AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Idealized Antecedent Topography Sensitivity Study: Initial Baseline and Modified Profiles Modeled with XBeach

Antecedent topography is an important aspect of coastal morphology when studying and forecasting coastal change hazards. The uncertainty in morphologic response of storm-impact models and their use in short-term hazard forecasting and decadal forecasting is important to account for when considering a coupled model framework. Mickey and others (2020) provided a methodology to investigate uncertainty of profile response within the storm impact model, XBeach, related to varying antecedent topographies. A parameterized island Gaussian fit (PIGF) model generated an idealized baseline profile and a suite of idealized profiles that vary specific characteristics based on collated observed light detection and ranging (lidar) data collected from Dauphin Island, AL, between 2005 and 2015. The model inputs of idealized topography and bathymetry values for simulation of synthetic storm evolution with XBeach are described in Mickey and others (2020) and included in this USGS data release.

Tags: alabama, alongshore-transport, barrier-island, bathymetry, coastal, coastal-processes, dauphin-island, digital-elevation-models, elevation, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, gulf-of-mexico, marine-geology, morphologic-change, ocean-waves, oceans, sediment-transport, spcmsc, st-petersburg-coastal-and-marine-science-center, tides-oceanic, topography, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-d5f538af-4799-4fba-8a9e-45c8e86d3ce9
Organization: Department of the Interior
Percentage of time sediment is mobile for May 2010 to May 2011 at select points in the Gulf of Mexico (GMEX_mobile_perc, Geographic, WGS 84)

The U.S. Geological Survey has been characterizing the regional variation in shear stress on the sea floor and sediment mobility through statistical descriptors.  The purpose of this project is to identify patterns in stress in order to inform habitat delineation or decisions for anthropogenic use of the continental shelf.  The statistical characterization spans the continental shelf from the coast to approximately 120 m water depth, at approximately 0.04-0.06 degree (5-7 km, depending on latitude) resolution.  Time-series of wave and circulation are created using numerical models, and near-bottom output of steady and oscillatory velocities and an estimate of bottom roughness are used to calculate a time-series of bottom shear stress at 1-hour intervals.  Statistical descriptions such as the median and 95th percentile, which are the output included with this database, are then calculated to create a two-dimensional picture of the regional patterns in shear stress.  In addition, time-series of stress are compared to critical stress values at select points calculated from observed surface sediment texture data to determine estimates of sea floor mobility.

Tags: alteration-of-benthic-habitats, atlantic-ocean, bolivar-peninsula, bottom-shear-stress, chandeleur-sound, cmgp, cmhrp, cmsp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, coastal-and-marine-spatial-planning, continental-island-shelf, current, desoto-canyon, florida-keys, floridian-ecoregion, geoscientificinformation, grant-madsen, gulf-of-mexico, habitat-alteration-and-disturbance, marine-nearshore-subtidal, marine-offshore-subtidal, mathematical-modeling, mississippi-river-delta, north-america, northern-gulf-of-mexico-ecoregion, numerical-modeling, ocean-processes, oceans, predictions, sabgom, sea-floor, sea-floor-characteristics, sea-floor-habitat, seabed, seafloor, sediment-mobility, sediment-transport, substrate, swan, tampa-bay, u-s-east-coast, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-d5ef4865-238f-4698-b93d-0b44c11c3819, wave, west-florida-shelf, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Pond, Lake, or Reservoir as an Irrigation Source on Agricultural Land in the Conterminous United States, 1992: National Resource Inventory Conservation Practice ISO02

This data set represents the estimated percentage of the 1-km grid cell that is covered by or 
subject to the agricultural conservation practice (CPIS02), Pond, Lake or Reservoir as an 
Irrigation Source (PLRIS) on agricultural land by county.  Pond, Lake or Reservoir as an 
Irrigation Source are described as an "inland body of water (fresh or salt) of considerable 
size occupying a basin or hollow on the earth's surface, and which may or may not have 
a current or single direction of flow." (U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1995)  This data set 
was created with geographic information systems (GIS) and database management tools. 
The acres on which PLRIS's are applied were totaled at the county level in the tabular NRI 
database and then apportioned to a raster coverage of agricultural land within the county 
based on the Enhanced National Land Cover Dataset (NLCDe) 1-kilometer resolution land 
cover grids (Nakagaki, 2003). Federal land is not considered in this analysis because NRI 
does not record information on those lands.

Tags: agricultural-practices, environment, geoscientificinformation, inlandwaters, national-resources-inventory, pond-lake-reservoir, usgs-d5ea0a1e-1a9d-457f-87ab-839b75fbc1a2
Organization: Department of the Interior
Post-Hurricane Ivan coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Crawfordville, Florida, to Petit Bois Island, Mississippi, September 17, 2004

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducts baseline and storm response photography missions to document and understand the changes in vulnerability of the Nation's coasts to extreme storms. On September 17, 2004, the USGS conducted an oblique aerial photographic survey from Crawfordville, Florida, to Petit Bois Island, Mississippi, aboard a Piper Navajo Chieftain aircraft at an altitude of 500 feet (ft) and approximately 1,000 ft offshore (Figure 2, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0945/html/ds945_fig2.html). This mission was flown to collect data for assessing incremental changes since the last survey, flown July 2001 (https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=04ACH03), and can be used for assessing future coastal change. The photographs provided here are Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) images. The photograph locations are an estimate of the position of the aircraft and do not indicate the location of the feature in the images (see Navigation Data page, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0945/html/ds945_nav.html). These photographs document the configuration of the barrier islands and other coastal features at the time of the survey. ExifTool (http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/) is a free software program for reading, writing, and manipulating image, audio, and video metadata. ExifTool was used to add the following to the header of each photo: time of collection, Global Positioning System (GPS) latitude, GPS longitude, keywords, credit, artist (photographer), caption, copyright, and contact information. Photographs can be opened directly with any JPEG-compatible image viewer by clicking on a thumbnail on the contact sheet. All image times are recorded in UTC. Table 1 (http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0945/html/ds945_table.html) provides detailed information about the assigned location, name, date, and time the photograph was taken along with a link to the photograph. In addition to the photographs, a Google Earth Keyhole Markup Language (KML) file is provided and can be used to view the images by clicking on the marker and then clicking on either the thumbnail or the link above the thumbnail.  The KML files were created using the photographic navigation files. Note: A KML number was assigned to each photograph to aid navigation of the Google Earth file. These numbers correspond to the site labels in Google Earth.

Tags: alabama, alabama-barrier-islands, beach-erosion, coastal-aerial-photography, coastline, dauphin-island, environment, florida, florida-barrier-islands, hurricane-ivan, imagerybasemapsearthcover, mississippi, mississippi-barrier-islands, national-assessment-project, petit-bois-island, photographs, structure, u-s-geological-survey, usgs-d5e40db4-b637-4b3e-a533-7c1da827e86e
Organization: Department of the Interior
RES2DINV format continuous resistivity profile data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in Great South Bay on Long Island, New York, on May 19, 2008

An investigation of submarine aquifers adjacent to the Fire Island National Seashore and Long Island, New York, was conducted to assess the importance of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) as a potential nonpoint source of nitrogen delivery to Great South Bay. More than 200 kilometers (km) of continuous resistivity profiling (CRP) data were collected to image the fresh-saline groundwater interface in sediments beneath the bay. In addition, groundwater sampling was performed at sites (1) along the northern shore of Great South Bay, particularly in Patchogue Bay, that were representative of the developed Long Island shoreline, and (2) at sites on and adjacent to Fire Island, a 50-km-long barrier island on the southern side of Great South Bay. Other field activities included sediment coring, stationary electrical resistivity profiling, and surveys of in-situ pore water conductivity. The onshore and offshore shallow hydrostratigraphy of the Great South Bay shorelines, particularly the presence and nature of submarine confining units, appears to exert primary control on the dimensions and chemistry of the submarine groundwater flow and discharge zones. Sediment coring has shown that the confining units commonly consist of drowned and buried peat layers likely deposited in salt marshes. Based on CRP data, low-salinity groundwater extends from 10 to 100 meters (m) offshore along much of the northern and southern shores of Great South Bay, especially off the mouths of tidal creeks, and beneath shallow flats to the north of Fire Island adjacent to modern salt marshes. Human modifications of much of the shoreline and nearshore areas along the northern shore of the bay, including filling of salt marshes, construction of bulkheads and piers, and dredging of navigation channels, has substantially altered the natural hydrogeology of the bay's shorelines by truncating confining units and increasing recharge near the shore in filled areas. Better understanding of the nature of SGD along developed and undeveloped shorelines of embayments such as this could lead to improved models and mitigation strategies for nutrient overenrichment of estuaries. For more information on the surveys involved in this project, see  https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2008-007-FA and https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2008-037-FA.

