AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Surf Scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) - Processed Data

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release. This data release contains all data collected by the Argos System from 25 satellite transmitters attached to Surf Scoters on their winter ranges in southeast Alaska and Baja California, Mexico, 2005-2008. The raw data were processed to accomplish two goals: flag implausible location estimates and decode raw sensor data. Three Comma Separate Value (CSV) tables are included in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release: 1) the "diag_filteredLocations" table contains one record for every location estimate collected, accompanied by a binary flag that denotes an algorithm's plausibility check. Each record also includes a 'Tracking_Status' variable that denotes whether the location was collected from a live animal, a dead animal, or shed transmitter, 2) the "decodedSensor" table contains decoded sensor data such as a transmitter's temperature, battery voltage, and motion (activity), and 3) the "deploymentAttributes" table contains one record for each transmitter deployment in a CSV formatted table. The deployment attributes file contains information such as when the transmitter was attached to the animal, when tracking of a live animal ended, and a variety of variables describing the animal and transmitter. This table is identical to the "deploymentAttributes" table in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release.

Tags: alaska, animal-tracking, animals-vertebrates, argos, auke-bay, bahia-san-quintin, baja-california, biota, birds, breeding-area, breeding-sites, distribution, ducks-geese-swans, ecological-dynamics, environment, field-methods, field-sampling, gastineau-channel, juneau, melanitta-perspicillata, mexico, migration, migration-organisms, migration-pathway, migratory-birds, migratory-strategies, ornithology, outer-point, overwintering, pacific-americas-flyway, platform-transmitter-terminal, point-louisa, ptt, satellite-transmitter, seasonal-distribution, seasonal-movement, species-life-history, species-migration, surf-scoter, telemetry, tracking-equipment, usgs-asc259, wildlife, wintering-area
Organization: Department of the Interior
Airborne geophysical survey: Mt. Baker, Washington

Aeromagnetic data were collected along flight lines by instruments in an
aircraft that recorded magnetic-field values and locations.  This dataset
presents latitude, longitude, altitude, and magnetic-field values.

Tags: aeromagnetic-data, aeromagnetic-surveying, airborne-surveys, f53073-whatcom, field-monitoring-stations, geophysical-surveys, geophysics, geospatial-datasets, magnetic, magnetic-field-earth, magnetic-surveys, mount-baker, mt-baker, residual-magnetic-field, total-field, united-states, usgs-6ef3166a-72ba-4507-895a-c0c25c007291, wa, washington
Organization: Department of the Interior
Inshore Catch Data for Capelin (Mallotus villosus) in the Gulf of Alaska, 1996-2017

These data consist of larval (&lt; 60 mm) and age-1+ (&gt; 60 mm) Capelin CPUE (Catch per unit effort) from various catch efforts throughout the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) from 1996 – 2017. The dataset contains the following information: fishing gear type, date, time, catch location (latitude and longitude), tow distance, number of capelin caught, and CPUE for capelin greater than and less than 60 millimeters. Gear types include beach seines and trawls.

Tags: alaska, animals-vertebrates, biota, capelin, environment, fish, fisheries, forage-fish, gulf-of-alaska, mallotus-villosus, marine-ecosystems, marine-environment-monitoring, marine-fishes, oceans, population-dynamics, species-life-history, trophic-dynamics, usgs-asc251
Organization: Department of the Interior
Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) version 4.3 Transects with Short-Term End Point Rate Calculations for the Exposed East Chukchi Sea coast of Alaska between Point Barrow and Icy Cape

This dataset consists of short-term (~32 years) shoreline change rates for the north coast of Alaska between Point Barrow and Icy Cape. Rate calculations were computed within a GIS using the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) version 4.3, an ArcGIS extension developed by the U.S. Geological Survey. Short-term rates of shoreline change were calculated using an end point rate-of-change method based on available shoreline data between 1979 and 2011. A reference baseline was used as the originating point for the orthogonal transects cast by the DSAS software. The transects intersect each shoreline establishing measurement points, which are then used to calculate short-term rates.

