AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Cape Lookout National Seashore

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

Twenty-two map classes were developed to map the vegetation and general land cover of Cape Lookout and surrounding areas. These maps included the following: 13 map classes representing natural/semi-natural vegetation at the association level in the National Vegetation Classification System (NVCS), one map class representing cultural vegetation (e.g., developed) in the NVCS, and eight map classes representing non-vegetated units (e.g., open water bodies, buildings, roads, etc.). Features were interpreted using 1:12,000 scale digital color-infrared aerial photography (flown 31 May 2009) through heads-up-digitizing in ArcGIS (Version 10.0, © 2010 Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, California). Polygons were mapped to a 0.5- hectare minimum mapping unit (MMU). A geodatabase containing various feature class layers and tables show the locations of vegetation types and general land cover (vegetation map), vegetation plot samples, AA sites, project boundary extent, and aerial photographic centers.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Colonial Water Surface Elevations for 60cm, 1m & 2m Sea Level Rise

This layer was developed as part of the project "Assessing Inundation Risk from Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge for the Northeast Coastal National Parks" The Parks included in this study are Acadia NP, Assateague Island Nat. Seashore, Boston Harbor Islands National Rec. Area, Cape Cod Nat. Seashore, Colonial Nat. Historical Park, Fire Island Nat. Seashore, Gateway National Rec. Area, and George Washington Birthplace Nat. Historical Park.

Tags: ecological-framework-air-and-climate-weather-and-climate-weather-and-climate, sea-level-rise, water-surface-elevations
Organization: Department of the Interior
Colonial MHHW-NAVD88 Conversion Surface

This layer was developed as part of the project "Assessing Inundation Risk from Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge for the Northeast Coastal National Parks" The Parks included in this study are Acadia NP, Assateague Island Nat. Seashore, Boston Harbor Islands National Rec. Area, Cape Cod Nat. Seashore, Colonial Nat. Historical Park, Fire Island Nat. Seashore, Gateway National Rec. Area, and George Washington Birthplace Nat. Historical Park.

Tags: conversion-surface, ecological-framework-air-and-climate-weather-and-climate-weather-and-climate, mean-high-high-water, navd88
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Saguaro National Park

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

The products are designed with the goal of facilitating ecologically-based natural resources management and research. The vector (polygon) map is in digital format within a geodatabase structure that allows for complex relationships to be established between spatial and tabular data, and allows much of the data to be accessed concurrently. Each map unit has multiple photo attachments viewable easily from within the geodatabase, linked to their actual location on the ground. The Geographic Information System (GIS) format of the map allows user flexibility and will also enable updates to be made as new information becomes available (such as revised NVC codes or vegetation type names) or in the event of major disturbance events that could impact the vegetation. Unlike previous vegetation maps created by SODN, the map for Saguaro National Park was not created via in-situ mapping. Instead, we employed a remote sensing approach aided by our robust field dataset. The final version of the map was created in summer 2016. The map was created using the image-classification toolbox included in the spatial analyst extension for ArcMap (ESRI 2017). Using these tools, we performed a supervised classification with the maximum-likelihood classifier. This tool uses a set of user-defined training samples (polygons) to classify imagery by placing pixels with the maximum likelihood into each map class. We used a pixel size equivalent to the coarsest raster included in the classification, 30 meters.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Yellowstone National Park Backcountry Conditions Map, Geospatial Data

This geospatial data feeds the Yellowstone National Park Backcountry Conditions Map (https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/situationreport.htm).

Tags: ais, aquatic-invasive-species, backcountry-campsites, backcountry-conditions, backcountry-offices, bear-management-areas, bird-closures, closures, river-fords, snow-hazards, trailheads, trails
Organization: Department of the Interior
Digital Geologic Map of the Carta Valley Fault Zone Area, Texas (NPS, GRD, GRI, AMIS, CAVA digital map)

The Digital Geologic Map of the Carta Valley Fault Zone Area, Texas is composed of GIS data layers complete with ArcMap 9.3 layer (.LYR) files, two ancillary GIS tables, a Map PDF document with ancillary map text, figures and tables, a FGDC metadata record and a 9.3 ArcMap (.MXD) Document that displays the digital map in 9.3 ArcGIS.  The data were completed as a component of the Geologic Resources Inventory (GRI) program, a National Park Service (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) funded program that is administered by the NPS Geologic Resources Division (GRD).  Source geologic maps and data used to complete this GRI digital dataset were provided by the following: Eddie Collins, Amanda Masterson and Tom Tremblay (Texas Bureau of Economic Geology); Rick Page (U.S. Geological Survey); Gilbert Anaya (International Boundary and Water Commission).  Detailed information concerning the sources used and their contribution the GRI product are listed in the Source Citation sections(s) of this metadata record (cava_metadata.txt; available at http://nrdata.nps.gov/amis/nrdata/geology/gis/cava_metadata.xml).  All GIS and ancillary tables were produced as per the NPS GRI Geology-GIS Geodatabase Data Model v. 2.1. (available at: http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/inventory/geology/GeologyGISDataModel.cfm).  The GIS data is available as a 9.3 personal geodatabase (cava_geology.mdb), and as shapefile (.SHP) and DBASEIV (.DBF) table files.  The GIS data projection is NAD83, UTM Zone 14N.  The data is within the area of interest of Amistad National Recreation Area.

Tags: amis, amistad-national-recreation-area, carta-valley-fault-zone, carta-valley-fault-zone-area, cavaatd-geologic-attitude-observation-localities, cavafld-anticlines-and-synclines, cavaflt-normal-and-unknown-displacement-faults, cavaglg-geologic-units, cavaglga-geologic-contacts, cavahza-sinkholes, cavahzaa-sinkhole-boundaries, cavajln-linear-joints, cavamin-mine-point-features, cavasec-geologic-cross-section-lines, cavasym-map-symbology, curecanti, dbase-iv-tables, digital-data, digital-geologic-gis-map, digital-geologic-map, edwards-county, environment, geodatabase, geologic-gis-map, geologic-map, geologic-resource-evaluation, geologic-resources-division, geologic-resources-inventory, geologic-unit-descriptions, geologic-unit-information-table, geologic-units, geology, geology-help-map-document, geoscientific-information, gis-data, grd, gri, kinney-county, map-table, national-park-service, north-america, nps, personal-geodatabase, shapefile, source-geologic-maps, source-map-information-table, source-maps, texas, unit-table, united-states, us, usa, val-verde-county
Organization: Department of the Interior
MOCA/MOWE Back Smokehouse Laser Scanning 2013-2021

Laser scans and associated analysis products documenting the Back Family Smokehouse at Montezuma Castle National Monument (Montezuma Well unit).

Tags: back-smokehouse, deformation-monitoring, historic-structures, lidar, montezuma-castle-national-monument, montezuma-well, nps-gov-subject-site-historic-preservation
Organization: Department of the Interior
Vascular Plant Inventory of Mount Rainier National Park tabular data

Vascular plant inventory of Mount Rainier National Park tabular data, 2000-2007.The objectives for the vascular plant inventory were: 1) improve the quality of the species verification by increasing the number voucher specimens and 2) to verify the presence of sensitive plants that were listed as occurring within the park.

The vascular plant inventory for Mount Rainier National Park was conducted between 2000 and 2007. Initially, the park had a vascular plant species list of 959 species, 56% of which were verified by herbarium specimens, 39% were documented by scientific studies, and the remaining 5% were unverified but were on the list based on species ranges. Our objectives for the vascular plant inventory were: 1) improve the quality of the species verification by increasing the number voucher specimens and 2) to verify the presence of sensitive plants that were listed as occurring within the park. Data mining was the first step of the project and involved in-person and on-line searches of 9 collections. Data mining located 1,099 specimens which increased the voucher-based verifications by 14%. Field inventories of undersurveyed areas and likely habitats of sensitive species were conducted from 2004 to 2007 in partnership with the University of Washington. These Botany Forays resulted in a final vascular plant species list of 973 species, verified at the 97% level: 74% by vouchers, 23% by scientific studies, and only 3% are unverified.

Tags: alpine, botany, crystal-lakes, data-mining, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-at-risk-biota-te-species-and-communities, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-forest-woodland-communit, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-grassland-herbaceous-com, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-vegetation-complex, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-plants, fern, foray, forb, grass, herbarium, inventory, mora, mount-rainier-national-park, mowich-lake, nccn, north-coast-and-cascades-network, owyhigh-lakes, plant, sedge, shrub, skagit-valley-college, specimen, stevens-ridge, subalpine, sunrise, tatoosh, the-palisades, tree, univeristy-of-washington, university-of-british-columbia, vascular, vegetation, vine, voucher
Organization: Department of the Interior
SFCN Periphyton Monitoring Data Package - Big Cypress National Preserve (HY2019)

A data package consisting of diatom, total phosphorus, vegetation, and related data collected in Big Cypress National Preserve as part of the SFCN Periphyton Vital Signs protocol.

Periphyton is a microbial mat community that forms the base of the aquatic food web in South Florida wetlands such as the marshes in Everglades National Park (EVER) and the Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY). It is a vital component of these wetlands, contributing to critical functions such as primary production, nutrient cycling, and soil production and stabilization. Periphyton is sensitive to changes in hydropattern (water quantity and duration) and water quality. Changes to these ecosystem processes can quickly alter periphyton community structure (species composition and relative abundance), which in turn can create cascading effects through higher trophic levels. Thus, periphyton is an early and integrative indicator of local and regional changes to hydrology. 

The South Florida/Caribbean Network has implemented the monitoring of periphyton communities in Big Cypress National Preserve to assess the impact of hydrologic and water quality changes on the diatom community structure and total phosphorous (TP) concentrations of the periphyton mats.

The specific monitoring objectives are:
1) Identify any basins in the northwest section of Big Cypress National Preserve where periphyton community structure and periphyton TP content are different from an oligotrophic (low-nutrient) and unimpacted community signal. 

2) Document any temporal and/or spatial changes in the periphyton community structure and periphyton TP content showing progression towards an oligotrophic, unimpacted condition or a eutrophic (high-nutrient), impacted condition.

Tags: basin, big-cypress-national-preserve, data-package, diatom, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-freshwater-communities, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-freshwater-invertebrates, periphyton, periphyton-dataset, south-florida-caribbean-network, tabular-dataset, total-phosphorous, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Cape Cod MHHW-NAVD88 Conversion Surface

This layer was developed as part of the project "Assessing Inundation Risk from Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge for the Northeast Coastal National Parks" The Parks included in this study are Acadia NP, Assateague Island Nat. Seashore, Boston Harbor Islands National Rec. Area, Cape Cod Nat. Seashore, Colonial Nat. Historical Park, Fire Island Nat. Seashore, Gateway National Rec. Area, and George Washington Birthplace Nat. Historical Park.

Tags: conversion-surface, ecological-framework-air-and-climate-weather-and-climate-weather-and-climate, mean-high-high-water, mhhw, navd88
Organization: Department of the Interior
SFCN Periphyton Monitoring Data Package - Big Cypress National Preserve (HY2014) (Pilot Data)

A data package consisting of diatom, total phosphorus, vegetation, and related data collected in Big Cypress National Preserve as part of the SFCN Periphyton Vital Signs protocol. This hydrologic year was collected before the 2019 publication of the protocol so it represents pilot data, but the methods were largely consistent with what was published.

Periphyton is a microbial mat community that forms the base of the aquatic food web in South Florida wetlands such as the marshes in Everglades National Park (EVER) and the Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY). It is a vital component of these wetlands, contributing to critical functions such as primary production, nutrient cycling, and soil production and stabilization. Periphyton is sensitive to changes in hydropattern (water quantity and duration) and water quality. Changes to these ecosystem processes can quickly alter periphyton community structure (species composition and relative abundance), which in turn can create cascading effects through higher trophic levels. Thus, periphyton is an early and integrative indicator of local and regional changes to hydrology. 

The South Florida/Caribbean Network has implemented the monitoring of periphyton communities in Big Cypress National Preserve to assess the impact of hydrologic and water quality changes on the diatom community structure and total phosphorous (TP) concentrations of the periphyton mats.

The specific monitoring objectives are:
1) Identify any basins in the northwest section of Big Cypress National Preserve where periphyton community structure and periphyton TP content are different from an oligotrophic (low-nutrient) and unimpacted community signal. 

2) Document any temporal and/or spatial changes in the periphyton community structure and periphyton TP content showing progression towards an oligotrophic, unimpacted condition or a eutrophic (high-nutrient), impacted condition.

Tags: basin, big-cypress-national-preserve, data-package, diatom, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-freshwater-communities, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-freshwater-invertebrates, periphyton, periphyton-dataset, south-florida-caribbean-network, tabular-dataset, total-phosphorous, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Southwest Alaska visitor use monitoring areas

The SWAN Visitor Use Monitoring dataset represents visitor use monitoring areas defined by the National Park Service (NPS) Alaska Region for commercial use authorization (CUA) reporting and Vital Signs Monitoring in a subset of NPS Southwest Alaska Network park units. To date, visitor use monitoring areas have been established for Alagnak Wild River, Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Katmai National Park & Preserve (NP&Pr), and Lake Clark NP&Pr. The area records contained in this dataset are intended to provide complete spatial coverage for each NPS park unit by representing visitor use locations with reported CUA visitation, as well as locations with potential for CUA visitation.

Tags: commercial-use-authorization, cua, ecological-framework-human-use-visitor-and-recreation-use-visitor-use, human-activities, im, inventory-monitoring, southwest-alaska-network, swan, visitor-use, vital-signs
Organization: Department of the Interior
Cultural Landscapes Dataset: Existing Conditions for Thunder Hole, Acadia National Park

The raster data was created as an output of the Cultural Landscapes Inventory for Thunder Hole, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine, completed in 2012.

Tags: architecture, civilian-conservation-corps, cli, comfort-station-latrine, concession, creating-social-institutions-and-movements, cultural-landscapes-inventory, developing-the-american-economy, entertainment-recreation, expressing-cultural-values, hiking-trail, john-d-rockefeller, jr, landscape-architecture, nps-class-i-principal-road, ocean-drive, olmsted-brothers, outdoor-recreation, overlook, parking-area, picturesque-design-style, ranger-station, rustic-design-style, shaping-the-political-landscape, thunder-cove, transforming-the-environment, view
Organization: Department of the Interior
Imagery data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Orthophotos, raw imagery, and scanned aerial photos are common files held here.

Color infrared (CIR) aerial photographs of the park at 1:12,000 scale was acquired by Aero-Metric, Inc. on May 11th and 12th of 2012. These photos were scanned and converted to digital orthophotographs at 0.3 meter (1 ft) resolution before they were delivered to the NPS. Digital orthophotographs and hardcopy photographs in both film transparency and paper print formats were provided to CGR. A total of 202 photos in fifteen flight lines were required to cover TIMU.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Glacier Bay, Alaska murrelet survey corrected observations (KM_D) for survey year 2014

During GLBA field surveys, observation data are directly recorded into an ArcGIS file geodatabase through a custom application that runs on laptops and later iPads. These are stored in their original raw form after the field survey and are never edited.  Quality control processes detailed in the protocol results in the creation of this deliverable KM_D Corrected Observations.  Along with the corrected file geodatabase, a flat CSV file detailing all bird group observations is also included in the KM_D zip package.

Tags: brachyramphus, brachyramphus-brevirostris, brachyramphus-marmoratus, ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-birds, glacier-bay, kittlitzs-murrelet, marbled-murrelet, marbled-murrelets, murrelet
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

A final vegetation map for TIMU was created to represent the vegetation occurring within the park during 2012. This product represents the final of four steps necessary to produce an accurate vegetation map based upon aerial photographs. This includes the determination of the community element global (CEGL) codes (2008) and acquisition of aerial imagery (2012), using the aerial imagery, with 162 ground truthing points (2014, 2015), to create a draft vegetation map, performing an accuracy assessment (2016), and then using all the available information to create a final vegetation map (2018).

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring Data - Biscayne National Park, Buck Island Reef National Monument, Dry Tortugas National Park, Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, Virgin Islands National Park (1998-2011) (Protocol Data)

The Coral Reef Water Temperature Protocol is a guide for the deployment, maintenance, and data management of SFCN temperature loggers, integral for a more comprehensive understanding of the connection between corals and water temperature within SFCN parks. Water temperature has been historically collected as a basic environmental parameter of water quality monitoring efforts at coral reef sites throughout the world. There are numerous references in scientific literature suggesting a link between water temperature anomalies and coral colony survivorship. Reef water temperature has been found to be a key factor when trying to understand long-term coral survival. Coral bleaching occurs when the coral host loses zooxanthelae from its tissue due to physiological stress, most-often associated with high water temperatures and/or high incidence of solar radiation.  Additionally, unusual cold water temperatures have been found to affect the survivorship of corals and other reef dwelling organisms. The National Park Service (NPS) and United States Geological Survey (USGS) have collected water temperature data around St. John and Virgin Islands National Park (VIIS) since 1990. These loggers are currently deployed as part of long-term coral reef monitoring program. This effort has been expanded throughout the network, with 30 long-term in-situ water temperature monitoring sites managed by SFCN in Dry Tortugas National Park (DRTO), Biscayne National Park (BISC), Buck Island Reef National Monument (BUIS) and VIIS.  The database developed with this protocol is a repository for SFCN parks legacy temperature data.  This protocol serves as a guide for the deployment, maintenance, and data management of the SFCN temperature loggers. Data collected under this protocol will be useful to NPS efforts outside the network such as the Climate Change Response Program to help address climate change strategies. This data also complements in situ seawater temperature data information collected by several partners throughout the Florida reef tract.

Tags: application-inventory-registry, biscayne-national-park, buck-island-reef-national-monument, coral, coral-reef-monitoring, coral-reef-water-temperature-dataset, dry-tortugas-national-park, sfcn, south-florida, south-florida-caribbean-monitoring-network, temperature, u-s-virgin-islands, virgin-islands-national-park, water
Organization: Department of the Interior