AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Estimates of the distribution and refugial properties of cliff-face seeps across the Pacific Northwest (low-confidence predictions included)

Microrefugia can play an important role in determining biological responses to climate change, but the location and characteristics of these habitats are often poorly understood. Groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs) represent critical climatic microrefugia for species dependent on cool, moist habitats. However, knowledge of the distribution and stability of GDE microrefugia is currently lacking. This challenge is typified within moist portions of the Pacific Northwest, where poorly studied cliff-face seeps harbor exceptional biodiversity despite their diminutive size (e.g., ~1-10m width). To enable future management of these habitats as climatic microrefugia, we modeled the distribution and thermal and hydrologic stability of these seeps across the region. We conducted surveys for cliff-face seeps across ~1,600km of roads, trails, and watercourses in Washington and Idaho and monitored water availability and air and water temperatures at a subset of these seeps. We detected 457 total seeps through an iterative process involving surveying, modeling, ground-truthing, and then remodeling the spatial distribution of seeps using boosted regression trees. Additionally, we used linear and generalized linear models to assess environmental correlates of seep thermal and hydrologic stability. Seeps were generally most concentrated in steep and relatively low-lying areas (e.g., towards the bottom of deep canyons or the base of tall cliffs), and were also positively associated with basalt, glacial drift, or graywacke bedrock, high average slope within 300m, and low average vapor pressure deficit. North-facing slopes were the best predictor of stable air and water temperatures and perennial seep discharge, and relatively low-lying areas also predicted stable seep water temperatures. These findings represent an important first step towards identifying and managing stable seep microrefugia in the Pacific Northwest, and towards safeguarding numerous seep-associated species under climate change. In addition, the iterative method we developed represents an innovative approach that can be used to identify other types of inconspicuous microrefugia.

Tags: alberta, biota, british-columbia, california, climate-change, idaho, microrefugia, montana, oregon, pacific-northwest, refugia, seep, usgs-6705e988d34ef5df0d7fad6c, washington
Organization: Department of the Interior
Drought-related responses of stream flow, climate, and vegetation productivity from the Donner und Blitzen watershed, Great Basin Desert, USA (1988-2020)

Indicators of climatic, hydrologic, and ecological drought responses in water-related terrestrial and aquatic conditions within a single catchment in the northwestern Great Basin Desert and its associated stream network were developed from stream flow, climate and remote sensing sources for the time period of 1988 to 2020.

Tags: aquatic-ecosystems, biota, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, donner-und-blitzen-river-gnis-id-1120027-stream, droughts, ecosystem-resilience, ecosystems, environment, frenchglen-gnis-id-1136302-populated-place, inlandwaters, river-reaches, steens-mountain-gnis-id-1127571-summit, surface-water-non-marine, usgs-67096fe8d34e969edc5a2be9
Organization: Department of the Interior
Phytoplankton assemblage dynamics in relation to environmental conditions in a riverine lake: Upper Mississippi River

Phytoplankton samples were collected from Lake Pepin (a natural, riverine lake on the Upper Mississippi River) from 2012-2014. The dataset includes phytoplankton community data (i.e., genus, species, biovolume, etc.), as well as zooplankton, rotifer, cladoceran and water quality data.

Tags: climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, cyanobacteria, diatoms, lake-pepin, minnesota, mississippi, phytoplankton, river, riverine, usgs-67058869d34edddc3ed254fd, wisconsin
Organization: Department of the Interior
Benthic Algal Community Composition in the Laurentian Great Lakes (2018-2023)

This data set includes information on benthic algae community composition collected during the growing seasons of 2018-2023 at stations located along the U.S. shoreline of Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Benthic algal community observations were taken by scuba divers in the field and by personnel in the lab during sample processing with the goal to determine primary and secondary dominance of five major algae groups: Cladophora spp., Chara spp., diatoms, non-branching filamentous green algae, and other algae. While in early years of the project (2018-2020) the dominance was qualitatively assessed based on field and lab observations. From 2021 to 2023, a progressively more detailed microscopic examination was added for quantitative assessments of relative percent cover of algal groups. 
This dataset is part of a larger data set that includes algal and dreissenid mussel biomass; water quality assessments; and diver observations of dreissenid mussels, round gobies, benthic substrate, and benthic algal cover. We refer to the benthic algal community also as the Cladophora community and submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in other published project data, which were collected starting in 2018 (Great Lakes Science Center, 2018).

Tags: algae, aquatic-biology, aquatic-vegetation, benthos, biota, diatoms, environment, eutrophication, field-sampling, freshwater-ecosystems, great-lakes-region, inlandwaters, lake-erie, lake-huron, lake-michigan, lake-ontario, microscopy, nuisance-species, organism-groupings-non-taxonomic, relative-abundance-analysis, specimen-collecting, succession-biological, transect-sampling, usgs-670569c4d34edddc3ed25309
Organization: Department of the Interior
Winter cover crop biomass and nitrogen content from on-farm sampling, with corresponding Sentinel-2 band values and spectral indices, Maryland, USA, 2019-2023

This data release contains in situ winter cover crop biomass sampling data collected from fields located on the Delmarva Peninsula (Talbot, Queen Anne’s and Caroline County, Maryland, USA) and at the USDA-ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), Beltsville, Maryland, USA. Samples were collected during the winter cover crop growing season, between November and April, from 2019 to 2023, and were analyzed for Nitrogen and Carbon content. The dataset also includes spectral reflectance data acquired from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 Earth observing satellites on dates proximal to biomass collection, as well as fifteen spectral indices calculated from reflectance values. Each record includes information on planting date, location (Eastern Shore or BARC), species, season of sampling (fall, winter, spring), fertilization during the cover crop season, and weather variables from NLDAS-2 including growing degree days, frost degree days, photosynthetically active radiation, days below freezing, and longest consecutive frost since planting. Most samples also have fractional ground cover derived from red, green, blue (RGB) photography and measurements of canopy height. On-farm data geolocations are privacy protected under a research agreement with the Maryland Department of Agriculture, and are therefore not included in this Data Release.  For access to geolocations, please contact the authors.

Tags: agriculture, beltsville-md-place-597069, better-management-practice-bmp, chesapeake-bay-place-597227, conservation, land-use, state-of-maryland-place-1714934, usgs-6704a613d34edddc3ed24d5b
Organization: Department of the Interior
MODFLOW-2005 model used to estimate paleo-recharge volumes and project future water-level changes in Ash Meadows groundwater basin, southwest Nevada, based on Devils Hole paleo-water-table record

This data release documents a modified version of the Death Valley version 3 steady-state (DV3-SS) 
model described in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1863 (https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1863). 
The DV3-SS model was modified by conversion into a superposition model with initial heads of 0 ft (0 m). 
Simulated water-level changes are relative to modern, predevelopment (pre-1950) conditions, where 
modern levels have a reference datum of 0 ft (0 m). The modified DV3-SS model is a three-dimensional, 
groundwater model (MODFLOW-2005) that was used to estimate paleo-recharge in the Ash Meadows 
groundwater basin, southwest Nevada, using the Devils Hole (cave 2) water-table record that spans the 
last 350,000 years. Two steady-state (paleo-recharge) scenarios were developed. Scenario 1 simulates 
paleo-recharge during peak glaciation when the Devils Hole water-table elevation was +31.2 ft (+9.5 m) 
above the modern level. Scenario 2 simulates the peak interglacial when the Devils Hole water-table 
elevation was below the modern level but above -5.25 ft (-1.6 m). Two transient (future recharge) scenarios 
were developed by running the modified DV3-SS model as a transient model. Transient scenarios 1 and 2 
simulate 10 and 20 percent decreases in modern recharge, respectively. Transient scenarios are used to 
estimate future water-level declines in Devils Hole and the time period for equilibration to changes in future 
recharge. Input and output files for the paleo-recharge and future scenarios are in the model and output 
directories, respectively. The modified DV3-SS model and transient model used the calibrated hydraulic 
properties and recharge distribution from the original DV3-SS model (https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1863). The 
ancillary directory includes (1) 151 MODFLOW-2005 recharge files used to simulate 151 paleo-recharge 
scenarios (Appendix A); (2) batch files, executables, and post-processing utilities to sequentially run the 
151 paleo-recharge scenarios and process results (Appendix B); and (3) a transient version of the modified 
DV3-SS model to determine the timescale for equilibration to steady-state conditions assuming modern 
recharge is reduced by 10 or 20 percent (Appendix C).

Tags: amargosa-desert, amargosa-river, ash-meadows, california, clark-county, death-valley, devils-hole, environment, frenchman-flat, furnace-creek, furnace-creek-ranch, geoscientificinformation, groundwater, groundwater-model, inlandwaters, inyo-county, lincoln-county, modflow, modflow-2005, nevada, nye-county, paleo-recharge, usgs-670229ac-8134-4c3c-8db3-9c72f4fdb01f, usgsgroundwatermodel, yucca-flat
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data describing the lack of Avian influenza infection and antibodies in Eastern Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) sampled in Delmarva, USA

These data describe avian influenza sampling efforts for eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) across the Maryland portion of the Delmarva Peninsula, USA in the winter of 2023-2024

Tags: avian-influenza, biota, chesapeake-bay, maryland, usgs-66ffdc54d34e80be174ae7d1
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sites where Invasive African Clawed Frogs were detected in Western Washington

This geospatial dataset describes the location and spatial coordinates of each site where invasive African clawed frogs Xenopus laevis were detected in western Washington state between 2015 - 2023.

Tags: african-clawed-frog, biota, field-inventory-and-monitoring, usgs-66ff440dd34e80be174ac02e, xenopus-laevis
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mauna Loa 2022 summit and Northeast Rift Zone eruption — December 10, 2022 thermal map

In the late evening of November 27, 2022, an effusive eruption began inside Moku'aweoweo caldera at the summit of Mauna Loa volcano. Within a few hours, lava had covered most of the caldera floor, and several fissures just outside caldera sent short lava flows up to 3 kilometers (2 miles) to the southwest. Later in the morning of November 28, summit effusion ceased and the eruption moved into the volcano's Northeast Rift Zone. Several rift zone fissures were initially active, but by November 30 effusion had focused at a vent known as fissure 3. For another 10 days, fissure 3 fountained and fed lava flows that eventually stretched 18 kilometers (11 miles) to the north, threatening but not reaching the Daniel K. Inouye Highway across the island's interior. Effusion from fissure 3 began declining overnight December 7–8 and ceased on December 10, by which time the eruption had covered approximately 36 square kilometers (14 square miles) of Mauna Loa with new lava. In this report, the authors have sought to chronicle this sequence of events using geospatial data in the form of an Esri file geodatabase, Esri shapefiles, and Google Earth KMZs, as well as rapid-response orthomosaic and thermal map rasters.

Tags: basalt, hawaii, holocene, lava-flow, mafic-volcanic-rock, mauna-loa, mlo_2022, mokuweoweo, northeast-rift-zone, pacific, pacific-islands, quaternary, united-states, usgs-669f027ed34eef99d5abbbd7, volcanic-activity, volcanic-rock, volcanic-rocks
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mauna Loa 2022 summit and Northeast Rift Zone eruption — December 9, 2022 thermal map

In the late evening of November 27, 2022, an effusive eruption began inside Moku'aweoweo caldera at the summit of Mauna Loa volcano. Within a few hours, lava had covered most of the caldera floor, and several fissures just outside caldera sent short lava flows up to 3 kilometers (2 miles) to the southwest. Later in the morning of November 28, summit effusion ceased and the eruption moved into the volcano's Northeast Rift Zone. Several rift zone fissures were initially active, but by November 30 effusion had focused at a vent known as fissure 3. For another 10 days, fissure 3 fountained and fed lava flows that eventually stretched 18 kilometers (11 miles) to the north, threatening but not reaching the Daniel K. Inouye Highway across the island's interior. Effusion from fissure 3 began declining overnight December 7–8 and ceased on December 10, by which time the eruption had covered approximately 36 square kilometers (14 square miles) of Mauna Loa with new lava. In this report, the authors have sought to chronicle this sequence of events using geospatial data in the form of an Esri file geodatabase, Esri shapefiles, and Google Earth KMZs, as well as rapid-response orthomosaic and thermal map rasters.

Tags: basalt, hawaii, holocene, lava-flow, mafic-volcanic-rock, mauna-loa, mlo_2022, mokuweoweo, northeast-rift-zone, pacific, pacific-islands, quaternary, united-states, usgs-669f0200d34eef99d5abbbd2, volcanic-activity, volcanic-rock, volcanic-rocks
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial data for the report Evapotranspiration from the Lower Walker River Basin, West-Central Nevada, Water Years 2005-07

This data release contains geospatial data for the lower Walker River basin from the 2009 publication: Allander, K.A., Smith, J.L., and Johnson, M.J., 2009, Evapotranspiration from the lower Walker River basin, west-central Nevada, water years 2005-07: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5079, https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20095079.

Tags: bowen-ratio, eddy-covariance, et-unit, evaporation, evapotranspiration, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-analysis, geospatial-datasets, groundwater, groundwater-discharge, groundwater-flow, hydrology, inlandwaters, multispectral-imaging, nevada, phreatophyte, remote-sensing, riparian, saltcedar, surface-water-discharge, surface-water-quality, transpiration, usgs-66abffd1d34e20d4a03584ff, vegetation, vegetation-index, walker-lake, walker-river, water-temperature
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mauna Loa 2022 summit and Northeast Rift Zone eruption — December 7, 2022 upper lava flow channel thermal map

In the late evening of November 27, 2022, an effusive eruption began inside Moku'aweoweo caldera at the summit of Mauna Loa volcano. Within a few hours, lava had covered most of the caldera floor, and several fissures just outside caldera sent short lava flows up to 3 kilometers (2 miles) to the southwest. Later in the morning of November 28, summit effusion ceased and the eruption moved into the volcano's Northeast Rift Zone. Several rift zone fissures were initially active, but by November 30 effusion had focused at a vent known as fissure 3. For another 10 days, fissure 3 fountained and fed lava flows that eventually stretched 18 kilometers (11 miles) to the north, threatening but not reaching the Daniel K. Inouye Highway across the island's interior. Effusion from fissure 3 began declining overnight December 7–8 and ceased on December 10, by which time the eruption had covered approximately 36 square kilometers (14 square miles) of Mauna Loa with new lava. In this report, the authors have sought to chronicle this sequence of events using geospatial data in the form of an Esri file geodatabase, Esri shapefiles, and Google Earth KMZs, as well as rapid-response orthomosaic and thermal map rasters.

Tags: basalt, hawaii, holocene, lava-flow, mafic-volcanic-rock, mauna-loa, mlo_2022, mokuweoweo, northeast-rift-zone, pacific, pacific-islands, quaternary, united-states, usgs-669f01f1d34eef99d5abbbd0, volcanic-activity, volcanic-rock, volcanic-rocks
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mauna Loa 2022 summit and Northeast Rift Zone eruption — December 7, 2022 middle lava flow channel thermal map

In the late evening of November 27, 2022, an effusive eruption began inside Moku'aweoweo caldera at the summit of Mauna Loa volcano. Within a few hours, lava had covered most of the caldera floor, and several fissures just outside caldera sent short lava flows up to 3 kilometers (2 miles) to the southwest. Later in the morning of November 28, summit effusion ceased and the eruption moved into the volcano's Northeast Rift Zone. Several rift zone fissures were initially active, but by November 30 effusion had focused at a vent known as fissure 3. For another 10 days, fissure 3 fountained and fed lava flows that eventually stretched 18 kilometers (11 miles) to the north, threatening but not reaching the Daniel K. Inouye Highway across the island's interior. Effusion from fissure 3 began declining overnight December 7–8 and ceased on December 10, by which time the eruption had covered approximately 36 square kilometers (14 square miles) of Mauna Loa with new lava. In this report, the authors have sought to chronicle this sequence of events using geospatial data in the form of an Esri file geodatabase, Esri shapefiles, and Google Earth KMZs, as well as rapid-response orthomosaic and thermal map rasters.

