AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Digital Shoreline Analysis System version 4.3 shoreline intersection points used to calculate long-term shoreline change statistics excluding the 1970-1979 and 1994 shorelines within the Boston coastal region from Carson Beach in South Boston to Weymouth River, including the Boston Harbor Islands (Boston_intersects_LTwo.shp)

Due to continued coastal population growth and increased threats of erosion, current data on trends and rates of shoreline movement are required to inform shoreline and floodplain management. The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management launched the Shoreline Change Project in 1989 to identify erosion-prone areas of the coast. In 2001, a 1994 shoreline was added to calculate both long- and short-term shoreline change rates at 40-meter intervals along ocean-facing sections of the Massachusetts coast.
The Coastal and Marine Geology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, has compiled reliable historical shoreline data along open-facing sections of the Massachusetts coast under the Massachusetts Shoreline Change Mapping and Analysis Project 2013 Update. Two oceanfront shorelines for Massachusetts (approximately 1,800 km in total length) were (1) delineated using 2008/09 color aerial orthoimagery, and (2) extracted from topographic LIDAR datasets (2007) obtained from NOAA's Ocean Service, Coastal Services Center. The new shorelines were integrated with existing Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management and USGS historical shoreline data in order to compute long- and short-term rates using the latest version of the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS).

Tags: accretion, atlantic-coast, baseline, boston, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, coastal-processes, digital-shoreline-analysis-system, dsas, erosion, esri-point-shapefile, geospatial-datasets, historic-shoreline, intersects, long-term, massachusetts, massachusetts-office-of-coastal-zone-management, measurement-locations, new-england, oceans, shoreline, shoreline-change-rate, transect, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-cd8ebec7-3a59-4f91-a309-4b2b97ac093b, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Great Lakes Research Vessel Operations 1958-2018: Reference. (ver. 3.0, April 2019)

The RVCAT database contains data that have been collected on various vessel operations on the Great Lakes and select connecting waterways. This section of Reference Tables specifically handles repetitive or standardized information that is called upon in the main tables of the RVCAT database.  Reference tables are used in database design in order to standardize often used values and to make the data file efficient. All of the terms defined in the reference tables have been determined by the United States Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center and it’s partners.
Data Quality:
Note that the following data release is a snapshot of the database at the time of release.  Some data quality checks are still being undertaken after the time of release.  Also, a large section of this database includes legacy data that if issues arise for cannot be addressed, but nevertheless adds great value to the database.  When approaching the following data release, it is strongly suggested to approach the Great Lakes Science Center's researchers for input.
Distribution Liability Statement:
Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

Tags: acoustics, age-estimation-methods, age-structure, alewife, bathythermograph, benthos, biogeography, biological-sampling, biomass, biota, bloater, cisco, deepwater, deepwater-sculpin, detroit-river, emerald-shiner, environment, fall-forage-fish, field-sampling, fishery-management, food-web, freshwater-fishes, geospatial-datasets, gillnet, gillnets, habitat, hydroacoustic, ichthyoplankton, inlandwaters, invasive-species, lake-erie, lake-huron, lake-michigan, lake-ontario, lake-saint-clair, lake-superior, lake-trout, lake-trout-population-dynamics, laurentian-great-lakes, mensuration, mysis, population-dynamics, prey-fish, prey-fish-population-dynamics, rainbow-smelt, round-goby, saint-clair-river, sea-lamprey, slimy-sculpin, spoonhead-sculpin, surface-water-temperature, time-series-datasets, transect-sampling, trawl, trawl-nets, trawling, usgs-5ca762c0e4b0c3b0064dd90f, walleye, water-temperature, white-perch, yellow-perch, zebra-mussel, zooplankton
Organization: Department of the Interior
Astrogeology Science Center Monthly Report, October 1967

Monthly report to show updates on highlights and noteworthy results, publications, personnel, conferences and scientific meetings, talks or papers presented, visitors, mapping progress tables, and general information. Includes unpublished works and works in progress.

Tags: astrogeology, astrogeology-branch-history, branch-history, geoscientificinformation, planetary-sciences, usgs-63127a7fd34e36012efa179d
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sperm quality biomarkers from common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in spring and fall 2010 from Lake Mead, Arizona and Nevada, USA

Reproductive condition of male fish is reflected by gonadal tissues and cell quality biomarkers.  Common Carp from locations in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in 2010 were collected, the biological characteristics of sperm and testicular tissues were analyzed from male fish. Raw data are provided in the form of flow cytometry files and other scored data from microscopy.  Data are provided on sperm viability, mitochondrial function, cell count, motility, apoptosis, morphology, DNA fragmentation, and reproductive stage.

