AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Summary of RHESSys Simulations of GI Sensitivity

Summary of RHESSys simulation output supporting the journal article title "Simulated Sensitivity of Urban Green Infrastructure Practices to Climate Change". 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Sarkar, S., J. Butcher, T. Johnson, and C. Clark. Simulated Sensitivity of Urban Green Infrastructure Practices to Climate Change.   Earth Interactions. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, USA, 22(13): 1-37, (2018).

Tags: bmp, climate, green-infrastructure, urban
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Urban soil hydrology, hydraulic conductivity measurements

We used field measurements of seldom-assessed hydraulic conductivity in urban locations.
Although emphasis is placed on soils as permeable surfaces that regulate the rainfall-runoff process, representative soil hydraulic and hydrologic parameters for urban areas are rare. The extent to which measured and commonly simulated hydraulic data may differ is also largely uncharacterized. As part of the EPA urban soil assessment infiltration and drainage rates were measured in 12 cities and compared these to estimates generated from the EPA National Stormwater Calculator (NSWC), USDA Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO), and USDA Rosetta. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Schifman, L., and W. Shuster. Comparison of Measured and Simulated Urban Soil Hydrologic Properties.   Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. American Society of Civil Engineers  (ASCE), Reston, VA, USA, 24(1): 04018056, (2019).

Tags: green-infrastructure, hydraulic-conductivity, national-stormwater-calculator, pedotransfer-functions, ssurgo, usda-rosetta
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Coliform persistence in aircraft water systems and assessment of disinfection and flushing procedures

In 2009, the EPA promulgated the Aircraft Drinking Water Rule (ADWR), which aims to ensure that safe and reliable drinking water is provided to aircraft passengers and crew.  The rule sets a schedule for disinfection, flushing and coliform/E. coli sampling, in addition to instituting best practices and operator training.  In this study, a full scale reproduction of an aircraft drinking water system was constructed at the Test and Evaluation (T&E) facility in Cincinnati, OH.  The water system was conditioned using municipal tap water with a mixture of free chlorine and chloramines, and subsequently contaminated with coliforms.   Disinfection was undertaken using two common airline industry methods: chlorine dioxide at 100 mg/L (or higher) for two hours, and ozone at 1 mg/L (or higher) for 5 minutes. After disinfection, the water system was flushed until no disinfectant residual remained and then filled with treated municipal drinking water.  

Results show that coliforms were not persistent on the aircraft plumbing surfaces, and no coliform positives were detected after disinfection and flushing.  The one exception was the aerator attached to the faucet typically installed in the lavatory, was positive for coliforms after disinfection. These data suggest that the faucet aerators could be a source of coliform contamination that may result in coliform positive samples taken under the ADWR.  Further experiments conducted on disinfection of aerators with glycolic acid and quaternary ammonia (both commonly used by the airlines) showed no detectable coliforms on coliform contaminated aerators after 30 minutes of soaking in the disinfectants.  However, many airlines disinfect aerators by the above methods or simply replace the aerators during each disinfection, effectively eliminating this potential source of coliform contamination. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Szabo, J., M. Rodgers, J. Mistry, J. Steenbock, J. Hoelle, and J. Hall. The effectiveness of disinfection and flushing procedures to prevent coliform persistence in aircraft water systems.   JOURNAL OF WATER SUPPLY: RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY - AQUA. IWA Publishing, London,  UK,  1-8, (2018).

Tags: aircraft-engines, chlorine-dioixde, drinking-water, drinking-water-distribution-system, e-coli, ozone
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Georgeite paper dataset in spreadsheet

The dataset represents data used to create tables and figures used in in manuscript. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Lytle, D., D. Wahman, M. Schock, M. Nadagouda, S. Harmon, K. Webster, and J. Botkins. Georgeite: A Rare Copper Mineral with Important Drinking Water Implications.   Chemical Engineering Journal. Elsevier BV, AMSTERDAM,  NETHERLANDS, 355: 1-10, (2019).

Tags: copper, drinking-water, georgeite
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Sr transfer

SR Transfer. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Melnyk, L., M. Donohue, M. Pham, and J. Donohue. Absorption of Strontium by Foods Prepared in Drinking Water.   American Journal of Public Health. American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, USA, 53: 22-26, (2019).

