AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Principal components of climate variation in the Desert Southwest for the time period 1980-2010

Five principal components are used to represent the climate variation in an original set of 12 composite climate variables reflecting complex precipitation and temperature gradients. The dataset provides coverage for current climate (defined as the 1980-2010 normal period). Climate variables were chosen based on their known influence on local adaptation in plants, and include: mean annual temperature, summer maximum temperature, winter minimum temperature, annual temperature range, temperature seasonality (coefficient of variation in monthly average temperatures), mean annual precipitation, winter precipitation, summer precipitation, proportion of summer precipitation, precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation in monthly precipitation totals), long-term winter precipitation variability, and long-term summer precipitation variability. The conversion to principal components both standardizes and accounts for covariation in climate variables, while emphasizing the most important climate gradients across the landscape. 
Raster layers representing each principal component form the input to Climate Distance Mapper (https://usgs-werc-shinytools.shinyapps.io/Climate_Distance_Mapper/), an interactive R Shiny application for matching seed sources with restoration sites. Plant populations are commonly adapted to local climate gradients and frequently exhibit a home-site advantage. For this reason, climate information may serve as a proxy for local adaptation in restoration designs. Climate Distance Mapper allows users to rank the suitability of seed sources for restoration sites by displaying multivariate climate distances (incorporating climate principal components) from user-supplied input points to the surrounding landscape. The application provides functions to match seed sources with current or future climate, guide sampling effort for large scale seed collections, and partition the landscape into suitable areas for different seed sources. 
These data support the following publication:
Shryock, D.F., DeFalco, L.A., and T.C. Esque. 2018. Spatial decision-support tools to guide restoration and seed sourcing in the Desert Southwest. In review. Ecosphere.

Tags: arizona, atmospheric-and-climatic-processes, california, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, colorado, colorado-plateau, geospatial-analysis, great-basin, mojave-desert, nevada, new-mexico, precipitation, sonoran-desert, united-states, usgs-5b36a149e4b040769c17571a, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sage-grouse habitat management categories within phase 1 Pinyon-Juniper expansion in Nevada and northeastern California, derived from 2016 and 2017 Raster Products

This raster dataset depicts phase 1 pinyon-juniper expansion , where shrubs and herbs are the dominant vegetation and conifers occupy greater than zero percent to ten percent, intersecting documented sage-grouse habitat management categories (Coates et al., 2016a, Coates et al., 2016b).
These data support the following publication:
K. Benjamin Gustafson, Peter S. Coates, Cali L. Roth, Michael P. Chenaille, Mark A. Ricca, Erika Sanchez-Chopitea, Michael L. Casazza, Using object-based image analysis to conduct high- resolution conifer extraction at regional spatial scales, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Volume 73, December 2018, Pages 148-155, ISSN 0303-2434, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2018.06.002.
Cali L. Roth, Peter S. Coates, K. Benjamin Gustafson, Michael P. Chenaille, Mark A. Ricca, Erika Sanchez-Chopitea, and Michael L. Casazza,  2018. A customized framework for regional classification of conifers using automated feature extraction. Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science, in review.
References:
Coates, P.S., Casazza, M.L., Brussee B.E., Ricca, M.A., Gustafson, K.B., Sanchez-Chopitea, E., Mauch, K., Niell, L., Gardner, S., Espinosa, S., Delehanty, D.J. 2016a, Spatially explicit modeling of annual and seasonal habitat for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in Nevada and Northeastern California—an updated decision-support tool for management: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1080, 160 p., http://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161080. ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
Coates, P.S., Casazza, M.L., Brussee B.E., Ricca, M.A., Gustafson, K.B., Sanchez-Chopitea, E., Mauch, K., Niell, L., Gardner, S., Espinosa, S., and Delehanty, D.J., 2016b, Spatially explicit modeling of annual and seasonal habitat for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in Nevada and Northeastern California—an updated decision-support tool for management: U.S. Geological Survey data release, http://doi.org/10.5066/F7CC0XRV.