Tags: arizona, dna-fragmentation, dna-integrity, economy, lake-mead, nevada, united-states, usgs-5fff1dffd34e592d8671eca1
Organization: Department of the Interior
Stream and River Chemistry in Watersheds of Northwestern Alaska, 2015-2019

These data include stream water chemistry from headwater streams to large rivers across three national parks in Arctic Alaska: Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Kobuk Valley National Park, and Noatak National Preserve.

Tags: agashashok-river, akillik-river, alaska, cutler-river, environment, field-inventory-and-monitoring, frozen-ground, geoscientificinformation, hydrology, lower-noatak-river, noatak-river, northwest-alaska, permafrost, pish-river, rivers-streams, surface-water-chemistry, usgs-asc380, water-quality-water-chemistry
Organization: Department of the Interior
Pacific Common Eider (Somateria mollissima v-nigrum) Nest Records, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, 1991-2004

This data are a single table of nest records from a multi-year study of Pacific Common Eider (Somateria mollissima v-nigrum) biology that was conducted along the lower Kashunuk River, Kigigak Island, and the mouth of the Tutakoke River on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta from 1991-2004.

Tags: alaska, animals-vertebrates, biota, birds, breeding-sites, coastal-ecosystems, common-eider, ducks-geese-swans, environment, migratory-birds, nesting-behavior, nesting-success, reproductive-success, terrestrial-ecosystems, tundra-ecosystems, usgs-asc381, waterfowl, wetland-ecosystems, wildlife, yukon-delta
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data from the Chemical Analysis of Archived Stream-Sediment Samples, Alaska

This data release contains the elemental concentration data for more than 1700 archived stream-sediment samples collected in Alaska. Samples were retrieved from the USGS Mineral Program's sample archive in Denver, CO, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geologic Materials Center in Anchorage, AK. All samples were analyzed using a multi-element analytical method involving fusion of the sample by sodium peroxide, dissolution of the fusion cake by nitric acid, and elemental analysis by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS). Additionally, 106 samples from the Nixon Fork area were analyzed by a second multi-element method in which the samples are decomposed by a mixture of hydrochloric, nitric, perchloric, and hydrofluoric acids and the elemental composition is determined by ICP-OES and ICP-MS. New Hg (mercury) concentrations, determined by cold-vapor atomic absorption spectrometry, are reported for 296 samples from southeast Alaska.

Tags: alaska, atomic-absorption-analysis, chilkat-river, earth-science, geochemistry, geochronology, geology, geoscientificinformation, mass-spectroscopy, nixon-fork, sediments, stikine-river, taku-river, unuk-river, usgs-asc382
Organization: Department of the Interior
Isotopic ratios and element concentrations of U-Pb and Sm-Nd for scheelite petrochronology

Instrument, standard, and sample data from application of in situ laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS) dating of scheelite in thin section, and sample data from isotope dilution thermal ionization mass spectrometry (ID-TIMS) scheelite dating are in this data release. Fractionation factor and ratio data in between NIST glass and natural scheelite as well as isotope dilution Sm-Nd scheelite data are also included. Scheelite is from two ore deposits within the Stibnite-Yellow Pine mining area, and analyses yielded bimodal U-Pb ages with major growth of scheelite in the range of 61.3 ± 4.1 to 55.1 ± 3.8 Ma and a second growth event involving both scheelite and stibnite at 45.8 ± 2.6 Ma. In situ analyses were calibrated and confirmed by ID-TIMS U-Pb lower intercept ages of two coarsely crystalline scheelite samples yielded ages of 56.62 ± 0.16 Ma and 57.52 ± 0.22 Ma. These results, in good agreement with 40Ar/39Ar ages of 57.08 ± 0.12 to 56.2 ± 1.2 Ma from adularia petrographically linked to scheelite, confirm primary scheelite mineralization occurred ca. 57.5 Ma. This geochronology resolves a long-standing debate about the formation age of scheelite and stibnite within the United States’ largest antimony source. Calibration with ID-TIMS provided reliable ages, and crystals from the same sample were used as a matrix-matched primary standard material for LA-ICPMS. No matrix-match standard was previously characterized accentuating the importance of this newly characterized matrix-matched scheelite standard.

