AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
EAARL Coastal Topography--Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia, 2010

A digital elevation model (DEM) of a portion of the Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland and Virginia was produced from remotely sensed, geographically referenced elevation measurements collected cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Park Service (NPS). Elevation measurements were collected over the area on March 19 and 24, 2010, using the Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL), a pulsed laser ranging system mounted onboard an aircraft to measure ground elevation, vegetation canopy, and coastal topography. The system uses high-frequency laser beams directed at the Earth's surface through an opening in the bottom of the aircraft's fuselage. The laser system records the time difference between emission of the laser beam and the reception of the reflected laser signal in the aircraft. The plane travels over the target area at approximately 50 meters per second at an elevation of approximately 300 meters, resulting in a laser swath of approximately 240 meters with an average point spacing of 2-3 meters. The EAARL, developed originally by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, measures ground elevation with a vertical resolution of +/-15 centimeters. A sampling rate of 3 kilohertz or higher results in an extremely dense spatial elevation dataset. Over 100 kilometers of coastline can be surveyed easily within a 3- to 4-hour mission. When resultant elevation maps for an area are analyzed, they provide a useful tool to make management decisions regarding land development.
For more information on Lidar science and the Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL) system and surveys, see http://ngom.usgs.gov/dsp/overview/index.php and http://ngom.usgs.gov/dsp/tech/eaarl/index.php .

Tags: airborne-lidar-processing-system, alps, altimetry, assateague-island-national-seashore, bathymetry-and-elevation, dem, digital-elevation-model, digital-elevation-models, distributions, eaarl, elevation, experimental-advanced-airborne-research-lidar, laser-altimetry, lidar, maryland, pilatus-pc-6, remote-sensing, topographic-mapping, topography, usgs-b40f54c8-02fd-4152-8883-b7131059f8af, virginia
Organization: Department of the Interior
Airborne geophysical survey: El Solatario, Texas

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, el-solatario, f48043-brewster, f48377-presidio, field-monitoring-stations, geophysical-surveys, geophysics, geospatial-datasets, magnetic, magnetic-field-earth, magnetic-surveys, residual-magnetic-field, texas, total-field, tx, united-states, usgs-b41368b6-46e9-4f69-9344-dbe25a3142ad
Organization: Department of the Interior
BS_Q11.TIF - Bering Sea U.S. EEZ GLORIA sidescan-sonar data mosaic (11 of 30) (LCC, 50 m, Clarke1866)

In 1984, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Office of Marine Geology, launched a program using the Geological LOng-Range Inclined Asdic (GLORIA) sidescan-sonar system to study the entire U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). From 1986 through 1989, the USGS and IOS (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, U.K.) scientists conducted several surveys within the U.S. EEZ off Alaska. Four surveys during that time period (1986-1987) focused on the Bering Sea region. The results of these surveys were 30 digital mosaics of a 3 degree by 2 degree area with a 50-meter pixel resolution.

Tags: acoustic-receivers, acoustic-reflectivity, agattu-island, alaska, aleutian-basin, aleutian-islands-ecoregion, aleutian-ridge, attu-island, backscatter, bering-canyon, bering-channel, bering-fan, bering-sea, beringian-margin, bowers-ridge, buldir-island, 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, image-mosaics, imagerybasemapsearthcover, infobank-identifier-f-1-87-bs, infobank-identifier-f-2-86-bs, infobank-identifier-f-3-86-bs, infobank-identifier-f-4-86-bs, little-sitkin-island, marine-basin-floor, marine-geology, marine-geophysics, marine-oceanic, ocean-gt-pacific-ocean, ocean-gt-pacific-ocean-gt-north-pacific-ocean, ocean-gt-pacific-ocean-gt-north-pacific-ocean-gt-bering-sea, oceans, oceans-gt-ocean-acoustics-gt-acoustic-reflectivity, physical-habitats-and-geomorphology, pribilof-canyon, sea-floor-acoustic-reflectivity, sea-floor-characteristics, seabed, semisopochnoi-island, shemya-island, side-scan-sonar, sidescan-sonar, sidescan-sonar-mosaic, u-s-geological-survey, umnak-plateau, usgs, usgs-b4144d62-f672-4376-8e33-488a4496b597, wcmg, western-coastal-and-marine-geology, zhemchug-canyon
Organization: Department of the Interior
Swath acoustic-backscatter data collected in 2013 off the islands of Maui and Kaho`olawe, Hawaii, during field activity A-01-13-HW

