NOAA and BOEM have worked jointly to re-task and make available some of the most important records from the U.S. Coast Guard's national network of AIS receivers. This dataset represents annual vessel transit counts summarized at a 100 m by 100 m geographic area. A single transit is counted each time a vessel track passes through, starts, or stops within a 100 m grid cell.

Tags: ais, coastal zone management, continent, doc/noaa/nos/ocm, earth science, environmental governance/management, exclusive economic zone, great lakes, human dimensions, national ocean service, noaa, north america, ocean planning, office of coastal management, outer continental shelf, planning, transportation, u.s. department of commerce, united states, united states of america
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
C-CAP Land Cover Change, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Aguijan, 2003 - 2016

This data set contains the 2003 and 2016 classifications of Aguijan, CNMI and can be used to analyze change. This data set utilized utilized two full WorldView2 and Quickbird multispectral scenes and the 2003 high-resolution Aguijan C-CAP data set, which were analyzed according to the Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) protocol to determine land cover.

Tags: 2003, 2016, aguijan, airplane, c-cap, cameras, cnmi, coastal zone, digitalglobe worldview-2, digitalglobe worldview-3, doc/noaa/nos/ocm, earth science, land cover, land cover analysis, land surface, land use/land cover, land use/land cover classification, micronesia, national ocean service, noaa, northern mariana islands, ocean, office of coastal management, pacific ocean, remotely sensed imagery/photos, u.s. department of commerce, western pacific ocean, worldview-2, worldview-3
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
H11617, NOS Hydrographic Survey in the vicinity of Mississippi Sound, Mississippi (2007)

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has the statutory mandate to collect hydrographic data in support of nautical chart compilation
for safe navigation and to provide background data for engineers, scientific, and other commercial and industrial activities. Hydrographic survey data
primarily consist of water depths, but may also include features (e.g. rocks, wrecks), navigation aids, shoreline identification, and bottom type information.
NOAA is responsible for archiving and distributing the source data as described in this metadata record.

This data set is located in the Mississippi Sound, between Waveland and Pass Christian. The date of collection was July 23, 2006 - June 8, 2007. The
vessels used to collect this data were the High Roller, Beach Surveyor, Arlen, and Hydro Surveyor. Soundings were collected by an Odom Hydrotrac
Echosounder. The data were originally collected in meters, referenced to MLLW. The data were later converted to feet. The tidal data were processed
using the 1983-2001 epoch.

The NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) downloaded the depth data for this survey from the NGDC website (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/hydro.html)
as x,y,z points. The points were converted from MLLW depths to NAVD88 depths (using grid LAmobile02_8301;Louisiana/Mississippi - Eastern Louisiana
to Mississippi Sound, Version 02 (1983-2001);0;1983-2001) using NOAA's Vertical Datum Transformation tool,
VDatum (http://vdatum.noaa.gov/). The NAVD88 depths were then converted to ellipsoid depths (using the Geoid12a model), converted from x,y,z format
to las format and classified as 11 (OCM bathymetry). Finally, the las files were zipped to laz format.

Original contact information: 
   Contact Org: 
United States Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data,
and Information Service (NESDIS), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)

   Title: 
United States Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental
Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), National Ocean Service Hydrographic Database Manager

   Phone: 303-497-6390
   Email: Hydro.Info@noaa.gov

Tags: bathymetry/seafloor topography, coastal elevation, coastal processes, continent, doc/noaa/nos/ocm, earth science, epoch 1983-2001, land surface, lidar, mississippi, national ocean service, noaa, north america, oceans, office of coastal management, seafloor topography, terrain elevation, topographical relief maps, topography, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, water depth
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
C-CAP Land Cover, Lower Columbia River Estuary, Oregon, Washington, 2009

This data set consists of land cover derived from high resolution imagery and was analyzed according to the Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) protocol. The project area extends from the river's mouth to RM 145 below the Bonneville Dam and from the Columbia River to the historic floodplain boundary. This dataset was developed through a collaboration between the Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership and the NOAA Office for Coastal Management.

Tags: airplane, c-cap, cameras, continent, digitalglobe worldview-2, digitalglobe worldview-3, doc/noaa/nos/ocm, earth science, land cover, land cover analysis, land surface, land use/land cover, land use/land cover classification, lower columbia river estuary, national ocean service, noaa, north america, office of coastal management, oregon, remotely sensed imagery/photos, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, washington, worldview-2, worldview-3
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Undergraduates Develop Job Skills by Creating Interactive Software for Reserve Visitors - NERRS/NSC(NERRS Science Collaborative)

This project supported the development of new, innovative visitor displays at three national estuarine research reserves. Guana Tolomato Matanzas, Mission-Aransas, and Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserves partnered with University of Delaware students to produce educational, gesture-controlled computer games installed on interactive screens in each reserveâs exhibit hall. Participants explore the dynamic nature of estuarine systems as they navigate situations involving plants, animals and people that draw from recent research at the reserves and illustrate common issues faced by estuaries across the country. The games offer visitors interactive learning opportunities and encourage stewardship by exploring actions individuals, families and communities can take to promote ecosystem resilience.  This science transfer project was funded by NOAA through the National Estuarine Research Reserve System Science Collaborative to promote the use of science. It did not produce any new data.

Tags: biosphere, coastal, delaware nerr, doc/noaa/nos/ocm, earth science, earth science services, ecosystems, education/outreach, educational games, fl, guana tolomato matanzas nerr, interactive programs, marine ecosystems, mission-aransas nerr, national ocean service, nerrs, noaa, office of coastal management, stand alone, tx, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce