AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Stationary Hydrophone Data on the Upper Colorado River, Colorado, April 23 to August 29, 2019

In 2019, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Upper  Colorado River Wild and Scenic Stakeholder Group, studied the magnitude and recurrence interval of streamflow needed to initiate bed movement of gravel-sized and finer sediment in a segment of the Colorado River in Colorado to better understand sediment movement and its relation to flow regimes of the river. Bed movement occurred more frequently and at lower streamflows from State Bridge to Catamount Bridge compared to the study area upstream from State Bridge. Two stationary hydrophone systems were installed on April 23, 2019 at the above Catamount Bridge stationary hydrophone site (above Catamount Bridge site), and two were installed on April 24, 2019 at the Radium stationary hydrophone site (Radium site). These four systems recorded underwater sounds related to bed movement until all the stationary hydrophone systems were removed on August 26, 2019. The upstream location and downstream location at the Radium site were located on the right streambank 400 feet (ft) and 2,000 ft downstream from the Grand County Road 11 Bridge, respectively. The upstream location and downstream location at the above Catamount Bridge site were located on the right streambank 16,800 ft (3.2 miles) and 18,200 ft (3.4 miles) upstream from the  Catamount Bridge, respectively. At each of the four monitoring reach locations (an upstream and downstream location at both sites), a stationary hydrophone system with two Aquarian H2a-XLR hydrophones and one recording computer was deployed.  The stationary hydrophone systems were programmed to collect a 1-minute audio recording at 15-minute intervals, which is equivalent to the time stamp of the stage and streamflow data collected at the streamgages in the study area (USGS streamgage 09058000 Colorado River near Kremmling, Colo. and USGS streamgage 09060799 Colorado River at Catamount Bridge, Colo.). The audio data were recorded as 44.1 kilohertz, 16-bit stereo (2-channel) .wav files for 1 minute at 15-minute intervals. Debris was found on the hydrophones during each routine servicing, which caused nonsediment  background noise in the recordings.

Tags: acoustic-data, bedload-transport, colorado, data, dotsero-colorado, eagle-county-colorado, flood, flushing-flow, geomorphology, grand-county-colorado, hydrology, hydrophones, kremmling-colorado, sediment-transport, state-bridge-colorado, upper-colorado-river, usgs-5e29efd0e4b0a79317cf8062
Organization: Department of the Interior
National Hydrography Dataset High Resolution flowlines with name of the nearest downstream named feature for unnamed streams in and around Montana

The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) High Resolution flowlines were used as a base to provide additional information on the connectivity of the stream network for the hydrographic basins in and around Montana. In addition to the attributes that are published as part of the NHD data, two fields were added to the attribute table to associate streams that do not have a Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) name with the GNIS name and NHD reachcode of the nearest downstream named flowline. The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) is a feature-based database that interconnects and uniquely identifies the stream segments or reaches that make up the nation's surface water drainage system. NHD data were originally developed at 1:100,000-scale and exists at that scale for the whole country. This high-resolution NHD, generally developed at 1:24,000/1:12,000 scale, adds detail to the original 1:100,000-scale NHD. Local resolution NHD is being developed where partners and data exist. The NHD contains reach codes for networked features, flow direction, names, and centerline representations for areal water bodies. The NHD also incorporates the National Spatial Data Infrastructure framework criteria established by the Federal Geographic Data Committee. This dataset is NHD Model version 2.2.1. For more information on the NHD High Resolution dataset, see Model Diagram at: http://ftp.geoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/MSDI/Hydrography.

Tags: artificial-path, canal, ditch, hydrography, idaho, inlandwaters, lake, marsh, montana, montana-spatial-data-infrastructure, msdi, north-dakota, pond, reach-code, reservoir, river, seep, south-dakota, spring, stream, swamp, usgs-5afb4bf5e4b0da30c1b9c3db, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Astrogeology Science Center Monthly Report, April 1961

Monthly report to show updates on highlights and noteworthy results, conferences and scientific meetings, and visitors. Includes unpublished works and works in progress.

Tags: astrogeology, astrogeology-branch-history, branch-history, geoscientificinformation, planetary-sciences, usgs-63112765d34e36012efa1096
Organization: Department of the Interior
USGS Measurements of Dissolved and Suspended Particulate Material Selenium in Lake Koocanusa in the Vicinity of Libby Dam (MT), 2015-2016

The U.S. Geological Survey is studying Lake Koocanusa, a border reservoir between British Columbia in Canada and Montana, in collaboration with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Region 8). This work is part of a multi-agency project to apply an ecosystem-scale selenium modeling methodology (Presser and Luoma, 2010) to the lake to support development of a site-specific selenium guideline for the protection of aquatic life. This Data Release makes available measurements taken during the periods of May, 2015 to October, 2015 and April, 2016 to September, 2016. Spatially and temporally matched sets of dissolved and suspended particulate material selenium concentrations were collected mainly at two locations (forebay and international boundary) and at two depths (epilimnion, 3 meters below lake surface; hypolimnion, 3 meters above lake bottom). These data allow calculation of an environmental partitioning factor (i.e., Kd) between dissolved and suspended particulate material selenium concentrations as an initial modeling step. This Data Release contains 1) a location map; 2) a modeling schematic; 3) collection methods, analytical methods, and quality control information; 4) spreadsheets and graphical displays of selenium data; and 5) hydrological parameters related to sampling conditions at the lake. This Data Release will be updated and modified as additional sampling and analysis takes place.

Tags: biogeochemistry, lake-koocanusa, libby-dam-lincoln-county-montana, selenium, usgs-58ecf623e4b0b4d95d335366
Organization: Department of the Interior
Ground-water level contours for the unconfined aquifer in the Wood River Valley, south-central Idaho, representing partial-development conditions.

The entire population of the Wood River Valley depends on ground water for domestic supply, 
either from domestic or municipal-supply wells, rapid population growth since the 1970s has 
raised concerns about the continued availability of ground and surface water to support existing 
uses and streamflow.  To help address these concerns, ground- and surface-water conditions 
in the area before and during the population growth that started in the 1970s was evaluated.  
This dataset helps analyze trends in ground-water data, documents 2006 hydrologic conditions, 
and is used to compare 2006 and historic ground-water data of the Wood River Valley of 
south-central Idaho.  It represents ground-water conditions in the unconfined aquifer during 
October 2006 constructed from 88 water-level measurements in the main valley and 8 tributary 
canyons.

Tags: aquifer, bellevue, blaine-county, gannett, ground-water-level, hailey, hydrologic-conditions, idaho, inlandwaters, ketchum, picabo, sun-valley, usgs-a0b5bea2-bdc1-426a-a89f-89977fbddbbf, water-resource-trends, wood-river-valley
Organization: Department of the Interior
ASIS2015_HRJQ_BE_z18_n88g12B_mosaic_metadata: Lidar-Derived Bare-Earth Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Mosaic for Coastal Topography—Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia, Post-Hurricane Joaquin, 26 November 2015

A digital elevation model (DEM) mosaic was produced for Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia, post-Hurricane Joaquin, from remotely sensed, geographically referenced elevation measurements collected by Quantum Spatial using a Leica ALS70 (1064-nm wavelength) lidar sensor.

Tags: 2015, altimetry, assateague-island, bathymetry-and-elevation, delmarva-peninsula, dem, digital-elevation-model, digital-elevation-models, distributions, doi-usgs-cmg-gt-coastal-and-marine-geology-u-s-geological-survey-u-s-department-of-interior, elevation, extratropical-cyclone, geomorphology, geospatial-datasets, land-surface-gt-topography-gt-terrain-elevation, laser-altimetry, lidar, lidar-gt-light-detection-and-ranging, maryland, ocean-gt-coastal-processes-gt-barrier-islands, ocean-gt-coastal-processes-gt-beaches, ocean-gt-coastal-processes-gt-shoreline-displacement, piper-navajo, post-hurricane-joaquin, remote-sensing, shoreline, topographic-mapping, topography, united-states-of-america, usgs-5207fa5f-afae-4b6d-9a43-44fea6d66e7b, virginia
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geochemical data for stream water and stream sediment samples from the northeast part of the Tanacross quadrangle, Alaska

