AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Thermal infrared and photogrammetric data collected by small unoccupied aircraft system for the evaluation of wetland restoration design at Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Small unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) are now often used for collecting aerial visible image data and creating 3D digital surface models (DSM) that incorporate terrain and dense vegetation. Lightweight thermal sensors provide another sensor option for generation of sub meter resolution aerial thermal infrared orthophotos that can be used to infer hydrogeological processes. UAS-based sensors allow for the rapid and safe survey of groundwater discharge areas, often present in inaccessible, boggy, and/or dangerous terrain. Visible light and thermal infrared image data were collected March 2018 and March 2019, respectively, at Tidmarsh Farms, a former commercial cranberry bog located in coastal Massachusetts, USA (41°54'17.6"N 70°34'17.4"W), where a comprehensive stream and wetland restoration was performed. Wetland restoration actions at Tidmarsh Farms were made possible by a landowner decision to enroll in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Wetland Reserve Easement Program. The Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration (MDER) later became the lead manager for the design, permitting, and implementation of stream and wetland restoration actions on the site.
                In 2017, after the completion of the largest freshwater wetland restoration in Massachusetts to date, the property was purchased by the Massachusetts Audubon Society who in 2018 opened the Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary to the public.

Tags: aerial-photography, drone, environment, geophysics, geoscientificinformation, groundwater, groundwater-and-surface-water-interaction, hydrogeology, hydrology, image-collections, inlandwaters, massachusetts, plymouth, remote-sensing, seepage, surface-water, surface-water-non-marine, thermal-imaging, tidmarsh-farm, uas, unmanned-aircraft-system, unoccupied-aircraft-system, usgs-5cd6bb45e4b041d8a7f37963, water-temperature
Organization: Department of the Interior
Demographic Parameters for Svalbard Pink-Footed Geese, 1991-2018

This dataset provides demographic information for the Svalbard population of pink-footed geese from 1991 to 2018.  Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Tags: belgium, biota, demography, denmark, harvest, netherlands, norway, population, reproduction, survival, svalbard, usgs-5cc8890ee4b09b8c0b77f1cd
Organization: Department of the Interior
Pathology and bacteriology of 178 tadpoles with histologically confirmed Severe Perkinsea Infections: Data

(i) This dataset presents macroscopic and microscopic pathological findings and bacteriology of 178 tadpoles diagnosed with Severe Perkinsea Infections.  
(ii) Specimen were collected and submitted to the NWHC as part of mortality investigations and collection of specimen from apparently healthy populations as part of ongoing amphibian health monitoring. 
(iii) Necropsies and gross evaluation of carcasses were carried out under a dissecting microscope.  
(iv) Severe Perkinsea Infection was confirmed in each specimen by histological observation of pathological changes in tissues with presence of Perkinsea-like organisms in at least one organ, including brain, eyes, gastrointestinal tract, gills, heart, liver, lungs, kidney, pancreas, skeletal muscle, skin, spinal cord, spleen, and thyroid gland.  
(v) For each carcass, the overall extent in percentage, and distribution of the histologic lesions on hematoxylin and eosin slides, the distribution of the Perkinsea-like organisms in different organs (including hypnospore-like and trophozoite-like organisms), and the trophozoite-like/hypnospore-like estimated ratio (T/H) in liver were assessed by a board-certificated veterinary pathologist (MIA).  
(vi) Fresh liver or spleens of a subset of specimens were processed for bacterial testing.

Tags: amphibian, biota, case-definition, disease, emerging-infectious-disease, histopathy, pathogenesis, pathogenic-perkinsea-clade, ranavirus, tadpoles, usgs-5c59fb93e4b070828900ec50
Organization: Department of the Interior
Topographic LiDAR surveys of rivers in Alaska, August 27-September 1, 2018

The U.S. Geological Survey in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) collected topographic LiDAR surveys of six rivers in Alaska from August 27- September 1, 2018 to support research related to remote sensing of river discharge. Data were acquired for the Knik, Matanuska, Chena, Salcha, Tanana and Snow Rivers using a Riegl VQ-480 LiDAR. The LiDAR was installed on a Robinson R44 Raven helicopter in a HeliPod that was designed and operated by CRREL. The LiDAR data included as part of this release include: a bare earth digital elevation model (DEM) and compressed binary LAS point cloud files (LAZ format) for each river surveyed.

