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The climate history, land cover and land surface data developed by the Land Change Science Program in the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area is vital to various types of research and management applications, including assessing the impacts of climate change, evaluating ecosystem status and health, understanding spatial patterns of biodiversity, and informing land use planning.
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Sea-level rise and high tide flooding inundation probability and depth statistics at Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida Sea-level rise and high tide flooding inundation probability and depth statistics at Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
This dataset includes elevation-based probability and depth statistics for estimating inundation under various sea-level rise and high tide flooding scenarios in and around the National Park Service’s Dry Tortugas National Park. These datasets were developed using digital elevation model (DEM) from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This data release includes results...
Soil data release of legacy data collected from a soil chronosequence in Northern Michigan Soil data release of legacy data collected from a soil chronosequence in Northern Michigan
In July 1992 soils were sampled from six dune fields in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan near Wilderness State Park, about 10 miles southwest of Mackinaw City. The dune fields represent a soil chronosequence, where all soil forming factors except time are held constant (climate, organisms, relief, and parent material). These sandy lake terrace soils are Entisols and Spodosols...
Soil data release of U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1590, collected across the Western United States between 1975 and 1983 Soil data release of U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1590, collected across the Western United States between 1975 and 1983
Early studies of soil formation highlighted several key factors that together determine the degree of soil pedogenesis, which include climate, organisms (including vegetation), topography, and parent material (Jenny H.; 1941; Factors of Soil Formation, a System of Quantitative Pedology; https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj1941.00021962003300090016x). A soil chronosequence is defined as a...
Sea-level rise and high tide flooding inundation probability and depth statistics at Biscayne National Park, Florida Sea-level rise and high tide flooding inundation probability and depth statistics at Biscayne National Park, Florida
This dataset includes elevation-based probability and depth statistics for estimating inundation under various sea-level rise and high tide flooding scenarios in and around the National Park Service’s Biscayne National Park. For information on the digital elevation model (DEM) source used to develop these datasets refer to the corresponding spatial metadata file (Danielson and others...
Radiocarbon dating of silicified wood from around Artemisia Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park Radiocarbon dating of silicified wood from around Artemisia Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park
Samples of silicified wood remnants from 8 trees were collected under research permit YELL-SCI-8030 on June 17, 2023, and on September 19, 2023 adjacent to Artemisia Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park. Samples were collected for radiocarbon (14C) dating of the wood to determine when the trees grew. Trees do not grow on active geyser mounds (Hurwitz and others...
Zanclean Age Benthic Foraminiferal Census and Sedimentologic Data from the Yorktown Formation, Spring Grove, Va Zanclean Age Benthic Foraminiferal Census and Sedimentologic Data from the Yorktown Formation, Spring Grove, Va
Data consist of census counts of Pliocene benthic foraminifera from the Yorktown Formation at Pipsico Boy Scout Camp, Spring Grove, Virginia. Data consist of grain-size distribution by weight in grams of samples collected from the Yorktown Formation exposed in outcrop along the James River at Pipsico Boy Scout Camp, Spring Grove, Virginia. In total, counts of individuals from 15 samples...
Surface Elevation Table (SET) data from the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (2010-2013) Surface Elevation Table (SET) data from the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (2010-2013)
Here we provide data used to report on changes in tidal marsh elevation at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), located in Dorchester, Maryland, USA. This dataset includes Surface Elevation Table (SET) measurements taken from 40 SET platforms distributed across the refuge. At each platform location annual measurements of wetland surface elevation were made from 20010-2013.
Plankton biodiversity estimates from the Pliocene of North Atlantic DSDP Sites 552 and 606 Plankton biodiversity estimates from the Pliocene of North Atlantic DSDP Sites 552 and 606
Biodiversity metrics for Pliocene time series at DSDP Sites 552A and 606. Includes sample designation, depth in core, age, February, August, and mean annual sea surface temperature. Includes species richness
Alkenone temperature estimates from the Miocene and Pliocene of SE Virginia Alkenone temperature estimates from the Miocene and Pliocene of SE Virginia
Alkenone samples collected during September 2023 from the Farm Road, Rushmere and Pipsico localities on the James River in SE Virginia.
Sap flux and biophysical measurements of select trees at Panola Mountain Research Watershed, Georgia, 2019 Sap flux and biophysical measurements of select trees at Panola Mountain Research Watershed, Georgia, 2019
This data release contains a zipped folder with two comma delimited data files and two companion metadata files. The data files are: 1.) sap_flux_data.csv and; 2.) biophysical_characteristics_of_instrumented_trees.csv. The sap flux data were stored in data loggers every 10-minutes for 15 riparian trees. Sap flux was estimated using heat-pulse velocity sensors at three depths into the...
Daily Mean Runoff and Precipitation at Panola Mountain Research Watershed, Stockbridge, GA., water years 1986–2019 Daily Mean Runoff and Precipitation at Panola Mountain Research Watershed, Stockbridge, GA., water years 1986–2019
This data release contains two tabular data files and associated metadata. One tabular data file has mean daily runoff from the lower stream gage and total daily precipitation from the Panola Mountain Research Watershed.The other tabular data file contains data edit codes, their descriptions, and the associated data quality code.
Treeband measurements of Taxodium distichum in coastal Louisiana, USA from August 2004 through April 2016 Treeband measurements of Taxodium distichum in coastal Louisiana, USA from August 2004 through April 2016
To study the long-term effects of hydrology and salinity on the health of these systems, we fitted dendrometer bands on selected trees in permanent forest productivity plots established between 2004 and 2006 within six baldcypress stands. Three of these stands were in freshwater sites permanently or seasonally flooded with low salinity (0.1-1.3 ppt), while the other three are affected by...