AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
UMRS Floodplain Inundation Depths - Pool 10

Floodplain inundation is believed to be the dominant physical driver of an array of ecosystem patterns and processes in the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS). Here, we present a time series of daily surface water inundation depths (in feet) for floodplain surfaces in the UMRS. The time series data are for the months of April through September of every year since 1940. These months were chosen because it approximates the period during which most biophysical processes such as vegetation metabolism and biogeochemical cycling are likely to be strongest across the longitudinal gradient of the UMRS.  Data were derived from a geospatial model of surface water inundation developed for the UMRS and described in Van Appledorn et al. (2021; doi: 10.1002/rra.3628). We excluded areas permanently wetted (aquatic areas), surfaces in agricultural production, roads, and developed areas. The data are intended for use in geospatial analyses of UMRS floodplain ecosystem patterns and processes.

Tags: flood-plain, floods, freshwater-ecosystems, hydrology, river-systems, usgs-6602bcf7d34e64ff1548e341
Organization: Department of the Interior
MODFLOW 6 Groundwater Flow Model for the Des Moines River Alluvial Aquifer near Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) is a regional municipal water utility that supplies residential and commercial water resources to about 600,000 customers in Des Moines, Iowa, and surrounding municipalities in central Iowa. DMWW has identified a need for increased water supply and is exploring the potential for expanding groundwater production capabilities in the Des Moines River alluvial aquifer, where it operates two radial collector wells (RCWs). The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with DMWW, completed a study of the Des Moines River alluvial aquifer and the interactions of the RCWs with the aquifer; no previously published model has included the existing well locations, which is the focus of this model. A numerical groundwater flow model has been developed to characterize the Des Moines River alluvial aquifer based on a conceptual model under historical conditions, to simulate water levels observed in the DMWW RCWs, and to provide a tool that potentially can be used in the future to evaluate groundwater production scenarios. 
The data release directories contain ancillary, bin, georef, model, output, and source folders for the following model:
tr_mf6_sim: A calibrated transient MODFLOW 6 groundwater flow model of the Des Moines River alluvial aquifer near Des Moines, Iowa.

Tags: des-moines, environment, geoscientificinformation, groundwater, groundwater-flow, groundwater-model, hydrogeology, inlandwaters, iowa, mathematical-modeling, modeling, modflow-6, modflow6, numerical-modeling, usgs-6601d849d34e64ff1548e2ad, usgsgroundwatermodel
Organization: Department of the Interior
Data for assessment of the containment pond vegetation at Pinyon Plain Mine, 2022

These data are comprised of measurements of elements (e.g., uranium, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, cadmium, lead, etc.) in Pinyon Plain Mine containment pond vegetation samples collected in calendar year 2022.

Tags: arizona, biota, coconino, environment, grand-canyon, metals, mine-sites, mining-and-mineral-extraction, mining-hazards, pinyon-plain-mine, u-s-geological-survey-columbia-environmental-research-center, usgs-660186f5d34e64ff1548e0bc
Organization: Department of the Interior
Chemistry data for assessment of invertebrates in the Pinyon Plain Mine containment pond, 2022

These data are comprised of measurements of elements (e.g., uranium, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, cadmium, lead, etc.) in Pinyon Plain Mine containment pond invertebrate samples collected in calendar year 2022.

Tags: arizona, benthos, biota, canyon-mine, coconino, grand-canyon, invertebrates, metals, mine-sites, mining-and-mineral-extraction, mining-hazards, u-s-geological-survey-columbia-environmental-research-center, usgs-66018604d34e64ff1548e0b1
Organization: Department of the Interior
Chemistry data for assessment of the containment pond water at Pinyon Plain Mine, 2022

These data are comprised of measurements of elements (e.g., uranium, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, cadmium, lead, etc.), major anions (chloride, nitrite+nitrate as nitrogen, sulfate, etc.), organic carbon, and general water quality parameters in Pinyon Plain Mine containment pond water samples collected in calendar year 2022.

