AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Species distribution model (SDM) for Eriogonum inflatum in the Mojave Desert

Preserving native species diversity is fundamental to ecosystem conservation. Selecting appropriate native species for use in restoration is a critical component of project design and may emphasize species attributes such as life history, functional type, pollinator services, and nutritional value for wildlife. Determining which species are likely to establish and persist in a particular environment is a key consideration. Species distribution models (SDMs) characterize relationships between species occurrences and the physical environment (e.g., climate, soil, topographic relief) and provide a mechanism for assessing which species may successfully propagate at a restoration site. In conjunction with information on species attributes, SDMs facilitate holistic ecosystem restoration by enabling practitioners to identify diverse, resilient assemblages of native species. This project develops SDMs for native species of fundamental ecosystem importance in order to guide restoration of Mojave Desert landscapes. The dataset contained herein provides an SDM for Eriogonum inflatum within its Mojave Desert range based on known occurrences.

Tags: arizona, biogeography, biota, california, habitats, maps-and-atlases, mojave, native-plant-materials-development, native-species, nevada, species-distribution-model, usgs-61f8702cd34e622189c2a6bb, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sprague River Oregon Centerline 2005

The Sprague River drains 4090 square kilometers in south-central Oregon before flowing into the Williamson 
River and upper Klamath Lake. In cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the USGS and University 
of Oregon conducted a study to evaluate channel and floodplain processes for the 131 km of the Sprague River 
and its major tributaries, including the lower 20 km of the South Fork Sprague River, the lower 16 km of the North 
Fork Sprague River, and the lower 62 km of the Sycan River. The study involved multiple analyses, including 
assessments of historical channel change, riparian and floodplain vegetation, and surficial geology. To support 
these analyses, digital floodplain and channel maps were prepared from historic notes, maps, and aerial photos 
to depict channel and floodplain conditions at different times between 1866 and 2005. The geospatial database 
of current and historic channel and floodplain conditions will also enable evaluation of long-term trends pertaining 
to aquatic and riparian habitat conditions.

Tags: channel-analysis, floodplain-analysis, geomorphology, inlandwaters, klamath-basin, sprague-river-oregon, usgs-7d3aa3b2-0241-458a-bceb-a7e482737c6a
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sediment grain size in the Elwha River estuary, Washington, from 2013 and 2014.

This portion of the data release presents sediment grain-size data from samples collected in the Elwha River estuary, Washington, in July 2013 and June 2014 (USGS Field Activities L-15-13-PS and 2014-628-FA). Surface sediment was collected from one location in 2013 and five locations in 2014 using a using a push core. The locations of grab samples were determined with a hand-held global positioning system (GPS). The cores were split into one- to three-centimeter sections. The grain-size distributions of samples were determined using standard techniques developed by the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center sediment lab. Size fractions are defined as gravel (greater than 2 mm), sand (63 micron to 2 mm), silt (4 micron to 63 micron), clay (less than 4 micron), and mud (less than 63 micron). The grain-size data are provided in a comma-delimited spreadsheet (.csv).

Tags: clallam-county, elwha-river, grain-size-analysis, oceans, olympic-peninsula, sediment, sediment-transport, sedimentation, state-of-washington, strait-of-juan-de-fuca, substrate, usgs-58f51816e4b0f6ac3c40393b
Organization: Department of the Interior
Deep SEARCH eDNA metabarcoding data

The Deep SEARCH Project (Deep sea exploration to advance research on cold corals/canyon/cold seep habitats) included a cruise in April 2019 aboard the NOAA ship Ron Brown to various sites along the Mid-Atlantic North American coast. An ROV was used to collect samples of bottom water at these sites, which were then subjected to eDNA extraction and analyses. This data release describes what samples were collected for eDNA analyses, and how eDNA was extracted, sequenced, and bioinformatically analyzed.

