AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
EAARL Coastal Topography--Eastern Louisiana Barrier Islands, Post-Hurricane Gustav, 2008: First Surface

A digital elevation model (DEM) of a portion of the eastern Louisiana barrier islands, post-Hurricane Gustav (September 2008 hurricane), was produced from remotely sensed, geographically referenced elevation measurements cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Elevation measurements were collected over the area using the Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL), a pulsed laser ranging system mounted onboard an aircraft to measure ground elevation, vegetation canopy, and coastal topography. The system uses high-frequency laser beams directed at the Earth's surface through an opening in the bottom of the aircraft's fuselage. The laser system records the time difference between emission of the laser beam and the reception of the reflected laser signal in the aircraft. The plane travels over the target area at approximately 50 meters per second at an elevation of approximately 300 meters, resulting in a laser swath of approximately 240 meters with an average point spacing of 2-3 meters. The EAARL, developed originally by NASA at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, measures ground elevation with a vertical resolution of +/-15 centimeters. A sampling rate of 3 kilohertz or higher results in an extremely dense spatial elevation dataset. Over 100 kilometers of coastline can be surveyed easily within a 3- to 4-hour mission. When subsequent elevation maps for an area are analyzed, they provide a useful tool to make management decisions regarding land development.
For more information on Lidar science and the Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL) system and surveys, see http://ngom.usgs.gov/dsp/overview/index.php and http://ngom.usgs.gov/dsp/tech/eaarl/index.php .

Tags: 2008, airborne-lidar-processing-system, alps, altimetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, dem, digital-elevation-model, digital-elevation-models, distributions, eaarl, elevation, experimental-advanced-airborne-research-lidar, laser-altimetry, lidar, louisiana, post-hurricane-gustav, remote-sensing, topographic-mapping, topography, usgs-971a1de1-ab24-4f83-b1e4-3c603c139948, utm-zone-15
Organization: Department of the Interior
Soil-Water Balance model for alluvial deposits in Summerset, South Dakota

The USGS, in cooperation with the City of Summerset, South Dakota, 
developed a Soil-Water Balance (SWB) model of the alluvial aquifer in north 
Summerset to estimate recharge and potential evapotranspiration volumes 
and rates for 2017-2019. The model area included the north part of the city 
of Summerset in west South Dakota along the east range of the Black Hills. 
The SWB model output can be used for groundwater flow models, water 
budget calculations, and to study the effects of precipitation variations on 
groundwater levels. The output for the model was used to estimate recharge 
and potential evapotranspiration for budget calculations. The model is 
uncalibrated but the output could be calibrated as an input for another model, 
such as a groundwater flow model.  
		 
This USGS data release contains all of the input and output files for the model 
described in the associated model documentation report 
(https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20205097).

Tags: alluvial-aquifer, alluvium, environment, geoscientificinformation, inlandwaters, recharge-model, soil-water-balance-model, south-dakota, summerset, swb, usgs-9af53100-e47c-47ff-a92e-3ef6a16e2e1b, usgssoilwaterbalancemodel
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bathymetry--Hueneme Canyon and Vicinity, California

This part of DS 781 presents data for the bathymetry map of the Hueneme Canyon and Vicinity map area, California. The raster data file for the bathymetry map is included in "Bathymetry_HuenemeCanyon.zip," which is accessible from https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/HuenemeCanyon/data_catalog_HuenemeCanyon.html. These data accompany the pamphlet and map sheets of Johnson, S.Y., Dartnell, P., Cochrane, G.R., Golden, N.E., Phillips, E.L., Ritchie, A.C., Kvitek, R.G., Greene, H.G., Krigsman, L.M., Endris, C.A., Clahan, K.B., Sliter, R.W., Wong, F.L., Yoklavich, M.M., and Normark, W.R. (S.Y. Johnson, ed.), 2012, California State Waters Map Series—-Hueneme Canyon and Vicinity, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3225, 41 p., 12 sheets, scale 1:24,000, https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3225/.
The bathymetry map of the Hueneme Canyon and Vicinity map area, California, was generated from bathymetry data collected by California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB), by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and by Fugro Pelagos for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Joint Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise. Most of the offshore area was mapped by CSUMB in the summers of 2006 and 2007, using a 244-kHz Reson 8101 multibeam echosounder. The far northern part of the offshore area was mapped by the USGS in 2006, using a 117-kHz SEA (AP) Ltd. SWATHplus-M phase-differencing sidescan sonar. The nearshore bathymetry and coastal topography were mapped for USACE by Fugro Pelagos in 2009, using the SHOALS-1000T bathymetric-lidar and Leica ALS60 topographic-lidar systems. These mapping missions combined to collect bathymetry from the 0-m isobath to beyond the 3-nautical-mile limit of California's State Waters.

Tags: bathymetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, bathymetry-measurement, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, continental-island-shelf, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, hueneme-canyon, image-mosaics, imagerybasemapsearthcover, lidar, maps-and-atlases, marine-geophysics, marine-nearshore-subtidal, marine-offshore-subtidal, multibeam-echo-sounder, oceans, oxnard, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pacific-ocean, pcmsc, port-of-hueneme, sea-floor-characteristics, seabed, seafloor-topography, sidescan-sonar, sonar-methods, southern-california-ecoregion, state-of-california, transform-continental-margin, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-971a00c3-83c4-4e90-99ad-6989dc046693, ventura
Organization: Department of the Interior
Paleoshorelines--Hueneme Canyon and Vicinity, California

This part of DS 781 presents data for the paleoshorelines for the geologic and geomorphic map of the Hueneme Canyon and Vicinity map area, California. The vector data file is included in "Paleoshorelines_HuenemeCanyon.zip," which is accessible from http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/HuenemeCanyon/data_catalog_HuenemeCanyon.html. These data accompany the pamphlet and map sheets of Johnson, S.Y., Dartnell, P., Cochrane, G.R., Golden, N.E., Phillips, E.L., Ritchie, A.C., Kvitek, R.G., Greene, H.G., Krigsman, L.M., Endris, C.A., Clahan, K.B., Sliter, R.W., Wong, F.L., Yoklavich, M.M., and Normark, W.R. (S.Y. Johnson, ed.), 2012, California State Waters Map Series-—Hueneme Canyon and Vicinity, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3225, 41 p., 12 sheets, scale 1:24,000, https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3225/.
The offshore map area is characterized by two major physiographic features: (1) the nearshore continental shelf and upper slope; and (2) Hueneme Canyon and parts of three smaller, unnamed submarine canyons incised into the shelf southeast of Hueneme Canyon. The nearshore, shelf, and slope are underlain by recent sediments and characterized by active sediment transport. Shelf and slope morphology and evolution result from drainage incision into deltaic sediments of the Oxnard plain during sea-level lowstand, and subsequent          sedimentation as sea level rose about 125 to 130 m over the last ~18,000 to 20,000 years (Lambeck and Chappell, 2001).  Sea-level rise (controlled by both eustasy and tectonic land-level change) was apparently not steady during this period, leading to development of shorelines during periods of relative sea-level stability.  These paleoshorelines, characterized by shoreline angles and adjacent submerged wave-cut platforms and risers (Kern, 1977), are commonly buried by shelf sediment. However, their original morphology is at least partly reserved on the outer shelf and upper slope on the east flank of Hueneme Canyon. The geologic map includes four wave-cut platforms and risers separated by shoreline angles at depths of approximately 65 m, 75 to 85 m, 95 to 100 m, and 120 to 125 m.
References Cited:
Kern, J.P., 1977. J.P., Origin and history of upper Pleistocene marine terraces, San Diego, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin,
v. 88, p. 1553-1566.
Lambeck, K., and Chappell, J., 2001, Sea level change through the last glacial cycle: Science, v. 292, p. 679-686.