Tags: arizona, coconino, dissolved-organic-carbon, environment, grand-canyon, metals, mine-sites, mining-and-mineral-extraction, mining-hazards, pinyon-plain-mine, u-s-geological-survey-columbia-environmental-research-center, usgs-6601856fd34e64ff1548e0a2, water-quality
Organization: Department of the Interior
Chemistry data for assessment of the containment pond at Pinyon Plain Mine, 2022

These data are comprised of measurements of elements (e.g., uranium, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, cadmium, lead, etc.), major anions (chloride, nitrite+nitrate as nitrogen, sulfate, etc.), organic carbon, and general water quality characteristics in Pinyon Plain Mine containment pond water, invertebrate, vegetation and sediment samples, collected in calendar year 2022.

Tags: arizona, benthos, biota, coconino, dissolved-organic-carbon, environment, grand-canyon, invertebrates, metals, mine-sites, mining-and-mineral-extraction, mining-hazards, pinyon-plain-mine, sediment-analysis, u-s-geological-survey-columbia-environmental-research-center, usgs-66017d02d34e64ff1548e06f
Organization: Department of the Interior
CONUS404 PGW: Four-kilometer long-term regional hydroclimate reanalysis perturbed with pseudo-global warming (PGW) conditions over the conterminous United States

This metadata record serves as documentation for the authoritative version of the CONUS404 pseudo-global warming (PGW) atmospheric forcing dataset. This dataset covers a future-perturbed 42-year period (water years 1980-2021, October 1, 1979 - September 30, 2021) and has sufficient temporal and spatial detail to resolve probable mesoscale atmospheric states and processes in a future warmer climate, making it appropriate for forcing hydrological models and conducting meteorological analyses to study one possible scenario of climate changes and resultant hydrologic impacts over the conterminous United States (CONUS). The dataset is the output of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) v 3.9.1.1 model (Skamarock and others, 2008), forced with ERA5 reanalysis data (Hersbach and others, 2020) plus LENS2 projected climate perturbations (Rodgers and others, 2021), and consists of time series of nearly 200 2-dimensional variables and a wide range of 3-dimensional variables. 
Please refer to the Supplemental Information element of this metadata record for further information on CONUS404 PGW.

Tags: climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, high-resolution-climate-simulation, hydroclimate, hydrology, inlandwaters, precipitation, pseudo-global-warming, regional-climate-model, usgs-65ff28d3d34e64ff1548df1b, weather-research-and-forecast-model
Organization: Department of the Interior
Turbidity Data from the Upper Esopus Creek Watershed, New York

This data release contains continuous (15-minute interval) turbidity data from the upper Esopus Creek Watershed in the Catskill Mountain Region of New York State. The upper Esopus watershed drains to the Ashokan Reservoir, part of the New York City (NYC) drinking water supply system. Turbidity is a primary water-quality concern in the NYC water-supply system, particularly in the upper Esopus Creek watershed.

Tags: ashokan-reservoir, biota, esopus-creek, turbidity, usgs-65ff1c43d34e64ff1548df16
Organization: Department of the Interior
Guam, Post-storm Mariana swiftlet colony size and nest counts, 2023

The Yǻyaguak (Mariana Swiftlet; Aerodramus bartschi) is an endangered cave-roosting species native to Guam and southern Mariana Islands, Micronesia. On May 24-25, 2023, Guam was hit by the category-4 Typhoon Mawar, which brought wide-spread destruction to the island. Approximately 6 weeks prior to the typhoon in April 2023 we conducted surveys of the three known colonies of Yǻyaguak at Mahlac, Maemong, and Fachi caves. This April 2023 pre-Mawar survey provided a baseline population estimate prior to Typhoon Mawar’s landfall. In July 2023, we re-surveyed the caves to estimate colony size and assess whether the cave colonies experienced significant declines in the immediate aftermath of the storm. In November 2023, we conducted our regularly scheduled biannual surveys which provided a longer-term assessment of potential impacts from the typhoon. The data here presents the counts from July and November 2023, with the earlier counts obtained from earlier work.

Tags: farming, guam, mariana-swiftlet, talofofo, typhoon-mawar, usgs-65fdbf2cd34e64ff1548d8db, yyaguak
Organization: Department of the Interior
UMRS Floodplain Inundation Depths - Pool 9

Floodplain inundation is believed to be the dominant physical driver of an array of ecosystem patterns and processes in the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS). Here, we present a time series of daily surface water inundation depths (in feet) for floodplain surfaces in the UMRS. The time series data are for the months of April through September of every year since 1940. These months were chosen because it approximates the period during which most biophysical processes such as vegetation metabolism and biogeochemical cycling are likely to be strongest across the longitudinal gradient of the UMRS.  Data were derived from a geospatial model of surface water inundation developed for the UMRS and described in Van Appledorn et al. (2021; doi: 10.1002/rra.3628). We excluded areas permanently wetted (aquatic areas), surfaces in agricultural production, roads, and developed areas. The data are intended for use in geospatial analyses of UMRS floodplain ecosystem patterns and processes.

Tags: flood-plain, floods, freshwater-ecosystems, hydrology, river-systems, usgs-65fc8132d34e64ff1548d627
Organization: Department of the Interior
Historical (2001-2013) and End-of-Century Future Climate Simulated Snowpack and Hydrometeorology for the Gallatin River, Montana and Wyoming

This data release contains output from a numerical snow simulation for a 65 kilometer (km) × 81 km model domain in parts of Montana and Wyoming, United States, encompassing the Gallatin River watershed upstream of the U.S. Geological Survey streamgage near Gallatin Gateway, MT (06043500). Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model convection-permitting and orography-resolving regional climate simulations with 4-km horizontal resolution provided the atmospheric forcing conditions to SnowModel in both a historical and future climate scenario. Two continuous, 13-water-year (2001-2013) WRF model simulations were utilized: (1) a historical climate control (CTL) simulation forced using ERA-Interim reanalysis, and (2) a future climate simulation using the pseudo-global-warming (PGW) method that uses the ERA-Interim reanalysis for the same period as (1) and adds an ensemble mean climate delta from the end of the century (2071-2100) for the most extreme 5th Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 8.5 scenario. The ten SnowModel simulated outputs provided in this data release include (1) air temperature (tair), (2) precipitation (prec), (3) solid precipitation (spre), (4) liquid precipitation (rpre), (5) liquid water supplied to the soil-snow interface from snowmelt (smlt), (6) snow sublimination (ssub), (7) liquid water supplied to the soil-snow or soil-air interface either from snowmelt or rainfall (roff), (8) snow depth (snod), (9) snow water equivalent depth (swed), and (10) snow density (sden). The simulations used to produce these outputs were conducted on a 30-m geospatial grid. Land cover information for the simulation was provided by the 2010 North American Land Change Monitoring System and elevation information was provided by the U.S. Geological Survey National Elevation Dataset. The historical (CTL) and future climate (PGW) simulations were conducted using annual precipitation bias correction surfaces (prec_cf), which were computed by comparing SnowModel-simulated CTL snow water equivalent to Natural Resources Conservation Service snow telemetry station (SNOTEL) observations to generate a precipitation correction that was interpolated using SnowModel.

Tags: climatology, climatologymeteorologyatmosphere, gallatin-river, hydrology, montana, precipitation-atmospheric, rocky-mountains, runoff, snow, snow-and-ice-cover, snowmelt, snowpack, usgs-65fc77a2d34e64ff1548d5fe, water-budget, water-resources, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Roundtail Chub and Flannelmouth Sucker movement data within the Blacks Fork subbasin, Wyoming 2019-2021

The dataset includes Roundtail Chub and Flannelmouth Sucker detections at passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag antenna systems. We installed nine instream Biomark PIT-tag antenna systems (five 24-meter and four 9-meter antennas) in a pass-over orientation throughout the Blacks Fork subbasin. In addition to the fixed antennas, we used a Biomark inflatable antenna and two Biomark submersible PIT-tag antenna systems to increase detections.

Tags: biota, environment, fish, movement, usgs-65fc4622d34e64ff1548d325
Organization: Department of the Interior
Model outputs highlighting how biodiversity loss reduces global terrestrial carbon storage based on climate and land-use changes projected for 2050

Carbon sequestration and biodiversity are tightly linked, but many models projecting carbon storage change do not account for the role biodiversity plays in the sequestration capacity of terrestrial ecosystems. Here, we link a macroecological model projecting changes in vascular plant richness with empirical biodiversity-biomass stock relationships, to assess the consequences of plant biodiversity loss for carbon storage under multiple climate and land-use change scenarios. Data presented here include global raster files of plant species loss by ecoregion, biomass loss by ecoregion, and carbon loss by ecoregion. Estimates are what is expected over the long term, when ecosystems approach their new equilibrium states, based on climate and land-use changes projected for 2050.This data release is associated with the publication Biodiversity loss reduces global terrestrial carbon storage published in Nature Communications.