Tags: biota, environmental-dna, environmental-dna-metabarcoding, eukaryotic-18s-rdna-metabarcoding, eukaryotic-cox1-mitochondrial-metabarcoding, ocean-metagenome, usgs-66859dddd34e8a8b016cd9f3
Organization: Department of the Interior
2005 USGS Post-Hurricane Rita Texas and Louisiana Lidar-Derived Dune Crest, Toe and Shoreline

The Storm-Induced Coastal Change Hazards component of the National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards project focuses on understanding the magnitude and variability of extreme storm impacts on sandy beaches. Lidar-derived beach morphologic features such as dune crest, toe and shoreline help define the vulnerability of the beach to storm impacts. This dataset defines the elevation and position of the seaward-most dune crest and toe and the mean high water shoreline derived from the 2005 USGS Post-Hurricane Rita Texas and Louisiana lidar survey. Beach width is included and is defined as the distance between the dune toe and shoreline along a cross-shore profile. The beach slope is calculated using this beach width and the elevation of the shoreline and dune toe.

Tags: cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, coastal-processes, elevation, environment, geoscientificinformation, gulf-of-mexico, hazards, louisiana, marine-geology, ocean-sciences, oceans, spcmsc, st-petersburg-coastal-and-marine-science-center, texas, u-s-geological-survey, united-states-of-america, usgs, usgs-c7b767a7-91e5-427d-ae9e-7101b5cd3ad6
Organization: Department of the Interior
Marine Arctic polygon distribution of Fourline Snakeblenny (Eumesogrammus praecisus) (Krøyer, 1837)

Region(s) of distribution of Fourline Snakeblenny (Eumesogrammus praecisus) (Krøyer, 1837) in the Arctic as digitized for U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2016-5038. For details on the project and purpose, see the report at https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20165038. Complete metadata for the collection of species datasets is in the metadata document "Dataset_for_Alaska_Marine_Fish_Ecology_Catalog.xml" at https://doi.org/10.5066/F7M61HD7. Source(s) for this digitized data layer are listed in the metadata Process Steps section. Note that the original source may show an extended area; some datasets were limited to the published map boundary. Distributions of marine fishes are shown in adjacent Arctic seas where reliable data are available. The data were clipped to show only the marine distribution areas although some species also may have an inland presence.

Tags: alaska, arctic, beaufort-sea, bering-sea, bering-strait, biogeography, chukchi-beaufort-lease-area, chukchi-sea, distributions, ecology, eumesogrammus-praecisus, fish, fourline-snakeblenny, kroyer-1837, marine, marine-fishery-resources, northeast-russia, northwest-canada, northwest-territories, nunavut, u-s-exclusive-economic-zone, usgs-58812c2de4b00a062356ff09, yukon
Organization: Department of the Interior
Potential suitable habitat for Red Rock poppy (Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. twisselmannii) in the California desert

Here we present the map of potential suitable habitat for Red Rock poppy (Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. twisselmannii). The data indicate both how many models predicted each location to be potentially suitable for the species and the average standardized habitat suitability score for each location.Data are presented at a spatial resolution of 10 m pixels, which was required to harmonize the original model inputs. However, maps of suitable habitat should be used at a resolution no smaller than 360 m (i.e., 36 pixels x 36 pixels), which corresponds with the resolution of the coarsest model input. These data are intended to be used only to target future plant surveys in areas where new occurrences are most likely to benefit future habitat modelling efforts. Complete methods and other additional information are provided in the article associated with this data release (Reese and others, 2019).

Tags: biota, species-distribution-model, usgs-5c996513e4b0b8a7f6289196
Organization: Department of the Interior
Topographic measurements of Little Holland Tract, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, 2015, using backpack GPS

Topographic data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 2015 for Little Holland Tract in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, California. The data were collected on foot using a global positioning system (GPS) backpack platform that consisted of survey-grade Trimble R10 and R7 global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers with Zephyr 2 antennas. Orthometric elevations relative to NAVD88 were computed using the National Geodetic Survey Geoid12a, and the final data were projected in Cartesian coordinates using the UTM Zone 10 North (meters) (NAD83[2011]) coordinate system. The mean estimated vertical uncertainty of the 2015 USGS GPS backpack survey is 3.5 cm. 