Tags: agi-supersting, bathymetry, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, continuous-resistivity-profiling, crp, elevation, field-activity-number-2008-007-fa, fire-island, geoscientificinformation, great-south-bay, groundwater, info-bank-id-t-1-08-li, long-island, lowrance-gps, national-park-service, navigation, navigational-data, new-york, north-america, north-atlantic, nps, nps-boat, oceans, processed-data, res2dinv-format, submarine-groundwater, suffolk-county, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-d5e3ec9f-a211-42a1-a405-ff31f0bf5aa9, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Digital Shoreline Analysis System version 4.1 Transects with Short-Term Rate Calculations for the New England South region from Dartmouth, Massachusetts to Napatree Point, Rhode Island (NewEnglandS_ST.shp)

Sandy ocean beaches are a popular recreational destination, often surrounded by communities containing valuable real estate.  Development is on the rise despite the fact that coastal infrastructure is subjected to flooding and erosion.  As a result, there is an increased demand for accurate information regarding past and present shoreline changes.  To meet these national needs, the Coastal and Marine Geology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is compiling existing reliable historical shoreline data along open-ocean sandy shores of the conterminous United States and parts of Alaska and Hawaii under the National Assessment of Shoreline Change project.
There is no widely accepted standard for analyzing shoreline change.  Existing shoreline data measurements and rate calculation methods vary from study to study and prevent combining results into state-wide or regional assessments.  The impetus behind the National Assessment project was to develop a standardized method of measuring changes in shoreline position that is consistent from coast to coast.  The goal was to facilitate the process of periodically and systematically updating the results in an internally consistent manner.

Tags: accretion, atlantic-coast, baseline, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, coastal-processes, continental-island-shore-complex, digital-shoreline-analysis-system, dsas, east-beach, effects-of-coastal-change, endpoint-rate, environment, erosion, geoscientificinformation, gulf-of-maine-bay-of-fundy-ecoregion, historic-shoreline, horseneck-beach, linear-regression-rate, massachusetts, matunuck, national-assessment-of-shoreline-change-project, new-england, newport, oceans, point-judith, rhode-island, sakonnet, scarborough, shoreline, shoreline-accretion, shoreline-change-rate, shoreline-erosion, transect, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-d5d5854f-cff0-4c1e-ad35-a5c6fd683b11, watch-hill, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mapped Wetland Features for a part of Dorman Slough near the Lower Brule Indian Reservation, 2012-13

Real-time kinematic global navigation satellite systems equipment was 
used to map features of wetlands at six locations of interest to the 
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. Items mapped include general cross-sections 
(primarily to show elevation differences); man-made features such as 
access roads, outlet control structures, and water-supply pipes; 
vegetation features such as edge of cattails or food plots, trees or tree 
clusters; and hydrologic features like edge of water, springs, and high 
water marks.

Tags: biota, dorman-slough, dorman-slough-near-the-lower-brule-indian-reservation-in-central-south-dakota, elevation, environment, inlandwaters, location, lower-brule-indian-reservation, sioux-tribe, south-dakota, usgs-d5cda21d-8afa-4d7d-86b9-88525e40015a, wetlands
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sidescan-Sonar navigation trackline data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey offshore of the Grand Strand, South Carolina (SONAR_TRK, Polyline)

In 1999, the USGS, in partnership with the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, began a study to investigate processes affecting shoreline change along the northern coast of South Carolina, focusing on the Grand Strand region. Previous work along the U.S. Atlantic coast shows that the structure and composition of older geologic strata located seaward of the coast heavily influences the coastal behavior of areas with limited sediment supply, such as the Grand Strand. By defining this geologic framework and identifying the transport pathways and sinks of sediment, geoscientists are developing conceptual models of the present-day physical processes shaping the South Carolina coast. The primary objectives of this research effort are: 1) to provide a regional synthesis of the shallow geologic framework underlying the coastal upland, shoreface and inner continental shelf, and define its role in coastal evolution and modern beach behavior; 2) to identify and model the physical processes affecting coastal ocean circulation and sediment transport, and to define their role in shaping the modern shoreline; and 3) to identify sediment sources and transport pathways; leading to construction of a regional sediment budget.

Tags: atlantic-ocean, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, esri-polyline-shapefile, garden-city, geospatial-datasets, grand-strand, location, marine-geophysics, myrtle-beach, navigational-data, north-myrtle-beach, oceans, pawleys-island, sidescan, sidescan-sonar, south-carolina, southeast-united-states, surfside, track-lines, tracks, transportation, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-d5b887be-0250-4068-8681-a573d3716a98, waites-island, whsc, whsc-field-activity-serial-number-00014, whsc-field-activity-serial-number-01008, whsc-field-activity-serial-number-02011, whsc-field-activity-serial-number-02014, whsc-field-activity-serial-number-03009, whsc-field-activity-serial-number-99044, woods-hole-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
AA_Q09.TIF - Aleutian Arc U.S. EEZ GLORIA sidescan-sonar data mosaic (9 of 31) (LCC, 50 m, WGS84)

During late July through September 1987 and June and July 1988 the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted four cruises to cover the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) region of the Aleutian Arc. As in earlier EEZ reconnaissance surveys, the USGS utilized the GLORIA (Geological LOng-Range Inclined Asdic) sidescan-sonar system to complete the geologic mapping. The collected GLORIA data were processed and digitally mosaicked to produce continuous imagery of the seafloor. A total of 31 digital mosaics of a 3 degree by 3 degree (or smaller) area with a 50-meter pixel resolution were completed for the region.

Tags: acoustic-receivers, acoustic-reflectivity, alaska, aleutian-arc, aleutian-islands-ecoregion, aleutian-trench, amchitka-island, backscatter, bowers-basin, bowers-ridge, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, 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-2-87-aa, infobank-identifier-f-3-87-aa, infobank-identifier-f-7-88-aa, infobank-identifier-f-8-88-aa, 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-aleutian-arc, oceans, oceans-gt-ocean-acoustics-gt-acoustic-reflectivity, physical-habitats-and-geomorphology, sea-floor-acoustic-reflectivity, sea-floor-characteristics, seabed, side-scan-sonar, sidescan-sonar, sidescan-sonar-mosaic, stalemate-ridge, tectonic-trench, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-d5ab1491-d591-40e3-9a10-3781f5913875, wcmg, western-coastal-and-marine-geology, zodiac-fan
Organization: Department of the Interior
Point shapefile of quadrangle 6 station locations in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary offshore of Boston, Massachusetts where video, photographs and sediment samples were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey from 1993-2004 - includes sediment sample analyses and interpreted geologic substrate (Geographic, NAD 83)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Sanctuary Program, has conducted seabed mapping and related research in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region since 1993. The area is approximately 3,700 square kilometers (km2) and is subdivided into 18 quadrangles. Seven maps, at a scale of 1:25,000, of quadrangle 6 (211 km2) depict seabed topography, backscatter, ruggedness, geology, substrate mobility, mud content, and areas dominated by fine-grained or coarse-grained sand. Interpretations of bathymetric and seabed backscatter imagery, photographs, video, and grain-size analyses were used to create the geology-based maps. In all, data from 420 stations were analyzed, including sediment samples from 325 locations. The seabed geology map shows the distribution of 10 substrate types ranging from boulder ridges to immobile, muddy sand to mobile, rippled sand. Substrate types are defined on the basis of sediment grain-size composition, surficial morphology, sediment layering, and the mobility or immobility of substrate surfaces. This map series is intended to portray the major geological elements (substrates, features, processes) of environments within quadrangle 6. Additionally, these maps will be the basis for the study of the ecological requirements of invertebrate and vertebrate species that utilize these substrates and guide seabed management in the region.

