AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Digital aerial photography acquired during a tracer dye experiment on the Kootenai River, ID, September 27, 2017

To support research on dispersion in river channels, a tracer dye experiment was performed on the Kootenai River in northern Idaho, September 25-27, 2017. This data release provides access to digital aerial photography acquired during the experiment and the supporting field-based measurements of reflectance and dye concentration are available through related data releases.  The digital aerial photography was acquired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service using a Phase One iXU180-R mapping camera deployed from a Partenavia manned aircraft from a flying height of approximately 600 m above ground level. The data product included in this release is an orthorectified mosaic in JPEG2000 (*.jp2) format produced from a set of 45 images using Agisoft PhotoScan software.  The resulting mosaic consists of 5.74 cm pixels with three bands: red, green, and blue (RGB).  The mosaic encompasses the entrance to a meander bend that was the location of the plume of tracer dye at the time the images were acquired.  The images were not radiometrically calibrated and consist of raw digital numbers. The UTC time period encompassed by the images comprising the mosaic was 16:37:27 to 16:41:29; this time information allows for synthesis with in situ measurements of Rhodamine WT dye concentration made during the experiment as the images were being acquired.  Overall, the images and related field-based data sets were used to assess the potential for estimating tracer dye concentrations from remotely sensed data to support studies of dispersion in river channels.

Tags: aerial-photography, bonners-ferry, concentration, dispersion, idaho, kootenai-river, remote-sensing, rhodamine-dye, river-channel, tracer-tests, usgs-5c6f3537e4b0fe48cb420648
Organization: Department of the Interior
Estimated groundwater altitudes for wells screened in the MRVA aquifer, April 10th 1980 and April 10 2016, Mississippi Delta

This dataset includes grid node locations at which groundwater altitudes were estimated for April 10, 1980 and April 10, 2016 using the general additive model (GAM) and groundwater observations from the USGS NWIS web interface.

Tags: effects-of-groundwater-extraction, geoscientificinformation, groundwater, groundwater-and-surface-water-interaction, groundwater-level, groundwater-pumping, hydrogeology, inlandwaters, mathematical-modeling, mississippi, mississippi-river-delta, statistical-modeling, usgs-5c6f2502e4b0fe48cb41fa80
Organization: Department of the Interior
Estimated baseflow and runoff using estimated and measured streamflow, five selected sites, Mississippi Delta

This data set provides estimated and measured streamflow data and hydrograph-separation results for five sites located in northwest Mississippi. Streamflow data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Hydrograph-separation results provide runoff and baseflow estimates at each site that were calculated using four methods: PART, HYSEP Fixed, HYSEP Local Minimum, and BFI Standard, as well as an average base flow index (BFI) for all four methods.

Tags: datasets, effects-of-groundwater-extraction, geoscientificinformation, groundwater, groundwater-and-surface-water-interaction, groundwater-pumping, hydrology, inlandwaters, mississippi, mississippi-river-delta, stream-gage-measurement, streamflow, surface-water-non-marine, usgs-5c6f21d4e4b0fe48cb41f838
Organization: Department of the Interior
Solar radiation for National Hydrography Dataset, version 2 catchments in the southeastern United States, 1950 - 2010 at USGS streamflow-gaging stations

This study is based on contiguous direct normal irradiance information from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Specifically, these data represent both 12-month specific average and annual average daily total solar resource averaged over surface cells of 0.1 degrees in both latitude and longitude. Spacing is about 10 kilometers in size. Direct normal irradiance is the amount of solar radiation received per unit area. For more information on direct normal irradiance see Introduction to Micrometeorology (Arya, 2001) or Fundamentals of Atmospheric Physics (Salby, 1996). Following the metadata description by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, these modeled data are based on hourly radiance images from geostationary weather satellites; daily snow cover data; and monthly averages of atmospheric water vapor, trace gases, and the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere to calculate the hourly total insolation (sun and sky) falling on a horizontal surface. Atmospheric water vapor, trace gases, and aerosols were derived from a variety of sources. It is important to note that, where possible, existing ground measurement stations were used by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to validate the data. Modeled values are suggested to be accurate to approximately 15 percent of a true measured value within the grid cell. For this study, a simple overlay of the location of a streamgage onto the gridded solar radiation data was made to assign January through December direct normal irradiance values, and average annual values at each streamgage. No polygon representing whole or part of the watershed of the streamgage was intersected with the gridded solar radiation data.

