AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
White sturgeon fine-scale habitat model archive, Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 2017

Kootenai river hydraulic conditions were simulated using the iRIC FaSTMECH two-dimensional hydraulic flow model (Nelson, 2003). In addition to this study, FaSTMECH 2D flow models have been developed for numerous Kootenai River studies dating back to 2005. The methods used to develop, calibrate, and simulate FaSTMECH 2D flow models are described at length in multiple previous studies (Fosness and Dudunake, in press; Barton and others, 2005; Barton and others, 2007; Logan and others, 2011; McDonald and others, 2016; McDonald and Nelson, 2018; McDonald and Nelson, 2020). Model simulations were combined with white sturgeon telemetry data to explain fish positions with respect to selected depths and depth-averaged velocity.

Tags: acoustic-doppler-current-profiling, aquatic-biology, bathymetry, biological-and-physical-processes, biota, bonners-ferry, boundary, climate-change, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, digital-elevation-models, ecology, ecosystem-functions, elevation, endangered-species, environment, food-web, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-analysis, hydraulic-engineering, idaho, kootenai, land, lidar, location, lower-kootenai, mathematical-modeling, multibeam-sonar, north-america, pacific-northwest, sediment-transport, sedimentation, stream-gage-measurement, study-areas, surface-water-level, time-series-datasets, united-states, usgs-5abe5415e4b081f61ac1202e
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bathymetric LiDAR data from the upper Sacramento River in northern California, September 10-17, 2017

Bathymetric LiDAR data from the upper Sacramento River in northern California were acquired September 10-17, 2017, to support research on remote sensing of rivers, particularly mapping water depth, and to facilitate efforts to characterize salmon habitat conditions and geomorphic change along the upper Sacramento River. These data were collected using a Riefl VQ-880-Gairborne laser scanning system designed for combined hydrographic and topographic surveying.  The flight was conducted by Quantum Spatial, Inc. (QSI); QSI also performed all processing of the raw LiDAR data. The data were acquired from fixed wing aircraft and were used to produce tiled point clouds in a .las format and interpolated topo-bathymetric raster Digital Elevation Models (DEM's) with a 1 m cell size in an Arc GRID format.  The rasters provided in this data release are subsets focused on the reach of the Sacramento River where it is joined by its tributary Cottonwood Creek; supporting field data from this reach were collected in coordination with the acquisition of the remotely sensed data.  Three files based on the LiDAR coverage are included in this data release: 1) a topographic DEM with water surface elevations in the channel; 2) a bathymetric DEM with channel bed elevations; and 3) a depth map produced by subtracting the bathymetric DEM from the topographic DEM to calculate the depth as the difference between the water surface elevation and the bed elevation.  These data sets are provided as ENVI format files with associated header files.

Tags: bathymetric-lidar, bathymetry, california, channel-change, depth, in-stream-habitat, lidar, remote-sensing, rivers, sacramento-river, usgs-5abd5dbbe4b081f61abfc437
Organization: Department of the Interior
Point Shapefile of Bottom Photographs Acquired on Cruise SUN03002

Pulley Ridge is a series of drowned barrier islands that extends almost 200 km in 60-100 m water depths. This drowned ridge is located on the Florida Platform in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico about 250 km west of Cape Sable, Florida. This barrier island chain formed during the initial stage of the Holocene marine transgression. These islands were then submerged and left abandoned near the outer edge of the Florida Platform. The southern portion of Pulley Ridge hosts zooxanthellate scleractinian corals, green, red and brown macro algae, and a mix of deep and typically shallow-water tropical fishes. This reef community is in unusually deep water, and its extent and the controls on its distribution were unknown. To address these questions scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Program in cooperation with scientists from the University of South Florida Department of Marine Sciences have completed a detailed mapping of the southernmost 35 km of Pulley Ridge. The area was mapped using multibeam bathymetry, sidescan-sonar imagery, and high-resolution seismic-reflection profiling to define the geologic framework on which the reef is established. Submersible dives, remotely operated vehicle (ROV) transects, and transects of bottom photographs and video were collected to identify the corals and to map their distribution. This extensive suite of data has been compiled and preliminary analysis of the data suggests that the reefs are not tied to the ridge system, but instead are more broadly distributed. Whether reef distribution is controlled by oceanographic conditions or by subtle differences in the substrate that overlies the barrier island system is unclear, and are topics of continued research.

Tags: bottom-photo, coral, coral-reef, field-activity-identifier-s-1-03-fl, field-activity-serial-number-03002, florida, florida-shelf, geospatial-datasets, gulf-of-mexico, images, jpeg, location, navigation, navigational-data, north-america, oceans, of-2005-1089, open-file-report, point, pulley-ridge, reef, seaboss, shapefile, u-s-geological-survey, underwater-photography, united-states, usgs, usgs-5ae02946-3e59-4d1e-81be-d743e106cf2e, woods-hole-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Tolerance, phenology, and resistance data for streptanthus

We collected data on tolerance using comparative approaches in a clade of mustards, emphasizing the variety of contexts in which damage is realistically tolerated. We estimated tolerance to leaf damage, tolerance to apical clipping at the bolting stage-- simulating browsing--, and resistance to a specialist and generalist lepidopteran herbivore for a group of native mustards, grown in field soils unique to each population and in a common potting soil.

Tags: herbivore-resistance, plant-insect-interactions, tolerance, usgs-5abd37dee4b081f61abfbf6c
Organization: Department of the Interior
Multispectral satellite image data from the upper Sacramento River in northern California, October 18, 2017

Multispectral satellite image data from the upper Sacramento River in northern California were acquired on October 18, 2017, to support research on remote sensing of rivers, particularly retrieval of water depth, and to facilitate efforts to characterize salmon habitat conditions and geomorphic change along the upper Sacramento River. These data were collected by the WorldView-3 (WV3) satellite, operated by DigitalGlobe and obtained through the EnhancedView license program administered by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA); the image data remain copyright of DigitalGlobe (2018). DigitalGlobe performed initial radiometric and geometric processing of the image. The data were acquired from the WorldView-3 satellite from an orbit with an altitude of 617 km and have a spatial resolution (pixel size) of 1.36 m. The data set consists of 8 spectral bands spanning the visible and near infrared wavelength range from 400-954 nanometers.  The image pixel values represent raw digital counts and conversion to radiance, atmospheric correction, and reflectance retrieval have not been performed for the image included in this data release. The image is in a GeoTIFF format with pixel values stored as 16-bit unsigned integers.  The image provided in this data release is a subset focused on the reach of the Sacramento River where it is joined by its tributary Cottonwood Creek.  Supporting field data from this reach were collected in coordination with the acquisition of the remotely sensed data.

Tags: bathymetry, california, channel-change, depth, in-stream-habitat, multispectral, remote-sensing, rivers, sacramento-river, usgs-5abcf26fe4b081f61abfb68b
Organization: Department of the Interior
Multibeam acoustic-backscatter data collected in 2015 near Cross Sound, southeast Alaska, during field activity 2015-629-FA

These metadata describe acoustic-backscatter collected during a 2015 multibeam echosounder survey near Cross Sound, southeast Alaska. Data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) aboard the ADFG R/V Solstice during USGS field activity 2015-629-FA. The acoustic-backscatter data are provided as a GeoTIFF.

Tags: cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, cross-sound, distributions, field-observation, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, graves-harbor, icy-point, image-mosaics, lisianski-inlet, marine-geophysics, multibeam-sonar, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, queen-charlotte-fault, sea-floor-acoustic-reflectivity, sea-floor-characteristics, seabed, state-of-alaska, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-5abc0ef6e4b081f61abd5c66, yakobi-sea-valley
Organization: Department of the Interior
UAS-based hyperspectral image data from the upper Sacramento River in northern California, September 13, 2017

An unmanned aerial system was used to acquire hyperspectral image data from the upper Sacramento River in northern California on September 13, 2017, to support research on remote sensing of rivers, particularly retrieval of water depth, and to facilitate efforts to characterize salmon habitat conditions and geomorphic change along the upper Sacramento River. These data were collected by the Nano-Hyperspec imaging system, manufactured by Headwall Photonics, Inc.  The flight was conducted by Headwall Photonics, Inc.; Headwall also performed the initial radiometric and geometric data processing. The data were acquired from a DJI Matrice M600 UAS and have a spatial resolution (pixel size) of 0.178 m. The data set consists of 276 spectral bands spanning the visible and near infrared wavelength range from 396.025 - 1005.09 nanometers.  Reflectance retrieval was performed by Headwall using their SpectralView software package. The image pixel values represent reflectances and are stored as floating point 32-bit single precision numbers.  The image data file has a band sequential (BSQ) interleave and is in an ENVI-compatible file format with an associated header (*.hdr) text file. The image provided in this data release is focuses on the reach of the Sacramento River where it is joined by its tributary Cottonwood Creek.  Supporting field data from this reach were collected in coordination with the acquisition of the remotely sensed data.

Tags: bathymetry, california, channel-change, depth, hyperspectral, in-stream-habitat, remote-sensing, rivers, sacramento-river, usgs-5abc0336e4b081f61abd5c1a
Organization: Department of the Interior
Airborne hyperspectral image data from the upper Sacramento River in northern California, September 14, 2017

Airborne hyperspectral image data from the upper Sacramento River in northern California were acquired on September 14, 2017 to support research on remote sensing of rivers, particularly retrieval of water depth, and to facilitate efforts to characterize salmon habitat conditions and geomorphic change along the upper Sacramento River. These data were collected by the Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (CASI) 1500H, manufactured by ITRES Research Limited.  The flight was conducted by Quantum Spatial, Inc. (QSI); QSI also performed the initial radiometric and geometric data processing. The data were acquired from fixed wing aircraft and have a spatial resolution (pixel sizes) of 0.5 m. The data set consists of 48 spectral bands spanning the visible and near infrared wavelength range from 0.373 - 1.043 micrometers.  Atmospheric correction and reflectance retrieval were performed by QSI using the ATCOR4 software package. The image pixel values represent reflectance with a scale factor of 10,000 and are stored as 16-bit signed integers.  The image data file has a band sequential (BSQ) interleave and is in an ENVI-compatible *.bsq file format with an associated header (*.hdr) text file. The image provided in this data release is a subset focused on the reach of the Sacramento River where it is joined by its tributary Cottonwood Creek.  Supporting field data from this reach were collected in coordination with the acquisition of the remotely sensed data.

Tags: bathymetry, california, channel-change, depth, hyperspectral, in-stream-habitat, remote-sensing, rivers, sacramento-river, usgs-5abbd5f7e4b081f61abd5b36
Organization: Department of the Interior
Grain size, bulk density, and organic carbon of sediment cores from three locations in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, 2017 to 2018

Bed sediment samples were collected in Lindsey Slough in April 2017, and Middle River and the Mokelumne River in March 2018, to analyze for sediment properties, including bulk density, particle size distribution, and percent organic carbon. Sediment samples were collected within the vegetation with push corers deployed from a small vessel, and in the unvegetated channel with a Gomex box corer, which was subsampled with three push cores per Gomex core. Data are provided in a comma-delimited values spreadsheet. These data were collected as part of a cooperative project, with the USGS California Water Science Center and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, on the effects of invasive aquatic vegetation on sediment transport in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Tags: bulk-density, carbon, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, dissolved-organic-compounds, grab-sampling, grain-size-analysis, mokelumne-river, oceans, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, push-coring, sacramento-san-joaquin-delta, sea-floor-characteristics, sediment, sediment-transport, sedimentation, state-of-california, substrate, u-s-geological-survey, unconsolidated-deposits, usgs, usgs-5ac6a4a3e4b0e2c2dd0e2fd6
Organization: Department of the Interior
SAR 2017 Reach Habitat Data_afterDMS

This dataset includes reach habitat data for the Santa Ana Sucker (Catostomus santaanae) and the Arroyo Chub (Gila orcutti) in the Santa Ana River.

Tags: arroyo-chub-gila-orcutti, california, habitat-use, population-estimate, santa-ana-river, santa-ana-sucker-catostomus-santaanae, usgs-5ac40c07e4b0e2c2dd0c300f
Organization: Department of the Interior
Central Mojave Desert Vegetation Mapping Project, California, 1997-1999: Mojave Vegetation Polygons

The Central Mojave Vegetation Polygons shapefile represents areas of the Mojave Desert classified into vegetation classes or alliances representative of the area from 1997-1999. The classification of these areas were derived from context gathered in the field data, photographs and additional satellite imagery that is not included in this data release. The original map coverage was preserved and released as a shapefile (mojave_veg_polygons.shp). In contrast to the Special Features Points vegetation classifications (described in the Special Features Points shapefile metadata record and ScienceBase item), the Central Mojave Vegetation Polygons were designated by vegetation alliances that extended 5 hectares or more. Map labels represent alliances and groups of alliances as described by the National Vegetation Classification, as it existed at that time. Each map unit is labeled by a primary land cover type and a secondary type where applicable. In addition, the source of data for labeling each map unit is also identified in the attribute table for each map unit. 
The metadata record (Mojave-Vegetation-Mapping_Mojave-Veg-Polygons-Metadata.xml), the Mojave vegetation polygons shapefile (zipped shapefile, mojave_veg_polygons.zip) and the label codes sheet that provides context for the vegetation classifications (LabelCodes.csv) are all included as attachments on the Mojave Vegetation Polygons ScienceBase item.

Tags: arid-lands, biota, california, california-plants, california-vegetation, china-lake-naval-weapons-center, death-valley-national-park, desert-southwest, ft-irwin-military-reservation, marine-corps-air-ground-combat-center, mojave-desert, mojave-national-preserve, mojave-plants, mojave-vegetation, national-vegetation-classification, north-america, southern-california, special-features, united-states, usgs-5abbb553e4b081f61abcc5b4, vegetation, vegetation-alliances
Organization: Department of the Interior
Audiomagnetotelluric sounding data, stations 1-9, Taos Plateau Volcanic Field, New Mexico, 2009

This dataset includes the audio-magnetotelluric (AMT) sounding data collected in 2009 in and near the San Luis Basin, New Mexico. The U.S. Geological Survey conducted a series of multidisciplinary studies, including AMT surveys, in the San Luis Basin to improve understanding of the hydrogeology of the Santa Fe Group and the nature of the sedimentary deposits comprising the principal groundwater aquifers of the Rio Grande rift. The shallow unconfined and the deeper confined Santa Fe Group aquifers in the San Luis Basin are the main sources of municipal water for the region. The population of the San Luis Basin region is growing rapidly and water shortfalls could have serious consequences. Future growth and land management in the region depend on accurate assessment and protection of the region's groundwater resources.

Tags: amt, apparent-resistivity, aquifer, audiomagnetotelluric, cerro, cerro-de-la-olla, deformation-geologic, electromagnetic-surveying, geologic-framework, geology-geophysics-and-geochemistry-science-center, geophysics, geoscientificinformation, gggsc, gps-measurement, groundwater, guadalupe-mountain, hydrogeology, impedance, impedance-phase, impedance-strike, magnetic-field-earth, magnetic-surveying, magnetotelluric-surveying, mineral-resources-program, mrp, mt, new-mexico, no-agua-peaks, questa, regional-fluid-flow, rio-grande, rio-grande-basin, rio-grande-rift, san-luis-basin, sangre-de-cristo-mountains, santa-fe-group, sedimentary-deposits, sedimentation, sounding, taos-county, taos-plateau-volcanic-field, tipper, usgs-5abbb306e4b081f61abca806
Organization: Department of the Interior
Photomicrographs from the Ironwood Iron-Formation, Gogebic Iron Range, Wisconsin, USA

This dataset comprises photomicrographs from drill core and outcrop samples from the Ironwood Iron-Formation in the Gogebic Iron Range, Wisconsin, USA.

Tags: ashland-county, iron-county, iron-formation, metamorphism-geological, mineral-deposits, usgs-5abba3c0e4b081f61abbfb5f, wisconsin
Organization: Department of the Interior
Field Spectra from the upper Sacramento River in northern California, September 11-14, 2017

Field spectra were collected from a reach of the upper Sacramento River in northern California, September 11-14, 2017, to support research on remote sensing of rivers. Reflectance measurements were made from a boat near the confluence of Cottonwood Creek with the Sacramento River using an Analytical Spectral Devices FieldSpec3 spectroradiometer operated in reflectance mode. The depth at each spectral measurement location was interpolated from field measurements of depth obtained with an acoustic Doppler current profiler and an echo sounder. This data release provides both the reflectance spectra and the interpolated depths and can be used to develop relationships between depth and reflectance for mapping river bathymetry from field spectra or passive optical remotely sensed data.

Tags: california, depth, field-spectra, reflectance, sacramento-river, usgs-5ababe74e4b081f61abb4e2b
Organization: Department of the Interior
High-water mark data from Hurricane Sandy for the coastal areas of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, October 29-30, 2012

High-water marks were collected following Hurricane Sandy, October 29-30, 2012, along the coastal areas of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Information on 371 high-water marks that were flagged following Hurricane Sandy is presented in this data release. The general information on the high-water marks presented includes site identification number, location, elevation, quality, type, and website links to the data. Of the 371 high-water marks flagged, 364 high-water marks were surveyed and 7 high-water marks were not found. The U.S. Geological Survey identified and flagged the high-water marks during October and November 2012 following Hurricane Sandy; and surveyed the marks during October and November 2012, December 2013 to June 2014, and December 2016.

Tags: coastal, connecticut, floods, high-water-mark, hurricane-sandy, massachusetts, rhode-island, storm-surge, usgs-5abab8e1e4b081f61abb4e0b
Organization: Department of the Interior
Aeolian mass flux, rangeland monitoring site, and unpaved road reach data

These data were compiled for monitoring and analyzing the amount of windblown (aeolian) sediment at 100 cm height near Moab, UT.  Big Springs Number Eight (BSNE) field aeolian passive sediment traps are summarized by location and time period in shapefiles. Shapefiles also include attributes used to analyze patterns in the aeolian transport. Three different BSNE shapefiles represent 1) a network of BSNEs in a variety of rangelands, 2) BSNEs along downwind edges of unpaved roads where they run perpendicular to the dominant wind direction, and 3) long term BSNE sites used to test imporance of climate trends on aeolian transport. Also included in this data archive are raster files that were created from the BSNE data using statistical modeling approaches. These rasters represent predicted windblown sediment horizontal mass flux over the spring 2013 to spring 2015 time period.

Tags: aeolian-transport, big-spring-number-eight, biota, colorado-plateau, desertification, dust-emissions, environment, geoscientificinformation, moab, sand-dunes, united-states, usgs-5aba8a43e4b081f61abb4c8c, utah, wind-erosion, windblown-sediment
Organization: Department of the Interior
Depth measurements from the upper Sacramento River in northern California, September 11-14, 2017

Field measurements of water depth were acquired from a reach of the upper Sacramento River in northern California, September 12-14, 2017, to support research on salmon habitat and geomorphic change along the Sacramento River and, more broadly, remote sensing of rivers.  The depth measurements included in this data release were obtained by wading the shallow channel margins with RTK GPS receivers and measuring water surface elevations along the water's edge and bed elevations within the channel; depths were calculated by subtracting bed elevations from the nearest water surface elevation.   For the deeper areas representing most of the channel, depths were recorded along a series of cross-sections by a SonTek RiverSurveyor S5 acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) and an Ohmex SonarMite echo sounder, both deployed from a jet boat.  The spatial location of each measurement was obtained via GPS receivers: Trimble R8 and R10 RTK rovers for the wading and echo sounder measurements and a differential GPS included as part of the RiverSurveyor S5 ADCP instrument package.  The map projection and datum for these data are UTM Zone 10 N and NAD83, respectively.  The wading-, echo sounder-, and ADCP-based depth measurements were cross-calibrated to one another and are combined for the purposes of this data release, which consists of a comma-delimited (*.csv) text file with three columns: East_m, North_m, and Depth_m; the units of the spatial coordinates and the depths are meters.  This ground-based data set played a critical role in developing improved methods for mapping river bathymetry from remotely sensed data.

Tags: acoustic-doppler-current-profiler, bathymetry, california, cottonwood-creek, depth, echo-sounder, rivers, sacramento-river, usgs-5aba8249e4b081f61abb4c75
Organization: Department of the Interior