Tags: foods, relative-source-contribution, strontium, transfer, water
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Potential toxicity of complex mixtures in surface waters from a nationwide survey of United States streams: Identifying in vitro bioactivities and causative chemicals

In vitro biological activity data from a extracts of a nationwide survey of US streams. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Blackwell, B., G. Ankley, P. Bradley, K. Houck, S.S.  Makarov, A. Medvedev, J. Swintek, and D. Villeneuve. Potential toxicity of complex mixtures in surface waters from a nationwide survey of United States streams: Identifying in vitro bioactivities and causative chemicals.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, USA, 53(2): 973-983, (2019).

Tags: adverse-outcome-pathway, aquatic-ecosystems, ecotoxicology, endocrine-disruption, screening-and-prioritization
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Purpose Driven Reconciliation Approaches Estimate Chemical Releases DataSet

Curated input data for regression tree modeling, links for EPA sources of data, and glossary of terms used in the data are presented in a spreadsheet.  The data set has production volumes, emissions, and physicochemical properties for chemicals. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Meyer, D., V. Mittal, W. Ingwersen, G. Ruiz-Mercado, W. Barrett, M. Gonzalez, J. Abraham, and R. Smith. Purpose-Driven Reconciliation of Approaches to Estimate Chemical Releases.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, USA, 7(1): 1260-1270, (2019).

Tags: chemical-manufacture, data-mining, lci, process-design, simulation, us-epa-database
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Iodotyrosine deiodinase: mRNA expression and experimental inhibition study in Xenopus laevis

This excel file contains the resultant data from a study on iodotyrosine deiodinase in the model amphibian species, Xenopus laevis. These data include: tadpole growth and development, thyroid hormones in plasma and glands, and expression of thyroid-relevant genes. The initial worksheet tab that provides metadata for each dataset included in the other worksheets that make up the file. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Olker, J., J. Haselman, P. Kosian, K. Donnay, J. Korte, C. Blanksma, M. Hornung, and S. Degitz. Evaluating iodide recycling inhibition as a novel molecular initiating event for thyroid axis disruption in amphibians.   TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES. Society of Toxicology, RESTON, VA,  166(2): 318-331, (2018).

Tags: amphibian-metamorphosis, endocrine-disruption, iodine-deficiency, iodotyrosine-deiodinase, thyroid, xenopus-laevis
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Data contributed by EPA/ORD/NERL/CED researchers to the manuscript "Modelling black carbon absorption of solar radiation: combining external and internal mixing assumptions"

This dataset contains the data contributed by EPA/ORD/NERL/CED researchers to the manuscript "Modelling black carbon absorption of solar radiation: combining external and internal mixing assumptions" led by Dr. Gabriele Curci of the University of L’Aquila in L’Aquila, Italy. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Curci, G., U. Alyuz, R. Baro, R. Bianconi, J. Bieser, J. Christensen, A. Colette, A. Farrow, X. Francis, P. Jimenez-Guerrero, U. Im, P. Liu, A. Manders, L. Palacios-Pena, M. Prank, L. Pozzoli, R. Sokhi, E. Solazzo, P. Tuccella, A. Unal, M. Garcia Vivanco, C. Hogrefe, and S. Galmarini. Modelling black carbon absorption of solar radiation: combining external and internal mixing assumptions.   Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Copernicus Publications, Katlenburg-Lindau,  GERMANY, 19(1): 181-204, (2019).

Tags: aerosol-mixing-states, aerosol-optics, flexaod, model-intercomparison
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Calapooia_NInventory_2008

The dataset contains calculated results of annual and seasonal input of nitrogen from seven major sources in the Calapooia River Watershed and its subwatersheds. It also contains annual and seasonal export of nitrogen from crop harvest and stream export. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Lin, J., J. Compton, S. Leibowitz, G. Mueller-Warrant, W. Matthews, S. Schoenholz, D. Evans, and R. Coulombe. Seasonality of nitrogen balances in a Mediterranean climate watershed, Oregon, US.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY. Springer, New York, NY, USA, 142(2): 247-264, (2019).