Tags: bathymetry-and-elevation, elevation, global-positioning-system-gps-observations, gps-global-positioning-system, gps-measurement, liberty-island, little-holland-tract, sacramento-river-deep-water-ship-channel, sacramento-san-joaquin-delta, solano-county, usgs-56671ef1e4b06a3ea36c8bf5, yolo-county
Organization: Department of the Interior
Preserving Tree-Ring Datasets for Climate and Hazard Research and Understanding Societal Impacts: Colorado Fire, Climate, Humans

Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colorado. Sample Collection: Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), Bristlecone pine (Pinus aristate), and Limber pine (Pinus flexilis) living in lower and upper montane slopes of the Culebra Range (~Latitude 37˚N, ~Longitude -105˚W WGS84). The Fire-Climate-Human NGGDPP archive collection was obtained in two separate field campaigns. 1) CSU/USFS-led Bar-NI Fire History (Huckaby and Fornwalt, 2001). Sixty-six fire scar cross-sections were collected using a hand saw or chain saw from living, standing dead, and remnant wood at Bar-NI Ranch (37.15°N, -105.02°W). 2) USGS-led fire history (Brice and Kehrwald, 2023). Twenty-two fire scar cross-sections were collected using a hand saw or chain saw from living, standing dead, and remnant wood at Trinchera Ranch (37.41°N, -105.37°W).  Samples were processed following standard dendrochronological methods, including sample surface preparation and visual cross-dating. The annual ring-widths were measured to 0.001mm precision from the digital imagery using Coorecorder measuring software. Visual crossdating was verified statistically using the ring-width measurements in the program COFECHA v.6.06P. Measurement data are not available for cross-sections with tree-growth complacency or hypersensitivity precluding robust statistical crossdating. Ring-width analysis results of these collections have not been published. These tree cross-sections now require preservation. Currently, the physical samples are too large to share outside the project location. To overcome this challenge, we used high resolution digital photography to capture images of each sample using a system custom designed for digitizing tree rings. Digital images obtained for this archive can then be stored and used by researchers, communities and teachers and students at all education levels.

Tags: archive, bar-ni-ranch, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, colorado, culebra, dendrochronology, drought-history, environmental, fire-history, paleo, san-luis-valley, trinchera-ranch, usgs-66c4a31bd34e03388288d2c9
Organization: Department of the Interior
Wind rose plots for the volcano: 225006  Manzaz Volcanic Field

This zip folder contains ASCII text files of vectors at the specified volcano at 
12-hour intervals, 
from January 1, 1990 through December 28, 2009.  
The wind vectors are divided into five files, names by their elevation range above 
sea level in the atmosphere: 00-05km.txt; 05-11km.txt; 11-16km.txt; 16-24km.txt; 
and 24-30km.txt. 
The zip folder also contains a subfolder "figures", with Wind rose plots of wind 
direction and speed over 
this time period.  The plots are by season, and by elevation, given a total of 20 
plots (4 seasons, 5 
elevation ranges).  A summary plot is also included which gives the year-round 
wind pattern at the volcano, 
at 0-5 km elevation.  Plots are in both jpg and pdf format.

Tags: meteorology, usgs-58d010c2e4b0236b68f5293c, volcanic-ash, volcanic-eruption-forecasting, wind
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geophysical Data from the 2014 Minute 319 Pulse Flow in the Colorado River Delta

Geophysical methods were used to monitor infiltration during a pulse flow release of water in the Colorado River delta in Mar-May 2014. Electromagnetic-induction methods were used at 14 transects in the limitrophe reach of the River between the U.S. and Mexico, and further south in Mexico. These data are sensitive to variation in soil texture and water content. The repeat direct-current resistivity method was used at two locations to monitor groundwater elevation. Repeat microgravity measurements were made at 25 locations in the southern limitrophe reach to quantify aquifer storage change and specific yield.