Tags: chena-river, knik-river, lidar, matanuska-river, remote-sensing, salcha-river, snow-river, tanana-river, usgs-5c599dd5e4b070828900e3d5
Organization: Department of the Interior
Physical and Statistical Simulations of Daily Streamflow (2000-2010) across the Continental United States for an Analysis of Blended Simulation Methods

This data set serves to archive the data, analysis and models of the associated publication entitled “Calibration of the USGS National Hydrologic Model in Ungauged Basins Using Statistical At-Site Streamflow Simulations” as published in the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering.  The input data files included here as comma-separated values contain measured streamflow, streamflow simulated by the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System calibrated to measured streamflow, streamflow simulated by the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System calibrated to streamflow simulated by pooled ordinary kriging, and streamflow simulated by pooled ordinary kriging at 1,410 streamgage locations across the United States.  These data sets, built on previously published models, are assessed in the included analysis script (R programming language) to reproduce the findings of the associated manuscript.  The manuscript argues that statistically generated daily streamflow can be used to support the ability of physical models to represent hydrologic processes at ungauged locations.  The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility of using simulations in place of measured streamflow to calibrate physical models in ungauged basins. Calibrating with statistically simulated streamflow produced performances within 23% of applications with knowledge of at-site measurements.  Furthermore, statistically generated streamflows produced accurate timing information, which, when combined with alternative data sets (e.g., evapotranspiration, recharge, etc.), can be used to improve representation of hydrologic processes at ungauged locations.

Tags: streamflow-simulation, usgs-5c58cc46e4b0708288ff2b8c
Organization: Department of the Interior
Map of study area for canopy status assessment in 2015

This dataset describes the boundary of the study area used to analyze regeneration and change in status of native ohia forests in the wet habitat on the eastern side of the island of Hawaii. This area includes forests that were heavily impacted by landscape-level canopy dieback in the 1970s as well as forests that were not affected with tree canopy death or defoliation.

Tags: biota, canopy-dieback, metrosideros-polymorpha, ohia, regeneration, usgs-5c5dfa28e4b0fe48cb32e7d2
Organization: Department of the Interior
Projected flood extent polygons and flood depth points based on 10-, 50-, 100-, and 500-year wave-energy return periods, with and without coral reefs, for the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands (the islands of Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas)

This part of the data release presents projected flooding extent polygon (flood masks) and flooding depth points (flood points) shapefiles based on wave-driven total water levels for the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands (the islands of Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas). For each island there are 8 associated flood mask and flood depth shapefiles: one for each four nearshore wave energy return periods (rp; 10-, 50-, 100-, and 500-years) and both with (wrf) and without (worf) the presence of coral reefs. Flooding depth point data are also presented as a comma-separated value (.csv) text file.

Tags: cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, coastal-processes, coral-reef, coral-reef-communities, environment, flooding, geoscientificinformation, habitat, oceans, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, reef, reef-ecosystems, saint-croix, saint-john, saint-thomas, st-croix, st-john, st-thomas, u-s-geological-survey, u-s-virgin-islands, united-states-of-america, usgs, usgs-5c58ab28e4b0708288ff2aa2, usvi, virgin-islands
Organization: Department of the Interior
Magnetotelluric data from Mountain Pass, CA, 2015, station mp114

This dataset consists of 65 magnetotelluric (MT) stations collected in 2015 near Mountain Pass, California. The U.S. Geological Survey acquired these data to create a regional conductivity model near the Mountain Pass mine. This work is in support of characterizing mineral deposits.

Tags: apparent-resistivity, california, cenozoic, clark-mountain, earth-magnetic-field, electromagnetic-surveying, geology-minerals-energy-and-geophysics-science-center, geophysics, geoscientificinformation, gmegsc, impedance, ivanpah, magnetotelluric-surveying, magnetotellurics, mescal-ranges, mesozoic, mineral-resources-program, mojave, mountain-pass, mrp, mt, paleozoic, phase, proterozoic, san-bernardino-county, time-series, tipper, usgs-5c818f5fe4b09388244765bb
Organization: Department of the Interior
Human use and activities at two urban riparian forest restoration sites in Indiana, USA, May-Sept, 2016

The data consists of date and time of use, activity and number of individuals visiting specific sites. This data was collected by using camera traps to monitor visitors of two mitigation areas that are being restored to riparian forests.