Tags: atlantic-ocean, boston-massachusetts, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, environment, esri-shapefile, excel-spreadsheet, geologic-substrates, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, grain-size, grain-size-analysis, marine-geology, massachusetts, massachusetts-bay, navigational-data, north-america, oceans, photo-stations, point-shapefile, scientific-investigations-map-3341, sea-floor-characteristics, seabed-geology, sediment-analysis, sediment-sample-locations, sediment-samples, stellwagen-bank, stellwagen-bank-national-marine-sanctuary, substrate-geology, u-s-east-coast, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-d5a4fb7e-05d8-4c26-9e03-f85acdfc25ae, video-stations, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Minisparker seismic-reflection data collected offshore of San Diego and Los Angeles Counties, southern California, from 2011-06-08 to 2011-06-22 (USGS field activity S-7-11-SC)

This dataset includes raw and processed, high-resolution seismic-reflection data collected in 2011 to collect information on active offshore faults. The survey area is offshore southern California between Long Beach and San Diego. The data were collected aboard the U.S. Geological Survey R/V Parke Snavely. The seismic-reflection data were acquired using a SIG 2mille minisparker system. Subbottom acoustic penetration spanned tens to several hundreds of meters, variable by location and equipment type.

Tags: bathymetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, cmg, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, continental-margins, geoscientificinformation, long-beach, los-angeles-county, minisparker, oceans, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pacific-ocean, pcmsc, san-diego, san-diego-county, seismic-reflection-profiling, state-of-california, sub-bottom-profiling, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-d5a43913-1bc3-44f6-8135-c7910d6765af
Organization: Department of the Interior
Presence/absence Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) Data from the Sediment-Bound Contaminant Resiliency and Response Strategy Pilot Study, Northeastern United States, 2015

Due to the recognized proliferation and spread of antibiotic resistance genes by anthropogenic use of antibiotics for human, agriculture and aquaculture purposes, antibiotic resistance genes have been defined as an emerging contaminant (Laxminarayan and others, 2013; Rodriguez-Rojas and others, 2013; Niu and others, 2016). The presence and spread of these genes in non-clinical and non-agricultural environments has created the need for background investigations to enhance our understanding of the magnitude and risks associated with this emerging field (Allen and others, 2010). The current global economic costs of antibiotic resistant microorganisms is about 5.8 trillion USD, which is approximately equivalent to the combined GDP of Germany and the United Kingdom (Taylor and others, 2014). In this study researchers screened soil and sediment samples for the presence of 15 antibiotic resistance gene targets and 5 species of Vibrio (a marker of marine inundation) to determine natural background concentrations. These data provide a foundation to address background prevalence of these genetic targets in the northeastern United States (U.S.) to address regional influences (sources of pollutants) and to contrast future influences due to sea-level rise and large scale storms.

Tags: biota, connecticut, contamination-and-pollution, delaware, district-of-columbia, environment, environmental-health-human, estuarine, field-monitoring-stations, field-sampling, genetic-diversity, health, intertidal, maine, maryland, massachusetts, microbiology, new-hampshire, new-jersey, new-york, pennsylvania, rhode-island, sediment, soil, soil-resources, south-carolina, surface, unconsolidated-deposits, usgs-d59832e4-49e1-4ca5-a131-a3160c45fe51, virginia
Organization: Department of the Interior