Tags: alabama, environmental-flow, florida, gulf-coast, gulf-of-mexico, louisiana, mississippi, network-optimization, reference-hydrology, restore, southeastern-united-states, streamflow-alteration, texas, trend-analysis, usgs-5c6ef0b8e4b0fe48cb41e958
Organization: Department of the Interior
Pesticides and Pharmaceutical Exposure Data for Select Protected Streams of the US National Park Service Southeast Region 2015-2017

This dataset contains pesticide and pharmaceutical results (including maximum and median summaries) collected in the Southeast Region of the United States, 2015-17. Water-quality and bed-sediment results are reported. Samples were analyzed at the National Water Quality Laboratory, Denver, Colorado and the Organic Chemistry Research Laboratory, Sacramento, California. Method and site information is also included. Exposure Activity Ratios were also calculated using ToxCast (https://www.epa.gov/chemical-research/toxcast-dashboard).

Tags: biota, usgs-5c6ee82be4b0fe48cb41e8d2
Organization: Department of the Interior
Solar radiation for National Hydrography Dataset, version 2 catchments in the southeastern United States, 1950 - 2010 at 12-digit hydrologic unit code (HUC12) pour points

This study is based on contiguous direct normal irradiance information from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Specifically, these data represent both 12-month specific average and annual average daily total solar resource averaged over surface cells of 0.1 degrees in both latitude and longitude. Spacing is about 10 kilometers in size. Direct normal irradiance is the amount of solar radiation received per unit area. For more information on direct normal irradiance see Introduction to Micrometeorology (Arya, 2001) or Fundamentals of Atmospheric Physics (Salby, 1996). Following the metadata description by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, these modeled data are based on hourly radiance images from geostationary weather satellites; daily snow cover data; and monthly averages of atmospheric water vapor, trace gases, and the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere to calculate the hourly total insolation (sun and sky) falling on a horizontal surface. Atmospheric water vapor, trace gases, and aerosols were derived from a variety of sources. It is important to note that, where possible, existing ground measurement stations were used by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to validate the data. Modeled values are suggested to be accurate to approximately 15 percent of a true measured value within the grid cell. For this study, a simple overlay of the location of a streamgage onto the gridded solar radiation data was made to assign January through December direct normal irradiance values, and average annual values at each streamgage. No polygon representing whole or part of the watershed of the streamgage was intersected with the gridded solar radiation data.

Tags: alabama, environmental-flow, florida, gulf-coast, gulf-of-mexico, louisiana, mississippi, network-optimization, reference-hydrology, restore, southeastern-united-states, streamflow-alteration, texas, trend-analysis, usgs-5c6dddb5e4b0fe48cb402821
Organization: Department of the Interior
Surficial Particle Count and Clay Horizon Marker Data for Fall Creek and the Middle Fork Willamette River, Oregon in 2015-2017

The Middle Fork Willamette River Basin encompasses 3,548 square kilometers of western Oregon and drains to the mainstem Willamette River. Fall Creek Basin encompasses 653 square kilometers and drains to the Middle Fork Willamette River. In cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Geological Survey evaluated geomorphic responses of downstream river corridors to annual drawdowns to streambed at Fall Creek Lake. This study of geomorphic change is focused on the major alluvial channel segments downstream of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dams including the lowermost 11.5 km of Fall Creek and 27.3 km of the Middle Fork Willamette River, as well as Fall Creek Lake.
This dataset is delivered as one excel workbook with two tabs, and associated metadata includes separate entity sections for each workbook tab. These tables document grain-size distributions and sediment depths collected as a part of a study to document the geomorphic responses to the Fall Creek Lake streambed drawdowns. Surficial grain size distributions and fine sediment deposit depths were measured for this study over 2015 through 2017 to support analyses tracking geomorphic change in the reaches downstream of Fall Creek Lake. Particle counts were collected at 6 gravel bars along Fall Creek and the Middle Fork Willamette River in September 2015. Counts were repeated at 5 of those sites and at 5 additional sites along the Middle Fork Willamette River in October 2016. Multiple clay horizon markers were deployed at 10 sites in October 2015. Deposition depths were measured multiple times throughout the year. Clay horizon markers were deployed again at 9 of the 2015 sites plus one additional site in October-November 2016 and, again, measured throughout the year. Sediment measurements are summarized in spreadsheet tables.

Tags: channel-stability, clay-horizon-marker, clay-pads, deposition, fall-creek, fall-creek-lake, fluvial-geomorphology, geomorphology, geospatial-analysis, grain-size, historical-channel-change, inlandwaters, jasper-oregon, lane-county, middle-fork-willamette-river, oregon, particle-count, pebble-count, sediment-transport, usgs-5c6dd402e4b0fe48cb402780
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mixed Organic and Inorganic Tapwater Results in the Greater Chicago Area, USA, 2017-2019

This data set contains the result for inorganic constituents and organic compounds collected from tapwater locations, as well as water filtration plants, in East Chicago, Indiana, and Chicago, Illinois in 2017. Additionally quality assurance data collected was summarized. Residential samples collected were done so directly from residential kitchen taps (faucets) as is, it was noted if a point-of-use filtration device was utilized by the homeowner, but they were not removed for sampling. Samples were collected at various times of the day, without regard to previous water use. Results were analyzed using ToxCast, and Exposure Activity Ratios (EARs) are presented. Water filtration plant samples were taken from Lake Michigan, and non-regulatory, pre-distributional faucets. Samples were analyzed at the U.S. Geological Survey, National Water Quality Laboratory, Denver, Colorado, Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Sacramento, California, and Organic Geochemistry Laboratory, Lawrence, Kansas. Additionally, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances were analyzed at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado.

Tags: chicago-illinois, contaminant-mixtures, east-chicago-indiana, exposure, human-health, inorganics, organics, point-of-use, tapwater, urban, usgs-5c6db7cde4b0fe48cb402341
Organization: Department of the Interior
Grand Liard Marsh and Ridge Restoration (BA-68): 2016 land-water classification

The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to arresting coastal wetlands loss. This data set includes mosaicked aerial photographs for the Grand Liard Marsh and Ridge Restoration (BA-68) project for 2016. This data is used as a basemap land-water classification. It also serves as a visual tool for project managers to help them identify any obvious problems or land loss within their project boundary. To better evaluate the effectiveness of restoration efforts, a land-water classification is performed on specific CWPPRA sites to help assess landscape changes.

Tags: aerial-photography, conservation, cs-21, cwppra, digital-elevation-models, ecosystem-monitoring, geographic-information-systems, gulf-of-mexico, image-collections, image-mosaics, louisiana, louisiana-coastal, remote-sensing, usgs-5c6db27ce4b0fe48cb4021df, wetland-ecosystems, wetland-restoration
Organization: Department of the Interior
Trends in 7-day-low streamflows at 174 USGS streamflow gages in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Mid-Atlantic U.S.

This data set contains U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgage identification numbers, begin and end years of the periods of streamflow record tested, Sen slope trends in the annual minimum 7-day streamflow for the period of record tested, the p-values (significance) of the trends, and the trend Sen slopes standardized by the standard deviations of the residual errors defined as the difference between observations and the Sen slope lines, for 174 USGS streamgages with 56 to 75 years of record in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Mid-Atlantic U.S.

Tags: chesapeake-bay, delaware, maryland, new-york, pennsylvania, streamflow, usgs-5c6d58b5e4b0fe48cb3f33b5, virginia, west-virginia
Organization: Department of the Interior
Abundance and Distribution of Fishes in the Northern Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, 2017-2018 (ver. 1.1, December 2019)

This dataset includes field data for fishes sampled using gill nets during daylight hours in the Northern Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, USA. This data release includes all measured environmental parameters and fish taxa included in the analysis.
First posted - August 19, 2019 (available from author)
Revised - December 18, 2019 (version 1.1)

Tags: aquatic-biology, biota, cache-slough-complex, california, fish-ecology, habitat-restoration, north-delta, sacramento-san-joaquin-delta, tidal-wetland, united-states, usgs-5c6c65f9e4b0fe48cb3e5d4d
Organization: Department of the Interior
Visual Surveys and Morphometrics of Brown Treesnakes in Mariana Swiftlets caves on Guam

Visual survey data for brown treesnakes from caves with and without swiftlets. Each record (line) represents the snake sightings that occurred during a block of time, typically 1 hour at one site by searcher(s) during one search (i.e. one date). Snakes removed from caves and adjacent areas during visual surveys were then necropsied. Each record (line) represents necropsy results for a given individual.

Tags: aerodramus-bartschi, biota, birds, boiga-irregularis, necropsy, reptiles, usgs-5c6c4bf6e4b0fe48cb3e5c81, visual-survey
Organization: Department of the Interior
Magnetotelluric data from Mountain Pass, CA, 2015, station mp113

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-5c818e7ae4b09388244765ab
Organization: Department of the Interior
2018 Puerto Rico USACE Lidar-Derived Dune Crest, Toe and Shoreline

The storm-induced Coastal Change Hazards component of the National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards (NACCH) project focuses on understanding the magnitude and variability of extreme storm impacts on sandy beaches. Light detection and ranging (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 2018 United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Puerto Rico 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: caribbean-sean, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, coastal-processes, elevation, environment, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, hazards, island-of-puerto-rico, lidar, marine-geology, ocean-sciences, oceans, spcmsc, st-petersburg-coastal-and-marine-science-center, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-5c685179-8d75-412f-a68c-f1b766810b06
Organization: Department of the Interior
LANDFIRE 2016 Remap Existing Vegetation Type (EVT) Micronesia

LANDFIRE's (LF) Existing Vegetation Type (EVT) represents the current distribution of the terrestrial ecological systems classification developed by NatureServe for the western hemisphere. In the context, a terrestrial ecological system is defined as a group of plant community types that tend to co-occur within landscapes with similar ecological processes, substrates, and/or environmental gradients. EVT also includes ruderal or semi-natural vegetation types within the U.S. National Vegetation Classification [(NVC) http://usnvc.org/]. See the EVT product page (https://www.landfire.gov/evt.php) for more information about ecological systems and NVC. EVT is mapped using decision tree models, field data, Landsat imagery, elevation, and biophysical gradient data. Decision tree models are developed separately for tree, shrub, and herbaceous lifeforms which are then used to produce a lifeform specific EVT product. These models are generated for each Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Level III Ecoregion (https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/ecoregions). Riparian, alpine, sparse and other site-specific EVTs are constrained by predetermined masks. Urban and developed areas are derived from the National Land Cover Database (NLCD), whereas agricultural lands originate from the Cropland Data Layer (CDL) and Common Land Unit (CLU) database. Developed ruderal classes are identified by combining wildland-urban-interface (WUI) data with population density information from the US Census Bureau. Annual Disturbance products are included to describe areas that have experienced landscape change within the previous 10-year period. EVT is then reconciled through QA/QC measures to ensure lifeform is synchronized with both Existing Vegetation Cover (EVC) and Height (EVH) products.

Tags: biota, evt, existing-vegetation-type, federated-states-of-micronesia, fires, geographic-information-systems, geospatial-datasets, hazard-preparedness, ia, image-collections, imagerybasemapsearthcover, insular-areas, landfire-2016-remap, lf-2016-remap, micronesia, oconus, raster-digital-data, remote-sensing, u-s-forest-service-usfs, u-s-geological-survey-usgs, united-states, us, usgs-5c67b71b-f1fd-40bc-83bf-1fad68692a4d
Organization: Department of the Interior
Petrophysical data collected on outcrops and rock samples from the eastern Adirondack Highlands, New York

Petrophysical data were collected in the eastern Adirondack Highlands during several field campaigns in 2016-2017.  This data release provides magnetic susceptibility, gamma spectrometry, and density measurements on rock outcrops, hand samples, and during walking surveys. Rock types for the outcrops and samples were identified using standard field methods. Locations of the outcrops or samples were determined using a handheld GPS.

Tags: adirondack, density, essex-county, gamma-spectrometry, geoscientificinformation, magnetic-susceptibility, new-york, potassium, radiometric, rare-earth-elements, thorium, uranium, usgs-5c674c4ee4b0fe48cb3ace30
Organization: Department of the Interior
Tackifier impacts on growth of Great Basin mosses Bryum argenteum and Syntrichia ruralis, a growth chamber study, 2017-2018

The dataset supports a larger study that examined the impacts of three tackifiers (guar, psyllium, and polyacrylamide) on growth of two dryland mosses (Bryum argenteum and Syntrichia ruralis). Moss fragments were grown in petri dishes and subjected to individual tackifiers in one of three possible concentrations (0.5x, 1x, or 2x) of the respective manufacturer's recommended application rate. Distilled water was used as a control treatment, giving a total of ten treatments (nine tackifier-concentration combinations and a water control). Bryum fragments were watered four times daily for six weeks and Syntrichia fragments were watered twice daily for five weeks, after which the experiments were concluded. Shoot length, shoot number, gemma presence, protonema presence, bound sand mass, and moss organic matter mass were all measured at the end of the experiments. This dataset reports all measurements and calculations related to Bryum argenteum and Syntrichia ruralis and additional information describing mass determinations.

Tags: biocrust, biological-soil-crust, bioremediation, biota, bryum-argenteum, desert-ecosystems, ecological-restoration, environment, farming, great-basin, intermountain-west, mosses, natural-resource-management, oregon, remediation, syntrichia-ruralis, usgs-5c6743eae4b0fe48cb3ace24
Organization: Department of the Interior
Electromagnetic induction (EMI) geophysical data collected at the Bicycle Basin, U.S. Army Fort Irwin National Training Center, California

This data release presents raw (.csv) and processed (.csv) data files from land-based, frequency-domain
electromagnetic induction (EMI) data collected at Bicycle Basin, U.S. Army Fort Irwin National Training 
Center, California. Data were collected during three distinct time periods: March 19, 2008 (1 survey), 
December 1 to December 5, 2014 (46 surveys) and December 4 to December 8, 2015 (62 surveys). Data were 
collected by walking along survey lines throughout the airstrip region of the basin with the Geophex 
GEM-2 instrument at a height of approximately 1 meter above land surface in horizontal coplanar (ski flat) 
mode.

Tags: bicycle-basin, bicycle-groundwater-basin, bicycle-lake-army-air-field, california, electromagnetic-induction-emi, electromagnetic-surveying, geophysical-data, geophysics, geoscientificinformation, san-bernardino-county, u-s-army-fort-irwin-national-training-center, usgs-5c671d6be4b0fe48cb3acc5a
Organization: Department of the Interior