Tags: consecutive-days, geophysics, hydrology, usgs-54247f6de4b037b608f9edd6
Organization: Department of the Interior
Digital Orthorectified Aerial Image of Cottonwood Lake Study Area Wetland T1 from 1995

Orthorectified image from aerial photograph of wetland T1 in the Cottonwood Lake Study Area, Stutsman County, North Dakota. This image is part of a collection of photographs of the study area acquired during July and early August from 1975 to 2015.

Tags: aerial-photography, chase-lake-wetland-management-districtgtstutsman-county-waterfowl-production-areagteddy, chase-lake-wetland-management-districtgtstutsman-county-waterfowl-production-areagtshuler, cottonwood-lake-study-area, earth-sciencegtbiospheregtecosystemsgtaquatic-ecosystemsgtwetlands, earth-sciencegtbiospheregtecosystemsgtterrestrial-ecosystemsgtwetlands, environment, image-collections, imagerybasemapsearthcover, inlandwaters, north-dakota, northern-great-plains, platformgtaerial-photographs, prairie-pothole-region, stutsman-county, surface-water-non-marine, united-states-of-america, usgs-5880e0eae4b0eeea75d2769f, wetland-ecosystems
Organization: Department of the Interior
DS926 Digital surfaces and thicknesses of selected hydrogeologic units of the Floridan aquifer system in Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina -- Raster surface depicting the top of the LISAPCU

Digital surfaces and thicknesses of selected hydrogeologic units of the Floridan aquifer system 
were developed to define an updated hydrogeologic framework as part of the U.S. Geological 
Survey Groundwater Resources Program. This feature class contains a gridded surface 
depicting the top of the Lisbon-Avon Park composite unit in feet relative to NGVD29.

Tags: alabama, altitude, confining-unit, environment, florida, floridan-aquifer-system, geology, georgia, geoscientificinformation, gridded-surface, hydrogeology, inlandwaters, lisapcu, lisbon-avon-park, raster, regional-groundwater-availability-study, south-carolina, stratigraphy, thickness, united-states-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-0e0b50fd-a9b6-4a4e-96f5-d04828a565ea
Organization: Department of the Interior
California Pronghorn Likely Tables Migration Stopovers

The Likely Tables herd contains migrants, but this herd does not migrate between traditional summer and winter seasonal ranges. Instead, much of the herd displays a nomadic tendency, slowly migrating north for the summer using various high use areas as they move. Therefore, annual ranges were modeled using year-round data to demarcate high use areas in lieu modeling specific winter ranges. A high use area being used during winter by many of the collared animals is west of the Warner Mountains, east of U.S. Highway 395, and north of Moon Lake. Some animals live in the agricultural fields west of U.S. Highway 395. There appears to be little if any movement across the highway, which is fenced on both sides in this area. Summer ranges are spread out, with some individuals moving as far north as Goose Lake. A few outliers in the herd moved long distances south toward the Lassen herd or east to Nevada. Drought, increasing fire frequency, invasive annual grasses, and juniper encroachment negatively affect pronghorn habitat. Recent population surveys indicate a declining population (Trausch and others, 2020). Juniper removal on public and private lands have potential to improve habitat quality and potentially reduce predation (Ewanyk, 2020). Fences on public and private lands affect movement corridors and increase crossing and/or migration times. Recent fence modifications on BLM lands have shown potential to ease pronghorn movements (Hudgens, 2022).
These mapping layers show the location of the migration stopovers for pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) in the Likely Tables population in California. They were developed from 29 migration sequences collected from a sample size of 17 animals comprising GPS locations collected every 1-4 hours.

Tags: alturas, animal-behavior, biota, california, migration-organisms, migratory-species, united-states, usgs-6584b4cad34eff134d42d9e1
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sage sparrow distribution in the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment area

Map of sage sparrow distribution developed from an abundance map created using multi-scale vegetation, abiotic, and anthropogenic features.