Tags: basalt, hawaii, holocene, lava-flow, mafic-volcanic-rock, mauna-loa, mlo_2022, mokuweoweo, northeast-rift-zone, pacific, pacific-islands, quaternary, united-states, usgs-669f01c7d34eef99d5abbbce, volcanic-activity, volcanic-rock, volcanic-rocks
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mauna Loa 2022 summit and Northeast Rift Zone eruption — December 7, 2022 lower lava flow channel thermal map

In the late evening of November 27, 2022, an effusive eruption began inside Moku'aweoweo caldera at the summit of Mauna Loa volcano. Within a few hours, lava had covered most of the caldera floor, and several fissures just outside caldera sent short lava flows up to 3 kilometers (2 miles) to the southwest. Later in the morning of November 28, summit effusion ceased and the eruption moved into the volcano's Northeast Rift Zone. Several rift zone fissures were initially active, but by November 30 effusion had focused at a vent known as fissure 3. For another 10 days, fissure 3 fountained and fed lava flows that eventually stretched 18 kilometers (11 miles) to the north, threatening but not reaching the Daniel K. Inouye Highway across the island's interior. Effusion from fissure 3 began declining overnight December 7–8 and ceased on December 10, by which time the eruption had covered approximately 36 square kilometers (14 square miles) of Mauna Loa with new lava. In this report, the authors have sought to chronicle this sequence of events using geospatial data in the form of an Esri file geodatabase, Esri shapefiles, and Google Earth KMZs, as well as rapid-response orthomosaic and thermal map rasters.

Tags: basalt, hawaii, holocene, lava-flow, mafic-volcanic-rock, mauna-loa, mlo_2022, mokuweoweo, northeast-rift-zone, pacific, pacific-islands, quaternary, united-states, usgs-669f01b6d34eef99d5abbbcc, volcanic-activity, volcanic-rock, volcanic-rocks
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mauna Loa 2022 summit and Northeast Rift Zone eruption — December 5, 2022 lava flow front thermal map

In the late evening of November 27, 2022, an effusive eruption began inside Moku'aweoweo caldera at the summit of Mauna Loa volcano. Within a few hours, lava had covered most of the caldera floor, and several fissures just outside caldera sent short lava flows up to 3 kilometers (2 miles) to the southwest. Later in the morning of November 28, summit effusion ceased and the eruption moved into the volcano's Northeast Rift Zone. Several rift zone fissures were initially active, but by November 30 effusion had focused at a vent known as fissure 3. For another 10 days, fissure 3 fountained and fed lava flows that eventually stretched 18 kilometers (11 miles) to the north, threatening but not reaching the Daniel K. Inouye Highway across the island's interior. Effusion from fissure 3 began declining overnight December 7–8 and ceased on December 10, by which time the eruption had covered approximately 36 square kilometers (14 square miles) of Mauna Loa with new lava. In this report, the authors have sought to chronicle this sequence of events using geospatial data in the form of an Esri file geodatabase, Esri shapefiles, and Google Earth KMZs, as well as rapid-response orthomosaic and thermal map rasters.

Tags: basalt, hawaii, holocene, lava-flow, mafic-volcanic-rock, mauna-loa, mlo_2022, mokuweoweo, northeast-rift-zone, pacific, pacific-islands, quaternary, united-states, usgs-669f01a7d34eef99d5abbbca, volcanic-activity, volcanic-rock, volcanic-rocks
Organization: Department of the Interior