Tags: allen-county, bluffton-native-waterway, deetz-nature-preserve, environment, human-use, indiana, indiana-park-systems, nature-conservation, ouabache-state-park, restoration-site, riparian-forests, river-greenway-trail, trail-use, usgs-5c783374e4b0fe48cb4f4ff9, wells-county
Organization: Department of the Interior
Vegetation and ‘ōhi‘a mortality data collected during the 2016 survey of lower Puna, Hawai`i

Vegetation and ‘ōhi‘a mortality data collected during the 2016 survey of lower Puna District, Hawai`i. Data were collected at points along rural highways, secondary roads and residential streets where trained observers recorded the vegetation within a 50 m radius using the Jacobi (1989) rapid assessment. This description included tree crown cover, tree height, tree species composition, and ground cover or understory type. In addition, the proportion of dead ‘ōhi‘a was estimated, in 5% intervals, for each quarter of the station starting with the NE quadrant and proceeding counter clockwise.

Tags: biota, hawaii-usa, hia-mortality, point-transect-distance-sampling, puna-district, rapid-ohia-death, usgs-5c74a400e4b0fe48cb484078
Organization: Department of the Interior
Point transect distance data from 2003 and 2016 surveys of lower Puna, Hawai`i

Point transect distance sampling data collected during the 2003 to 2016 surveys of lower Puna District, Hawai`i. Data were collected at points along rural highways, secondary roads and residential streets where trained observers recorded the detection type (heard, seen, or heard then seen) and horizontal distance (exact distance in m) from the station center point to individual birds detected during an 8-min count. The data set also includes covariates that may influence the detectability of birds.

Tags: biota, hawaii-usa, point-transect-distance-sampling, population-declines, puna-district, rapid-ohia-death, usgs-5c74a36ae4b0fe48cb484070
Organization: Department of the Interior
Locality based caddisfly (Hydropsyche oslari) sampling data and CO1 sequences from the southwestern United States, 2013–2016

These data were compiled for a mtDNA (CO1 gene) analysis of net-spinning caddisflies (Hydropsyche oslari) in the Colorado River Basin of the western United States. They were incorporated in a study that investigated the genetic diversity and population structure of H. oslari relative to the river network structure in the Upper and Lower Colorado River Basins. The data were collected from 2015 to 2016 through a collaboration with river runners. These citizen scientists collected insects by deploying light traps for one hour each night of their expedition. Light trap contents were preserved in ethanol on site and returned to the Southwest Biological Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona for analysis in the laboratory.

Tags: aquatic-biology, aquatic-ecosystems, aquatic-macroinvertebrate, arizona, biota, caddisfly, colorado, colorado-river, colorado-river-basin, dendritic-ecological-networks, dispersal-organisms, flaming-gorge, genetics, grand-canyon, grand-canyon-east, grand-canyon-west, green-river, gunnison-river, hydropsyche-oslari, hydropsychidae, lodore-canyon, molecular-biology, molecular-tools, river-ecosystems, river-network-structure, trichoptera, usgs-5c746525e4b0fe48cb483c6e, utah, whirlpool-canyon, yampa-river
Organization: Department of the Interior
Chirp and minisparker seismic-reflection data of field activity L-1-06-SF collected offshore Bolinas to San Francisco, California from 2006-09-25 to 2006-10-03

High-resolution single-channel Chirp and minisparker seismic-reflection data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in September and October 2006, offshore Bolinas to San Francisco, California. Data were collected aboard the R/V Lakota, during field activity L-1-06-SF. Chirp data were collected using an EdgeTech 512 chirp subbottom system and were recorded with a Triton SB-Logger. Minisparker data were collected using a SIG 2-mille minisparker sound source combined with a single-channel streamer, and both were recorded with a Triton SB-Logger.

Tags: bathymetry-and-elevation, bolinas, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, elevation, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, golden-gate, marine-geophysics, north-pacific-ocean, ocean-beach, oceans, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pacific-ocean, pcmsc, san-francisco, seismic-reflection-profiling, state-of-california, sub-bottom-profiling, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-5c7439bee4b0fe48cb482237
Organization: Department of the Interior
Water-Use Flowmeter Readings in the Mississippi Delta from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Delta Voluntary Metering Program, 2014-2017

This dataset contains a zipped file of 4 files that contain measurements of total groundwater used in all permitted wells for aquaculture and irrigation purposes in the Mississippi Delta for each year from 2014 to 2017.  The files in this dataset are measurements provided by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and were made using totalizing flowmeters installed on wells and reported to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality voluntarily.

Tags: aquaculture, biota, flowmeter, irrigation, mississippi, mississippi-delta, usgs-5c7436b5e4b0fe48cb481fe4, water-use
Organization: Department of the Interior
Evaluation of Bayluscide 3.2% Granular Sea Lamprey Larvicide Sinking Rate data

The lampricide formulation 3.2% Bayluscide® Granular Sea Lamprey Larvicide (gB) is applied at the water’s surface and falls through the water column to the benthic habitat of larval sea lamprey. Knowledge of how gB falls through the water column is critical to effective delivery of the time release formulation. The average sinking rate of gB was determined at a temperature of 15.0⁰C (13.8-16.0⁰C). Water depth did not have a statistically significant effect on gB sinking rate. The average sinking rate was found to be 7.01 cm/sec (0.230 ft/sec) which corresponds to a falling rate of 14.3 sec/meter (4.35 sec/ft). Average time to Bayluscide release is 218 seconds. A model was created to predict how big of a buffer region is required in different lotic

Tags: biota, granular-bayer, larvicide, niclosamide, sea-lamprey, usgs-5c73ee9ce4b0fe48cb47e50c
Organization: Department of the Interior
Magnetotelluric data from Mountain Pass, CA, 2015, station mp107

This dataset consists of 65 magnetotelluric (MT) stations collected in 2015 near Mountain Pass, California. The U.S. Geological Survey acquired these data to create a regional conductivity model near the Mountain Pass mine. This work is in support of characterizing mineral deposits.

Tags: apparent-resistivity, california, cenozoic, clark-mountain, earth-magnetic-field, electromagnetic-surveying, geology-minerals-energy-and-geophysics-science-center, geophysics, geoscientificinformation, gmegsc, impedance, ivanpah, magnetotelluric-surveying, magnetotellurics, mescal-ranges, mesozoic, mineral-resources-program, mojave, mountain-pass, mrp, mt, paleozoic, phase, proterozoic, san-bernardino-county, time-series, tipper, usgs-5c818985e4b0938824476584
Organization: Department of the Interior
WATSTORE Peak flow data for 2 peak-flow frequency analyses for Elk Creek at Augusta, Montana, based on data through water year 2018.

This file (wymt_ffa_2018A_WATSTORE.txt) contains peak flow data for 2 peak-flow frequency analyses for Elk Creek at Augusta, Montana, based on data through water year 2018. The file is in a text format called WATSTORE (National Water Data Storage and Retrieval System) available from NWISWeb (http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/peak).

Tags: lewis-and-clark-county, montana, peak-flow-data, streamflow-data, streamgage-measurement, usgs-5c76f720e4b0fe48cb4c8d4a
Organization: Department of the Interior
Fungicides in nectar and pollen collected by bumble bees in a cherry orchard

Lab-reared colonies of Bombus huntii (Hunt bumble bee) were deployed in a commercial cherry orchard in the spring of 2016. A fungicide formulation containing boscalid (25.2%) and pyraclostrobin (12.8%) was applied one time at the recommended label rate. Nectar and pollen were collected daily, beginning two days before spray application and continuing for ten days following. Nectar samples were extracted with acetonitrile and cleaned up using dispersive solid-phase extraction with primary-secondary amine, C18, and magnesium sulfate. Pollen samples were extracted with ethyl acetate. Both types of samples were analyzed by GC-MS/MS for boscalid and pyraclostrobin. Fungicide concentrations in nectar varied spatially (by hive) and temporally. Individual pollen balls were visually identified as to primary and secondary plant sources. Pollen primarily from cherries contained the highest concentrations of the fungicides. There are 2 csv sets related to this data release.

