AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Great Lakes Mean Monthly NOAA Buoy Data 1983 to 2013

All buoys located, with data available, in the U.S. waters of the Great Lakes were obtained. Data for each of the buoys is available at different time steps and over different months and years. The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework (GLAHF) project computed summary statistics for annually, monthly, and season where WNDSPD_Mean is mean windspeed (meters / second); WNDDIR_mean is mean wind direction (degrees clockwise from N); Gust_Mean is mean gust in (meters / second); WvHgt_Mean is mean significant wave height (meters); WvHgt_Max is maximum significant wave height (meters); DomWvPrd_mean is mean dominate wave period which is the period with maximum energy (seconds); AvgWvPrd_mean is mean wave period (seconds); MnWvDir_mean is mean wave direction (degrees clockwise from N); AtmoPress_Mean is mean atmospheric pressure (hPa); AirTemp_mean is mean air temperature (Celsius); and WtrTemp_mean is mean water temperature (Celsius). NOTE: all statistics were calculated for all available data for a given year, month or season. No data values are designated as "9999".
Great Lakes Mean Spring NOAA Buoy Data 1983 to 2013

All buoys located, with data available, in the U.S. waters of the Great Lakes were obtained. Data for each of the buoys is available at different time steps and over different months and years. The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework (GLAHF) project computed summary statistics for annually, monthly, and season where WNDSPD_Mean is mean windspeed (meters / second); WNDDIR_mean is mean wind direction (degrees clockwise from N); Gust_Mean is mean gust in (meters / second); WvHgt_Mean is mean significant wave height (meters); WvHgt_Max is maximum significant wave height (meters); DomWvPrd_mean is mean dominate wave period which is the period with maximum energy (seconds); AvgWvPrd_mean is mean wave period (seconds); MnWvDir_mean is mean wave direction (degrees clockwise from N); AtmoPress_Mean is mean atmospheric pressure (hPa); AirTemp_mean is mean air temperature (Celsius); and WtrTemp_mean is mean water temperature (Celsius). NOTE: all statistics were calculated for all available data for a given year, month or season. No data values are designated as "9999".
Great Lakes Mean Summer NOAA Buoy Data 1983 to 2013

All buoys located, with data available, in the U.S. waters of the Great Lakes were obtained. Data for each of the buoys is available at different time steps and over different months and years. The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework (GLAHF) project computed summary statistics for annually, monthly, and season where WNDSPD_Mean is mean windspeed (meters / second); WNDDIR_mean is mean wind direction (degrees clockwise from N); Gust_Mean is mean gust in (meters / second); WvHgt_Mean is mean significant wave height (meters); WvHgt_Max is maximum significant wave height (meters); DomWvPrd_mean is mean dominate wave period which is the period with maximum energy (seconds); AvgWvPrd_mean is mean wave period (seconds); MnWvDir_mean is mean wave direction (degrees clockwise from N); AtmoPress_Mean is mean atmospheric pressure (hPa); AirTemp_mean is mean air temperature (Celsius); and WtrTemp_mean is mean water temperature (Celsius). NOTE: all statistics were calculated for all available data for a given year, month or season. No data values are designated as "9999".
Great Lakes Basin Land Cover 2011 to 2012

For this crosswalk, we selected the NLCD (2011 version) and the Canadian SOLRIS 2.0 because they were created from imagery collected in approximately the same time framesand because they were comparable to the 2001 NLCD and the 2000 SOLRIS v1.2. However, a comparable layer from the same time period was not available for Northern Ontario. While the 2005-2011 Far North Land Cover 1.4 was available, it did not cover the entire extent of the 2000 PLO, and the classification scheme was very different from the 2000 PLO. This made it difficult to compare the two datasets as there were large differences in the distribution of classes due to classification scheme and mapping differences, resulting in artificially high land cover change statistics (see Far North Land Cover Data Specifications Version 1.4). As a result, we have incorporated the 2000 PLO for Northern Ontario, but will reevaluate the crosswalk as new data becomes available. To process these data, we first clipped each input data layer by the extent of the Great Lakes states and the Province of Ontario. Next, we reclassified the raster values using the Reclassify tool, changing the original values to crosswalked values. Next we projected the data into the standardized projection used by the Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework (GLAHF) USA Contiguous Albers Equal Area Conic USGS projection and resampled the pixel size to 30 meters, the standard projection and pixel size for the Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework (GLAHF). We then created a mosaic using Mosaic to New Raster, incorporating the waters of the Great Lakes as the value â€œ1â€, using the shoreline of the watersheds in the GLAHF Hydrology Data Package V1 as a mask. Land cover/land use codes: 1 = Great Lakes Waters; 11 = Water; 2 = Developed; 31 = Barren Land; 41 = Deciduous Forest; 42 = Evergreen Forest; 43 = Evergreen Forest; 43 = Mixed Forest; 52 = Scrub/Shrub; 71 = Grassland/Herbaceous; 8 = Agriculture; 90 = Forested Wetland; 95 = Emergent Wetland; 98 = Other/Undefined.
Great Lakes Basin Land Cover 2000 to 2001

We created a mosaic of the U.S. NLCD 01 (2001 edition) and the Canadian 2000 PLO and the SOLRIS v1.2. We selected these datasets since they were created from imagery collected in approximately the same time frames, included similar categories, and covered the full extent of the Great Lakes Basin. To process the data, we first clipped each input data layer by the extent of the Great Lakes states and the Province of Ontario. Next, we reclassified the raster values using the Reclassify tool, changing the original values to crosswalked values. Next, we projected the data into the standardized projection used by the Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework (GLAHF) USA Contiguous Albers Equal Area Conic USGS projection and resampled the pixel size to 30 meters, the standard projection and pixel size for the Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework (GLAHF). We then created a mosaic using Mosaic to New Raster, incorporating the waters of the Great Lakes using the shoreline of the watersheds in the GLAHF Hydrology Data Package V1 as a mask. Land cover/land use codes: 1 = Great Lakes Waters; 11 = Water; 2 = Developed; 31 = Barren Land; 41 = Deciduous Forest; 42 = Evergreen Forest; 43 = Evergreen Forest; 43 = Mixed Forest; 52 = Scrub/Shrub; 71 = Grassland/Herbaceous; 8 = Agriculture; 90 = Forested Wetland; 95 = Emergent Wetland; 98 = Other/Undefined.
Great Lakes Annual Circulation 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 Circulation Direction 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 Circulation Direction & Magnitude Spring 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 Circulation Dirction & Magnitude Spring 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 Circulation Direction & Magnitude Spring  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 Circulation Direction & Magnitude Spring 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 Circulation Direction & Magnitude Spring 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 Monthly 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 Monthly 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 Michigan Monthly 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 Monthly 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 Superior Monthly 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 Erie 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 Michigan 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/.
Bay Mills Small Boat Zone restricted commercial fishing zone

Those portions of grids 505 and 506 which lie south of a line from Hammond Bay Harbor buoy to the northeast corner of grid 506. Regulations: Sault Tribe fishers shall not fish in this zone. Commercial fishing shall be restricted to October 1 through December 31, and subject to a spawning closure. All live lake trout shall be released. All commercial fishing with impoundment nets and large mesh gill nets shall be prohibited from November 6 through November 29 to protect spawning lake trout and whitefish. The TFC shall examine lake trout spawning grounds and seasons as well as examine current spawning closures for walleye and yellow perch and make recommendations to appropriate parties for changes. Trap nets may remain in the water during this period, but trap net tunnels must be tied closed. Nets must be set in water seventy-five (75) feet deep or less. Commercial fishing with small mesh gill nets in six (6) fathoms of water or less shall be prohibited from October 15 through November 15. Effort shall be limited to no more than ten (10) small boats (twenty-six [26] feet or less) fishing a maximum of 6,000 feet of large mesh gill net per boat including any boat used for assessment purposes. Maps for general reference only: refer to text of Consent Decree 2000 for exact locations and provisions. Created a new point shapefile in ArcGIS 8.1. A point was located on the USGS Presque Isle county 1:24,000 DRG as outlined in the Consent Decree 2000 documentation. The point was generated on the nautical light located at the northeast end of the northeast jetty. We then created a new polygon shapefile in ArcGIS 8.1. The new pollygon layer was created using the snapping tool in ArcMap. Starting form the above point location and heading in a clockwise direction snapping to the vertices (as outlined in the Consent Decree 2000 documentation) of the MDNR (University of Michigan) Statistical Grid layer, extending the polygon boundaries beyond the US Department of Commerce (Bureau of the Census, Geography Division) county census (1995) layer, and finishing the sketch at the starting point. The new polygon feature was then commbined with the US Department of Commerce (Bureau of the Census, Geography Division) county census (1995) layer using the union tool from the geoprocessing wizard in Arc Map. The desired features were then selected, exported as a new shapefile, and reprojected from Michigan georef to Decimal Degrees to create the final Bay Mills Small Boat Zone layer. The boundaries represented on consent decree maps are approximations based on the text contained in the 2000 Consent Decree. For legal descriptions of geographic extent or details pertaining to regulations for these representations refer to the original 2000 Consent Decree Document.
Lake St Clair submerged aquatic vegetation raster mean percent of water column 2008 to 2011

Michigan DNR Fisheries Division hydroacoustic survey data (2003-2011) were collected annually at survey stations in Lake St. Claire to document the abundance and distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation. The hydrouacoustic surveys at each station consisted of 11 parallel east-west boat transects spaced 10 m apart within a square hectare plot. Not all survey stations were sampled every year; to allow for sufficient data for mapping, sonar records across multiple years were compiled and averaged on a per station basis. Plant height, percent of lake bottom covered by aquatic plants and percent of water column containing plant biomass interpolated layers were generated from this data using ordinary kriging and the ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst. The MDNR Fisheries Research Report 2099, documenting hydroacoustic survey methods and results from the years 2003-2007. Kriging parameters are as follows: SAV_mean_bio_vol_2008_2011; no transformations, no trend removal; Gaussian semivariogram model, nugget = 39.7, major range = 7756, partial sill = 103, number of lags = 12, lag size = 970; smooth search neighborhood, smoothing factor = 0.1
Water transparency in the Laurentian Great Lakes

The Laurentian Great Lakes in the mid-east region of North America is one of the largest freshwater ecosystems in the world. This data set contains limnological data, focusing on underwater transparency in this ecosystem and the surrounding region from 1999-2024. Current water transparency data sets highlight the increase in offshore transparency measured by a deepening of average Secchi Disk depth since the invasion of the Dreissenid mussels. However, limited data exists on the Great Lakes to provide insight to the underwater optical environment of the offshore, nearshore, and surrounding water bodies of these lakes. These data illustrate the vertical underwater light environment with data from wavelengths of sunlight including photosynthetically active radiation (400 – 700 nm), UV-A radiation (320 - 400 nm), and UV-B radiation (290 - 320 nm). Understanding the depths to which these specific wavelengths of sunlight reach within a lake, as well as the substances within the lake that may influence the attenuation of sunlight can provide a picture of how habitats within the lake system have been impacted. This data set is a part of a continuous data collaboration among multiple research groups, and will be updated periodically as more data are made available. As such, this data set provides a snapshot of water transparency in the Great Lakes.
Ontario townships

A Township is a fundamental land subdivision in the original survey fabric of the Province as completed by the Crown. A polygon feature that identifies a surveyed area that may or may not comprise of lots and concessions. This information was captured digitally through the Ontario Base Mapping Program and since transferred to NRVIS and the LIO warehouse. The spatial accuracy for some of the township fabric from the NRVIS and the LIO warehouse was improved through the Ontario Parcel, Township Realignment and Township Improvement projects. Improvements to the fabric may include: road allowance widths, spatial changes to better represent where the township boundaries are located, and more consistent concession names. Materials used to improve the location of township lines may include: Township Improvement plots, survey information i.e. retracements, original township plans, surveys notes, etc.; NRVIS physical features such as fencelines, and water bodies and GPS Ontario Road Network geometry. Other township improvement materials were also used to improve the lot fabric in some townships. For more information on the township Improvement projects refer to 'Data Sources.' The improved fabric will be inserted into a new data model that will reside in NRVIS and the LIO warehouse. Please note: not all townships have been improved. A more extensive metadata document exists in HTML format and PDF format in the _METADATA directory. Produced by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission under Licence with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources copyright Queen's Printer for Ontario, 2006.