Tags: geochronology, geoscientificinformation, matrix-match-scheelite-standard, petrochronology, scheelite, sm-nd, standard-reference-material, u-pb, usgs-5ef247fb82ced62aaae3bc40
Organization: Department of the Interior
Point Sampling Data for Eelgrass (Zostera marina) and Seaweed Distribution and Abundance in Bays Adjacent to the Alaska Peninsula-Becharof National Wildlife Refuges, Alaska, 2010

These data are in six tables relating to surveys of eelgrass beds in Chignik Lagoon and Mud Bay, Alaska Peninsula-Becharof National Wildlife Refuges. The tables provide environmental conditions, eelgrass abundance, distribution, and measurements used to estimate overall biomass.

Tags: alaska, alaska-peninsula, alaska-peninsula-national-wildlife-refuge, angiosperms-flowering-plants, animal-and-plant-census, animals-invertebrates, becharof-national-wildlife-refuge, biological-productivity, biomass, biota, chignik-lagoon, coastal-ecosystems, eelgrass, environment, estuarine-ecosystems, field-inventory-and-monitoring, macroalgae-seaweeds, marine-ecosystems, marine-environment-monitoring, monocots, mud-bay, relative-abundance-analysis, seagrass, seagrass-beds, standing-crop, usgs-asc384, zostera-marina
Organization: Department of the Interior
Uncalibrated EAARL-B Submerged Topography--Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2014 (GEOID12A)

Binary point-cloud data of a portion of the submerged environs of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, were produced from remotely sensed, geographically referenced elevation measurements by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Elevation measurements were collected over the area using the second-generation Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL-B), 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 pulse and the reception of the reflected laser signal in the aircraft. The plane travels over the target area at approximately 60 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 0.5-1.6 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 3 centimeters. A peak sampling rate of 15-30 kilohertz 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.

Tags: airborne-lidar-processing-system, alps, altimetry, atlantic-ocean, bathymetry-and-elevation, cessna-310, dem, digital-elevation-model, digital-elevation-models, distributions, doi-usgs-cmg-gt-coastal-and-marine-geology-u-s-geological-survey-u-s-department-of-interior, eaarl-b, elevation, experimental-advanced-airborne-research-lidar, florida, fort-lauderdale, land-surface-gt-topography-gt-terrain-elevation, laser-hydrography, lidar, lidar-gt-light-detection-and-ranging, ocean-gt-bathymetry-seafloor-topography-gt-seafloor-topography, ocean-gt-coastal-processes-gt-coastal-elevation, ocean-gt-coastal-processes-gt-shoreline-displacement, remote-sensing, south-florida-testing-facility, topographic-mapping, topography, usgs-aa67fd24-06f9-4477-a278-2fd83bded732
Organization: Department of the Interior
Drone imagery for CRMS Site 3166 (DTM)

South Louisiana's continued land-loss due to erosion and subsidence is a constant process and demands attention though restoration and mitigation efforts.  Data is needed to determine elevation and vegetation related to subsidence, climate change and saltwater intrusion.  This information is critical to our partners for continued monitoring of marsh in degrading landscapes.  Whether from subsidence, erosion or other factors, changing sediments are having detrimental effects on the marsh landscape.  Providing imagery and digital surface models will help researchers correlate other datasets to determine factors contributing to marsh changes.

Tags: biota, coastal-restoration-and-monitoring-system, louisiana-drone-imagery, louisiana-marsh-loss, usgs-66952bcdd34e5956a8cbbb12
Organization: Department of the Interior
Discharge measurements at U.S. Geological Survey streamgage 05536890 Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Lemont, Illinois, 2005-2013