1-m resolution acoustic-backscatter data were collected during a February 2013 SWATHPlus survey offshore of the Hawaiian Islands of Maui and Kaho`olawe. Data were collected and processed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC), with fieldwork activity number A-01-13-HW. The 1-m backscatter data are provided as a GeoTIFF file.

Tags: bathymetry, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, field-observation, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, island-of-maui, kahoolawe, lahaina, marine-geophysics, olowalu, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, sea-floor-acoustic-reflectivity, sea-floor-characteristics, seabed, seafloor-topography, sonar-methods, state-of-hawaii, substrate, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-b4209c42-21fb-4ff9-84c0-bbaa8f7a9ba4
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sally_R4_elevation: Modeling the impacts of sand placement strategies on barrier island evolution in a semi-enclosed bay system: model input and results

Using version 5527 of the XBeach numerical model (Roelvink and others, 2009), barrier island morphological change was simulated at Little Dauphin Island, Alabama (AL) under different storm scenarios and restoration alternatives as described in Passeri and others (2025). The two-dimensional XBeach model can be applied to barrier islands to solve for time-dependent elevations (topography and bathymetry). The XBeach model setup requires the input of topographic and bathymetric elevations at each grid cell. Model inputs and outputs in the form of elevation at each grid cell are provided in this data release. For further information regarding model input generation and visualization of model output, refer to Passeri and others (2025).

Tags: alabama, bathymetry, coastal-processes, digital-elevation-models, elevation, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, gulf-of-mexico, little-dauphin-island, north-america, oceans, spcmsc, st-petersburg-coastal-and-marine-science-center, storm-surge, topography, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-b43726ed-936f-4e51-afe8-6ebfc3fb5b89
Organization: Department of the Interior
CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) data collected 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, chemical-oceanography, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, conductivity, ctd, ctd-measurement, depth, environmental-chemistry, fluorescence, geoscientificinformation, marine-chemistry, massachusetts, massachusetts-bay, north-america, ocean-salinity, ocean-sciences, ocean-temperature, oceanographic-observations, oceans, salinity, sbnms, stellwagen-bank, stellwagen-bank-national-marine-sanctuary, temperature, turbidity, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-b4392284-5ac2-4119-8b04-c5f00878ffae, water-density, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Individual Target Data-Collection Points for Lake Darling, Washington County, Iowa

Point coverage of bathymetry target points for Lake Darling in Washington Co., Iowa. 
The U.S. Geological Survey conducted a bathymetric survey of Lake Darling in 2004.

Tags: bathymetry, environment, geoscientificinformation, hydrology, inlandwaters, iowa, lake-darling, lakes, usgs, usgs-b4a0aa3a-fe32-4061-b8f3-4e7c78ec28d1, washinton-county
Organization: Department of the Interior
Experimental coral-growth and physiological data and time-series imagery for Porites astreoides in the Florida Keys, U.S.A.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coral Reef Ecosystems Studies project (https://coastal.er.usgs.gov/crest/) provides science that helps resource managers tasked with the stewardship of coral reef resources. This data release contains data on coral-growth rates and time-series photographs taken of colonies of the mustard hill coral, Porites astreoides, grown at four sites on the Florida Keys reef tract from Spring 2015 to Spring 2017. The data will be used to inform resource managers on the spatial and temporal variability in heat stress experienced on coral reefs and the response to it by P. astreoides along 350 kilometers (km) of the Florida reef tract. These data will be used to draw conclusions about the capacity of this species to persist in Florida and throughout the western Atlantic as ocean conditions continue to change. The datasets included here were interpreted in Lenz and others (2021).
Lenz, E.A., Bartlett, L.A., Stathakopoulos, A., and Kuffner, I.B. (2021), Physiological differences in bleaching response of the coral Porites astreoides along the Florida Keys reef tract during high-temperature stress.