Tags: agriculture, gis, grass-seed-crops, nitrogen, nutrient-use-efficiency, seasonal-analysis, water-quality
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Data for: Evaluation of Chemical Effects on Network Formation in Cortical Neurons Grown on Microelectrode Arrays

This dataset contains the raw data, Area under the curve measurements and EC50 values for effects of 146 compounds (136 unique plus 10 biological replicates) on parameters of network development measured in vitro. There are 17 parameters plus 2 measures of viability. In addition, the data for the ranking of potency and selectivity are provided, as well as data for the comparisons to other ToxCast assays and in vitro to in vivo extrapolations. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Shafer, T., J. Brown, B. Lynch, S. Davila-Montero, K. Wallace, and K. Paul-Friedman. Evaluation of Chemical Effects on Network Formation in Cortical Neurons Grown on Microelectrode Arrays.   TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES. Society of Toxicology, RESTON, VA,  169(2): 436-455, (2019).

Tags: chemical-screening, developmental-neurotoxicity, in-vitro-assay, microelectrode-array
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Wilkin et al. (2018) PRB Long-term Performance TCE

The dataset accompanies the manuscript. The data provided include concentration data for trichloroethene, cis-dichloroethene, vinyl chloride, ethane, and ethane. Stable isotope data are provided for trichloroethene, cis-dichloroethene, vinyl chloride, methane, and dissolved carbon dioxide. Additional data are provided in the supporting information published with the article. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Wilkin, R.T., T.R. Lee, M.R. Sexton, S.D. Acree, R.W. Puls, D.W. Blowes, C. Kalinowski, J.M. Tilton, and L.L. Woods. Geochemical and Isotope Study of Trichloroethene Degradation in a Zero-Valent Iron Permeable Reactive Barrier: A Twenty-Two-Year Performance Evaluation.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, USA, 53: 296-306, (2019).

Tags: aquifer-remediation, arsenic, chromium, groundwater, permeable-reactive-barrier, tce
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
In silico site-directed mutagenesis informs species-specific predictions of chemical susceptibility derived from the Sequence Alignment to Predict Across Species Susceptibility (SeqAPASS)

All data associated with publication are publicly available online at https://datadryad.org/ by searching doi:10.5061/dryad.2tg6967
Upon accessing data on datadryad.org:
Data descriptions are found with Supplemental Data presented in the pdf (Supplementary Data.pdf (600.4 Kb)).
Data description of supplemental Data (Supplementary Data File.xlsx (1.167 Mb)) is provided below:
Tabs one, two, and three contain the raw data for acetylcholinesterase (AChE) Level 1 (Figure 1A), Level 2 (Figure 1B), and Level 3 (Table 2) SeqAPASS analysis, respectively. Tab four contains the raw data for AChE Level 3 improved SeqAPASS analysis (Table 5). Tabs five, six, and seven contain the raw data for ecdysone receptor (EcR) Level 1 (Figure 2A), Level 2 (Figure 2B), and Level 3 (Table 6) SeqAPASS analysis, respectively. Tab eight contains the raw data for EcR Level 3 improved SeqAPASS analysis (Table 8). 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Doering, J., S. Lee, K. Kristiansen, L. Evenseth, M. Barron, I. Sylte, and C. LaLone. In silico site-directed mutagenesis informs species-specific predictions of chemical susceptibility derived from the Sequence Alignment to Predict Across Species Susceptibility (SeqAPASS) tool..   TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES. Society of Toxicology, RESTON, VA,  166(1): 131-145, (2018).

Tags: adverse-outcome-pathway, cross-species-extrapolation, ecotoxicology, honey-bee, networks, screening-and-prioritization
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2014HarshaLakeFlyover_WaterChemistryDataUsedForChlorophyllStudy.xlsx

Chlorophyll and General Water Quality variables collected during a flyover event of Harsha Lake in Southwestern Ohio. 44 sites were sampled within one hour of aerial imagery acquisition. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Beck, R., S. Zhan, H. Liu, S. Tong, B. Yang, M. Xu, Z. Ye, Y. Huang, S. Shu, K. Berling, M. Andrew, E. Emery, M. Reif, J. Harwood, J. Young, C. Nietch , D. Macke , M. Martin, G. Stillings, R. Stumpf, and H. Su. Comparison of satellite reflectance algorithms for estimating chlorophyll-a in a temperate reservoir using coincident hyperspectral aircraft imagery and dense coincident surface observations.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, USA, 178: 15-30, (2016).