Discharge measurements made at U.S. Geological Survey Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Lemont, Illinois, streamgage (05536890) between 2005 and 2013 were reviewed and manually processed using QRev v3.12. Discharge was measured using Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) deployed from a moving boat according to the procedures described in Mueller and others (2013). QRev generates an extensible markup language file (XML) that provides information on measurement characteristics (Mueller, 2016a,b). Data from these XML files were exported into a comma-separated values (CSV) table to create a summary of measurement information. This CSV table also indicates which measurements were used in the development of index-velocity ratings for the Acoustic Velocity Meter (AVM) and Acoustic Doppler Velocity Meter (ADVM) located at the Lemont streamgage. This data release contains the processed QRev XML files, a stylesheet (XSL) to view the QRev files easily, and the CSV measurement summary table. 
References:
Mueller, D.S., Wagner, C.R., Rehmel, M.S., Oberg, K.A., and Rainville, Francois, 2013, Measuring discharge with acoustic Doppler current profilers from a moving boat (ver. 2.0, December 2013): U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 3, chap. A22, 95 p., https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/tm3A22.
Mueller, D.S., 2016a, QRev—Software for computation and quality assurance of acoustic Doppler current profiler moving-boat streamflow measurements—User’s manual for version 2.8: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1052, 50 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161052.
Mueller, D.S., 2016b, QRev—Software for computation and quality assurance of acoustic Doppler current profiler moving-boat streamflow measurements—Technical manual for version 2.8: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 2016–1068, 79 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161068.

Tags: acoustic-doppler-current-profiler, chicago-sanitary-and-ship-canal, hydrology, illinois, lemont, stream-discharge, stream-gage-measurements, surface-water-non-marine, usgs-58925cb0e4b072a7ac15290d
Organization: Department of the Interior
Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) - 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 17 satellite transmitters attached to Whooper Swans at a non-breeding site in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, 2009. 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 Argos location estimate collected, accompanied by a binary flag that denotes an algorithm's plausibility check (based on distance, turning angle, and rate thresholds). 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 the 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: animal-tracking, animals-vertebrates, argos, biota, birds, breeding-sites, capture-recapture-studies, coastal-ecosystems, cygnus-cygnus, ducks-geese-swans, east-asia-flyway, environment, honshu, izunuma, japan, marine-ecosystems, migratory-birds, migratory-rates-routes, migratory-species, miyagi, ornithology, overwintering, platform-transmitter-terminal, ptt, russia, satellite-transmitter, seasonal-distribution, seasonal-movement, siberia, species-life-history, tagging-devices, telemetry, tracking-equipment, usgs-asc386, whooper-swan, wildlife
Organization: Department of the Interior
The Vigil Network: Last Day Gully, Wyoming

Long-term monitoring data of geomorphic, hydrological, and biological characteristics of landscapes. This information provides an effective means of relating observed change to possible causes of the change. Identification of changes in basin characteristics, especially in arid areas where the response to altered climate or land use is generally rapid and readily apparent, might provide the initial direct indications that factors such as global warming and cultural impacts have affected the environment. The Vigil Network provides an opportunity for earth and life scientists to participate in a systematic monitoring effort to detect landscape changes over time, and to relate such changes to possible causes. This data release includes 70 sites and basins used to monitor landscape features. This data release includes information for Vigil Network sites monitored in the United States. The data and information in this data release are historical and were obtained from original documents.

Tags: geomorphology, land-surveying, sedimentation, sedimentology, streamflow, usgs-5fe9f834d34ea5387ded6a36, vegetation
Organization: Department of the Interior
Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Kittlitz's Murrelets (Brachyramphus brevirostris) - Raw Data

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release. This data release contains all data collected by the Argos System from 47 satellite transmitters attached to Kittlitz's Murrelets captured along the north Gulf of Alaska, during May-July 2009-2015. Five data files are included in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release. Two data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DIAG (Diagnostic) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular Comma Separate Value (CSV) format. Two other data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DS (Dispose) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular CSV format. The fifth file, "deploymentAttributes", 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 Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release.

Tags: alaska, animal-tracking, animals-vertebrates, argos, atka-island, biota, birds, brachyramphus-brevirostris, breeding-sites, capture-recapture-studies, coastal-ecosystems, environment, glacier-bay, icy-bay, kachemak-bay, kittlitzs-murrelet, kodiak-island, marine-ecosystems, migratory-birds, migratory-rates-routes, migratory-species, ornithology, overwintering, platform-transmitter-terminal, prince-william-sound, ptt, satellite-transmitter, seasonal-distribution, seasonal-movement, species-life-history, tagging-devices, telemetry, tracking-equipment, usgs-asc387, waders-gulls-auks-and-allies, wildlife
Organization: Department of the Interior