AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
North American Breeding Bird Survey Dataset 1966 - 2021

The 1966-2021 North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) dataset contains avian point count data for more than 700 North American bird taxa (species, races, and unidentified species groupings). These data are collected annually during the breeding season, primarily in June, along thousands of randomly established roadside survey routes in the United States and Canada. Routes are roughly 24.5 miles (39.2 km) long with counting locations placed at approximately half-mile (800-m) intervals, for a total of 50 stops. At each stop, a citizen scientist highly skilled in avian identification conducts a 3-minute point count, recording all birds seen within a quarter-mile (400-m) radius and all birds heard. Surveys begin 30 minutes before local sunrise and take approximately 5 hours to complete. Routes are surveyed once per year, with the total number of routes sampled per year growing over time; just over 500 routes were sampled in 1966, while in recent decades approximately 3000 routes have been sampled annually. No data are provided for 2020. BBS field activities were cancelled in 2020 because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global pandemic and observers were directed to not sample routes. In addition to avian count data, this dataset also contains survey date, survey start and end times, start and end weather conditions, a unique observer identification number, route identification information, and route location information including country, state, and BCR, as well as geographic coordinates of route start point, and an indicator of run data quality.

Tags: avian-point-counts, biodiversity, birds, canada, north-america, population-distribution, population-trends, relative-abundance, united-states, united-states-of-america, usgs-625f151ed34e85fa62b7f926
Organization: Department of the Interior
Digital elevation model (DEM) and digital surface model (DSM) data for the Colorado River corridor in Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (2002, 2009, 2013 and 2021), including accuracy assessment data

These datasets consist of four, 1-meter spatial resolution digital surface models (DSMs) that were generated to orthorectify airborne multispectral imagery acquired in 2002, 2009, 2013, and 2021 for the Colorado River in Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA. These datasets also consist of a 1-meter spatial resolution digital elevation model (DEM) that was generated from the 2021 DSM. The DSMs and DEM were also produced to support development of additional GIS products. Elevation values are expressed as ellipsoid heights. These datasets also include accuracy assessments that were performed to show the limitations of estimating elevation from the DSMs and DEM pixels locations on the landscape. Data were acquired during periods of low steady Colorado River flow of approximately 8,000 cubic feet per second released from Glen Canyon Dam.

Tags: adaptive-management, airborne-imagery, arizona, bright-angel-creek, change-detection, colorado-river, data-release, diamond-creek, digital-elevation-models, digital-surface-model, field-inventory-and-monitoring, glen-canyon, glen-canyon-dam, glen-canyon-national-recreation-area, grand-canyon, grand-canyon-national-park, havasu-creek, image-classification, imagerybasemapsearthcover, kanab-creek, lees-ferry, little-colorado-river, management, marble-canyon, monitoring, paria-river, remote-sensing, separation-canyon, shinumo-creek, tapeats-creek, usgs-628b977ed34e4fef2ec3cd9a
Organization: Department of the Interior
Video Data for Cannon Discharge Events -  May 3, 2016 - Taupo, New Zealand

The data include video record segments for a period of ~3.5 hours beginning 2016/05/03 at approximately the beginning of the universal time day. Each video record documents 10 active source explosions  from three video cameras (30 total video segments).  The data are part of an assessment of directed blast dynamics on a surrounding acoustic sensor array.  The acoustic data is part of an independent data set which is archived in the IRIS FDSN (International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks).  Together the data support an exploratory assessment of energy dynamics similar to those observed for small scale wet eruptions from phreatic and phreato-magmatic systems (Jolly et al, submitted).

Tags: active-source, biota, explosion, usgs-627dacdad34e3bef0c9a1f1f
Organization: Department of the Interior
Great Basin predicted potential cheatgrass abundance, with model estimation and validation data from 2011-2019

This data release includes data and metadata describing 1) the rule set used to create vegetation type categories for the Great Basin; 2) estimation and validation data used to fit models of cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) cover; and 3) mapped predictions of potential cheatgrass abundance.

Tags: biota, invasive-species, usgs-62859aacd34e3bef0c9a6e2f
Organization: Department of the Interior
Water-table altitude contours in Smith Valley, Mason Valley, and Lower Walker River Basin, Nevada, Autumn 2006

This dataset consists of digitized 1:62,500-scale polylines representing autumn 2006 groundwater-level altitude contours for Smith and Mason Valleys, and the lower Walker River basin, Nevada.

Tags: antelope-valley, basin-106, basin-107, basin-108, basin-109, basin-110, east-walker-area, groundwater, groundwater-level, groundwater-level-altitude, hydrographic-region-9, hydrology, inlandwaters, mason-valley, nevada, smith-valley, usgs-627daa3fd34e3bef0c9a1f1a, walker-lake, walker-lake-valley, walker-river, walker-river-hydrographic-region
Organization: Department of the Interior
1:24,000-scale hydrographic areas, Walker River Basin, California and Nevada

This dataset consists of digitized 1:24,000-scale polylines and polygons representing hydrographic areas for the Walker River basin, California and Nevada.

Tags: antelope-valley, basin, basin-106, basin-107, basin-108, basin-109, basin-110, drainage-area, east-walker-area, geoscientificinformation, hydrographic-area, hydrographic-region-9, hydrology, inlandwaters, mason-valley, nevada, smith-valley, study-areas, topography, usgs-627da921d34e3bef0c9a1f15, walker-lake, walker-lake-valley, walker-river, walker-river-hydrographic-region, watershed
Organization: Department of the Interior
Selected well sites used to develop water-table altitude contours in Smith Valley, Mason Valley, and Lower Walker River Basin, Nevada, Autumn 2006

This dataset consists of points representing selected well site locations and water-level measurements used by Lopes and Allander (2009) to develop autumn 2006 groundwater-level altitude contours for Smith and Mason Valleys, and the lower Walker River basin, Nevada. Since the publication of Lopes and Allander (2009), the positional coordinates and land-surface altitudes at selected well sites used to develop autumn 2006 groundwater-level contours in that report were updated as part of a 2022 U.S. Geological Survey study (Davies and Naranjo, 2022).

Tags: antelope-valley, basin-106, basin-107, basin-108, basin-109, basin-110, east-walker-area, groundwater, groundwater-level, hydrographic-region-9, hydrology, inlandwaters, mason-valley, nevada, smith-valley, usgs-627da906d34e3bef0c9a1f09, walker-lake, walker-lake-valley, walker-river, walker-river-hydrographic-region
Organization: Department of the Interior
Microsatellite genotypes for coastal cactus wrens (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) from Southern California, 2009-2019

These data show multilocus genotypes, banding age, and territory for coastal cactus wrens (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) sampled in coastal Southern California between 2009 and 2019.

Tags: biological-population-management, biota, birds, endemic-species, genetic-diversity, genotype, human-impacts, native-species, shrubland-ecosystems, usgs-627d657ed34e3bef0c9a1e59
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geochemistry and Environmental Tracer Data for Groundwater, Stream Water, and Soil and Sediment from North Quartz Creek, Colorado

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release contains data from stream water, groundwater, and soil samples collected in 2019 and 2020 in the North Quartz Creek watershed in central Colorado. Fourteen streambank wells were installed in pairs at seven locations in August 2020 to capture the emerging groundwater from the left bank and right banks (relative to downstream-facing direction) and a synoptic sampling campaign was conducted to quantify metal contributions to the stream. A continuous, instream injection of sodium bromide (NaBr) was initiated at the head of the 5 km study reach several days prior to the synoptic sampling campaign and maintained throughout the duration of the study. Bromide concentrations were subsequently used to determine streamflow in the primary study reach (upper 1.3 km) using the tracer-dilution method, and as an indicator of hydrologic connections between North Quartz Creek and subsurface water. Streamflow was quantified in a secondary study reach (lower 3.7 km) using data from a series of sodium chloride slug additions wherein specific conductivity readings were used as a surrogate for the tracer concentration. Surface water samples were collected along North Quartz Creek including inflows from the left (LBI) and right (RBI) banks. Soil and sediment samples were collected along the transport path from source material (natural weathering and mine tailings/mine drainage) to the stream.

