AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
SF Bay Eelgrass (BCDC 2020)

<div style='text-align:Left;'><p style='margin-bottom:0in; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'>This eelgrass layer includes the maximum
extent of eelgrass beds that have been surveyed in the San Francisco Bay shown
in green. It was created by merging the Bay-wide eelgrass surveys conducted by Merkel
&amp; Associates, Inc. (Merkel) in 2003, 2009, 2014, and a Richardson Bay survey
conducted by Merkel in 2019. Merkel has granted permission for public use of these
data. These eelgrass surveys represent the best available data on comprehensive
eelgrass extent throughout San Francisco Bay in 2021 and are developed using a
combination of acoustic and aerial surveys and site-specific ground truthing. This
layer may be used as a reference to determine potential direct and indirect
impacts to eelgrass habitat from dredging projects. These data do not replace
the need for site-specific eelgrass surveys.</p><p style='margin-bottom:0in; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'>Data from the 2003, 2009, and 2014 eelgrass surveys and associated Merkel
reports which include information on mapping methodology are available for
download on the San Francisco Estuary Institute’s (SFEI) <a href='https://www.sfei.org/data/eelgrass-survey-gis-data#sthash.jJeXjwWA.dpbs' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>website</a>. <br /></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'><br /></p><p>Methods for creating this layer are as follows:</p><p style='margin:1 1 1 20;'>Downloaded the Merkel Baywide Eelgrass Surveys for
2003, 2009, and 2014 from <a href='https://www.sfei.org/data/eelgrass-survey-gis-data#sthash.pbS8XJq7.nuF6VQMD.dpbs' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>SFEI </a>and combined into a single layer. Obtained original Richardson
Bay 2019 eelgrass survey data from Merkel. Loaded all layers into ArcGIS Pro ©
ESRI and re-projected all data to the NAD 1983 UTM Zone 10N coordinate system. Ran union of both the SFEI
and Richardson Bay 2019 layers. Merged features to create one single attribute table
for eelgrass cover from all survey years. Removed extraneous columns in the
attribute table, recalculated area fields based on new extent, and applied
symbology.<br /></p></div>

Tags: BCDC, CAOpenData, California Natural Resources Agency, California SF Bay Conservation and Development Commission, Eelgrass, Habitat, SFBayConservationDevelopmentCommission, San Francisco, Subtidal
Organization: San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
SF Bay Eelgrass 250m Buffer (BCDC 2021)

<div style='text-align:Left;'><p style='margin-top:0in; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'><span style='font-family:inherit, serif;'>This orange layer shows a 250-meter turbidity
buffer of the blue 45-meter growth buffer (</span>blue layer called &quot;SF Bay Eelgrass 45m Buffer&quot;) adjacent to the maximum extent
eelgrass survey in the San Francisco Bay. When a dredging project’s footprint
overlaps with this 250-meter buffer, indirect impacts to eelgrass are assessed
and best management practices are required per the National Marine Fisheries Service's LTMS Programmatic Essential Fish Habitat consultation. </p><p><span>Methods for creating this layer are as follows: </span></p><p style='margin:1 1 1 20;'></p><p style='margin-top:0in; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'>Downloaded Bay-wide Eelgrass Surveys
for 2003, 2009, and 2014 by Merkel &amp; Associates, Inc. (Merkel) from <a href='https://www.sfei.org/data/eelgrass-survey-gis-data#sthash.pbS8XJq7.dpbs' rel='nofollow ugc'>SFEI</a>.
Obtained Richardson Bay 2019 eelgrass survey from Merkel. Loaded all layers
into ArcGIS Pro © ESRI and re-projected all data to NAD 1983 UTM Zone 10N. Used
Buffer tool to develop a single multipart shapefile with a 45-meter buffer of
the 2003, 2009, 2014, and 2019 survey data . Imported the Pacific Marine and
Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership (PMEP) Estuary Extent layer and clipped the
45-meter buffer over terrestrial areas based on the PEMP Estuary Extent (this
represents the 45-meter eelgrass buffer layer also found in this Web
Application). To create the 250-meter turbidity buffer from there, the same
methods were used as follows. Used Buffer tool to develop a single multipart
shapefile with a 250-meter buffer from the 45-meter buffer layer. Clipped the
250-meter turbidity buffer over terrestrial areas based on the PEMP Estuary
Extent. Some minor adjustments were made where the 250-meter turbidity buffer
layer resulted in fragments on land or behind levees.</p><p></p></div>

Tags: BCDC, CAOpenData, California Natural Resources Agency, California SF Bay Conservation and Development Commission, Dredge, Eelgrass, Habitat, SFBayConservationDevelopmentCommission, San Francisco, Subtidal
Organization: San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
SF Bay Eelgrass 45m Buffer (BCDC 2020)

<div style='text-align:Left;'><p style='margin-top:0in; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'><span style='font-family:inherit, serif;'>This layer is a 45-meter growth buffer
surrounding the maximum extent of eelgrass (green layer called &quot;SF Bay Eelgrass&quot;) surveyed in San
Francisco Bay. Eelgrass beds are highly dynamic and the exact location and
extent of eelgrass beds can change across seasons and years. Thus, the purpose
of the 45-meter growth buffer, as described in the</span> National Marine Fisheries Service's LTMS Programmatic Essential
Fish Habitat consultation is to account for areas between eelgrass patches,
temporal variation in bed extent, and potential bed expansion. In cases where a
dredge project intersects with the 45-meter growth buffer direct impacts to
eelgrass may occur and therefore assessment, minimization, and mitigation
measures may be required on a project-by-project basis.  A pre-dredge eelgrass area and density survey is
required 30 days prior to the start of dredging and should be submitted to the
LTMS permitting agencies. </p><p><span>Methods for creating this layer are as follows: </span></p><p style='margin:1 1 1 20;'><span>Downloaded Baywide Eelgrass
Surveys for 2003, 2009, and 2014 by Merkel &amp; Associates, Inc. (Merkel) from San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) <a href='https://www.sfei.org/data/eelgrass-survey-gis-data#sthash.pbS8XJq7.qd8ONQus.dpbs' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>website</a>. </span>Obtained Richardson Bay
2019 eelgrass survey from Merkel. Loaded all layers into ArcGIS Pro © ESRI and re-projected
all data to NAD 1983 UTM Zone 10N. Used Buffer tool to develop a single
multipart shapefile with a 45-meter buffer of the input layers. Imported the
Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership (PMEP) Estuary Extent
layer and clipped the 45-meter buffer over terrestrial areas based on the PEMP
Estuary Extent. Some minor adjustments were made where the buffer layer
resulted in fragments on land or behind levees.<br /></p></div>

Tags: BCDC, CAOpenData, California Natural Resources Agency, California SF Bay Conservation and Development Commission, Dredge, Eelgrass, Habitat, SFBayConservationDevelopmentCommission, San Francisco, Subtidal
Organization: San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
California Electric Balancing Authority Areas (Retired)

<div>A balancing authority is responsible for operating a transmission control area. It matches generation with load and maintains consistent electric frequency of the grid, even during extreme weather conditions or natural disasters. The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) is the largest of about 38 balancing authorities in the western interconnection coordinating council (WECC), handling an estimated 35 percent of the electric load in the west. CAISO manages 80 percent of the load in California and a small portion of Nevada.</div><div><br /></div><div>The main balancing authorities in California are:</div><div><ul><li><a href='https://www.caiso.com/about/Pages/OurBusiness/The-ISO-grid.aspx' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>CAISO - California Independent System Operator</a><br /></li><li><a href='http://www.thebanc.org/' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>BANC - Balancing Authority of Northern California</a><br /></li><li>LADWP - Los Angeles Department of Water &amp; Power</li><li>IID - Imperial Irrigation District</li><li>TID - Turlock Irrigation District</li><li>WALC - Western Area Power Administration, Lower Colorado</li><li>PacifiCorp West</li><li>NV Energy</li></ul></div>

Tags: BANC, Balancing Authority, CAISO, CAOpenData, California Energy Commission, California Natural Resources Agency, Electric, IID, LADWP, NV Energy, PacificCorp West, TID, Transmission Line, WALC
Organization: California Energy Commission
Resource Assessment Program Photos [ds205]

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Contains a comprehensive listing of all spatially catalogued photographs collected during mobile habitat surveys by Program field staff. Current dataset is for 2002-2007.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>

Tags: Aquatic, Auth_CDFW, CAOpenData, CDFW, California Department of Fish And Wildlife, California Natural Resources Agency, DS0205_20210628_wm, Meadow, Photos, Resource Assessment Program
Organization: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Great Gray Owl Habitat Model - Northern California [ds280]

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>Potential foraging habitat for Great Grey Owl (GGO) is paraphrased by Fish and Game (Tom Beck et al) as &gt;=10 acres foraging habitat within a ½ mile radius circle of a potential nest site. This shapefile represents output from a geoprocessing model that extracts potential nesting areas from land cover data along with their associated foraging areas according to the above search criteria. Habitat Criteria: Foraging: CALVEG/EVEG WHR_Types Wet Meadow, Annual Grassland, Perennial Grassland. Nesting: Conifer forest WHR size 4M and larger/denser. Suggested Usage: This dataset is meant to be a scoping tool for investigation into possible Great Grey Owl presence. This dataset is broad in scope, and does not include potentially pertinent factors in determining Great Grey Owl nesting sites. These factors may include elevation, aspect, slope, precipitation, shape and orientation of nesting and foraging areas, and other ground conditions.* Analyzing this dataset overlaying data such as Digital Elevation Models, Existing Vegetation Land Cover, Aerial Imagery and Topographic Maps may enhance the users ability to determine habitat potential strong enough for further field investigation. *Exception: For the current version of this dataset, area within the CALVEG ecological zone "Central Valley" at elevation of less than 1500 feet was excluded from model processing because although inconclusive, there is no current evidence that Great Grey Owls are nesting below 1500 feet in California. This metric and model result may change based on new information as it becomes available (CDFG, 2011).</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>

Tags: Auth_CDFW, CAOpenData, CDFW, California Department of Fish And Wildlife, California Natural Resources Agency, bird, cn Great Gray Owl, ds0280_20110128_wm, forest, habitat, meadow, model, sn Strix nebulosa
Organization: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Ecosystem Restoration Program [ds209]

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This layer contains the locations of ongoing and completed habitat restoration projects funded by the Ecosystem Restoration Program, and contained as a subset of the California Habitat Restoration Project Database (CHRPD). Project locations are georeferenced by heads-up digitizing in as much detail as possible based on maps submitted by grant recipients. A background layer of 1:24,000 DRG Quads was used to locate the projects precisely. WHAT EACH RECORD REPRESENTS: The records represent individual project sites of a completed or ongoing restoration project funded by the Ecosystem Restoration Program through 2008. Many of the projects have multiple sites. Each site is represented by a center point. A separate shapefile records the entire footprint of those sites in this shapefile that occur over a larger area, and is available on request.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>

Tags: Auth_CDFW, CAOpenData, CDFW, California Department of Fish And Wildlife, California Natural Resources Agency, anadromous, biota, ds0209_20100510_wm, habitat, inlandWaters, restoration, river, salmonid
Organization: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Vegetation - Sierra Nevada Foothills [ds83]

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>TIME PERIOD COVERED  These data were collected between May-July 2004 by field crews working for California Department of Fish and Game.    </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>GEOGRAPHIC EXTENT OF THE RECORDS  Vegetation plots occur in two study areas on public lands in Yuba and Tehama Counties in the Sierra Nevada foothills.    </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>NUMBER OF RECORDS  There are 183 records with habitat attributes measured from 0.05 - 0.10 hectare sampling plots.    </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>BASE DATA STRUCTURE  The file is a flat Excel table which gives vegetation attributes for each habitat plot.  Each habitat plot is represented by two key fields called "SAMPLE_ID" and "PLOT_NUM" which relate these habitat records to bird and herpetile survey data collected in the same year from the same sample points.    </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>WHAT EACH RECORD REPRESENTS  Each record in the table represents the average values for habitat attributes from plots that can be linked with bird count data from the same points.  Average values for each sample represent the mean of average values from 3 habitat plots measured at each point.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>

Tags: Auth_CDFW, CAOpenData, CDFW, California Department of Fish And Wildlife, California Natural Resources Agency, DS0083_20050602_wm, bird, habitat attributes, management, monitoring, sample, vegetation
Organization: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Vegetation - Central Sierra Hardwoods [ds41]

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>These data represents the results of vegetation plots in west-slope Sierra Nevada forests.  There is accompanying point count surveys for birds (see Central Sierra Hardwood Study - Birds) made at these survey plots. Please be aware that the coordinates of the points displayed in the text data display of this data set are California Teale-Albers NAD27 projection, but that the data point viewer displays these data points and the background layers in California Teale-Albers NAD83 projection.    </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>TIME PERIOD COVERED. These data were collected during 2002 and 2003 between June-August by field crews working for California Department of Fish and Game.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>GEOGRAPHIC EXTENT OF THE RECORDS. Vegetation plots extend from El Dorado to Tuolumne counties in the central Sierra Nevada between 2000-6000 ft elevation.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>NUMBER OF RECORDS. There are 64 stands with habitat attributes measured from 3-4 0.2-acre sampling plots per stand.    </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>BASE DATA STRUCTURE. The file is a flat table which gives vegetation attributes for each stand.  Each stand is represented by two key fields called "Quad" and "Grid" which relate these habitat records to bird survey data collected in 2003 from the same sample stands.    </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>WHAT EACH RECORD REPRESENTS. Each record in the table represents the stand's site attributes, habitat attributes, and California Wildlife Habitat (CWHR) classification type.  Average values for each stand represent the grand mean of average values from the 3-4 plots measured at each sample stand or the average of single measurements of attributes from the 3-4 plots measured at each sample stand.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>

Tags: Auth_CDFW, CAOpenData, CDFW, California Department of Fish And Wildlife, California Natural Resources Agency, DS0041_20050602_wm, distribution, habitat, habitat attributes, inventory, management, monitoring, sample, vegetation
Organization: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
San Joaquin Kit Fox - Carrizo Plains [ds37]

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>TIME PERIOD COVERED. Seven surveys from March 30, 2000 through October 12, 2017. NUMBER OF RECORDS. There are 2317 detection records. GEOGRAPHIC EXTENT OF THE RECORDS. Carrizo Plains, San Luis Obispo County. BASE DATA STRUCTURE. Comma delimited .txt file. WHAT EACH RECORD REPRESENTS. Each record is the detection of one or more San Joaquin kit foxes from a point identified by the coordinates.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>

Tags: Auth_CDFW, CAOpenData, CDFW, California Department of Fish And Wildlife, California Natural Resources Agency, DS0037_20180409_wm, abundance, cnSan Joaquin kit fox, distribution, mammal, monitoring, planning, sample, sn Vulpes macrotis mutica, special status species, trend
Organization: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Birds - Central Sierra Hardwoods [ds35]

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>These data represents the results of point surveys for birds in west-slope Sierra Nevada forests. There is accompanying habitat data (see Central Sierra Hardwood Study - Habitat) for the survey plots. Please be aware that the coordinates of the points displayed in the text data display of this data set are California Teale-Albers NAD27 projection, but that the data point viewer displays these data points and the background layers in California Teale-Albers NAD83 projection. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>TIME PERIOD COVERED.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The data was collected during the 2003 field season (May-July) by field crews working for California Department of Fish and Game.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>GEOGRAPHIC EXTENT OF THE RECORDS. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Point count locations extend from El Dorado to Tuolumne counties in the central Sierra Nevada between 2000-6000 ft elevation. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>NUMBER OF RECORDS. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>There are 64 stands with four landbird point counts per stand. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>BASE DATA STRUCTURE. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The file is a flat excel table which gives the number of landbird species found in each stand. Each stand is represented by two key fields called "Quad" and "Grid" which relate to habitat data from the same plots in another data table. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>WHAT EACH RECORD REPRESENTS. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Each record in the table represents the number of point count locations, average number of individuals, and total number of individuals counted in each stand for each species detected during the counts. There was only one count done at each stand in 2003.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>

Tags: Auth_CDFW, CAOpenData, CDFW, California Department of Fish And Wildlife, California Natural Resources Agency, DS0035_20050602_wm, abundance, bird, distribution, inventory, management, monitoring, multi-species, reproduction, sample, special status species
Organization: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Ca. 4th Climate Change Assessment Regions (CaNAD83)

<span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>Regional boundaries for use by CA Nature to support activities related to Executive Order N-82-20. These include California's 30x30 effort, Climate Smart Land Strategies, and equitable access to open space. This layer is derived from the 4th California Climate Assessment regions, and enhanced using the California County Boundaries dataset (version 19.1) maintained by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's Fire Resource Assessment Program, and the 3 Nautical Mile marine boundary for California sourced from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.</span>

Tags: 30x30, CA Nature, CAOpenData, California Natural Resources Agency, Contextual
Organization: California Natural Resources Agency
Multibeam collection for MGL1108: Multibeam data collected aboard Marcus G. Langseth from 2011-05-26 to 2011-06-03, San Diego, CA to Kodiak, AK

This data set is part of a larger set of data called the Multibeam Bathymetry Database (MBBDB) where other similar data can be found at https://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/bathymetry/

Tags: data-analysis-and-visualization--geographic-information-systems--web-based-geographic-information-sy, data-analysis-and-visualization--visualizationimage-processing, data-managementdata-handling--data-search-and-retrieval, earth-science--oceans--bathymetryseafloor-topography--bathymetry, earth-science--oceans--bathymetryseafloor-topography--seafloor-topography, earth-science--oceans--bathymetryseafloor-topography--water-depth, nodc.noaa.gov
Organization: Ocean Data Partners
Raw Knudsen Engineering 320 BR CHIRP subbottom data for the U.S. Mendocino Ridge.

Knudsen Engineering 320 BR CHIRP subbottom data were collected in the Raw Knudsen SEG-Y Datagram format.

Tags: Foot of the slope, Raw datagrams, U.S. Pacific margin, astoria-or, data-analysis-and-visualization--geographic-information-systems--web-based-geographic-information-sy, data-analysis-and-visualization--visualizationimage-processing, data-managementdata-handling--data-search-and-retrieval, earth-science--oceans--marine-geophysics--plate-tectonics, earth-science--oceans--ocean-acoustics--acoustic-reflectivity, earth-science--oceans--ocean-acoustics--acoustic-velocity, marine-geophysics--shallow-subbottom, nodc.noaa.gov, ocean--pacific-ocean, san-francisco-ca
Organization: Ocean Data Partners
Critical Habitat for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana)

These data identify the areas designated as critical habitat for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep. Critical habitat for the species occurs in twelve units: Mount Warren, Mount Gibbs, Convict Creek, Wheeler Ridge, Taboose Creek, Sawmill Canyon, Mount Baxter, Mount Williamson, Big Arroyo, Mount Langley, Laurel Creek and Olancha Peak. These units are in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California in Fresno, Inyo, Mono, Tulare and Tuolumne Counties.

Tags: Fresno County, Inyo County, Mono County, Tulare County, Tuolumne County, USDOI, USFWS, data.gov
Organization: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Multibeam collection for TON15_03: Multibeam data collected aboard Tonn from 2015-09-18 to 2015-09-27, Kilmore Quay, Ireland to Kilmore Quay, Ireland

This data set is part of a larger set of data called the Multibeam Bathymetry Database (MBBDB) where other similar data can be found at https://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/bathymetry/

Tags: data-analysis-and-visualization--geographic-information-systems--web-based-geographic-information-sy, data-analysis-and-visualization--visualizationimage-processing, data-managementdata-handling--data-search-and-retrieval, earth-science--oceans--bathymetryseafloor-topography--bathymetry, earth-science--oceans--bathymetryseafloor-topography--seafloor-topography, earth-science--oceans--bathymetryseafloor-topography--water-depth, nodc.noaa.gov
Organization: Ocean Data Partners