Tags: continental-island-shelf, distributions, environment, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, hueneme-canyon, imagerybasemapsearthcover, maps-and-atlases, marine-geology, marine-nearshore-subtidal, marine-offshore-subtidal, oceans, oxnard, pacific-ocean, physical-habitats-and-geomorphology, port-of-hueneme, rock-substrate, sea-floor-characteristics, seabed, southern-california-ecoregion, state-of-california, structural-geology, transform-continental-margin, unconsolidated-mineral-substrate, usgs-97161e41-a489-494a-b243-8c66346d3e41, ventura
Organization: Department of the Interior
DS926 Digital surfaces and thicknesses of selected hydrogeologic units of the Floridan aquifer system in Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina -- Polygon regions depicting saline areas of the Lower Floridan aquifer

Digital surfaces and thicknesses of selected hydrogeologic units of the Floridan aquifer system 
were developed to define an updated hydrogeologic framework as part of the U.S. Geological 
Survey Groundwater Resources Program. This feature class contains polygons depicting 
areas of this unit estimated to have greater than 10,000 mg/L of TDS.

Tags: 10000-mg-l, alabama, environment, florida, floridan-aquifer-system, geology, georgia, geoscientificinformation, hydrogeology, inlandwaters, lf, lower-floridan-aquifer, regional, regional-groundwater-availability-study, saline-areas, south-carolina, stratigraphy, tds, total-dissolved-solids, united-states-geologicthickness, usgs, usgs-97154481-4fc0-442a-8340-7c2bfe297bd5
Organization: Department of the Interior
Overlying surficial deposits and absent areas for the Minnelusa Formation in the Black Hills area, South Dakota

This data set describes areas where the Minnelusa Formation is
directly overlain by surficial deposits, as well as those
areas where the Minnelusa Formation is absent in the Black
Hills area, South Dakota.

Tags: absent, black-hills, environment, geoscientificinformation, inlandwaters, minnelusa-formation, south-dakota, surficial-deposits, usgs-96e8278b-1fdc-4014-9325-593a44aeeb85
Organization: Department of the Interior
Assessing the Effectiveness of Nourishment in Decadal Barrier Island Morphological Resilience: Model Inputs and Outputs (Storm_134_Elevations_NA)

Using version 5527 of the XBeach numerical model (Roelvink and others, 2009), barrier island morphological change was simulated at Dauphin Island, Alabama (AL), for a 30-year forecast of multiple storms and sea level rise, considering scenarios of no-action and beach and dune nourishment as described in Passeri and others (2021). The two-dimensional XBeach model can be applied to barrier islands to solve for time-dependent topography and bathymetry. The XBeach model setup requires the input of topographic and bathymetric elevations at each grid cell. Model inputs and outputs in the form of topography and bathymetry at each grid cell are provided in this data release. For further information regarding model input generation and visualization of model output, refer to Passeri and others (2021).

Tags: alabama, barrier-island-migration, bathymetry, coastal-processes, dauphin-island, digital-elevation-models, elevation, geomorphology, geoscientificinformation, gulf-of-mexico, marine-geology, morphologic-change, oceans, sea-level-change, spcmsc, st-petersburg-coastal-and-marine-science-center, storm-surge, topography, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-96c9d2c8-f77e-49ca-b50b-eb500b4e28a8
Organization: Department of the Interior
LANDFIRE Remap Forest Canopy Cover (CC) Palau

LANDFIRE's (LF) 2016 Remap (Remap) Forest Canopy Cover (CC) describes the percent cover of the tree canopy in a stand, CC is a vertical projection of the tree canopy cover onto an imaginary horizontal plane. In disturbed locations CC is calculated from linear regression equations derived from Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) plot data output, but at non-disturbed locations it is assigned the midpoint of Fuel Vegetation Cover (FVC) forested classes. In some instances, LF Remap assumes the potential burnable biomass in the tree canopy has been accounted for in the surface fuel model. For example, young or short conifer stands where the trees are represented by a shrub type fuel model will not have canopy characteristics.
LF Remap Annual Disturbance products are incorporated into CC to provide informed changes by disturbance type, severity, and time since disturbance (TSD). Annual Disturbance products provide a pre-disturbance scenario represented by LF Remap existing vegetation products. Reporting of the pre-disturbance scenario helps to calculate CC, by providing information about vegetation impacted by a disturbance. Then, vegetation adjustments are modeled in disturbance areas based on disturbance type and severity. CC is then used in the calculation of Canopy Bulk Density (CBD) and Canopy Base Height (CBH). CC supplies information to fire behavior models in order to; determine the probability of crown fire initiation, provide input in the spotting model, calculate wind reductions, and to calculate fuel moisture conditioning. 
CC also has capable fuels functionality. Capable fuels calculate TSD assignments for disturbed areas using an "effective year." For example, year 2020 fuels may be calculated for the year 2020. the new process considers all the existing disturbances included in LF Remap and adjusts the TSD for these to the effective year (2020 in the example), making the products "2020 capable fuels." More information about capable fuels can be found at https://www.landfire.gov/lf_remap.php.