Tags: algal-bloom, algorithm, chlorophyll-a, harmful-algal-bloom, hyperspectral, remote-sensing, satellite
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Overflow System Capacity

This dataset contains results of overflow system experiments for 4-, 6-, and 8-inch overflow systems. The systems were operated without a mesh, or with varying degrees of blockage, from clean to 60% blocked. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Burkhardt, J., J. Goodrich, J. Szabo, J. Hall, J. Crosby, S. Tourney, and R. Clement. Understanding the Impact of Mesh on Tank Overflow System Capacity - journal.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION. American Water Works Association, Denver, CO, USA, 110(12): E44-E51, (2018).

Tags: hydraulics, mesh, overflow-systems, storage-tanks
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
HgSe XANES data

This dataset represents Figure 4 in the manuscript which shows the comparison of Se speciation of HgSe relative to samples with linear combination fits. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Gajdosechova, Z., M. Lawan, D. Urgast, A. Raab, K. Scheckel , E. Lombi, P. Kopittke, K. Löeschner, E. Larsen, G. Woods, A. Brownlow, F. Read, J. Feldmann, and E. Krupp. <I>In vivo</I> formation of natural HgSe nanoparticles in the liver and brain of pilot whales.  Staffan Normark  NATURE. Macmillan Publishers Ltd., London,  UK, 6(34361): 1-11, (2016).

Tags: bioavailability, mercury, synchrotron-speciation
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1990-2010 PM & O3 concentrations and related premature mortality estimates

This data sets includes data shown in the Figures and Tables in the publication by Zhang et al (2018):  https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2018-498. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Zhang, Y., J.J. West, R. Mathur, J. Xing, C. Hogrefe, S. Roselle, J. Bash, J. Pleim, C. Gan, and D. Wong. Long-term trends in the ambient PM2.5- and O3-related mortality burdens in the United States under emission reductions from 1990 to 2010.   Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Copernicus Publications, Katlenburg-Lindau,  GERMANY, 18(20): 15003-15016, (2018).

Tags: air-quality-modeling, human-exposure, long-term-trends, ozone, pm2-5
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Experimental and model estimates of the contributions from biogenic monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes to secondary organic aerosol in the southeastern United States

Atmospheric organic aerosol (OA) has important impacts on climate and human health but its sources remain poorly understood. Biogenic monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes are important precursors of secondary organic aerosol (SOA), but the amounts and pathways of SOA generation from these precursors are not well constrained by observations. We propose that the less-oxidized oxygenated organic aerosol (LO-OOA) factor resolved from positive matrix factorization (PMF) analysis on aerosol mass spectrometry (AMS) data can be used as a surrogate for fresh SOA from monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes in the southeastern US. This hypothesis is supported by multiple lines of evidence, including lab-in-the-field perturbation experiments, extensive ambient ground-level measurements, and state-of-the-art modeling. We performed lab-in-the-field experiments in which the ambient air is perturbed by the injection of selected monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes, and the subsequent SOA formation is investigated. PMF analysis on the perturbation experiments provides an objective link between LO-OOA and fresh SOA from monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes as well as insights into the sources of other OA factors. Further, we use an upgraded atmospheric model and show that modeled SOA concentrations from monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes could reproduce both the magnitude and diurnal variation of LO-OOA at multiple sites in the southeastern US, building confidence in our hypothesis. We estimate the annual average concentration of SOA from monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes in the southeastern US to be roughly 2µgm−3.

Dataset (csv file) contains CMAQ model predictions for locations in the southeastern US during 2012 and 2013. The species definition file (txt) defines how quantities were obtained from the model. Data in the csv files follows the writesite utility output format (https://github.com/USEPA/CMAQ/tree/5.2.1/POST/writesite). Links to additional datasets are provided. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Xu, L., H. Pye, J. He, Y. Chen, B. Murphy, and N. Ng. Experimental and model estimates of the contributions from biogenic monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes to secondary organic aerosol in the southeastern United States.   Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Copernicus Publications, Katlenburg-Lindau,  GERMANY, 18(17): 12613-12637, (2018).