Tags: aquatic-biology, atlantic-ocean, calcification, carbonate-budget, coelenterates, coral, coral-reef, environment, florida, florida-keys, geoscientificinformation, image-collections, islamorada, marine-biology, marine-geology, monroe-county, ocean-temperature, oceans, photography, porites, sea-floor-characteristics, time-series-datasets, usgs-b4520255-db1b-4ee0-8060-a915d4ea2f85
Organization: Department of the Interior
Digital data sets that describe aquifer characteristics of the Enid isolated terrace aquifer in northwestern Oklahoma

This data set consists of a digitized polygon of a constant
recharge value for the Enid isolated terrace aquifer in
northwestern Oklahoma. The Enid isolated terrace aquifer covers
approximately 82 square miles and supplies water for irrigation,
domestic, municipal, and industrial use for the City of Enid and
western Garfield County. The Quaternary-age Enid isolated
terrace aquifer is composed of terrace deposits that consist of
discontinuous layers of clay, sandy clay, sand, and gravel. The
aquifer is unconfined and is bounded by the underlying
Permian-age Hennessey Group on the east and the Cedar Hills
Sandstone Formation of the Permian-age El Reno Group on the
west. Cedar Hills Sandstone Formation fills a channel beneath
the thickest section of the Enid isolated terrace aquifer in the
midwestern part of the aquifer.
The polygons boundary was digitized from a photocopy of a paper
map from a ground-water modeling thesis and report. The map
digitized was published at a scale of 1:62,500. The recharge
value reported in the ground-water modeling thesis and report
for the Enid isolated terrace aquifer is 2.3 inches per year.
Ground-water flow models are numerical representations that
simplify and aggregate natural systems. Models are not unique;
different combinations of aquifer characteristics may produce
similar results. Therefore, values of recharge used in the
model and presented in this data set are not precise, but are
within a reasonable range when compared to independently
collected data.

Tags: aquifers, enid-aquifer, enid-isolated-terrace-aquifer, enid-terrace-aquifer, environment, geoscientificinformation, ground-water, ground-water-recharge, ground-water-vulnerability, groundwater, groundwater-vulnerability, inlandwaters, recharge, recharge-rate, usgs-b4521100-17e8-48ea-ac59-79fc77ea8dbe
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 -- Raster surface depicting the thickness of the Floridan aquifer system

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 a gridded surface 
depicting the thickness of the FAS in feet.

Tags: alabama, environment, fas, florida, floridan-aquifer-system, geology, georgia, geoscientificinformation, gridded-surface, hydrogeology, inlandwaters, raster, regional-groundwater-availability-study, south-carolina, stratigraphy, thickness, united-states-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-b459cc59-f753-430e-875f-e6bfb2ef4b8d
Organization: Department of the Interior
2012 Post-Sandy New York and New Jersey USACE NCMP Lidar-Derived Dune Crest, Toe and Shoreline

The Storm-Induced Coastal Change Hazards component of the National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards project focuses on understanding the magnitude and variability of extreme storm impacts on sandy beaches. Lidar-derived beach morphologic features such as dune crest, toe and shoreline help define the vulnerability of the beach to storm impacts. This dataset defines the elevation and position of the seaward-most dune crest and toe and the mean high water shoreline derived from the 2012 Post-Sandy New York and New Jersey United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) National Coastal Mapping Program (NCMP) lidar survey. Beach width is included and is defined as the distance between the dune toe and shoreline along a cross-shore profile. The beach slope is calculated using this beach width and the elevation of the shoreline and dune toe.

Tags: atlantic-ocean, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, coastal-processes, elevation, environment, geoscientificinformation, hazards, marine-geology, new-jersey, new-york, ocean-sciences, oceans, spcmsc, st-petersburg-coastal-and-marine-science-center, u-s-geological-survey, united-states-of-america, usgs, usgs-b45c9bdc-da65-406a-b0e4-78e1a71eef52
Organization: Department of the Interior
Current profiler time-series data collected in 2009 offshore of Wainwright, Alaska

A time-series of binned current-velocities and recorded ping amplitudes were collected offshore Wainwright, Alaska, from August 24 to October 02, 2009 (UTC). Measurements were collected using a 1 MHz NortekTM AWAC acoustic Doppler current profiler mounted on a frame in approximately 10 m of water. The profiler was mounted on the frame 0.55 m off the bottom of the seafloor, and collected data in 8 vertical bins, centered at 1.95(bin1), 2.95, 3.95, 4.95, 5.95, 6.95, 7.95, and 8.95(bin8) meters above the seabed, measuring over 8.53-minute bursts at 2 Hz. These data are available in a single csv file.

Tags: chukchi-sea, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, currents, geoscientificinformation, ocean-currents, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, state-of-alaska, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-b45eeeac-4aff-45be-86d9-d98296e4f661, wainwright, water-column-features
Organization: Department of the Interior
Digital Hydrologic Cataloging-Unit Boundaries for the Powder River, Wyoming, at 1:24,000 Scale

This data set contains hydrologic cataloging-unit boundaries for
selected units within the Powder River drainage basin of Wyoming.  The
hydrologic unit boundaries were delineated by using a
hydrologically-conditioned digital elevation model covering the Powder
River drainage basin to produce preliminary boundaries of smaller
hydrologic units.  Interactive editing followed in which the
cataloging-unit boundaries were digitized on computer monitor screens
displaying at least three important reference data layers:
1:24,000-scale U.S. Geological Survey digital raster graphics (images
of topographic quadrangle maps); 1:24,000-scale DEM-derived
preliminary boundaries; and 1:250,000-scale cataloging-unit
boundaries.

Tags: drainage-areas, environment, geoscientificinformation, hydrologic-units, inlandwaters, powder-river-basin, usgs-a0a0b8b5-1bed-4969-bc57-258d4bf63dc2, watersheds, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Time Series of Aerial Imagery from Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Associated Ground Control Points: Madeira Beach, Florida, July 2017 to June 2018 (Surveyed GCPs)

Aerial imagery acquired with a small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS), in conjunction with surveyed ground control points (GCPs) visible in the imagery, can be processed with structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry techniques to produce high-resolution orthomosaics, three-dimensional (3D) point clouds and digital elevation models (DEMs). This dataset, prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC), provides UAS survey data consisting of aerial imagery and GCP positions and elevations collected at Madeira Beach, Florida, monthly from July 2017 to June 2018 in order to observe seasonal and storm-induced changes in beach topography.

Tags: cmgp, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, coastal-processes, elevation, elevation-data, florida, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, gps-measurement, madeira-beach, oceans, pinellas-county, spcmsc, st-petersburg-coastal-and-marine-science-center, topography, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-a1a50efc-9546-4184-97d9-0241d9c2d084
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sally_R3_elevation: Modeling the impacts of sand placement strategies on barrier island evolution in a semi-enclosed bay system: model input and results

Using version 5527 of the XBeach numerical model (Roelvink and others, 2009), barrier island morphological change was simulated at Little Dauphin Island, Alabama (AL) under different storm scenarios and restoration alternatives as described in Passeri and others (2025). The two-dimensional XBeach model can be applied to barrier islands to solve for time-dependent elevations (topography and bathymetry). The XBeach model setup requires the input of topographic and bathymetric elevations at each grid cell. Model inputs and outputs in the form of elevation at each grid cell are provided in this data release. For further information regarding model input generation and visualization of model output, refer to Passeri and others (2025).

Tags: alabama, bathymetry, coastal-processes, digital-elevation-models, elevation, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, gulf-of-mexico, little-dauphin-island, north-america, oceans, spcmsc, st-petersburg-coastal-and-marine-science-center, storm-surge, topography, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-a210d776-ee8a-45d6-b0c2-18addf13ceac
Organization: Department of the Interior
September 2007 Southwest Florida Division of Emergency Management Lidar-Derived Dune Crest, Toe and Shoreline

The Storm-Induced Coastal Change Hazards component of the National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards project focuses on understanding the magnitude and variability of extreme storm impacts on sandy beaches. Lidar-derived beach morphologic features such as dune crest, toe and shoreline help define the vulnerability of the beach to storm impacts. This dataset defines the elevation and position of the seaward-most dune crest and toe and the mean high water shoreline derived from the 2007 Southwest Florida Division of Emergency Management lidar survey. Beach width is included and is defined as the distance between the dune toe and shoreline along a cross-shore profile. The beach slope is calculated using this beach width and the elevation of the shoreline and dune toe.

Tags: cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, coastal-processes, elevation, environment, florida, geoscientificinformation, gulf-of-mexico, hazards, marine-geology, ocean-sciences, oceans, spcmsc, st-petersburg-coastal-and-marine-science-center, u-s-geological-survey, united-states-of-america, usgs, usgs-a2360e4f-55ff-4392-9af0-51e159266cd8
Organization: Department of the Interior
Surficial Sediment Data Collected During U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cruise R/V RAFAEL 2010-033 in Rhode Island Sound (2010-033_996SEDDATA.SHP)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Bathymetry, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provides a fundamental framework for research and management activities along this part of Rhode Island Sound, shows the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provides information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. Interpretations were derived from the multibeam echo-sounder data collected in Rhode Island Sound. During July 2010, bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of a ground-truth reconnaissance survey of these areas. For more information on the ground-truth survey see &lt;http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2010/10033/&gt;.

Tags: atlantic-ocean, clay, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, environment, esri-point-shapefile, field-activity-number-2010-033-fa, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, grain-size-analysis, gravel, ground-truth, info-bank-id-r-33-10-ri, location, marine-geology, navigational-data, north-america, northeast-united-states, oceans, ofr-2011-1005, open-file-report-2011-1005, point-judith, r-v-rafael, rhode-island, rhode-island-sound, sand, sea-floor, sea-floor-characteristics, seaboss, sediment-data, sediment-samples, sediments, silt, stations, surficial-sediment-classification, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-abd5baba-72db-4090-82b9-9d3ee84c166e, van-veen-grab-sampler, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Estimating Domestic Self-Supply Water Use for the Delaware River Basin, 1990 U.S. Census Block Groups

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, an estimated 258 million people nationwide, 
or 86% of the U.S. population, relied on public water supplies for their household use in 
2005 (USGS, 2013). The remaining population obtains their water from different sources, 
such as a domestic self-supply well. However, the spatial distribution of water supply 
systems has not been compiled. Mapping where these people are located can be done 
within a GIS (Geographic Information System). The approach used takes into account 
a number of different attributes gathered from the United States Census Bureau for the 
block group and block shapes within the Delaware River Basin.

Tags: boundaries, bureau-of-census, census-block-shapes, delaware, delaware-river, delaware-river-basin, domestic-self-supply, inland-waters, maryland, new-jersey, new-york, pennsylvania, public-supply, public-water-supply, u-s-geological-survey, usgs-abd76468-ba1c-4a81-bbb3-d34aa992a0a0, water-use, watersmart
Organization: Department of the Interior