Tags: abandoned-mines-and-quarries, chemical-tracer-studies, environment, geochemistry, geology-geophysics-and-geochemistry-science-center, gggsc, groundwater-and-surface-water-interaction, groundwater-geochemistry, gunnison-county-colorado, gunnison-national-forest, inland-waters, mine-drainage, mineral-resources-program, mrp, north-quartz-creek, streambank-well, sulfide-weathering, synoptic-sampling, town-of-pitkin, tracer-injection, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-627c2d19d34e8d45aa6ee75b
Organization: Department of the Interior
Total organic carbon and pyrolysis analysis data for the Rock Well Petroleum core #8, southern Casper arch, Natrona County, Wyoming

In 2006, Rock Well Petroleum drilled and logged nearly 1,600 feet (ft) of continuous core on the southern part of the Casper arch in Natrona County, Wyoming (see fig1.png).  The core hole, named the Poison Spider core #8 penetrated the interval extending from the Upper Cretaceous Frontier Formation to the Triassic Alcova Limestone.  The core was subsequently donated to the U.S. Geological Survey Core Research Center (CRC) in Lakewood, Colorado, where it was sampled to evaluate the hydrocarbon source rock potential of the Lower and lowermost Upper Cretaceous marine shales.

Tags: chemical-analysis, geochemistry, hydrogen-index, natrona-county, natural-gas-resources, oil-resources, petroleum-reservoirs, petroleum-resources, pyrolysis-analysis, rock-well-petroleum-poison-spider-core-8, rocks-and-deposits, sedimentary-rocks, source-rock, southern-casper-arch, total-organic-carbon, unconsolidated-deposits, usgs-628a8ff8d34e4fef2ec3c728, utilitiescommunication
Organization: Department of the Interior
Experimental infection of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) with SARS-CoV-2

We experimentally challenged wild Mexican free-tailed bats (TABR) with SARS-CoV-2 to determine the susceptibility, reservoir potential, and population impacts of infection in this species. Of nine bats oronasally inoculated with SARS-CoV-2, five became infected and orally excreted moderate amounts of virus for up to 18 days post inoculation. These five subjects all seroconverted and cleared the virus before the end of the study with no obvious clinical signs of disease. We additionally found no evidence of viral transmission to uninoculated subjects. These results indicate that while TABR are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection, infection of wild populations of TABR would not likely cause mortality.

Tags: biota, mexican-free-tailed-bats, sars-cov-2, usgs-627bf1dbd34e8d45aa6ee655
Organization: Department of the Interior
Gully Monitoring Sites and New Flows on Mars Observed in HiRISE Data

This dataset consists of data from monitoring of gullies on Mars using the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE). Table 1 provides a list of monitored locations, which are HiRISE image series covering Martian gullies with a time baseline of at least 4000 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) orbits. Images from these locations were blink-compared at 1 m/pix to search for changes on the gully channels and aprons. Observed changes are documented in detail in Table 2. This compilation uses HiRISE data acquired through MRO orbit 61299.

Tags: biota, gullies, mars, planetary-science, surface-changes, usgs-627aba74d34e8d45aa6e4f0a
Organization: Department of the Interior
LAS Digital logs for the Mancos Shale, Candy Lane 1 (CL-1) Core in Montrose County, Colorado

The Candy Lane 1 (CL-1) core was acquired in November 2005 as part of a multidisciplinary effort by the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau of Reclamation to investigate the Mancos Shale in the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area, Montrose County, Colorado. The Upper Cretaceous Mancos core was taken from the NE 1/4 sec. 8, T. 50 N., R. 9 W. corresponding to approximately lat 38.61717° N., long 107.90174° W. The CL-1 core contains part of the lower portion of the Mancos Shale Formation; Mancos Formation members in ascending order include the Bridge Creek Limestone (partial), Fairport, Blue Hill, Juana Lopez, Montezuma Valley, and Niobrara (partial).  After coring was completed, the USGS collected geophysical data between the depths of 13 to 552 feet. Logs include gamma ray, caliper, conductivity, resistivity, porosity, density, and temperature. The digital logs for gamma ray (GR), resistivity (RES), and density (DEN) corresponding to those published in Open File Report 2009-1294 are identified in the name of the three Log ASCII Standard (LAS) files.