Tags: biota, birds, ecosystem-management, environment, great-basin, image-analysis, nevada, northeastern-california, shrubland-ecosystems, spatial-analysis, united-states-of-america, usgs-5b3516ede4b040769c174378, vegetation
Organization: Department of the Interior
Percentage of Hypothetical Well Pumpage Causing Depletions to Simulated Base Flow, Evapotranspiration, and Groundwater Storage in the Elkhorn and Loup River Basins, 2011 through 2060

This data release includes a polygon shapefile of grid cells attributed with values representing the simulated base-flow, evapotranspiration, and groundwater-storage depletions as a percentage of hypothetical well pumpage for the 2011-2060 time period. Depletions were simulated by the Phase-Three Elkhorn-Loup Model (ELM), constructed using MODFLOW-NWT (Niswonger and others, 2011). Each polygon represents one model grid cell, with pumping specified from either layer one or layer two of the model. All values are estimates and approximations.
The phase three ELM simulated the High Plains aquifer in north-central Nebraska from predevelopment (pre-1895) through 2060 (Flynn and Stanton, 2018). The simulation was calibrated using an automated parameter-estimation method to optimize the fit of simulation outputs to three sets of calibration targets: estimated 1940 groundwater levels and base flows (representing pre-1940 conditions), 1940-through-2010 monthly groundwater levels, and 1940 through 2010 monthly estimated base flows. The calibrated simulation was used to estimate volumetric ratios of the reductions in base flow, evapotranspiration, and groundwater storage to the total volume of water pumped from a hypothetical well for a 50-year future time period. Ratios were then multiplied by 100 to obtain percentages. The 50-year period was selected because base-flow depletion percentages for 40- to 50-year periods are the basis of groundwater and surface-water management decisions in Nebraska.

Tags: calamus-river, dismal-river, elkhorn-river, evapotranspiration, geohydrology, geoscientificinformation, groundwater, groundwater-availability, groundwater-irrigation, hydrologic-models, inlandwaters, loup-river, middle-loup-river, nebraska, north-loup-river, sand-hills, south-loup-river, streamflow-depletion, usgs-5b34267fe4b040769c173d65
Organization: Department of the Interior
Microcystin, chlorophyll, and cell-count data for assessing the effect of salinity tolerance on cyanobacteria associated with a harmful algal bloom in Lake Okeechobee, Florida, July 9 to 17, 2017

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data Release provides microcystin, chlorophyll, and cell-count data for assessing the effect of salinity tolerance on cyanobacteria associated with a harmful algal bloom in Lake Okeechobee, Florida. All data are reported as raw measured values and are not rounded to USGS significant figures. Water and algal bloom material were collected from Lake Okeechobee, Florida on July 7, 2017.  This dataset includes measurements of subsamples taken in the laboratory, collected July 9 to July 17, 2017, at nine different salinity concentrations.

Tags: chlorophyll, cyanobacteria, dolichospermum, florida, harmful-algal-bloom, lake-okeechobee, microcystin, microcystis, pheophytin, salinity, united-states, usgs-5b340361e4b040769c173736
Organization: Department of the Interior
Zircon U-Pb age and trace element data for Cenozoic igneous rocks in the Tonopah area, Nevada

U-Pb ages and concentrations of selected trace elements were analyzed in zircon crystals from nine samples of Cenozoic igneous rocks collected near Tonopah, Nevada. U-Pb ages were obtained from four samples, and trace element analyses were obtained from both the dated samples and an additional five samples.

Tags: geochemistry, geochronology, nevada, tonopah, usgs-5b33f168e4b040769c1736df
Organization: Department of the Interior
Field portable X-ray fluorescence data on standard reference materials associated with data in San Bernardino County, California

These data were collected using field portable (handheld) X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) equipped with a 4-watt Ta/Au X-ray tube on two National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) certified standard reference materials 2710a and 2711a, a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) certified standard reference material BHVO-2, and a silicon dioxide blank. These quality assurance data were collected as part of detailed pXRF studies in Hinkley and Water Valleys, 140 kilometers (km) northeast of Los Angeles, California, and as part of a regional geochemical survey in the western Mojave Desert, between 60 to 210 km northeast of Los Angeles. Measurements on National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and U.S. Geological Survey standard reference materials indicated the pXRF was sufficiently accurate for the purposes of these studies for chromium and selected trace elements. Results showed consistent clean (few to no measurable elements) measurements on a silica dioxide blank. Standard reference material indicated a need to adjust instrument beam times to optimize measurements of chromium.

Tags: arsenic, barstow, california, chromium, el-mirage, environment, geochemistry, hinkley, joshua-tree, newberry-springs, ridgecrest, san-bernardino-county, twentynine-palms, uranium, usgs-5b33d98ae4b040769c1735c7, victorville, western-mojave-desert, x-ray-fluorescence
Organization: Department of the Interior
Field portable X-ray fluorescence data for Hinkley and Water Valleys, San Bernardino County, California

These data were collected using field portable (handheld) X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) equipped with a 4-watt Ta/Au X-ray tube. Samples of surficial alluvium, rock, and archived core material from existing auger- or sonic-drilled monitoring wells in Hinkley Valley and the adjoining Water Valley, 140 kilometers (km) northeast of Los Angeles, California, were measured as part of an investigation of naturally-occurring and anthropogenic hexavalent chromium, Cr(VI), concentrations in local groundwater. Surficial alluvium samples were collected from small stream channels draining distinct geologic units, or from previously mapped river deposits, and generally consisted of silt, sand, and granules to small pebbles. Twigs and other detritus were removed prior to measurement. Rocks were collected from outcrops or from colluvium eroded from nearby outcrops and were broken to expose fresh surfaces whenever possible. Core material was measured within the screened interval of wells sampled for water-quality as part of the study, along with additional core material from other intervals of geologic or lithologic interest to the study. Some measurements of core material were made on materials from selected geologic settings including oxide-rich zones formed near lithologic and redox contacts, groundwater discharge deposits, and weathered bedrock. Measurements were made on 155 samples of alluvium and rock, and archived core material from 69 monitoring well sites, located over an approximately 200 square km area between March 2015 and May 2018.   
Measurements on National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and U.S. Geological Survey standard reference materials (available in a separate child page associated with https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CU0EH3) indicated the pXRF was sufficiently accurate for chromium and selected trace elements for the intended purpose of the dataset. Standard reference material indicated a need to adjust instrument beam times to optimize measurements of chromium. Measurements on a silica dioxide blank showed consistent clean (few to no measurable elements) data.

Tags: arsenic, california, chromium, environment, geochemistry, hinkley, san-bernardino-county, uranium, usgs-5b33c37ce4b040769c1731a8, western-mojave-desert, x-ray-fluorescence
Organization: Department of the Interior
Principal components of climate variation in the Desert Southwest for the time periods 1980-2010, 2040-2070 (RCP8.5) and (RCP4.5)

Five principal components are used to represent the climate variation in an original set of 12 climate variables reflecting precipitation and temperature gradients. The dataset provides coverage for four regions (the Sonoran Desert, Mojave Desert, Colorado Plateau, and Southern Great Basin) and two time periods: current climate (defined as the 1980-2010 normal period) and future climate (defined as the 2040-2070 normal period) under the RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 emission scenarios. Climate variables were chosen based on their known influence on local adaptation in plants, and include: mean annual temperature, summer maximum temperature, winter minimum temperature, annual temperature range, temperature seasonality (coefficient of variation in monthly average temperatures), mean annual precipitation, winter precipitation, summer precipitation, proportion of summer precipitation, precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation in monthly precipitation totals), long-term winter precipitation variability, and long-term summer precipitation variability. The conversion to principal components both standardizes and accounts for covariation in climate variables, while emphasizing the most important climate gradients across the landscape. 
Raster layers representing each principal component form the input to Climate Distance Mapper (https://usgs-werc-shinytools.shinyapps.io/Climate_Distance_Mapper/), an interactive R Shiny application for matching seed sources with restoration sites. Plant populations are commonly adapted to local climate gradients and frequently exhibit a home-site advantage. For this reason, climate information may serve as a proxy for local adaptation in restoration designs. Climate Distance Mapper allows users to rank the suitability of seed sources for restoration sites by displaying multivariate climate distances (incorporating climate principal components) from user-supplied input points to the surrounding landscape. The application provides functions to match seed sources with current or future climate, guide sampling effort for large scale seed collections, and partition the landscape into suitable areas for different seed sources. 
These data support the following publication:
Shryock, D.F., DeFalco, L.A., and T.C. Esque. 2018. Spatial decision-support tools to guide restoration and seed sourcing in the Desert Southwest. In review. Ecosphere.

Tags: arizona, atmospheric-and-climatic-processes, california, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, colorado, colorado-plateau, geospatial-analysis, great-basin, mojave-desert, nevada, new-mexico, precipitation, sonoran-desert, united-states, usgs-5b33b22ae4b040769c172dec, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior
Water levels provided by Nebraska Natural Resources Districts used as calibration points for the Phase Three Elkhorn-Loup Model, Central Nebraska, 1940-2010

This data set contains 2,611 water levels collected by Natural Resources Districts in Central Nebraska. These water levels were collected by the districts to monitor groundwater levels within the districts. The water levels were provided to the USGS for use as calibration targets to the Elkhorn and Loup River Basin - Phase Three groundwater flow model. The water levels have not been previously published. This record serves as the publication record of the water levels in support of the Elkhorn and Loup River Basin - Phase Three groundwater flow model report.

Tags: calamus-river, dismal-river, elevation, elkhorn-river, groundwater, groundwater-availablity, inlandwaters, location, loup-river, middle-loup-river, nebraska, north-loup-river, sand-hills, south-loup-river, usgs-5b340518e4b040769c17373e
Organization: Department of the Interior
Long-term soil carbon data and accretion from four marsh types in Mississippi River Delta in 2015

The Mississippi River Deltaic Plain has extensive marsh habitats (fresh, intermediate, brackish, and saline) where soil cores were collected to a depth of 100 cm at 24 sites to assess long-term carbon accumulation rates and coast-wide burial rates. Each core was sectioned into 2-cm depth intervals, and select intervals were analyzed for percent moisture, bulk density, total carbon, and radionuclide (137Cs and 210Pb).

Tags: carbon-sequestration, organic-detritus, salinity, soil, usgs-5b3299d4e4b040769c159bb0, wetland-ecosystems
Organization: Department of the Interior
Central California CoSMoS v3.1 projections of shoreline change due to 21st century sea-level rise

This dataset contains projections of shoreline positions and uncertainty bands for future scenarios of sea-level rise. Projections were made using the Coastal Storm Modeling System - Coastal One-line Assimilated Simulation Tool (CoSMoS-COAST), a numerical model forced with global-to-local nested wave models and assimilated with lidar-derived shoreline vectors. Read metadata carefully. 
Details: Projections of shoreline position in the Central Coast of California are made for scenarios of 25, 50, 75, 92, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 250, 300 and 500 centimeters (cm) of SLR by the year 2100. SLR scenarios for 25, 50 and 75 cm are included in the National Research Council (NRC) excel and KMZ files. Four datasets are available for different management conditions: shorelines are allowed to retreat unimpeded past urban structures ("NO Hold the Line") or are limited to this urban boundary ("Hold the Line"), and shorelines are allowed to progress with projected increases in sediment ("Continued Nourishment") or with no projected increases ("No Nourishment"). Projections are made at CoSMoS Monitoring and Observation Points, which represent shore-normal transects spaced 100 m alongshore. The CoSMoS-COAST model solves a coupled set of partial differential equations that resembles conservation of sediment for the series of transects. The model is synthesized from several shoreline models in the scientific literature, which is described in more detail, along with the CoSMoS-Coast methodology, in Vitousek and others 2017.
Significant uncertainty is associated with the process noise of the model and unresolved coastal processes. This makes estimation of uncertainty difficult. The uncertainty bands predicted here represent 95 percent confidence bands associated with the modeled shoreline fluctuations. Unresolved processes are not accounted for in the uncertainty bands and could lead to significantly more uncertainty than reported in these predictions.

Tags: central-california, climate-change, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, coastal-erosion, erosion, extreme-weather, hazards-planning, monterey-county, ocean-waves, oceans, physical-habitats-and-geomorphology, san-francisco-county, san-luis-obispo-county, san-mateo-county, santa-barbara-county, santa-cruz-county, sea-level-change, sea-level-rise, state-of-california, storms, usgs-5b32721ce4b040769c1597ef, waves
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sedimentary data from the lower Pascagoula River, Mississippi, USA

Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center investigated the sedimentary and geochemical properties of the lower reaches of the Pascagoula River along the Mississippi coast of the Gulf of Mexico by collecting estuarine, riverine and marsh sediments. This was done in order to increase understanding of the region's environmental history, describe the long-term (millennial-scale) depositional history, and identify sedimentary intervals associated with extreme marine intrusions. To this end, the group obtained long sediment cores, shovel-dug sediment slabs and marsh and riverine channel/estuarine surface samples from  a north-south transect along the river edge from the low-salinity bottomland hardwood forest through the Mississippi Sound, during field work conducted in September 2014. Additional surface samples were collected during September, 2015.

Tags: estuary, fresh-brackish-salt-marsh, geology, geoscientificinformation, hurricane-katrina, isotopes, location, sediment, stratigraphy, u-s-geological-survey, unconsolidated-deposits, usgs-5b315ad5e4b040769c13ffb0
Organization: Department of the Interior
Habitat and fish assemblages along four river mainstems in Ontario, Canada, 1997 to 2001, Trent River Spatial Data

This dataset includes two folders of spatial data associated with the Trent River. The folder Trent_River includes five files: 1) The portion of the Ontario Integrated Hydrology  Dataset Enchanced Watercouse in the river watershed, 2) the location of the study sites, 3) the delineated valley segments on the river mainstem, 4) the valley segment boundary locations, and 5) the watershed outline boundary. The folder Trent_SiteCAT includes the upstream catchment area for each study site.

Tags: canada, inlandwaters, ontario, river-systems, usgs-5b314903e4b040769c13fb62, world-north-and-central-america-canada-ontario-trent-river
Organization: Department of the Interior
Habitat and fish assemblages along four river mainstems in Ontario, Canada, 1997 to 2001, Petawawa River Spatial Data

This dataset includes two folders of spatial data associated with the Petawawa River. The folder Petawawa_River includes five files: 1) The portion of the Ontario Integrated Hydrology  Dataset Enchanced Watercouse in the river watershed, 2) the location of the study sites, 3) the delineated valley segments on the river mainstem, 4) the valley segment boundary locations, and 5) the watershed outline boundary. The folder Petawawa_SiteCAT includes the upstream catchment area for each study site.

Tags: canada, ganaraska-river, inlandwaters, ontario, river-systems, usgs-5b3148f3e4b040769c13fb60
Organization: Department of the Interior
Preliminary evaluation of behavioral response of nesting waterbirds to small unmanned aircraft flight

This dataset is comprised of 3 .csv files related to the use of unmanned aerial systems over waterbird colonies. Specifically, data detail the disturbance observed in birds during flights, the time required for traditional ground surveys to be conducted, and the distance at which birds flush during traditional ground surveys.

Tags: chesapeake-bay, poplar-island, usgs-5b311234e4b040769c13f5a0, waterbirds
Organization: Department of the Interior