Tags: biota, canopy-cover, cc, fires, geographic-information-systems, geospatial-datasets, hazard-preparedness, ia, image-collections, imagerybasemapsearthcover, insular-areas, landfire-2016-remap, lf-2016-remap, oconus, palau, raster-digital-data, remote-sensing, u-s-forest-service-usfs, u-s-geological-survey-usgs, united-states, us, usgs-96c8339e-4678-4cac-8f65-90054222cf2d
Organization: Department of the Interior
National Ocean Service (NOS) Cartographic Codes for Bottom Character in the Gulf of Maine region (NOSGOM shapefile)

These data were collected by the National Ocean Service (NOS, formerly the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey) for the purpose of charting the coastal waters and navigable waterways of the United States.  Data collected prior to 1965 were digitized from the final survey plots.  All other data were digitized in the field during the surveys.  These data were supplied by the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC). This data set contains fields that are only a subset of those fields available in the NOS Hydrographic Database, but included in this data set are the NOS cartographic codes for bottom characteristics.  Although included here, these codes are no longer customarily supplied by NGDC with the NOS Hydrographic Database. As such, this data layer provides important information that is no longer readily available.

Tags: atlantic-ocean, cartographic-codes, cmgp, coarse, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, continental-shelf, fine, georges-bank, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, gis, gravel, gulf-of-maine, location, maine, marine-geology, massachusetts, medium, mud, national-geophysical-data-center, national-ocean-survey, navigational-data, new-hampshire, ngdc, nos, nos-hydrographic-database, oceans, offshore-southeastern-new-england, open-file-report-03-001, pebbles, point-shapefile, points, rhode-island, rocky, sand, sea-floor-characteristics, sediment-classification, surficial-classification, surficial-sediments, u-s-east-coast, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-98639959-1757-4e35-a98e-9256a8a5d247, whsc, woods-hole-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bathymetry from multibeam echosounder data collected offshore of the Eel River, California

This part of USGS Data Series 781 (Golden, 2019) presents 2-m-resolution bathymetry data for the Offshore of the Eel River, California, map area. Bathymetry data were collected by Fugro Pelagos in 2007 using a combination of 400-kHz Reson 7125, 240-kHz Reson 8101, and 100-kHz Reson 8111 multibeam echosounder systems. The data were processed by the California State University Monterey Bay Seafloor Mapping Lab. The bathymetry data are available as a georeferenced TIFF image.

Tags: bathymetry, bathymetry-and-elevation, bathymetry-measurement, cmhrp, coastal-and-marine-hazards-and-resources-program, eel-river, elevation, field-observation, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, humboldt-county, image-mosaics, marine-geophysics, multibeam-sonar, pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center, pcmsc, sea-floor-characteristics, seabed, state-of-california, u-s-geological-survey, usgs, usgs-96c5b31f-ad99-46bd-9e82-b41c3caf7436
Organization: Department of the Interior
Shapefile of the postimpoundment sediment limits in Lake Mead