Tags: ascii-standard-format, caliper, candy-lane, cl-1, conductivity, delta, density, digital-logs, gamma, geoscientificinformation, gunnison-gorge-national-conservation-area, las, mancos, mancos-shale, montrose, montrose-county, natural-gas-resources, oil-resources, petroleum-reservoirs, petroleum-resources, resistivity, rocks-and-deposits, sedimentary-rocks, state-of-colorado, united-states-of-america, usgs-627a700dd34e8d45aa6e4e0e
Organization: Department of the Interior
Rarity and Climate Sensitivity index and components of 90 species of frogs and toads native to the conterminous United States (ver. 2.0, October 2022)

This dataset contains the components of and resultant Rarity and Climate Sensitivity (RCS) values for 90 species of frogs and toads native to the conterminous United States. The RCS metric uses point occurrences to describe area of occurrence, quantifies the variation of climate conditions within that area, and combines and scales the two for a multispecies assessment of intrinsic sensitivity to climate change. The RCS metric was calculated at two geographic extents, the conterminous US and the North American continent.  We also used two spatial grains: 1 km buffered occurrence points and small watersheds (Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 12 watershed boundaries within and HydroBASIN level 12 watershed boundaries outside the conterminous US). Point occurrences from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and HerpMapper were used to calculate area of occurrence at each spatial extent and grain size. Climate specificity was calculated by extracting five bioclimatic variables (annual mean temperature, maximum temperature of the warmest month, minimum temperature of the minimum month, annual precipitation, and precipitation seasonality) from the area of occurrence and calculating the area-weighted standard deviation of each climate variable for each species. Rarity, as described by area of occurrence, and climate sensitivity is scaled and combined to form the RCS index. Because we evaluated the relationships among intrinsic sensitivity, taxonomy, and conservation status, species taxonomic family, genera, International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List status, Endangered Species Act status, and Species of Greatest Conservation Need status is included in this dataset. Each row contains the calculated RCS index and its components for two spatial grain sizes for a unique species and spatial extent combination (90 species x 2 spatial extents = 180 rows).
First posted - June 27, 2022 (available from author)
Revised - October 20, 2022 (version 2.0)

Tags: biota, climate-change-vulnerability-assessment, natural-resource-management, north-america, species-conservation, united-states, usgs-62799677d34e8d45aa6e3cd9
Organization: Department of the Interior
Streamflow Drought Metrics for Selected United States Geological Survey Streamgages from 1951-2020

This metadata record describes a series of tabular datasets containing metrics used to characterize drought for select United States Geological Survey (USGS) streamgages for the climate years (April 1 – March 31) 1921 to 2020. These streamgages are a subset of those used in Geospatial Attributes of Gages for Evaluating Streamflow, version 2 (GAGES-II, Falcone, 2011) in the conterminous United States (CONUS). These metrics include streamflow percentiles, identified drought events, annual low streamflow, and drought statistics for each event.

Tags: biota, conus, datasets, drought, hydrology, streamflow, usgs-627974ccd34e8d45aa6e3c81
Organization: Department of the Interior
Growth and Capture-Mark-Recapture Data for San Francisco Gartersnakes, Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia, in San Mateo County, California from 2007 to 2020

This dataset includes records of captures of San Francisco gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) collected at five sites from 2007 to 2020. The data include measurements of snake snout-vent length to estimate growth patterns, snake sex, and the record of all captures of individual snakes for estimating capture probability, availability for capture, and survival.

Tags: bayesian, biota, california, demography, ecology, modeling, population-dynamics, reptiles, san-mateo-county, usgs-625f4e95d34e85fa62b7f974
Organization: Department of the Interior
Model Archive Summary and Suspended-Sediment Concentrations Computed from a Surrogate Turbidity Regression at USGS station 11337080 Threemile Slough near Rio Vista, CA (2015-2019)

Continuous 15-minute time-series suspended-sediment concentration data computed from instream turbidity data. Turbidity data is managed by California Department of Water Resources (CDWR) using a YSI EXO multi-parameter water quality sonde.

Tags: california, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, hydrology, sacramento-san-joaquin-delta, sediment-transport, suspended-sediment-concentration, threemile-slough, turbidity, usgs, usgs-6282bb5bd34e3bef0c9a3f99, water-quality, water-resources
Organization: Department of the Interior
Keamuku Maneuver Area post-disturbance shrub counts, 2014-2016

This data release includes data and metadata on post-disturbance native shrub recruitment and survival within recovering vegetation after disturbance for sites within Keamuku Maneuver Area on Hawaii Island. This study looked at how microtopography and biotic interactions influence post-disturbance recovery in native shrub-dominated and non-native, invasive grass-dominated dryland habitats.

Tags: avian-diet, botany, ecology, exotic-grass, forest-restoration, hawaii, hawaii-island, keamuku-maneuver-area, land-use-change, plant-competition, plant-ecology, seed-limitation, seedling-recruitment, tropical-forest-dynamics, usgs-62770213d34e8d45aa6e27eb
Organization: Department of the Interior
Keamuku Maneuver Area post-disturbance percent cover quadrats, 2014-2016

This data release includes data and metadata on post-disturbance percent cover of recovering vegetation after disturbance for sites within Keamuku Maneuver Area on Hawaii Island. This study looked at how microtopography and biotic interactions influence post-disturbance recovery in native shrub-dominated and non-native, invasive grass-dominated dryland habitats.

Tags: avian-diet, botany, ecology, exotic-grass, forest-restoration, hawaii, hawaii-island, keamuku-maneuver-area, land-use-change, plant-competition, plant-ecology, seed-limitation, seedling-recruitment, tropical-forest-dynamics, usgs-62770139d34e8d45aa6e27e7
Organization: Department of the Interior
Keamuku Maneuver Area outplant survival data 2014-2016

This data release includes data and metadata on the survival of two different native plants (Dodoanea viscoa and Eragrsotis atropioides) when planted into different vegetation types, habitat suitabilities and disturbance regimes. All sites were within Keamuku Maneuver Area on Hawaii Island. This study looked at how microtopography and biotic interactions influence post-disturbance recovery and native planting success in native shrub-dominated and non-native, invasive grass-dominated dryland habitats.

Tags: avian-diet, botany, ecology, exotic-grass, forest-restoration, hawaii, hawaii-island, keamuku-maneuver-area, land-use-change, plant-competition, plant-ecology, seed-limitation, seedling-recruitment, tropical-forest-dynamics, usgs-62770032d34e8d45aa6e27e0
Organization: Department of the Interior
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar-Derived Subsidence Contours for the West-Central San Joaquin Valley, California, 2008-10

Extensive groundwater withdrawal from the unconsolidated deposits in the San Joaquin Valley caused widespread aquifer-system compaction and resultant land subsidence from 1926 to 1970—locally exceeding 8.5 meters. The importation of surface water beginning in the early 1950s through the Delta-Mendota Canal and in the early 1970s through the California Aqueduct resulted in decreased groundwater pumping, recovery of water levels, and a reduced rate of compaction in some areas of the San Joaquin Valley. However, drought conditions during 1976–77, 1987–92, and drought conditions and operational reductions in surface-water deliveries during 2007–10 decreased surface-water availability, causing pumping to increase, water levels to decline, and renewed compaction.
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the California Department of Water Resources, assessed more recent land subsidence near a 145-kilometer reach of the California Aqueduct in the west-central part of the San Joaquin Valley using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) methods. Analysis presented in Sneed and others (2018) is based, in part, on subsidence contours derived from InSAR data for January 2008–January 2010, and are presented in this data release.

Tags: biota, insar, interferometric-synthetic-aperture-radar, subsidence, usgs-627599b8d34e8d45aa6e2290
Organization: Department of the Interior