Tags: biota, colorado, distribution, environment, environment-and-conservation, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, idaho, modeling, montana, sage-sparrow, scientific-interpretation, shrubland-ecosystems, united-states, usgs-6488c6eed34ef77fcafe3fb9, utah, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Esri Binary 2-m Bathymetric Grid of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H12296 in Block Island Sound (H12296_2M_GEO, Geographic, WGS 84)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Bathymetric and sidescan-sonar data, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provide a fundamental framework for research and management activities along this part of Block Island Sound, show the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provide information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. During June 2012, bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of a ground-truth reconnaissance survey of this area. Interpretations were derived from the multibeam-echosounder, sidescan-sonar, sedimentary, and photographic data collected in Block Island Sound. For more information on the ground-truth survey see &lt;http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2012-002-FA&gt;.

Tags: arcraster-binary-grid, atlantic-ocean, bathymetry, block-island-sound, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, elevation, geospatial-datasets, grid, h12296, info-bank-id-r-02-12-li, marine-geophysics, multibeam-bathymetry, multibeam-sonar, national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration, noaa, noaa-survey-h12296, north-america, oceans, reson-7125, rhode-island, sea-floor-characteristics, u-s-east-coast, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-6fbaeb74-d6cb-4fdf-95c4-03b55f0b0c40, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hyperspectral and RGB image data used to map salmon spawning locations on the American River, California, November 5-7, 2018

An unmanned aerial system (UAS) was used to acquire red/green/blue (RGB) and hyperspectral image data from the American River in California November 5-7, 2018, to support research on remote sensing of rivers, specifically mapping salmon spawning locations (redds) as part of an overall salmon habitat assessment program. The RGB images were acquired uisng a DJI MAtrice 210 equipped with a Zenmuse 4S optical camera. Imagery was collected along several parallel flight lines to ensure full coverage of the study reach. Raw Zenmuse images were georeferenced using real-time kinematic (RTK) global positioning system (GPS) and inertial motion unit (IMU) data recorded onboard the UAS and individual flight strips were combined into an orthorectified mosaic using Agisoft Metashape. The resulting orthoimage had a pixel size of 0.15 m. The georeferenced RGB ortho-image had accurate image coregistration with surveyed ground control targets used as checkpoints. 
The hyperspectral data were collected by the Nano-Hyperspec imaging system, manufactured by Headwall Photonics, Inc.  The flight was conducted by the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center and colleagues from the University of California Santa Barbara who also performed the initial radiometric and geometric data processing. The data were acquired from a DJI Matrice M600 UAS and have a spatial resolution (pixel size) of 0.15 m. The data set consists of 252 spectral bands spanning the visible and near infrared wavelength range from 398 - 956 nanometers.  Reflectance retrieval was performed using a calibration tarp as an in-scene white reference. The image pixel values represent reflectances and are stored as floating point 32-bit single precision numbers.  The image data file has a band sequential (BSQ) interleave and is in an ENVI-compatible file format with an associated header (*.hdr) text file. The initial hyperspectral ortho-image had poor alignment with field-surveyed ground control points (GCPs) and required additional georeferencing to improve horizontal accuracy. We used ENVI software tools to perform image-to-image registration using the RGB ortho-image as the base image and the hyperspectral image as the warp image. Following this initial radiometric and geometric processing, the hyperspectral ortho-mosaic was masked to include only the water area within the river channel. 
The images provided in this data release is focuses on the reach of the American River immediarely below Nimbus Dam.  Supporting field data from this reach were collected in coordination with the acquisition of the remotely sensed data.

Tags: american-river, california, hyperspectral, image, nimbus-dam, redd, remote-sensing, rgb, salmon, spawning, suas, usgs-5dcd7ed1e4b069579760af25
Organization: Department of the Interior