AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Surficial Sediment Data Collected During U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cruise R/V RAFAEL 06005 in Great Round Shoal Channel, Offshore Massachusetts (RAF06005_SEDDATA.SHP)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (MA CZM), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Imagery, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provide a fundamental framework for research and management activities along this part of the Massachusetts coastline, show the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provide information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. Interpretive data layers were derived from multibeam echo-sounder and sidescan sonar data collected in Great Round Shoal Channel, a passage through the shoals at the eastern entrance to Nantucket Sound, off Cape Cod, Massachusetts.  In June 2006, bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of a ground-truth reconaissance survey.

Tags: atlantic-ocean, cape-cod, clay, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, environment, esri-point-shapefile, field-activity-number-06005, geospatial-datasets, grain-size-analysis, gravel, great-round-shoal-channel, ground-truth, location, marine-geology, massachusetts, nantucket-sound, navigational-data, north-america, northeast-united-states, oceans, open-file-report-2007-1138, rv-rafael, sand, sea-floor, sea-floor-characteristics, sediment-data, sediment-samples, sediments, silt, small-seaboss-sampler, stations, surficial-sediment-classification, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-f5d2b1e2-8d46-4b1d-8c8f-26e6ededaab3, van-veen-grab-sampler, whsc, woods-hole-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
LANDFIRE Remap Forest Canopy Cover (CC) CONUS

LANDFIRE's (LF) Remap Forest Canopy Cover (CC) describes the percent cover of the tree canopy in a stand, CC is a vertical projection of the tree canopy cover onto an imaginary horizontal plane. In disturbed locations CC is calculated from linear regression equations derived from Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) plot data output, but at non-disturbed locations it is assigned the midpoint of Fuel Vegetation Cover (FVC) forested classes. In some instances, LF Remap assumes the potential burnable biomass in the tree canopy has been accounted for in the surface fuel model. For example, young or short conifer stands where the trees are represented by a shrub type fuel model will not have canopy characteristics.
LF Remap Annual Disturbance products are incorporated into CC to provide informed changes by disturbance type, severity, and time since disturbance (TSD). Annual Disturbance products provide a pre-disturbance scenario represented by LF Remap existing vegetation products. Reporting of the pre-disturbance scenario helps to calculate CC, by providing information about vegetation impacted by a disturbance. Then, vegetation adjustments are modeled in disturbance areas based on disturbance type and severity. CC is then used in the calculation of Canopy Bulk Density (CBD) and Canopy Base Height (CBH). CC supplies information to fire behavior models in order to; determine the probability of crown fire initiation, provide input in the spotting model, calculate wind reductions, and to calculate fuel moisture conditioning. 
CC also has capable fuels functionality. Capable fuels calculates TSD assignments for disturbed areas using an effective year. For example, year 2019 fuels may be calculated for the year 2019. This new process considers all the existing disturbances included in LF Remap and adjusts the TSD for these to the effective year (2019 in this example), making the products "2019 capable fuels." More information about capable fuels can be found at https://www.landfire.gov/lf_remap.php.

Tags: biota, canopy-cover, cc, conterminous-united-states, continental-u-s, conus, fires, geographic-information-systems, geospatial-datasets, hazard-preparedness, image-collections, imagerybasemapsearthcover, landfire-2016, landfire-remap, raster-digital-data, remote-sensing, u-s-forest-service-usfs, u-s-geological-survey-usgs, united-states, us, usgs-f5dba5b9-6992-436b-9665-bab5fec41214
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sea Turtle Nesting Decision Points and Cross-Shore Beach Profile Data Collected on May 08, 2018, from Jensen Beach, Florida

On May 08, 2018, surveys were conducted on ‘high-density’ sea turtle nesting areas located on Jensen Beach, Florida. This dataset, Jensen_20180508.zip, was collected and processed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC) and includes sea turtle nesting decision point locations (.csv) and cross-shore beach profiles (.xyz) at those locations. Utilizing previously published methods for collecting beach profile data (Henderson and others, 2016; Brown and others, 2018), data were acquired by USGS scientists walking along cross-shore transect lines while carrying a survey backpack that was equipped with a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver and GNSS antenna. The horizontal position data are provided in the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system, Zone 17 North (17N), referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), and the elevation data are referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88), GEOID12B.