Tags: biogenic-voc, cmaq, community-multi-scale-air-quality-cmaq-model, monoterpene, pm2-5, pm2-5-air-quality-modeling, secondary-organic-aerosol, semivolatile-organic-compounds-svocs, soa, soas
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Data for Continuous, Near Real-Time Evaluation of CMAQ: An Approach for the Rapid Scientific Evolution of the Modeling System

Near Real Time CMAQ Simulations compared to AQS Observations. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Eder, B., R. Gilliam, G. Pouliot, R. Mathur, and J. Pleim. Continuous, Near Real-Time Evaluation of Air Quality Models: An Approach for the Rapid Scientific Evolution of Modeling Systems.   EM Magazine. Air and Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, USA,  1-6, (2017).

Tags: cmaq, model-evluation, ozone, particulate-matter
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Data contributed by EPA/ORD/NERL/CED researchers to the manuscript "Seasonal ozone vertical profiles over North America using the AQMEII group of air quality models: model inter-comparison and stratospheric intrusions"

This dataset contains the data contributed by EPA/ORD/NERL/CED researchers to the manuscript "Seasonal ozone vertical profiles over North America using the AQMEII group of air quality models: model inter-comparison and stratospheric intrusions" led by Dr. Marina Astitha of the University of Connecticut. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Astitha, M., I. Kioutskioukis, G.A. Fisseha, R. Bianconi, J. Bieser, J. Christensen, O. Cooper, S. Galmarini, C. Hogrefe, U. Im, B. Johnson, P. Liu, U. Nopmongcol, I. Petropavlovskikh, E. Solazzo, D. Tarasick, and G. Yarwood. Seasonal ozone vertical profiles over North America using the AQMEII3 group of air quality models: model inter-comparison and stratospheric intrusions.   Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Copernicus Publications, Katlenburg-Lindau,  GERMANY, 18(19): 13925-13945, (2018).

Tags: free-tropospheric-ozone, model-evaluation, model-intercomparison, stratospheric-intrusion
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dataset: A patchy continuum? Stream macronutrient concentration and system metabolism show varied responses to patch- and continuum-based analyses.

At 21 sites located in the Kanawha River Basin in West Virginia, U.S.A., Oxygen concentration (mg l-1) and water temperature (°C) were measured every 15 min for > 72 h using TROLL® 9500 multiparameter water quality instruments. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Collins, S., S. Matter, I. Buffam, and J. Flotemersch. A patchy continuum? Stream processes show varied responses to patch‐ and continuum‐based analyses.   Ecosphere. ESA Journals,    9(11): e02481, (2018).

Tags: functional-process-zones, oxygen, river-continuum-concept, riverine-ecosystem-synthesis, stream-order, temperature
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Landsat surface temperature

Relatively cloud-free Landsat scenes within ±3 days of coincident in situ measures were retained for validation across the CONUS. The Landsat surface temperature data were interpolated to 30 m to ensure alignment with the solar reflective bands in the Level-1 products, which were in turn used as inputs to the surface temperature retrieval algorithms. For lake and reservoir validation, two sets of temperature data were evaluated: land-water boundary (<59 m from shore) data and far shore (>180 m from shore) data. Estuary data were retained and evaluated only if they were >180 m from shore.  The 59 m near shore threshold was chosen to be smaller than the finer of the two thermal band spatial resolutions for both the Landsat 7 ETM+ (60 m) and Landsat 5 TM (90 m) sensors. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Schaeffer, B., J. Iiames, J. Dwyer, E. Urquhart, W. Salls, J. Rover, and B. Seegers. An initial validation of Landsat 5 and 7 derived surface water temperature for U.S. lakes, reservoirs, and estuaries.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING. Taylor & Francis, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, USA, 39(22): 7789-7805, (2018).

Tags: estuary, lake, landsat, temperature, water-quality
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Data contributed by EPA/ORD/NERL/CED researchers to the manuscript "A New Method for Assessing the Efficacy of Emission Control Strategies to Comply with the Ambient Ozone Standard"

Files containing daily maximum 8-hr ozone mixing ratio observations used in the analysis presented in the manuscript “A New Method for Assessing the Efficacy of Emission Control Strategies to Comply with the Ambient Ozone Standard”. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Luo, H., M. Astitha, C. Hogrefe, R. Mathur, and S.T. Rao. A new method for assessing the efficacy of emission control strategies.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, USA, 199: 233-243, (2019).

Tags: attainment-demonstration, emission-control-strategies, ozone, probability-of-exceeding-the-standard
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency