AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Sacramento River Geomorphic Atlas, Red Bluff to Colusa, California (1896–2012)

The Sacramento River Geomorphic Atlas (1896–2012) (SRGA) documents the geomorphology of the middle reach of the Sacramento River from Red Bluff to Colusa, California, shown in Figure 1. The SRGA was created using a combination of geologic maps, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographic maps, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery, light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data, other aerial imagery, historical data, and fieldwork performed by California Department of Water Resources (DWR) staff. 

The data are presented in a series of maps and imagery showing Pre-Shasta Dam Meanders (Series A), Post-Shasta Dam Meanders (Series B), All Meanders (Series C), Geology (Series D), DEM/LiDAR (Series E), Bank Erosion Characterization (Series F), and Pre- and Post-Shasta Dam Bank Erosion survey sites (Series G). Channel locations are approximate and subject to cumulative errors in the original mapping, scanning, georectification, and digitization process. Depending on the series of maps, other data are also shown, such as bank protection, levees, river mile markers, meander scrolls, paleo channels, and the modern and historical meander belts. Figure 2 shows the general legend and the geologic legend for the map series. For reference, Figures 1 and 2 are also shown at the beginning of each map series. Additional data presented in the SRGA include meander avulsion identification, bank protection identification, river sinuosity, and centerline length. 

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Tags: DWR, Geomorphology, Northern California, Northern Region Office, Sacramento River
Organization: California Department of Water Resources
channel-islands-marine-protected-areas-first-5-years-of-monitoring-2003-2008_all-habitats

Results from the first 5 years of baseline monitoring of marine protected areas 2003-2008. Learn about the biological, ecological and socioeconomic conditions around the time of marine protected area (MPA) implementation at the Channel Islands. This report establishes a benchmark of conditions against which future changes can be compared. During the baseline monitoring period from 2003-2008 projects worked across the Channel Islands to collect a comprehensive understanding of the area. Multiple organizations, including scientist, fishermen, citizen groups, and others contributed to this summary. 

Tags: MPA, MPA monitoring, MPA network, MPA performance, Marine Protected Area, Monitoring, Oceans, ecological data, evaluation
Organization: California Ocean Protection Council
SBC LTER Darwin Core Archive: Kelp Forest Reef Fish Abundance


  These data describe the abundance of reef fish as part of the Santa
  Barbara Coastal LTER program (SBC LTER) to track long-term patterns in
  kelp forest reef species abundance and diversity. The study began in
  2000 in the Santa Barbara Channel, California, USA, and the time
  series is ongoing and updated approximately annually.

  Abundances of all taxa of resident kelp forest fish encountered along
  permanent transects are recorded at nine reef sites located along the
  mainland coast of the Santa Barbara Channel and at two sites on the
  north side of Santa Cruz Island. These sites reflect several
  oceanographic regimes in the channel and vary in distance from sources
  of terrestrial runoff. In these surveys, fish were counted in either a
  40x2m benthic quadrat, or in the water parcel 0-2m off the bottom over
  the same area.

  This dataset is formatted as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A, occurrence
  core). All taxa are counted (using an open species list), and
  abundances are zero-filled for each taxon not encountered. This is a
  derived data product and less-processed data may be available. See
  http://sbc.lternet.edu for
  more information and source data, which may include additional
  measurements, and
  http://sbc.marinebon.edu
  for processing notes.


Tags: Darwin Core Archive, DwC, OBIS, Population Abundance, Santa Barbara Channel Marine BON, Santa Barbara Coastal LTER, basisofrecord-humanobservation, crypticfish, dataone.org, fish, occurrence-organismquantity, roving diver fish count, taxon-scientificname, visual fish
Organization: Water Data Partners
Weather station data acquired across multiple locations on the San Joaquin Experimental Range, California, 2011-2017


  These weather station records were collected as part of a larger study
  relating microclimates to tree seedling survival in southern
  California mountains. These weather station records are for studies at
  the San Joaquin Experimental Range (Lat 37.083, Long -119.716,
  elevation 210-520 m, www.fs.fed.us/psw/ef/san_joaquin/). Weather
  stations were located at six sites across the landscape. Sites were
  selected to sample topographic variation in surface and air
  temperatures within a narrow range of elevations on northeast to
  southwest-facing slopes, ridges, and valleys. Three full weather
  stations (north slope, south slope, and valley floor) monitored
  precipitation, wind, insolation, temperature, relative humidity, and
  soil moisture. Three micro stations (west slope, east slope, and
  ridge) measured soil moisture at -20 cm. Data was recorded on a
  10-minute interval using HOBO (Onset, www.onsetcomp.com) devices.


Tags: Macrosystems Biology, San Joaquin Experimental Range, UCSB Earth Research Institute, air temperature, dataone.org, dew point, microclimate, rainfall, relative humidity , soil moisture, solar radiation, wind direction, wind speed
Organization: Water Data Partners
Weather station data acquired across multiple locations in the foothills of the Tehachapi mountains at Tejon Ranch, California, 2011-2017


  These weather station records were collected as part of a larger study
  relating microclimates to tree seedling survival in southern
  California mountains. These weather station records are for studies in
  the foothills of the Tehachapi mountains at Tejon Ranch (Lat 34.983,
  Long -118.716, elevation 750-930 m, www.tejonranch.com). Weather
  stations were located at six sites across the Tehachapi foothills.
  Sites were selected to sample topographic variation in surface and air
  temperatures within a narrow range of elevations on northeast to
  southwest-facing slopes, ridges, and valleys. Three full weather
  stations (north slope, south slope, and valley floor) monitored
  precipitation, wind, insolation, temperature, relative humidity, and
  soil moisture. Three micro stations (west slope, east slope, and
  ridge) measured soil moisture at -20 cm. Data was recorded on a
  10-minute interval using HOBO (Onset, www.onsetcomp.com) devices.


Tags: Macrosystems Biology, Tejon Ranch, UCSB Earth Research Institute, air temperature, dataone.org, dew point, microclimate, rainfall, relative humidity , soil moisture, solar radiation, wind direction, wind speed
Organization: Water Data Partners
Climate sensitivity of Sierra Nevada Lakes


  We analyzed the thermal response in the upper mixed layer of a lake in
  the Sierra Nevada of California to interannual variation in air
  temperature, snow deposition, and other climate factors to
  characterize relative effects on water temperature. We then use summer
  temperature data from 19 lakes to understand how the relative
  importance of snow and other factors governing lake temperature vary
  at broad spatial scales and predict sensitivity to warming in over
  1600 lakes across the region. Our study has three specific objectives:
  1) to characterize how water temperatures in mountain lakes are
  responding to variation in air temperature, snow deposition, and other
  climate factors; 2) to evaluate scaling relationships for water
  temperature using landscape and lake morphometric attributes; and 3)
  using those scaling relationships, to identify lakes that are most
  sensitive to warming from ongoing changes in climate. Our results
  emphasize the high rate of climate warming taking place in mountain
  ecosystems, and demonstrate the substantial role of snowpack in
  governing lake temperature. We illustrate the extent to which warming
  within lakes scales with elevation and lake morphometric attributes,
  and use those empirical relationships to identify lakes most sensitive
  to ongoing changes in climate.


Tags: air temperature, climate change, cross scale interactions, dataone.org, drought-snow, lake temperature, mountain lakes, snowmelt
Organization: Water Data Partners
Weather station data acquired across multiple locations in the Tehachapi mountains at Tejon Ranch, California, 2011-2017


  These weather station records were collected as part of a larger study
  relating microclimates to tree seedling survival in southern
  California mountains. These weather station records are for studies
  the Tehachapi mountains at Tejon Ranch (Lat 34.967, Long -118.583,
  elevation 1600-1700m, www.tejonranch.com). Weather stations were
  located at six sites across the Tehachapi foothills. Sites were
  selected to sample topographic variation in surface and air
  temperatures within a narrow range of elevations on northeast to
  southwest-facing slopes, ridges, and valleys. Three full weather
  stations (north slope, south slope, and valley floor) monitored
  precipitation, wind, insolation, temperature, relative humidity, and
  soil moisture. Three micro stations (west slope, east slope, and
  ridge) measured soil moisture at -20 cm. Data was recorded on a
  10-minute interval using HOBO (Onset, www.onsetcomp.com) devices.


Tags: Macrosystems Biology, Tejon Ranch, UCSB Earth Research Institute, air temperature, dataone.org, dew point, microclimate, rainfall, relative humidity , soil moisture, solar radiation, wind direction, wind speed
Organization: Water Data Partners
Near-surface, soil, and air temperature data acquired across multiple locations in the foothills of the Tehachapi mountains at Tejon Ranch, California, 2011-2017


  These temperature records were collected as part of a larger study
  relating microclimates to tree seedling survival in southern
  California mountains. These temperature records are for studies in the
  foothills of the Tehachapi mountains at Tejon Ranch (Lat 34.983, Long
  -118.716, elevation 750-930 m, www.tejonranch.com). Temperature
  sensors were located at 23 sites across the Tehachapi foothills. Sites
  were selected to sample topographic variation in surface and air
  temperatures within a narrow range of elevations on northeast to
  southwest-facing slopes, ridges and valleys. To characterize surface
  temperature variation within a site, 21 sensors were arranged in an
  identical pattern around and in six, 5x5 m experimental gardens. An
  additional 18 sensors were placed along three transects over the
  landscape running N-S. They were placed strategically to sample
  topographic inflection points (hill tops and valley bottoms) as well
  as north and south facing slopes. Temperatures were recorded on a 10
  or 20-minute interval, depending on the sensor. using HOBO (Onset,
  www.onsetcomp.com) devices.


Tags: Macrosystems Biology, Tejon Ranch, UCSB Earth Research Institute, air temperature, dataone.org, microclimate, soil temperature 
Organization: Water Data Partners
Near-surface, soil, and air temperature data acquired across multiple locations on the San Joaquin Experimental Range, California, 2011-2017


  These temperature records were collected as part of a larger study
  relating microclimates to tree seedling survival in southern
  California mountains. These temperature records are for studies at the
  San Joaquin Experimental Range (Lat 37.083, Long -119.716, elevation
  210-520 m, www.fs.fed.us/psw/ef/san_joaquin/). Temperature sensors
  were located at 23 sites across the landscape. Sites were selected to
  sample topographic variation in surface and air temperatures within a
  narrow range of elevations on northeast to southwest-facing slopes,
  ridges, and valleys. To characterize surface temperature variation
  within a site, 21 sensors were arranged in an identical pattern around
  and in six, 5x5 m experimental gardens. An additional 18 sensors were
  placed along three transects over the landscape running E-W. They were
  placed strategically to sample topographic inflection points (hill
  tops and valley bottoms) as well as north and south facing slopes.
  Temperatures were recorded on a 10 or 20-minute interval, depending on
  the sensor, using HOBO (Onset, www.onsetcomp.com) devices.


Tags: Macrosystems Biology, San Joaquin Experimental Range, UCSB Earth Research Institute, air temperature, dataone.org, microclimate, soil temperature 
Organization: Water Data Partners
A scrubbed subset of near-surface, soil, and air temperature data acquired across multiple locations in the foothills of the Tehachapi mountains at Tejon Ranch, California, 2011-2017


  These temperature records were collected as part of a larger study
  relating microclimates to tree seedling survival in southern
  California mountains. These temperature records are for studies in the
  foothills of the Tehachapi mountains at Tejon Ranch (Lat 34.983, Long
  -118.716, elevation 750-930 m, www.tejonranch.com). Temperature
  sensors were located at 23 sites across the Tehachapi foothills. Sites
  were selected to sample topographic variation in surface and air
  temperatures within a narrow range of elevations on northeast to
  southwest-facing slopes, ridges and valleys. To characterize surface
  temperature variation within a site, 21 sensors were arranged in an
  identical pattern around and in six, 5x5 m experimental gardens. An
  additional 18 sensors were placed along three transects over the
  landscape running N-S. They were placed strategically to sample
  topographic inflection points (hill tops and valley bottoms) as well
  as north and south facing slopes. Temperatures were recorded on a 10
  or 20-minute interval, depending on the sensor. using HOBO (Onset,
  www.onsetcomp.com) devices.


Tags: Macrosystems Biology, Tejon Ranch, UCSB Earth Research Institute, air temperature, dataone.org, microclimate, soil temperature 
Organization: Water Data Partners
A scrubbed subset of near-surface, soil, and air temperature data acquired across multiple locations in the Tehachapi mountains at Tejon Ranch, California, 2011-2017


  These temperature records were collected as part of a larger study
  relating microclimates to tree seedling survival in southern
  California mountains. These temperature records are for studies in the
  Tehachapi mountains at Tejon Ranch (Lat 34.967, Long -118.583,
  elevation 1600-1700 m, www.tejonranch.com). Temperature sensors were
  located at 23 sites across the Tehachapi foothills. Sites were
  selected to sample topographic variation in surface and air
  temperatures within a narrow range of elevations on northeast to
  southwest-facing slopes, ridges and valleys. To characterize surface
  temperature variation within a site, 21 sensors were arranged in an
  identical pattern around and in six, 5x5 m experimental gardens. An
  additional 18 sensors were placed along three transects over the
  landscape running N-S. They were placed strategically to sample
  topographic inflection points (hill tops and valley bottoms) as well
  as north and south facing slopes. Temperatures were recorded on a 10
  or 20-minute interval, depending on the sensor. using HOBO (Onset,
  www.onsetcomp.com) devices.


Tags: Macrosystems Biology, Tejon Ranch, UCSB Earth Research Institute, air temperature, dataone.org, microclimate, soil temperature 
Organization: Water Data Partners
Weather station data acquired across multiple locations in the Teakettle Experimental Forest, California, 2011-2017


  These weather station records were collected as part of a larger study
  relating microclimates to tree seedling survival in southern
  California mountains. These weather station records are for studies at
  the Teakettle Experimental Forest (Lat 36.967, Long -119.017,
  elevation 2000-2800 m, www.fs.fed.us/psw/ef/teakettle/). Weather
  stations were located at six sites across the Teakettle Experimental
  Forest landscape. Sites were selected to sample topographic variation
  in surface and air temperatures within a narrow range of elevations on
  northeast to southwest-facing slopes, ridges, and valleys. Three full
  weather stations (north slope, south slope, and valley floor)
  monitored precipitation, wind, insolation, temperature, relative
  humidity, and soil moisture. Data were recorded on a 10-minute
  interval using HOBO (Onset, www.onsetcomp.com) devices.


Tags: Macrosystems Biology, Teakettle Experimental Forest, UCSB Earth Research Institute, air temperature, dataone.org, dew point, microclimate, rainfall, relative humidity , soil moisture, solar radiation, wind direction, wind speed
Organization: Water Data Partners
Analytical dataset: Effects of climate variability on snowmelt and implications for organic matter in a high elevation lake


  Few paired lake-watershed studies examine long term effects of climate
  on the ecosystem function of lakes in a hydrological context. We use
  thirty-two years of hydrological and biogeochemical data from a
  high-elevation site in the Sierra Nevada of California to characterize
  variation in snowmelt in relation to climate variability, and explore
  the impact on factors affecting phytoplankton biomass. The magnitude
  of accumulated winter snow, quantified through basin-wide estimates of
  snow water equivalent (SWE), was the most important climate factor
  controlling variation in the timing and rate of spring snowmelt.
  Variations in SWE and snowmelt led to significant differences in lake
  flushing rate, water temperature, and nitrate concentrations across
  years. On average in dry years, snowmelt started 25 days earlier and
  proceeded 7 mm/d slower, and the lake began the ice-free season with
  nitrate concentrations ~2 uM higher and water temperatures 9 C warmer
  than in wet years. Flushing rates in wet years were 2.5 times larger
  than dry years. Consequently, particulate organic matter
  concentrations, a proxy for phytoplankton biomass, were 5 – 6 uM
  higher in dry years. There was a temporal trend of increase in
  particulate organic matter across dry years that corresponded to lake
  warming independent of variation in SWE. These results suggest that
  phytoplankton biomass is increasing as a result of both interannual
  variability in precipitation and long term warming trends. Our study
  underscores the need to account for local-scale catchment variability
  that may affect the accumulation of winter snowpack when predicting
  climate responses in lakes.


Tags: climate change, dataone.org, lake, mountain, nutrients, organic matter, snowmelt
Organization: Water Data Partners
Santa Barbara Channel Marine BON: Integrated fish


  The Santa Barbara Channel MBON tracks long-term patterns in species
  abundance and diversity. This dataset contains counts of fish
  (including cryptic fish, which are deliberately sought out) produced
  by integrating data from four contributing projects working in the
  kelp forests of the Santa Barbara Channel, USA.

  This dataset includes three entities, two data tables and R code. The
  main data table contains counts of organisms, the area over which that
  number was counted and the height above the bottom. Data were
  collected by human observation (divers using SCUBA) during regular
  surveys. The column labeled “count” records the number of organisms
  found in each plot/transect at a given timestamp.. A second data table
  contains place names and geolocation for sampling sites. Information
  is sufficient for the calculation of fish density, which is left to
  the user. Sample R-code is included (third entity) to illustrate
  generation of a basic table of areal density by taxa and sampling
  site. See Methods for information on integration and data processing

  The four contributing projects are two research projects: the Santa
  Barbara Coastal LTER (SBC LTER) and the Partnership for
  Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO), and the kelp
  forest monitoring program of the Santa Barbara Channel National Park,
  and the San Nicolas Island monitoring program supported by USGS.
  Together, these projects have recorded data for more than 200 species
  at approximately 100 sites on both the mainland coast and on the Santa
  Barbara Channel Islands. Sampling began in 1982 and is ongoing.


Tags: Population Abundance, basisofrecord--humanobservation, crypticfish, dataone.org, fish, occurrence--organismquantity, roving diver fish count, taxon--scientificname, visual fish
Organization: Water Data Partners
Can environmental flows moderate riparian invasions? The influence of seedling morphology and density on scour losses in experimental floods


  Predicting plant mortality during floods remains a key area of
  uncertainty for both river managers and ecologists, particularly how
  flood hydraulics and sediment dynamics interact with the plants’ own
  traits to influence their vulnerability to scour and burial. The three
  datasets in this archive were collected from a series of flume
  experiments that took place at the University of California,
  Berkeley’s Richmond Field Station. The flume experiments are part of a
  larger study, funded by NSF (EAR#1024820) that quantified reciprocal
  effects and feedbacks between riparian seedlings and river
  morphodynamics, using sand-bed rivers in the U.S. Southwest as the
  reference system. To quantify different plant species’ vulnerability
  to flooding across a range of plant sizes, patch densities, and
  sediment condition (equilibrium transport versus sediment deficit), we
  ran 10 experimental floods using live seedlings of cottonwood and
  tamarisk, which have contrasting morphologies. The three datasets
  include: 1. Plant responses (dislodgement or burial) to the
  experimental floods and plant size (e.g. stem height, root length, and
  dry weight) for all plants tested during the flume runs (N = 484,
  comprising 326 cottonwood and 158 tamarisk); 2. Plant morphological
  traits (e.g. frontal area, bending force, and root diameter) for a
  random subset of seedlings (n = 90, comprising 47 cottonwood and 43
  tamarisk); and 3. Frontal area density for the same seedling subset.


Tags: Richmon Field Station, cottonwood, dataone.org, flood, flume, mortality, plant invasion, seedlings, tamarisk
Organization: Water Data Partners