Tags: altimetry, 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, florida, geology, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, global-navigation-satellite-system-gnss-observations, gnss-measurement, marine-geology, oceans, providers-gt-government-agencies-u-s-federal-agencies-gt-doi-gt-usgs-gt-doi-usgs-cmg, south-atlantic, spcmsc, st-petersburg-coastal-and-marine-science-center, topographic-mapping, topography, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-f5e4f84a-c5a2-4698-808b-47d1c6154f4a
Organization: Department of the Interior
Locations, values, and uncertainties of hydraulic-head observations for the steady-state, prepumped period of the transient ground-water flow model, Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada and California

This digital geospatial data set contains the locations, values, and uncertainties of 700 hydraulic-head 
observations used in the steady-state, prepumped period of the transient model of the Death Valley 
regional ground-water flow system (DVRFS), a 100,000-square-kilometer region of southern Nevada 
and California. Hydraulic-head observations, which are the composite of one or more water-level 
measurements made at a well, are used to calibrate ground-water flow models. To develop hydraulic-
head observations for the DVRFS ground-water flow model, nearly all available water levels for the 
DVRFS region through 2004 were compiled in Ground-Water Site Inventory (GWSI), the ground-water 
component of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Information System (NWIS) database. 
Water levels suitable for developing hydraulic-head observations representative of regional, steady-state 
ground-water flow conditions were identified through analyses. The resulting water levels were averaged 
for each well to produce one hydraulic-head observation value at each of 700 wells. The uncertainty 
of each hydraulic-head observation was statistically quantified from the values of uncertainties associated 
with well altitude and location, nonsimulated transient stress, and measurement accuracy.

Tags: amargosa-desert, ash-meadows, california-valley, chicago-valley, china-ranch, clark-county, clayton-valley, coal-valley, death-valley, death-valley-regional-ground-water-flow-system, eastern-california, esmeralda-county, eureka-valley, flow-model, franklin-lake, franklin-well, garden-valley, ground-water, hydraulic-head, hydraulic-head-observation, hydrogeology, hydrology, inyo-county, kern-county, las-vegas-valley, lincoln-county, mesquite-valley, mineral-county, modflow-2000, mono-county, nevada, nevada-test-site, nye-county, oasis-valley, observation-uncertainty, owlshead-mountains, pahranagat-range, pahrump-valley, panamint-range, penoyer-valley, railroad-valley, resting-spring, saline-valley, san-bernardino-county, sarcobatus-flat, sheep-range, shoshone, silurian-valley, southern-nevada, spring-mountains, steady-state-ground-water-model, stewart-valley, stone-cabin-valley, tecopa, transient-ground-water-model, usgs-f5e89ea3-344e-43e4-97a9-999edc1b9cf4, water-level, water-well, yucca-mountain
Organization: Department of the Interior
Grid Representing the Present Day Bathymetry of a Portion of the Columbia River

Two 21-day field operations were conducted in 1997 and 1998 in the estuaries and on the inner continental shelf off the northern Oregon and southern Washington coast. These cruises aboard the R/V Corliss were run in order to generate reconnaissance maps of the seafloor geology and the shallow subsurface stratigraphy using sidescan sonar and seismic-reflection mapping techniques. The 1998 cruise also collected sediment grab samples, bottom photographs, and video images to verify the sidescan-sonar imagery and to document the seafloor geology. The combination of these data with previously collected sediment sample data (Robert, 1974; Nittrouer, 1978; and Smith et. al., 1980) has been used to define the extent and lithology of shelf sediments associated with the Columbia River littoral cell. This work is one component of a larger project studying the erosion of the Washington and Oregon coast and is being coordinated by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Washington State Department of Ecology. The reason for collecting these data is to provide a regional synthesis of the offshore geology to support a wide variety of management decisions and to provide a basis for further process-oriented investigations.

Tags: arcview, bathymetry, columbia-river, geospatial-datasets, grid, or, oregon, raster, sea-floor-characteristics, usgs-f5eb71ce-ce5c-44f0-aa03-10e3c2b62723, wa, washington
Organization: Department of the Interior
Color Shaded-Relief GeoTIFF Image Showing the 2-m Bathymetry Generated from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11999 North of Duck Pond Point, New York (H11999_MB2M_GEO.TIF, Geographic, WGS84)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Imagery, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provides a fundamental framework for research and management activities along this part of Long Island Sound, shows the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provides information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. Interpretive data layers were derived from the multibeam echo-sounder data collected north of Duck Pond Point, New York. During April and May 2010, bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired during 2 cruises as part of USGS ground-truth reconnaissance surveys of this area. For more information on the ground-truth surveys see &lt;http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2010/10010/&gt; and &lt;http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2010/10015/&gt;.

Tags: atlantic-ocean, bathymetry, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, computational-methods, connecticut-department-of-environmental-protection, ct-dep, duck-pond-point, elevation, geospatial-datasets, geotiff, h11999, hill-shaded, imagerybasemapsearthcover, long-island, long-island-sound, marine-geophysics, multibeam-bathymetry, multibeam-sonar, national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration, new-york, noaa, noaa-survey-h11999, north-america, oceans, ofr-2011-1149, open-file-report-2011-1149, reson-7125, reson-8101, reson-8125, sea-floor-characteristics, u-s-east-coast, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-f5f43220-0aed-420c-878f-69d3078f91b3, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Video transects of the sea floor on Stellwagen Bank during U.S. Geological Survey field activity 2013-044-FA, aboard the R/V Auk, November 5, 15, and 21, 2013

This field activity is part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. This cruise was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited 81 locations on Stellwagen Bank at which a customized Van Veen grab sampler (SEABOSS) equipped with a video camera and a CTD was deployed in drift mode to collect sediment for grain-size analysis, video imagery of the seabed, and measurements of water column properties.

Tags: atlantic-ocean, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, location, marine-geology, massachusetts, massachusetts-bay, navigation, navigational-data, north-america, oceans, polyline-shapefile, sbnms, stations, stellwagen-bank, trackline, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-f6454679-3b4e-40c2-8079-48108cafa479, video, video-observation, videography, videos, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
DS-777 Spatial Location of the Model Cell Centroids for the Northern High Plains Groundwater-Flow Model in Parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming

This data set is one of many developed in support of The High Plains Groundwater Availability Project 
and the U.S. Geological Survey Data Series Report: Geodatabase Compilation of Hydrogeologic, 
Remote Sensing, and Water-Budget-Component data for the High Plains aquifer, 2011 (DS 777).
		
The creation of the model grid is an important first step in developing a groundwater-flow model, 
because all model inputs including hydraulic properties, wells, and boundary conditions are 
assigned to the model cells.  The northern High Plains groundwater-flow model boundary 
feature dataset contains three feature classes; the model grid cells for the northern High 
Plains groundwater-flow model in both polygon (cell) and point (centroid) format and the 
external boundary of the model. The model grid contains 449,175 cells, 565 rows and 
795 columns. Each cell is 1,000 feet per side. The model grid is not rotated. The external 
boundary includes the active and inactive areas of the model.
		
The projection for the model grid and all feature classes in all geodatabases for this study 
are Albers Equal-Area Conic coordinate system, North American Datum 1983.

Tags: aquifers, colorado, environment, geoscientificinformation, ground-water, groundwater, groundwater-flow-model, high-plains-aquifer, inlandwaters, kansas, model-boundary, model-cell, model-grid, nebraska, northern-high-plains, ogallala-aquifer, south-dakota, usgs-f5f8a742-e568-4ba6-8a98-72e8c856db82, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Structure-from-Motion orthophotos from the Florida Keys, 2019

Georeferenced orthophotos were created from structure-from-motion (SfM) data using seafloor images collected using the new 5-camera system SfM Quantitative Underwater Imaging Device with Five Cameras (SQUID-5). Images were collected in July 2019 by towing the SQUID-5 in 3 to 4 meters of water off of Islamorada in the Florida Keys during 3 days. The five cameras were synchronized together and with a survey-grade Global Positioning System (GPS). Images were collected over diverse benthic settings, including living and senile reefs, rubble, and sand. Orthomosaics were created from the photos using SfM photogrammetric software.

Tags: bathymetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, bathymetry-measurement, cmgp, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, crocker-reef, florida-keys, geospatial-datasets, image-mosaics, oceans, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, remote-sensing, sea-floor-characteristics, seabed, spcmsc, st-petersburg-coastal-and-marine-science-center, state-of-florida, straits-of-florida, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-f5fde66b-9d65-4b0d-8bfd-501c71f027ef
Organization: Department of the Interior
Seismic-Reflection Profile Data in JPEG Image Format Collected in the Potomac River/Chesapeake Bay from Sept. 6, 2006 to Sept. 8, 2006 on USGS Cruise 06018

In order to test hypotheses about groundwater flow under and into Chesapeake Bay, geophysical surveys were conducted by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists on Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River Estuary in September 2006. Chesapeake Bay resource managers are concerned about nutrients that are entering the estuary via submarine groundwater discharge, which are contributing to eutrophication. The USGS has performed many related studies in recent years to provide managers with information necessary to make informed decisions about this issue. The research carried out as part of the study described here was designed to help refine nutrient budgets for Chesapeake Bay by characterizing submarine groundwater flow and discharge of groundwater beneath part of the mainstem and a major tributary, the Potomac River Estuary.

Tags: chesapeake-bay, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, dennis-point-marina, field-activity-serial-number-06018, geoscientificinformation, image-collections, info-bank-id-k-1-06-ch, inlandwaters, jpeg-image, marine-geophysics, maryland, north-america, north-atlantic, oceans, patuxent-river, potomac-river-estuary, r-v-kerhin, seismic-reflection-profile, solomons-maryland, sub-bottom-profiling, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-f5ff7192-0630-4720-a135-a9202a3ead03, virginia, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
National Land Cover Database 2001 (NLCD01) Imperviousness Layer Tile 2, Northeast United States: IMPV01_2

This 30-meter resolution data set represents the imperviousness layer for the conterminous United States 
for the 2001 time period. The data have been arranged into four tiles to facilitate timely display and 
manipulation within a Geographic Information System, browse graphic: nlcd01-partition. The National 
Land Cover Data Set for 2001 was produced through a cooperative project conducted by the Multi-Resolution 
Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium. The MRLC Consortium is a partnership of Federal agencies 
(www.mrlc.gov), consisting of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the National Park Service (NPS), the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the USDA Natural Resources 
Conservation Service (NRCS). One of the primary goals of the project is to generate a current, consistent, 
seamless, and accurate National Land Cover Database (NLCD) circa 2001 for the United States at medium 
spatial resolution. For a detailed definition and discussion on MRLC and the NLCD 2001 products, refer to 
Homer and others (2004) and http://www.mrlc.gov/mrlc2k.asp.. The NLCD 2001 was created by partitioning 
the United States into mapping-zones. A total of 68 mapping-zones browse graphic: nlcd01-mappingzones.jpg 
were delineated within the conterminous United States based on ecoregion and geographical characteristics, 
edge-matching features, and the size requirement of Landsat mosaics. Mapping-zones encompass the whole 
or parts of several states. Questions about the NLCD mapping zones can be directed to the NLCD 2001 Land 
Cover Mapping Team at the USGS/EROS, Sioux Falls, SD (605) 594-6151 or mrlc@usgs.gov.

Tags: environment, geoscientificinformation, imperviousness, inlandwaters, land-cover, land-use, national-land-cover-data-set, national-water-quality-assessment, nawqa, nlcd, usgs-f605ea51-3c0a-42fa-816e-6668a8f142fb
Organization: Department of the Interior
February 2009 bathymetry collected near Dumbarton Bridge in south San Francisco Bay, California

Bathymetric survey data were collected in February 2009 just south of Dumbarton Bridge in south San Francisco Bay, California. Portions of the main channel and western shallows/intertidal mudflats were surveyed using an interferometric sidescan sonar system following procedures detailed in Foxgrover and others, 2011  . The bathymetry is provided as a 1-m resolution raster in geoTIFF format, referenced to the vertical datum of mean lower low water (MLLW). To convert to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88), subtract a static offset of 0.37 m (datum conversions provided in Foxgrover and others, 2007).

Tags: alameda-county, bathymetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, bathymetry-measurement, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, digital-elevation-models, dumbarton-bridge, elevation, geographic-information-systems-gis, gps-measurement, inlandwaters, interferometric-sonar, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, san-francisco-bay, san-mateo-county, sidescan-sonar, state-of-california, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-f623ba20-21b4-442c-9a1f-f25e94648a62, wetland-restoration
Organization: Department of the Interior
ROV Point Navigation from 2001 in the Pulley Ridge are in the Gulf of Mexico based on 5-min navigation

Pulley Ridge is a series of drowned barrier islands that extends almost 200 km in 60-100 m water depths. This drowned ridge is located on the Florida Platform in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico about 250 km west of Cape Sable, Florida. This barrier island chain formed during the initial stage of the Holocene marine transgression. These islands were then submerged and left abandoned near the outer edge of the Florida Platform. The southern portion of Pulley Ridge hosts zooxanthellate scleractinian corals, green, red and brown macro algae, and a mix of deep and typically shallow-water tropical fishes. This reef community is in unusually deep water, and its extent and the controls on its distribution were unknown. To address these questions scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Program in cooperation with scientists from the University of South Florida Department of Marine Sciences have completed a detailed mapping of the southernmost 35 km of Pulley Ridge. The area was mapped using multibeam bathymetry, sidescan-sonar imagery, and high-resolution seismic-reflection profiling to define the geologic framework on which the reef is established. Submersible dives, remotely operated vehicle (ROV) transects, and transects of bottom photographs and video were collected to identify the corals and to map their distribution. This extensive suite of data has been compiled and preliminary analysis of the data suggests that the reefs are not tied to the ridge system, but instead are more broadly distributed. Whether reef distribution is controlled by oceanographic conditions or by subtle differences in the substrate that overlies the barrier island system is unclear, and are topics of continued research.

Tags: cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, coral, coral-reef, florida, florida-shelf, gulf-of-mexico, location, navigation, navigational-data, north-america, oceans, of-2005-1089, open-file-report, point, pulley-ridge, reef, remote-sensing, rov, shapefile, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-f634f2b9-fa0c-44ee-aa83-b19a7edae2fa, woods-hole-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior