AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Lake Michigan Upwelling 1996 to 2013

The annual upwelling index (# of days per year) was derived from the NOAA CoastWatch Great Lakes Surface Environmental Analysis (GLSEA) Sea Surface Temperature (SST) product. Using methods described in Plattner et al. (2006) and Wegscheider (2006) the upwelling was derived on a daily basis, between ordinal days 140 and 339, and creating a binary layer depict upwelling (1) or no upwelling (0). The daily upwelling layers were manually reviewed and any days at the beginning of the time frame that showed mid-lake spring warming were removed, as well as any ice cover near the end of the time frame. The last step was to add together all the days for a given lake and year to create an annual upwelling index.
Lake Ontario Upwelling 1996 to 2013

The annual upwelling index (# of days per year) was derived from the NOAA CoastWatch Great Lakes Surface Environmental Analysis (GLSEA) Sea Surface Temperature (SST) product. Using methods described in Plattner et al. (2006) and Wegscheider (2006) the upwelling was derived on a daily basis, between ordinal days 140 and 339, and creating a binary layer depict upwelling (1) or no upwelling (0). The daily upwelling layers were manually reviewed and any days at the beginning of the time frame that showed mid-lake spring warming were removed, as well as any ice cover near the end of the time frame. The last step was to add together all the days for a given lake and year to create an annual upwelling index.
Lake Superior Summer Circulation Direction & Magnitude 2006 to 2012

The Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime community with improved short-term predictions of water levels, water currents and water temperatures of the Great Lakes. The main uses for predicted variables are 1) hazard warning and avoidance, 2) enhancement of recreational and commercial activities, 3) scenario test and risk assessment, and 4) natural resource preservation and decision making. The GLOFS website: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html. The GLCFS website: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/.
Lake Huron Upwelling 1996 to 2013

The annual upwelling index (# of days per year) was derived from the NOAA CoastWatch Great Lakes Surface Environmental Analysis (GLSEA) Sea Surface Temperature (SST) product. Using methods described in Plattner et al. (2006) and Wegscheider (2006) the upwelling was derived on a daily basis, between ordinal days 140 and 339, and creating a binary layer depict upwelling (1) or no upwelling (0). The daily upwelling layers were manually reviewed and any days at the beginning of the time frame that showed mid-lake spring warming were removed, as well as any ice cover near the end of the time frame. The last step was to add together all the days for a given lake and year to create an annual upwelling index.
Lake Huron Summer Circulation Direction & Magnitude 2006 to 2012

The Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime community with improved short-term predictions of water levels, water currents and water temperatures of the Great Lakes. The main uses for predicted variables are 1) hazard warning and avoidance, 2) enhancement of recreational and commercial activities, 3) scenario test and risk assessment, and 4) natural resource preservation and decision making. The GLOFS website: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html. The GLCFS website: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/.
Lake Ontario Summer Circulation Direction & Magnitude 2006 to 2012

The Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime community with improved short-term predictions of water levels, water currents and water temperatures of the Great Lakes. The main uses for predicted variables are 1) hazard warning and avoidance, 2) enhancement of recreational and commercial activities, 3) scenario test and risk assessment, and 4) natural resource preservation and decision making. The GLOFS website: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html. The GLCFS website: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/.
Great Lakes Annual Mean Surface Water Temperature 1995 to 2023

Satellite imagery depicting daily surface temperature of the Great Lakes was obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Great Lakes CoastWatch program for the years 1995-2023. This program generates ~1.8km resolution data using satellite AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometry) for their Great Lakes Surface Environmental Analysis (GLSEA2) product. Daily surface temperature was obtained in ASCII format and converted to an ESRI grid. This layer represents the annual average surface temperature (degrees Celsius) for each grid cell in the Great Lakes Basin. More information on the NOAA Great Lakes CoastWatch can be found at https://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/.
Lake Ontario Summer Average Benthic Water Temperature 2006 to 2012

The Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime community with improved short-term predictions of water levels, water currents and water temperatures of the Great Lakes. The main uses for predicted variables are 1) hazard warning and avoidance, 2) enhancement of recreational and commercial activities, 3) scenario test and risk assessment, and 4) natural resource preservation and decision making. The GLOFS website: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html. The GLCFS website: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/.
Lake Superior Summer Average Benthic Water Temperature 2006 to 2012

The Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime community with improved short-term predictions of water levels, water currents and water temperatures of the Great Lakes. The main uses for predicted variables are 1) hazard warning and avoidance, 2) enhancement of recreational and commercial activities, 3) scenario test and risk assessment, and 4) natural resource preservation and decision making. The GLOFS website: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html. The GLCFS website: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/.
Lake Erie 0 to 20m Vertical Weighted Annual Average Water Temperature 2006 to 2012

The Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime community with improved short-term predictions of water levels, water currents and water temperatures of the Great Lakes. The main uses for predicted variables are 1) hazard warning and avoidance, 2) enhancement of recreational and commercial activities, 3) scenario test and risk assessment, and 4) natural resource preservation and decision making. The GLOFS website: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html. The GLCFS website: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/.
Great Lakes Ice Concentration Annual Mean 1973 to 2017

Gridded ice data was obtained from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Great Lakes Ice Atlas and NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory for the years 1973-2013. For the years 2006-2013, daily interpolations were creating following methods in Assel (2005). For each month of the winter season, December thru May, the mean ice concentration was taken across all days.
Lake Ontario 0 to 20m Vertical Weighted Average Annuall Water Tempeature 2006 to 2012

The Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime community with improved short-term predictions of water levels, water currents and water temperatures of the Great Lakes. The main uses for predicted variables are 1) hazard warning and avoidance, 2) enhancement of recreational and commercial activities, 3) scenario test and risk assessment, and 4) natural resource preservation and decision making. The GLOFS website: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html. The GLCFS website: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/.
Lake Superior 0 to 20m Vertical Weighted Average Annual Water Temperature 2006 to 2012

The Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime community with improved short-term predictions of water levels, water currents and water temperatures of the Great Lakes. The main uses for predicted variables are 1) hazard warning and avoidance, 2) enhancement of recreational and commercial activities, 3) scenario test and risk assessment, and 4) natural resource preservation and decision making. The GLOFS website: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html. The GLCFS website: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/.
Lake Huron 0 to 20m Vertical Weighted Average Annual Water Temperature 2006 to 2012

The Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime community with improved short-term predictions of water levels, water currents and water temperatures of the Great Lakes. The main uses for predicted variables are 1) hazard warning and avoidance, 2) enhancement of recreational and commercial activities, 3) scenario test and risk assessment, and 4) natural resource preservation and decision making. The GLOFS website: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html. The GLCFS website: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/.
Lake Erie Upwelling 1996 to 2013

The annual upwelling index (# of days per year) was derived from the NOAA CoastWatch Great Lakes Surface Environmental Analysis (GLSEA) Sea Surface Temperature (SST) product. Using methods described in Plattner et al. (2006) and Wegscheider (2006) the upwelling was derived on a daily basis, between ordinal days 140 and 339, and creating a binary layer depict upwelling (1) or no upwelling (0). The daily upwelling layers were manually reviewed and any days at the beginning of the time frame that showed mid-lake spring warming were removed, as well as any ice cover near the end of the time frame. The last step was to add together all the days for a given lake and year to create an annual upwelling index.
Lake Michigan 0 to 20m  Vertical Weighted Average Annual Water Temperature 2006 to 2012

The Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime community with improved short-term predictions of water levels, water currents and water temperatures of the Great Lakes. The main uses for predicted variables are 1) hazard warning and avoidance, 2) enhancement of recreational and commercial activities, 3) scenario test and risk assessment, and 4) natural resource preservation and decision making. The GLOFS website: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html. The GLCFS website: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/.
Lake Erie Summer Average Benthic Water Temperature 2006 to 2012

The Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime community with improved short-term predictions of water levels, water currents and water temperatures of the Great Lakes. The main uses for predicted variables are 1) hazard warning and avoidance, 2) enhancement of recreational and commercial activities, 3) scenario test and risk assessment, and 4) natural resource preservation and decision making. The GLOFS website: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html. The GLCFS website: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/.
Lake Erie Spring Average Benthic Water Temperature 2006 to 2012

The Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime community with improved short-term predictions of water levels, water currents and water temperatures of the Great Lakes. The main uses for predicted variables are 1) hazard warning and avoidance, 2) enhancement of recreational and commercial activities, 3) scenario test and risk assessment, and 4) natural resource preservation and decision making. The GLOFS website: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html. The GLCFS website: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/.
Lake Huron Summer Average Benthic Water Temperature 2006 to 2012

The Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime community with improved short-term predictions of water levels, water currents and water temperatures of the Great Lakes. The main uses for predicted variables are 1) hazard warning and avoidance, 2) enhancement of recreational and commercial activities, 3) scenario test and risk assessment, and 4) natural resource preservation and decision making. The GLOFS website: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html. The GLCFS website: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/.
Lake Superior Spring Average Benthic Water Temperature 2006 to 2012

The Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime community with improved short-term predictions of water levels, water currents and water temperatures of the Great Lakes. The main uses for predicted variables are 1) hazard warning and avoidance, 2) enhancement of recreational and commercial activities, 3) scenario test and risk assessment, and 4) natural resource preservation and decision making. The GLOFS website: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html. The GLCFS website: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/.
Lake Michigan Summer Average Benthic Water Temperature 2006 to 2012

The Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime community with improved short-term predictions of water levels, water currents and water temperatures of the Great Lakes. The main uses for predicted variables are 1) hazard warning and avoidance, 2) enhancement of recreational and commercial activities, 3) scenario test and risk assessment, and 4) natural resource preservation and decision making. The GLOFS website: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html. The GLCFS website: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/.
Lake Michigan Spring Average Benthic Water Temperature 2006 to 2012

The Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime community with improved short-term predictions of water levels, water currents and water temperatures of the Great Lakes. The main uses for predicted variables are 1) hazard warning and avoidance, 2) enhancement of recreational and commercial activities, 3) scenario test and risk assessment, and 4) natural resource preservation and decision making. The GLOFS website: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html. The GLCFS website: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/.
Lake Huron Spring Average Benthic Water Temperature 2006 to 2012

The Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime community with improved short-term predictions of water levels, water currents and water temperatures of the Great Lakes. The main uses for predicted variables are 1) hazard warning and avoidance, 2) enhancement of recreational and commercial activities, 3) scenario test and risk assessment, and 4) natural resource preservation and decision making. The GLOFS website: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html. The GLCFS website: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/.
Great Lakes Cumulative Degree Days 1995 to 2023

Satellite imagery depicting daily surface temperature of the Great Lakes was obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Great Lakes CoastWatch program for the years 1995-2023. This program generates ~1.8km resolution data using satellite AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometry) for their Great Lakes Surface Environmental Analysis (GLSEA2) product. Daily surface temperature was obtained in ASCII format and converted to an ESRI grid. This layer represents annual cumulative degree days (CDD, base 0 degrees Celsius) for each grid cell in the Great Lakes Basin. CDD is a sum of avarage daily temperatures for all days when the average temperature was above zero. More information on the NOAA Great Lakes CoastWatch can be found at https://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/.
Lake Ontario Spring Average Benthic Water Temperature 2006 to 2012

The Great Lakes Coastal Forecast System (GLCFS) has been implemented by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) to provide the maritime community with improved short-term predictions of water levels, water currents and water temperatures of the Great Lakes. The main uses for predicted variables are 1) hazard warning and avoidance, 2) enhancement of recreational and commercial activities, 3) scenario test and risk assessment, and 4) natural resource preservation and decision making. The GLOFS website: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/water_level_info.html. The GLCFS website: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/.
Great Lakes Monthly Mean Surface Water Temperature 1995 to 2023

Satellite imagery depicting daily surface temperature of the Great Lakes was obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Great Lakes CoastWatch program for the years 1995-2023. This program generates ~1.8km resolution data using satellite AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometry) for their Great Lakes Surface Environmental Analysis (GLSEA2) product. Daily surface temperature was obtained in ASCII format and converted to an ESRI grid. This layer represents the monthly average surface temperature (degrees Celsius) for each grid cell in the Great Lakes Basin. More information on the NOAA Great Lakes CoastWatch can be found at https://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/.
Great Lakes Spring Mean Surface Water Temperature 1995 to 2023

Satellite imagery depicting daily surface temperature of the Great Lakes was obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Great Lakes CoastWatch program for the years 1995-2023. This program generates ~1.8km resolution data using satellite AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometry) for their Great Lakes Surface Environmental Analysis (GLSEA2) product. Daily surface temperature was obtained in ASCII format and converted to an ESRI grid. This layer represents the average spring surface water temperature (April 1 - May 31, degrees Celsius) for each grid cell in the Great Lakes Basin. More information on the NOAA Great Lakes CoastWatch can be found at https://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/.
Great Lakes Summer Mean Surface Water Temperature 1995 to 2023

Satellite imagery depicting daily surface temperature of the Great Lakes was obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Great Lakes CoastWatch program for the years 1995-2023. This program generates ~1.8km resolution data using satellite AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometry) for their Great Lakes Surface Environmental Analysis (GLSEA2) product. Daily surface temperature was obtained in ASCII format and converted to an ESRI grid. This layer represents the average summer surface water temperature (July 1st - August 31st, degrees Celsius) for each grid cell in the Great Lakes Basin. More information on the NOAA Great Lakes CoastWatch can be found at https://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/.
Great Lakes 10-minute by 10-minute statistical grid cells

Note, this version 10-minute by 10-minute grid cells is not clipped to the Great Lakes shoreline, however see clipped companion dataset if shoreline representation is needed. After the union of the Lake Huron and 10 min by 10 min grid coverages, some of the resulting polygons were unioned and nearly all were assigned unique ID numbers as to correpond to the generally accepted 10 min grid definition used by the fishery community. This attribute is found under the field titled "Grid10min." For example maps containing said generally accepted grid definitions, see for example: <"Status of the Fishery Resource - 1989"; A Report by the Technical Fisheries Review Committee on the Assessment of Major Fish Stocks in those Waters of the Upper Great Lakes Ceded in the Treaty of 1836; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Chippewa/Ottawa Treaty Fishery Management Authority; Appendix Figure B1.2>. Additional attributes include which Whitefish Management Unit "Wfm_units" and Statistical District "Stat_dist" each 10 minute by 10 minute grid belongs to (as defined by the State of Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division) and "Area" in square meters (since meters are the map units of Michigan GeoRef), "Perimeter" in meters, and "Hectares" which were all calculated with the ArcView Xtools Meters/Hectares extension (XtoolsMH.avx). After merging the shoreline pieces there were two known gaps on the Michigan shore (most likely near the intersection of counties). These were sealed by graphically adding arcs to fill the gap (so that polygons that would not "leak out" could be created). There is no guarantee regarding the accuracy of this editing. The two edits were done at approximately: -83.32 lon, 44.50 lat; -84.22 lon, 46.00 lat. The Mackinac Bridge between the Michigan lower peninsula and Michigan upper peninsula was not included with the NOAA shoreline data that was merged. It was also added graphically, extending from approximately -84.73 lon, 45.79 lat to -84.72, 45.85. There has been a reduction of detail from the original shoreline data and grid during editing within ArcInfo/ArcView due to tolerances/snapping/etc. which would be evident upon comparison of this coverage with the two original coverages. The original grid coverage was created in ArcInfo using the Generate command - Fishnet option and was "straight" prior to union. After union of the two coverages, close inspection of some of the grid polygon border-arcs will reveal slight shifts in their "straightness". There has been no attempt to remedy said flaw. It is believed that the overall accuracy is within reason for many fishery applications. 1/16/26 update: Lake Superior cells 1306, 1307, 1409, and 1509 were altered by request from Wisconsin DNR; Lake Huron cells 322 and 323 were extended northward, as well as Lake Erie cell 219 was added to adjust to National Hydrography Dataset (NHDPlus) high resolution shoreline.
Great Lakes Spring Rate of Warming 1995 to 2023

Satellite imagery depicting daily surface temperature of the Great Lakes was obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Great Lakes CoastWatch program for the years 1995-2013. This program generates ~1.8km resolution data using satellite AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometry) for their Great Lakes Surface Environmental Analysis (GLSEA2) product. Daily surface temperature was obtained in ASCII format and converted to an ESRI grid. This layer represents the spring rate of warming for each grid cell in the Great Lakes Basin. More information on the NOAA Great Lakes CoastWatch can be found at https://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/.