Lake Mead is a large interstate reservoir located in the Mojave Desert of southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona. It was impounded in 1935 by the construction of Hoover Dam and is one of a series of multi-purpose reservoirs on the Colorado River. The lake extends 183 km from the mouth of the Grand Canyon to Black Canyon, the site of Hoover Dam, and provides water for residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, and other non-agricultural users in communities across the southwestern United States. Extensive research has been conducted on Lake Mead, but a majority of the studies have involved determining levels of anthropogenic contaminants such as synthetic organic compounds, heavy metals and dissolved ions, furans/dioxins, and nutrient loading in lake water, sediment, and biota (Preissler, et al., 1998; Bevans et al, 1996; Bevans et al., 1998; Covay and Leiker, 1998; LaBounty and Horn, 1997; Paulson, 1981). By contrast, little work has focused on the sediments in the lake and the processes of deposition (Gould, 1951). To address these questions, sidescan-sonar imagery and high-resolution seismic-reflection profiles were collected throughout Lake Mead by the USGS in cooperation with researchers from University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV). These data allow a detailed mapping of the surficial geology and the distribution and thickness of sediment that has accumulated in the lake since the completion of Hoover Dam. Results indicate that the accumulation of post-impoundment sediment is primarily restricted to former river and stream beds that are now submerged below the lake while the margins of the lake appear to be devoid of post-impoundment sediment. The sediment cover along the original Colorado River bed is continuous and is typically greater than 10 m thick through much of its length. Sediment thickness in some areas exceeds 35 m while the smaller tributary valleys typically are filled with less than 4 m of sediment. Away from the river beds that are now covered with post-impoundment sediment, pre-impoundment alluvial deposits and rock outcrops are still exposed on the lake floor.

Tags: arcview, arizona, black-canyon, boulder-basin, bounds, colorado-river, geology, geoscientificinformation, geospatial-datasets, gregg-basin, hoover-dam, iceberg-canyon, inlandwaters, interpretation, lake, lake-mead, lakebed-characteristics, las-vegas, las-vegas-bay, las-vegas-wash, mojave-desert, nevada, north-america, ofr03-320, open-file-report, overton-arm, polygon, reservoir, scientific-interpretation, sediment, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-96bcef07-918f-4cf8-b032-4fb7e860c9ea, virgin-basin, woods-hole-field-center
Organization: Department of the Interior
kauai_sea - Sea Level Hazard Intensity Level in the coastal zone of Kauai, Hawaii

Sea Level Hazard Intensity Level in the coastal zone of Kauai,
Hawaii

Tags: agents-of-coastal-change, coast, coastal, coastal-processes, continental-island-shore-complex, geoscientificinformation, hawaii, hawaii-ecoregion, hazard, hazards, island, kauai, lanai, level, maui, molokai, oahu, ocean, oceans, oceans-and-coastal, oceans-and-estuaries, pacific, risk-assessment, sea, sea-level-change, usgs-96b2334e-2daa-4b81-af07-47fc4551a76b
Organization: Department of the Interior
Oceanographic Data from Winter and Spring Circulation and Sediment Transport Studies in the Hudson Shelf Valley collected in December-April (1999/2000) and April-June 2006

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted field experiments to understand the transport of sediments and associated contaminants in the Hudson Shelf Valley, offshore of New York. The valley is a sink and potential conduit for the movement of sediments and associated contaminants across the shelf. A winter experiment (1999-2000) investigated the role of winter storms in transporting sediments in the valley. A spring experiment (2006) explored transport during the period of spring runoff from the Hudson River. The spring experiment was carried out in cooperation with the Lagrangian Transport and Tracer Experiment (LATTE). The original metadata had a link (marine.rutgers.edu/cool/latte/latte2006.htm) that is no longer valid. A substitute link was not found.
For more information on the USGS field operations associated with data collection:
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=99006
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=00054
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=06013
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=06023

Tags: 1999-006-fa, 2000, 2000-054-fa, 2006, 2006-013-fa, 2006-023-fa, acoustic-backscatter, acoustic-doppler-current-profiler-adcp, atlantic-ocean, beam-attenuation, benthic-acoustic-stress-sensor-bass, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, cmgp, coastal-and-marine-geology-program, current, geoscientificinformation, hudson-canyon, hudson-shelf-valley, light-transmission, marine-geophysics, navigational-data, netcdf, new-jersey, new-york, north-america, oceanographic-observations, oceans, pressure, salinity, temperature, turbidity, u-s-geological-survey, united-states, usgs, usgs-96af665a-88dc-404c-9abe-0dca84c61db4, whcmsc, woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center
Organization: Department of the Interior