Tags: biodiversity, biodiversity-ecosystem-functioning-relationships, climate-change, conservation, economy, scenario-planning, usgs-65fc456dd34e64ff1548d31b
Organization: Department of the Interior
Water surface elevation longitudinal profile data near river mile 72 of the Osage River near Bagnell, Missouri, March 3 and May 10, 2022

The dataset consists of two longitudinal water surface profiles collected near river mile 72 of the Osage River downstream from Bagnell, Missouri. Water-surface elevation data were collected by USGS staff from the Columbia Environmental Research Center using Real Time Kinematic Global Navigation Satellite Systems (RTK GNSS) for the length of the study reach.

Tags: hydrology, missouri, osage-river, osage-river-basin, usgs-65fb45fcd34e64ff1548cecb
Organization: Department of the Interior
Acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) raw measurements near river mile 72 on the Osage River near Bagnell, Missouri, March 3 and May 10, 2022

The dataset contains data collected with an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) for a reach of the Osage River downstream from Bagnell, Missouri. Velocity data were collected using a 600-kilohertz RiverRay acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP; Teledyne Marine RD Instruments, Poway, California) on March 3, 2022 and May 10, 2022. Position data were collected using a Trimble R2 Real Time Kinematic Global Navigation Satellite Systems (RTK GNSS) Receiver (Trimble, Westminster, Colorado) mounted directly above the ADCP. This data release consists of a) one shapefile with depth-averaged velocity magnitude and direction data and 12 text files that contain processed ascii velocity data for March 3, 2022 and b) one shapefile with depth-averaged velocity magnitude and direction data and 8 text files that contain processed ascii velocity data for May 10, 2022. Ascii velocity data were exported from WinRIver II ADCP software.

Tags: acoustic-doppler-current-profiling, missouri, oceans, osage-river, osage-river-basin, river-systems, usgs-65fb43a3d34e64ff1548cea2
Organization: Department of the Interior
UMRS Floodplain Inundation Depths - Pool 6

Floodplain inundation is believed to be the dominant physical driver of an array of ecosystem patterns and processes in the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS). Here, we present a time series of daily surface water inundation depths (in feet) for floodplain surfaces in the UMRS. The time series data are for the months of April through September of every year since 1940. These months were chosen because it approximates the period during which most biophysical processes such as vegetation metabolism and biogeochemical cycling are likely to be strongest across the longitudinal gradient of the UMRS.  Data were derived from a geospatial model of surface water inundation developed for the UMRS and described in Van Appledorn et al. (2021; doi: 10.1002/rra.3628). We excluded areas permanently wetted (aquatic areas), surfaces in agricultural production, roads, and developed areas. The data are intended for use in geospatial analyses of UMRS floodplain ecosystem patterns and processes.

Tags: flood-plain, floods, freshwater-ecosystems, hydrology, river-systems, usgs-65fb3b80d34e64ff1548ce90
Organization: Department of the Interior
Supporting files for a Langrangian particle tracking model evaluation of sediment exposure and burial for freshwater mussels

This project contains field data and supporting files for a Lagrangian particle tracking (LPT) model at a representative reach on the Osage River, Missouri. Field datasets include a topobathymetric digital elevation model (DEM) for a 5-km reach of the Osage River, water surface elevation profiles, and velocity data collected with acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP). Channel topography was generated from data collected by USGS staff from the Columbia Environmental Research Center during single beam sonar surveys of the channel bed and high-resolution Real Time Kinematic Global Navigation Satellite Systems for positioning. Field data was used to generate and validate a Lagrangian Particle Tracking model to evaluate the risk of sediment exposure and burial to freshwater mussel communities.