Tags: agriculture, agrochemicals, bombus, ecotoxicology, fungicides, oregon, pesticide-and-herbicide-contamination, pesticides, spring, united-states, usgs-5c7073c1e4b0fe48cb43fc52, year
Organization: Department of the Interior
Minisparker seismic-reflection data collected southwest of Montague Island and southwest of Chenega, Alaska during field activity 2014-622-FA

High-resolution single channel minisparker seismic-reflection data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in May 2014 in southern Prince William Sound southwest of Chenega and from southwest of Montague Island, Alaska. Data were collected aboard the Alaska Department of Fish and Game vessel, R/V Solstice, during field activity 2014-622-FA, using a 500 Joule SIG 2-mille minisparker sound source and a single channel streamer and recorded with a Triton SB-Logger.

Tags: acoustic-methods, bainbridge-passage, chenega-island, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, dangerous-passage, distributions, evans-island, geophysics, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, gulf-of-alaska, icy-bay, jackpot-bay, knight-island-passage, mapping, marine-geophysics, montague-island, montague-strait, nassau-bay, north-pacific-ocean, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pacific-ocean, pcmsc, port-bainbridge, prince-william-sound, seabed, seismic-reflection-profiling, state-of-alaska, sub-bottom-profiling, substrate, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-5c5ccd12e4b0fe48cb31259d, whale-bay
Organization: Department of the Interior
Summary Metadata – Landslide Inventories across the United States

Landslides are damaging and deadly, and they occur in every U.S. state. However, our current ability to understand landslide hazards at the national scale is limited, in part because spatial data on landslide occurrence across the U.S. varies greatly in quality, accessibility, and extent. Landslide inventories are typically collected and maintained by different agencies and institutions, usually within specific jurisdictional boundaries, and often with varied objectives and information attributes or even in disparate formats. The purpose of this data release is to provide an openly accessible, centralized map of existing information on landslide occurrence across the entire U.S. The data release includes digital inventories created by both USGS and non-USGS authors. It provides an integrated database of all the landslides with a selection of uniform attributes, but also includes links to the original digital inventory files (whenever available). Given the wide range of landslide information sources in this data compilation, we also provide an attribute to assess the relative confidence in the characterization of the location and extent of each landslide. Further details about each landslide and more recent information (when it exists) can be accessed by clicking the “more information” attribute link to the original source information. This database will be updated intermittently and was most recently updated in March 2019. Please contact gs-haz_landslides_inventory@usgs.gov for more information on how to contribute additional inventories to this community effort.

Tags: geologic-hazards-science-center, geology, geoscientificinformation, ghsc, gis, ground-failure, landslide, landslide-hazard, landslide-hazard-program, landslides, usgs, usgs-5c7065b4e4b0fe48cb43fbd7
Organization: Department of the Interior
Burmese python environmental DNA data, and environmental covariates, collected from wading bird aggregations and control sites in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, United States, in 2017

Environmental DNA (eDNA) water samples were collected at 15 tree islands containing wading bird breeding colonies (order Pelecaniformes) and 15 empty control islands in the central Everglades of Florida in spring of 2017 (April through June) and analyzed for the presence of eDNA from invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus).   
The Burmese python is now established as a breeding population throughout south Florida, USA. Pythons can consume large quantities of prey and may be a particular threat to wading bird breeding colonies in the Everglades. To quantify python occupancy rates at tree islands where wading birds breed, we utilized environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis—a genetic tool which detects shed DNA in water samples and provides high detection probabilities compared to traditional survey methods. We fitted multi-scale Bayesian occupancy models to test the prediction that Burmese pythons occupy islands with wading bird colonies in the central Everglades at higher rates compared to representative control islands in the same region containing no breeding birds.

Tags: broward, droplet-digital-pcr, environmental-dna, everglades, invasive-species, miami-dade, multi-scale-occupancy-model, non-invasive-detection, python, usgs-5c703718e4b0fe48cb43f95b, wildlife-biology
Organization: Department of the Interior