Tags: arctic, barrow, chukchi-sea, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, coastal-processes, digital-shoreline-analysis-system, dsas, environment, geoscientificinformation, habitat, national-assessment-of-coastal-change-hazards, national-assessment-of-shoreline-change-project, national-petroleum-reserve-alaska, north-slope, npr-a, oceans, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, shoreline, shoreline-accretion, shoreline-change, shoreline-erosion, state-of-alaska, u-s-geological-survey, united-states-of-america, usgs, usgs-5949c736e4b062508e359c14, utqiavik, wainwright
Organization: Department of the Interior
Surface-sediment grain-size distributions of the Elwha River delta, Washington, July 2016

This portion of the data release presents sediment grain-size data from samples collected on the Elwha River delta, Washington, in July 2016 (USGS Field Activity 2016-653-FA). Surface sediment was collected from 67 locations using a small ponar, or 'grab', sampler from the R/V Frontier in water depths between about 1 and 17 m around the delta. An additional 38 samples were collected by hand at low tide. A hand-held global satellite navigation system (GNSS) receiver was used to determine the locations of sediment samples. The grain size distributions of suitable samples were determined using standard techniques developed by the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center sediment lab. Grab samples that yielded less than 50 g of sediment were omitted from analysis and are classified as "no sample". The grain-size data are provided in a comma-delimited spreadsheet (.csv).

Tags: clallam-county, elwha-river, global-positioning-system-gps-observations, gps-global-positioning-system, grain-size-analysis, ocean-processes, oceans, olympic-peninsula, sediment, sediment-transport, sedimentation, strait-of-juan-de-fuca, substrate, usgs-582f4083e4b04d580bd4da79
Organization: Department of the Interior
Supplementary Points for the Olean sourcewater study area in upstate New York

This dataset includes "smoothing points" used in the creation of the Olean hydrogeologic framework.  Smoothing points were manually added and were used to enhance interpolated layers using geologic assumptions and include: smoothing points for the upper and lower lacustrine confining surfaces, valley edge points, centerline bedrock points, bedrock contour points, and bedrock SSURGO points used in both the valley and upland interpolations.

Tags: allegany-county, aquifer-mapping, bedrock-mapping, cattaraugus-county, chautauqua-county, glacial-geology, new-york, olean, sourcewater, usgs-604a410ed34eb120311af659, valley-fill
Organization: Department of the Interior
Grain_Size-met: Archive of sediment physical properties and grain-size data for sediment samples collected offshore of Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia

This data release serves as an archive of sediment physical properties and grain-size data for surficial samples collected offshore of Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia, for comparison with surficial estuarine and subaerial sedimentological samples collected and assessed following Hurricane Sandy (Ellis and others, 2015 (http://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151219); Smith and others, 2015 (http://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151169); Bernier and others, 2016 (https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0999/)). The sediment samples were collected by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) office in Woods Hole, Massachusetts while aboard the motor vessel (M/V) Scarlett Isabella as part of a larger effort to map the inner continental shelf (Pendleton and others, 2016 (http://doi.org/10.5066/F7MW2F60)). Following field work, the sediment samples were shipped to the USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center in St. Petersburg, Florida, where they were renamed for consistency with a previously existing naming scheme and processed for bulk density, loss on ignition (LOI), and grain-size. The grain-size subsamples were processed on a Coulter LS200 particle-size analyzer for consistency regarding methods and output statistics with related data sets from Chincoteague Bay and Assateague Island. For more information regarding sample collection and site information or the related data sets, refer to USGS data release Pendleton and others, 2016 (https://doi.org/10.5066/F7MW2F60); for more information regarding processing methods refer to USGS Open-File Report 2015–1219 (http://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151219). Downloadable data are available as Excel spreadsheets (.xlsx), comma-separated values text files (.csv), and formal Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata.

Tags: assateague-island, biota, folk-and-ward, geology, geomorphology, gradistat, grain-size, kurtosis, maryland, mean, oceans, sediment, skewness, sorting, surface, u-s-geological-survey, u-s-geological-survey-st-petersburg-coastal-and-marine-science-center, unconsolidated-deposits, usgs, usgs-a4e627e6-5823-4880-99ac-73c759f2c354, virginia
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bias feature containing proxy-datum bias information to be used in the Digital Shoreline Analysis System for the central coast of North Carolina from Cape Hatteras to Cape Lookout (NCcentral)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has compiled national shoreline data for more than 20 years to document coastal change and serve the needs of research, management, and the public. Maintaining a record of historical shoreline positions is an effective method to monitor national shoreline evolution over time, enabling scientists to identify areas most susceptible to erosion or accretion. These data can help coastal managers and planners understand which areas of the coast are vulnerable to change.
This data release includes one new mean high water (MHW) shoreline extracted from lidar data collected in 2017 for the entire coastal region of North Carolina which is divided into four subregions: northern North Carolina (NCnorth), central North Carolina (NCcentral), southern North Carolina (NCsouth), and western North Carolina (NCwest). Previously published historical shorelines for North Carolina (Kratzmann and others, 2017) were combined with the new lidar shoreline to calculate long-term (up to 169 years) and short-term (up to 20 years) rates of change. Files associated with the long-term and short-term rates are appended with "LT" and "ST", respectively. A proxy-datum bias reference line that accounts for the positional difference in a proxy shoreline (e.g. High Water Line (HWL) shoreline) and a datum shoreline (e.g. MHW shoreline) is also included in this release.

Tags: atlantic-coast, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, coastal-processes, coastal-services-center, csc, digital-shoreline-analysis-system, dsas, environment, erosion, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, high-water-line, hwl, mean-high-water, mhw, national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration, noaa, north-carolina, oceans, pdb, proxy-datum-bias, shoreline-accretion, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-64dfa8cad34e5f6cd553bc45, usgs-national-shoreline-change-project, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Wind rose plots for the volcano: 263140  Galunggung

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-58d0123fe4b0236b68f52b41, volcanic-ash, volcanic-eruption-forecasting, wind
Organization: Department of the Interior
Long Branch Study Area (Site 4)

In 2015-2016, physicochemical properties and chemical characteristics of stream water, bed sediment, groundwater, and soil were determined in watersheds located outside of, but in proximity to, the Peason Ridge Training Area and Main Post at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk boundaries to document background trace element concentrations. Water samples were analyzed for physicochemical properties, major inorganic ions, selected trace elements, and dissolved organic carbon. Selected trace elements included antimony, arsenic, cadmium, copper, iron, lead, manganese, mercury, and zinc. Stream bed-sediment and soil samples were analyzed for major inorganic ions, selected trace elements, and grain size distribution.
Surface-water samples were collected near the downstream transect of each stream reach. Monitoring wells were located adjacent to the stream reach and in close proximity to the surface-water sampling sites. Bulk bed-sediment samples were collected during normal low-flow conditions. Each sample consisted of a composite sample from five locations (right edge, left edge, and center of a middle transect, then upstream and downstream of the middle transect) within each stream reach. Three soil samples, one from hilltops, one from side slopes, and one from riparian zones, were collected from areas adjacent to each stream reach.  Each soil sample consisted of 5 to 10 grab samples collected by a 21-inch-long, 5/8-inch internal diameter stainless-steel hand auger and composited in Teflon lined pans. All samples were collected following USGS sampling protocols.
This data release provides database and mapping information for assessment of trace element concentrations in stream water, bed sediment, groundwater, and soil found in relatively pristine and undisturbed watersheds in proximity to watersheds used for military training.

Tags: groundwater-and-surface-water-interaction, sediment-analysis, surface-water-quality, usgs-5ab92752e4b081f61ab9c8b1
Organization: Department of the Interior
DS926 Digital surfaces and thicknesses of selected hydrogeologic units of the Floridan aquifer system in Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina -- Contours for the top of the LISAPCU

Digital surfaces and thicknesses of selected hydrogeologic units of the Floridan aquifer system 
were developed to define an updated hydrogeologic framework as part of the U.S. Geological 
Survey Groundwater Resources Program. This feature class contains contour lines generated 
from the LISAPCU raster.

Tags: alabama, altitude, confining-unit, contour, environment, florida, floridan-aquifer-system, geology, georgia, geoscientificinformation, hydrogeology, inlandwaters, lisapcu, lisbon-avon-park, regional-groundwater-availability-study, south-carolina, stratigraphy, thickness, united-states-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-17feac48-1a3d-4700-a03d-cf5971833324
Organization: Department of the Interior
GAK_Q36.TIF - Gulf of Alaska U.S. EEZ GLORIA sidescan-sonar data mosaic (6 of 30) (LCC, 50 m, WGS84)

GLORIA data for the Gulf of Alaska Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) were acquired during five cruises over a four year period. The first cruise conducted in 1986 (F-1-86-GA) surveyed an area of the north-central mosaic area and covered an area of approximately 40,000 square kilometers (sq km). The second two cruises (F-8-88-AA, F-9-88-WG) were conducted in 1988. One of the 1988 cruises (F-8-88-AA) focused on a survey of the Aleutian Arc. The eastern most portion of that survey extended outside of the Aleutian Arc survey area and covered an area of approximately 52,000 square kilometers (sq km) of seafloor on the western edge of the Gulf of Alaska. The final two cruises (F-6-89-GA, F-7-89-EG) were completed in 1989. 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. Thirty digital mosaics with a 50-meter pixel resolution were completed for the region.

Tags: abyssal-submarine-fan, acoustic-receivers, acoustic-reflectivity, alaska, alaskan-abyssal-plain, aleutian-abyssal-plain, aleutian-trench, backscatter, british-columbia-margin, chirikof-channel, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, continental-island-rise, continental-island-slope, distributions, eez, exclusive-economic-zone, exclusive-economic-zone-eez, geological-long-range-inclined-asdic, geoscientificinformation, geotiff-image, gloria, gloria-gt-geological-long-range-inclined-asdic, grey-scale-image, gulf-of-alaska, gulf-of-alaska-ecoregion, image-mosaics, imagerybasemapsearthcover, infobank-identifier-f-1-86-ga, infobank-identifier-f-6-89-ga, infobank-identifier-f-7-89-eg, infobank-identifier-f-8-88-aa, infobank-identifier-f-9-88-wg, kodiak-bowie-seamount-chain, marine-basin-floor, marine-geology, marine-geophysics, marine-oceanic, north-american-pacific-fijordland-ecoregion, ocean-gt-pacific-ocean, ocean-gt-pacific-ocean-gt-north-pacific-ocean, ocean-gt-pacific-ocean-gt-north-pacific-ocean-gt-gulf-of-alaska, oceans, oceans-gt-ocean-acoustics-gt-acoustic-reflectivity, physical-habitats-and-geomorphology, queen-charlotte-fault, sea-floor-acoustic-reflectivity, sea-floor-characteristics, seabed, side-scan-sonar, sidescan-sonar, sidescan-sonar-mosaic, surveyor-channel, tectonic-trench, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-469eac51-66c9-4ef3-8020-4484c2e0e19a, wcmg, western-coastal-and-marine-geology, yakutat-margin
Organization: Department of the Interior
Interpretation of the distribution of anthropogenic deposits on the inner-continental shelf within the New York Bight, derived from geophysical data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1995 - 1999 (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, WGS84)

These data orginate from interpretations of seismic reflection and sidescan-sonar data. The derivative data are in an ESRI shapefile, polygon vector format and are intended to represent the distribution of anthropogenic deposits throughout the inner-continental shelf within the New York Bight. These data are helpful in understanding the stratigraphic evolution of the inner-continental shelf, the regional sediment transport system, and the influence of the inner-shelf framework on coastal processes.

Tags: anthropogenic-input, diposal-material, geologic-interpretation, geospatial-datasets, high-resolution-seismic, scientific-interpretation, sea-floor-characteristics, sidescan-sonar, usgs-97810354-cdf7-4256-94bd-83d38de1a6fc
Organization: Department of the Interior
Surveys and monitoring of coastal cactus wren in southern San Diego County, 2015-2016

Data presented are results of surveys (2015) and monitoring (2015 and 2016) for San Diego Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) in southern San Diego County. Surveys were conducted at 35 plots. Plots were surveyed twice in 2015 and the number, age (adult or juvenile), banding status (color banded or not), breeding status (paired, unpaired, or unknown), and nesting status (active nest detected or not) of all wrens recorded. Habitat covariate data were collected including amount of dead and stressed cactus in the plot, percent cover of bare ground, and the dominant and percent cover of invasive species. During weekly monitoring visits, nests were located and checked to determine the number of eggs laid, the number of eggs that hatched, and the number of chicks that fledged. Nesting data were compiled to present seasonal productivity for each Cactus Wren pair. All nestlings and adults (when possible) were color banded with unique color combinations to identify individuals on subsequent visits to provide data on survival within and between years. During banding, data were collected on age, sex, weight, and reproductive status. Fecal samples were collected from nestlings when possible. In each territory, a 75 x 75 m grid of 30 points was placed to include as many nests as possible. At each point, data were collected within a 2 m radius circle including presence or absence of native bunch grasses, non-native annual grasses, cactus, elderberry (Sambucus nigra), lemonadeberry (Rhus integrifolia), sagebrush (Artemisia californica), buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum), black mustard (Brassica nigra), and bare ground. These presence/absence data were summarized to present the percent cover of each species or ground cover representing habitat at the Cactus Wren territory.

Tags: animal-and-plant-census, biota, birds, california, drought, habitats, monitoring, productivity, san-diego, survey, survival, usgs-6305498ed34ed6dc55934099, vocalization-methods
Organization: Department of the Interior
GPS and Argos Location Data from Adult Female Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Southern Beaufort Sea, April-October 2014

This dataset contains GPS and Argos locations collected by satellite-linked GPS receivers on collars attached to 5 adult female polar bears that were instrumented in the southern Beaufort Sea from April to October 2014. Three of these collars collected both GPS and Argos locations (TGW-4689H-3, Telonics Inc., Mesa, Arizona, USA), while 2 of these collars collected only GPS locations (Iridium Track M, Lotek Wireless Inc., Newmarket, Ontario, Canada).

Tags: alaska, animal-behavior, animals-vertebrates, bears, beaufort-sea, biota, carnivores, energetics, environment, gps, mammalian-physiology, mammals, marine-mammals, platform-transmitter-terminal, ptt, satellite-linked-gps-data-logger, satellite-telemetry, species-life-history, system-argos, tagging-devices, telemetry, tracking-equipment, usgs-asc240, vertebrates, wildlife, wildlife-biology
Organization: Department of the Interior
Catalogue of Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) Maternal Den Locations in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas and Nearby Areas, 1910–2018

This data reports on the approximate locations and methods of discovery of 530 polar bear (Ursus maritimus) maternal dens observed in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas and neighboring areas between 1910 and 2018, and archived partly by the U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, and partly by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals Management, in Anchorage, Alaska. Data fields include a unique and permanent USGS identifier for each record, the year when the adult would have been expected to depart the den with young, an index of whether the maternal den was confirmed or probable, coordinates of the den, substrate that each den occurred on, the agency source of each record, method of discovery of each den, method used to determine the position of each den, and estimated position uncertainty. Data were collected through standardized VHF aircraft surveys and satellite radio telemetry, field research activities in polar bear habitat, and anecdotal reports from other government agencies, coastal residents, and industry personnel. The polar bear maternal den records presented here supersede an earlier version of these data (Durner and others, 2010)

Tags: alaska, animal-behavior, animal-tracking, animals-vertebrates, bears, beaufort-sea, biogeography, biota, canada, carnivores, chukchi-sea, environment, mammals, marine-mammals, polar-bear, russia, species-life-history, telemetry, threatened-species, ursus-maritimus, usgs-asc241, wildlife
Organization: Department of the Interior