Tags: aquatic-biology, biota, hydrology, missouri, osage-river, osage-river-basin, usgs-65fb34dcd34e64ff1548ce49, water-resources
Organization: Department of the Interior
Integrating land use land cover change into future scenarios of electricity systems

Modeled projections for deep decarbonization require large amounts of solar energy, which may compete with other land uses such as agriculture, urbanization, and conservation of natural lands. Existing capacity expansion models do not integrate land use land cover change (LULC) dynamics into projections. We explored the interaction between projected LULC and solar photovoltaic (PV) deployment by integrating projections of LULC with a model that can project future deployment of solar PV with high spatial resolution for the conterminous United States. We used four scenarios of LULC projections from 2010 to 2050 and two electricity grid scenarios to model future PV deployment and compare those results against a baseline that held 2010 land cover constant through 2050. Though solar PV’s overall technical potential was minimally impacted by LULC scenarios, deployed PV varied by -16.5 to 11.6% in 2050 from the baseline scenario. Land requirements for projected PV were similar to other studies, while measures of PV impacts on natural systems depended on the underlying land change dynamics occurring in a scenario. The solar PV deployed through 2050 resulted in 1.1%–2.4% of croplands and 0.3%–0.7% of natural lands being converted to PV. However, the deepest understanding of PV impacts and interactions with land cover emerge when the complete net gains and losses from all land cover change dynamics, including PV, are integrated. For example, one of the four LULC projections allows for large solar development and a net gain in natural lands, even though PV drives a larger percentage of natural land conversion. This paper represents an initial step in integrating land cover change dynamics with energy expansion models, suggesting it may be possible to capture bidirectional relationships between energy and other processes that require land.

Tags: energy-expansion-modeling, land-cover-change, photovoltaic, solar, usgs-65faf7d7d34e64ff1548cc5f
Organization: Department of the Interior
Bottom dissolved oxygen measurements from Lake Erie's Central Basin, 2023

This data set, compiled by the USGS Lake Erie Biological Station, provides near-bottom measurements of temperature and dissolved oxygen for the Central Basin of Lake Erie. Data were recorded by self-contained environmental data loggers (PME, Inc., MiniDOT data loggers). The data loggers for 2023 were deployed to collect data during April 2023 through November 2023 to better understand how hypoxia develops and influences fish habitat quality during lake stratification. The data loggers were deployed on acoustic telemetry receivers in a network designed to record tagged fish movements (Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System, GLATOS). Additional years of data collection are planned, and data release will be updated as necessary.

Tags: canada, farming, field-sampling, freshwater-ecosystems, inlandwaters, lake-erie, ohio, oxygen-content-water, oxygen-saturation-water, pennsylvania, usgs-6601cafdd34e64ff1548e277, water-temperature
Organization: Department of the Interior
An updated range map for Plethodon shenandoah

The Shenanadoah Salamander (Plethodon shenandoah) is an endangered salamander found only in the mountains of Shenandoah National Park. Field surveys of the salamander were conducted from 2007-2022 using daytime cover object surveys. In order to capture the totality of  P. shendandoah’s range we sampled from low to high elevation across a broad geographic range.  We created a spatial generalized additive model with aspect, latitude, longitude, and elevation and heat load index (HLI) to predict salamander occupancy and create a new range map based on our extended surveys. All spatial covariates were extracted from a 15m digital elevation model layer of Shenandoah National Park. Temperature and precipitaiton data were extracted at sampling locations from PRISM Climate Group datasets.

Tags: amphibian, range-map, salamander, usgs-65f9b978d34e25017b28c545
Organization: Department of the Interior
UMRS Floodplain Inundation Depths - Pool 5A

Floodplain inundation is believed to be the dominant physical driver of an array of ecosystem patterns and processes in the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS). Here, we present a time series of daily surface water inundation depths (in feet) for floodplain surfaces in the UMRS. The time series data are for the months of April through September of every year since 1940. These months were chosen because it approximates the period during which most biophysical processes such as vegetation metabolism and biogeochemical cycling are likely to be strongest across the longitudinal gradient of the UMRS.  Data were derived from a geospatial model of surface water inundation developed for the UMRS and described in Van Appledorn et al. (2021; doi: 10.1002/rra.3628). We excluded areas permanently wetted (aquatic areas), surfaces in agricultural production, roads, and developed areas. The data are intended for use in geospatial analyses of UMRS floodplain ecosystem patterns and processes.

Tags: flood-plain, floods, freshwater-ecosystems, hydrology, river-systems, usgs-65f8aa6ad34e1aa81b7ac87c
Organization: Department of the Interior