This data release is part of a study designed to test geochemical methods that best delineate known mineral deposits in the northeast part of the Tanacross 1° x 3° quadrangle, within the Yukon-Tanana Upland region, Alaska. The total area sampled is about 3,200 km2. Extensive tundra cover and patchy spruce/alder vegetation and very limited outcrop exposure characterize the area. Soils and stream sediments contain mixtures of weathered bedrock, sand derived from dunes developed during the Pleistocene, and volcanic ash deposits from the 1.2 Ky eruption of the nearby Mount Churchill volcano. Several mineral deposits are known in the area, including the Late Cretaceous to earliest Tertiary porphyry Cu (+/-Mo-Au) deposits at Taurus, Bluff, and Oreo; and poorly understood epithermal(?) Cu-Au (+/- Pb-Zn) deposits at Pika, Fishhook, and Pushbush. Stream water and sediment samples were collected near these occurrences, as well as in surrounding areas, to determine methods that most effectively enhance geochemical signals related to mineralization. Sediment samples were collected during two sampling campaigns (2017 and 2018).  Each sample was dried, homogenized, and split into multiple aliquots.  One aliquot of sediment was subsequently sieved to recover the minus-80 mesh portion of the sample, whereas a second was sieved to recover the minus-230 mesh portion of the sample. Both aliquots were analyzed by three techniques, all of which included ICP-OES/ICP-MS analysis following (1) sodium peroxide fusion, 2) leaching by aqua regia; and 3) leaching by cold hydroxylamine-HCL. Stream water samples were collected from select sites in August 2018 and analyzed for cation and anion concentrations using high-resolution ICP-MS for cations and Ion Chromatography (IC) for anions.

Tags: alaska, bluff, chemical-analysis, economic-geology, fishhook, geochemistry, geology-geophysics-and-geochemistry-science-center, geoscientificinformation, gggsc, icp-ms, inductively-coupled-plasma-mass-spectrometry, late-cretaceous, liberty, mccord-creek, mcelfish-creek, metallic-mineral-resources, mineral-deposit, mineral-resources, mineral-resources-program, mount-churchill, mrp, oreo, pika, pika-canyon, pleistocene, pushbush, taurus, usgs-5d8e655de4b0c4f70d0ccdf5, water-chemistry, yukon-tanacross-upland
Organization: Department of the Interior
Vegetation greenness observations by dune crest elevation, East and West Ship Island, Mississippi 2008–2009

This data release provides greenness for the dune crest and nearby backslope of the dune estimated from cloud-free 30-m satellite imagery during the hurricane seasons for 2008 and 2009 for East and West Ship Island, Mississippi. These data also include dune crest elevation from September 2008 produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (https://doi.org/10.5066/F7GF0S0Z).

Tags: barrier-island, biota, dune, mississippi-coastal, northern-gulf-of-mexico, ship-island, usgs-6388f08ed34ed907bf78e904
Organization: Department of the Interior
Winter ranges of mule deer in the Pequop Mountains, Nevada

The Area 7 mule deer population is one of the state’s largest deer herds with an estimated population of about 11,000 in 2019. This deer herd is highly important to Nevada from an economic and ecological perspective.  It’s one of the longest distance deer migrations in the state of Nevada with some animals known to migrate over 120 miles during a single migration. A subset of this population, known as the “Pequop” herd, crosses a major highway (US highway 93) and an interstate (Interstate-80) twice annually during their seasonal migration.  Several million dollars in wildlife crossing structures have been constructed to help these deer during their migration, yet they still face challenges to connectivity between winter and summer ranges including miles of livestock fencing and a large-scale gold mine operation in close proximity a large stop-over site near Long Canyon.
Winter range for this deer herd occurs primarily along the east side of the Pequop Mountains from Sixmile Creek to Ninemile Canyon. The largest stopovers occur along the west side of Snake Mountains near Tabor Creek, Antelope Peak and Bishop Creek areas, north and south of Interstate 80 near Pequop Summit, and the Sixmile Creek to Long Canyon area in the Pequop Mountains. Summer range for this herd primarily occurs between the Owyhee and Bruneau Rivers east of Wildhorse Reservoir. 
These data provide the location of winter ranges for mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in the Pequop Mountains, Nevada. They were developed from Brownian bridge movement models (Sawyer et al. 2009) using  193 winter sequences collected from a sample size of 86 animals comprising GPS locations collected every 1-25 hours.

Tags: animal-behavior, biota, migration-organisms, migratory-species, nevada, pequop, usa, usgs-5f8db5ba82ce32418791d552, wells, winter-range
Organization: Department of the Interior
Walrus Haulout Aerial Survey Data Near Point Lay Alaska, Autumn 2018 and 2019

This dataset consists of the complete set of aerial imagery and data from walrus haulouts collected by unoccupied aerial system (UAS) surveys near Pt. Lay, Alaska, during the autumns of 2018 and 2019. The data include: 1) georeferenced digital aerial imagery and flight logs from UAS surveys, and 2) orthoimages derived from the aerial imagery and flight logs by standardized structure from motion algorithms.

Tags: aerial-photography, aerial-surveys, alaska, animals-vertebrates, aquatic-ecosystems, biota, carnivores, chukchi-sea, coastal-ecosystems, environment, field-inventory-and-monitoring, image-collections, mammals, marine-ecosystems, marine-mammals, odobenus-rosmarus-divergens, pacific-walrus, point-lay, seals-sea-lions-walruses, usgs-asc360, walrus, wildlife
Organization: Department of the Interior
Genomic Data of North American Sea Ducks

This data set describes accession numbers for nucleotide sequence data derived from whole mitochondrial genome and double digest restriction-site associated DNA (ddRAD).

Tags: alaska, animals-vertebrates, baja-california, barrows-goldeneye, biota, birds, black-scoter, british-columbia, bucephala-albeola, bucephala-clangula, bucephala-islandica, bufflehead, clangula-hyemalis, common-eider, common-goldeneye, common-merganser, dna, dna-mitochondrial, environment, estuarine-habitat, genetic-markers, genetic-structure, genetics, harlequin-duck, histrionicus-histrionicus, hooded-merganser, king-eider, long-tailed-duck, lophodytes-cucullatus, maine, maryland, massachusetts, melanitta-americana, melanitta-deglandi, melanitta-perspicillata, mergus-merganser, mergus-serrator, migratory-birds, migratory-species, minnesota, northwest-territories, nova-scotia, nunavut, ontario, oregon, polymerase-chain-reaction, polymorphism-snp, polysticta-stelleri, quebec, red-breasted-merganser, rhode-island, saskatchewan, somateria-fischeri, somateria-mollissima, somateria-spectabilis, spectacled-eider, stellers-eider, surf-scoter, usgs-asc361, virginia, washington, waterfowl, wetland-ecosystems, white-winged-scoter, wildlife, yukon-territory
Organization: Department of the Interior
VHF Tracking Data for Pacific Flyway Greater White-Fronted Geese (Anser albifrons), 1987-1991

This metadata document describes VHF tracking data for Greater White-fronted Geese (Anser albifrons) marked annually (1987-1991) in Alaska and the Klamath Basin (Oregon and California) and subsequently tracked through the Pacific Flyway (primarily in Alaska, California, and Mexico). Only tracking data for geese marked or located, at least once, in Alaska are included in this data package. Data for Greater White-fronted Geese tagged at Klamath Basin that were never relocated in Alaska are not included.

Tags: alaska, animal-behavior, animal-tagging, animal-tracking, animals-vertebrates, anser-albifrons, biota, birds, breeding-sites, bristol-bay-lowlands, british-columbia-canada, california, capturing-animals, ducks-geese-swans, environment, greater-white-fronted-goose, klamath-basin, mexico, migratory-birds, migratory-rates-routes, nevada, oregon, overwintering, radio-transmitter, sacramento, san-joaquin-valley, seasonal-distribution, seasonal-movement, species-life-history, tagging-devices, telemetry, terrestrial-ecosystems, tracking-equipment, usgs-asc362, vhf, washington, waterfowl, wetland-ecosystems, wildlife, yukon-delta-national-wildlife-refuge
Organization: Department of the Interior
Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Emperor Geese (Anser canagicus) - Raw Data

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release. This data release contains all data collected by the Argos System from 53 satellite transmitters attached to Emperor Geese on their breeding range in western Alaska, 1999-2003. Five data files are included in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release. Two data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DIAG (Diagnostic) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular Comma Separate Value (CSV) format. Two other data files (with identical content) contain the raw Argos DS (Dispose) data, one in the legacy verbose ASCII format and one in a tabular CSV format. The fifth file, "deploymentAttributes", contains one record for each transmitter deployment in a CSV formatted table. The deployment attributes file contains information such as when the transmitter was attached to the animal, when tracking of a live animal ended, and a variety of variables describing the animal and transmitter. This table is identical to the "deploymentAttributes" table in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release.

Tags: alaska, animal-tracking, animals-vertebrates, anser-canagicus, argos, biota, birds, breeding-sites, capture-recapture-studies, coastal-ecosystems, ducks-geese-swans, emperor-goose, environment, migratory-birds, migratory-rates-routes, migratory-species, ornithology, overwintering, platform-transmitter-terminal, ptt, satellite-transmitter, seasonal-distribution, seasonal-movement, species-life-history, tagging-devices, telemetry, tracking-equipment, tundra-ecosystems, usgs-asc363, waterfowl, wildlife, yukon-delta, yukon-delta-national-wildlife-refuge, yukon-kuskokwim-river-delta
Organization: Department of the Interior
Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Emperor Geese (Anser canagicus) - Processed Data

This metadata document describes the data contained in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release. This data release contains all data collected by the Argos System from 53 satellite transmitters attached to Emperor Geese on their breeding range in western Alaska, 1999-2003. The raw data were processed to accomplish two goals: flag implausible location estimates and decode raw sensor data. Three Comma Separate Value (CSV) tables are included in the "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) of this data release: 1) the "diag_filteredLocations" table contains one record for every Argos location estimate collected, accompanied by a binary flag that denotes an algorithm's plausibility check (based on distance, turning angle, and rate thresholds). Each record also includes a 'Tracking_Status' variable that denotes whether the location was collected from a live animal, a dead animal, or shed transmitter, 2) the "decodedSensor" table contains decoded sensor data such as the transmitter's temperature, battery voltage, and motion (activity), and 3) the "deploymentAttributes" table contains one record for each transmitter deployment in a CSV formatted table. The deployment attributes file contains information such as when the transmitter was attached to the animal, when tracking of a live animal ended, and a variety of variables describing the animal and transmitter. This table is identical to the "deploymentAttributes" table in the "Argos Raw Data" (Child Item 2) of this data release.

Tags: alaska, animal-tracking, animals-vertebrates, anser-canagicus, argos, biota, birds, breeding-sites, capture-recapture-studies, coastal-ecosystems, ducks-geese-swans, emperor-goose, environment, migratory-birds, migratory-rates-routes, migratory-species, ornithology, overwintering, platform-transmitter-terminal, ptt, satellite-transmitter, seasonal-distribution, seasonal-movement, species-life-history, tagging-devices, telemetry, tracking-equipment, tundra-ecosystems, usgs-asc364, waterfowl, wildlife, yukon-delta, yukon-delta-national-wildlife-refuge, yukon-kuskokwim-river-delta
Organization: Department of the Interior
Locations of Sea-Floor Photographs Acquired During U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cruise 2010-015-FA Offshore in Northeastern Long Island Sound (Geographic, WGS84, H12012_BOTPHOTOS.SHP)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP), has produced detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Bathymetry, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provides a fundamental framework for research and management activities in Long Island Sound, shows the terrain of the seabed, and provides information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. During April 2009 NOAA completed hydrographic survey H12012 offshore in the northeastern Sound, and during April 2010 and May 2010 bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of two ground-truth reconnaissance surveys of this area. Two interpretive data layers were derived from the multibeam echo-sounder and the ground-truth data used to verify them. For more information on the ground-truth surveys see: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2010-010-FA and https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2010-015-FA.

Tags: atlantic-ocean, black-point, bottom-photograph-locations, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, connecticut, connecticut-department-of-energy-and-environmental-protection, connecticut-river, cornfield-point, ct-deep, esri-shapefile, field-activity-number-2010-015-fa, geospatial-datasets, ground-truth, hatchett-point, info-bank-b-15-10-li, location, long-island-sound, long-sand-shoal, national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration, navigational-data, noaa, north-america, oceans, ofr-2013-1060, old-lyme, old-saybrook, open-file-report-2013-1060, osv-bold, photo-locations, point-shapefile, sea-floor, seaboss, stations, u-s-east-coast, u-s-geological-survey, underwater-photography, united-states, usgs, usgs-7122d7bf-8b91-4df3-9336-0a1a7577e14a, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior