Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Data

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.

Filter Total Items: 219

Surface Elevation Tablet Measurements from 10 USGS Sites Along the US Atlantic Coast (2005-2020) Surface Elevation Tablet Measurements from 10 USGS Sites Along the US Atlantic Coast (2005-2020)

Here we provide data used to report on changes in tidal marsh elevation in relation to our network of 20 fixed benchmarks located across a geographically broad network of coastal elevation monitoring stations with standard monitoring protocols. This dataset includes Surface Elevation Table (SET) measurements taken from 10 sites along the US Atlantic coast, ranging from Virginia to Maine...

Streamgage Attributes, Basin Characteristics, Subsidies from Glacier Mass Loss, and Streamflow Statistics, Selected Streamgages in Alaska, 2000-2019 Streamgage Attributes, Basin Characteristics, Subsidies from Glacier Mass Loss, and Streamflow Statistics, Selected Streamgages in Alaska, 2000-2019

This data package contains 3 tables presenting site selection information, basin characteristics, subsidy to streamflow from glacier mass loss data, and other streamflow statistics for selected streamgages in Alaska that were used to evaluate the influence of glacier mass loss on streamflow in Alaska and conterminous basins in Canada. The first ("site_selection_outcomes.csv") contains...

Wetland transformations for three relative sea-level rise scenarios along the middle and upper Texas Coast, wetland current condition map and wetland transformation maps by decade, sea-level rise scenario, and coastal wetland drowning threshold (ver. 3.0, Wetland transformations for three relative sea-level rise scenarios along the middle and upper Texas Coast, wetland current condition map and wetland transformation maps by decade, sea-level rise scenario, and coastal wetland drowning threshold (ver. 3.0,

As sea levels rise, wetlands exposed to oceanic water can adapt to changing conditions through vertical development (i.e., soil surface elevation gains via biophysical feedbacks) and horizontal migration into upslope areas. Elevation-based models of wetland transformation from sea-level rise are often hampered from a variety of sources of uncertainty, including contemporary elevation and...

Data to support the role of the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in coastal wetland carbon dynamics Data to support the role of the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in coastal wetland carbon dynamics

Coastal wetlands store carbon in their soils. Carbon is produced by emergent biomass and in-situ root growth, as well as deposited through sedimentation. Burial of aboveground carbon within soils and disruption of long-term soil carbon storage are both influenced by the fauna present in coastal wetlands. Data were used to test the hypothesis that the American Alligator (Alligator...

Sr/Ca, Oxygen Isotope, and Linear Extension Data for Five Holocene Orbicella faveolata Corals from Dry Tortugas and Marquesas Keys, Florida, USA Sr/Ca, Oxygen Isotope, and Linear Extension Data for Five Holocene Orbicella faveolata Corals from Dry Tortugas and Marquesas Keys, Florida, USA

This data release contains new, 40–70-year long sub-annual strontium-to-calcium ratio (Sr/Ca) records and linear extension measurements from five mid-to-late Holocene, Orbicella faveolata corals from the Dry Tortugas National Park (DT) and Marquesas Keys (MK), Florida (FL). U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) researchers used these Sr/Ca data to calculate sea-surface temperature (SST) using...

Surface Water Index of Permanence (SWIPe) for the upper Missouri River basin, 1989-2021 Surface Water Index of Permanence (SWIPe) for the upper Missouri River basin, 1989-2021

With the Surface-Water Index of Permanence (SWIPe) we provide a standardized metric for describing one- to five-year anomalies of the annual minimum surface-water extent of streams and wetlands for multiple spatial scales including basin (4-digit hydrologic unit codes [HUCs]) to subwatersheds (12-digit HUCs). Drier conditions are represented by negative SWIPE values that range from 0 to...

Loch Vale Watershed hydroclimate and isotopes of tree-ring cellulose and source-water isotope model Loch Vale Watershed hydroclimate and isotopes of tree-ring cellulose and source-water isotope model

Stable isotopes of water preserved in geologic archives, primarily as oxygen (d18O), have proven critical for documenting Earth’s climatic and hydrologic systems past and present. However, timescale differences of water isotope inputs to proxy systems and the signal embedded in long paleorecords often confound translation to observed hydroclimatic metrics. Here, a unique 20-year dataset...

Biogeochemical Data from Field Samples and Laboratory Experiments, Boulder Creek Watershed, Colorado (2019-2023) Biogeochemical Data from Field Samples and Laboratory Experiments, Boulder Creek Watershed, Colorado (2019-2023)

Biogeochemical processes are key drivers of chemical solubility and mobilization. Understanding these processes will lead to improved predictive capabilities and may aid with watershed management decisions. This data release presents results from the Boulder Creek, Colorado watershed, including analyses of water and sediment. From April to August 2019, water samples were collected weekly...

Community-sourced lower Zanclean [early Pliocene] sea surface temperature (SST) data for PRISM5.1 and PRISM5.2 time slices Community-sourced lower Zanclean [early Pliocene] sea surface temperature (SST) data for PRISM5.1 and PRISM5.2 time slices

This data set collects, from peer-reviewed and openly available research, values of sea surface temperature (SST) that occurred at select sites across the Earth during a brief period of the lower- Zanclean. SST data reported here represent, for each site, an average of SSTs, derived from alkenone analysis. The data collected are centered on two time slices. The PRISM5.1 time slice at 4...

Mid-Holocene-to-present Modeled (ca., 7,000 to 100 cal. BP) and Reconstructed (ca., 5,900 to 5,436 cal. BP) Temperature for the High-Elevations of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Derived from a Transient Climate Model and Whitebark Pine Tree-rings Mid-Holocene-to-present Modeled (ca., 7,000 to 100 cal. BP) and Reconstructed (ca., 5,900 to 5,436 cal. BP) Temperature for the High-Elevations of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Derived from a Transient Climate Model and Whitebark Pine Tree-rings

In the Rocky Mountains of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (United States), recent melting at a high-elevation (3,091 m asl) ice patch exposed a mature stand of whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) trees located ~180 m above modern treeline dating to the mid-Holocene (c. 5,900-5,436 cal y BP +- 51 y). From this subfossil wood record, we contextualize the recent magnitude of warming...

Data Supporting Mobile Wind Measurements Using a Joust Configured Ultrasonic Anemometer Onboard a Multi-rotor sUAS Data Supporting Mobile Wind Measurements Using a Joust Configured Ultrasonic Anemometer Onboard a Multi-rotor sUAS

These data were collected to investigate how well wind speed and direction can be measured using a miniature sonic anemometer mounted in a joust configuration on a small uncrewed aircraft system (sUAS). Test flights occurred at a bog within Interior Alaska that was instrumented with an eddy covariance flux tower. Part of the tower's instrumentation was a highly accurate sonic anemometer...

Tree ring dataset for a regional avalanche chronology in Colorado 1319-2022 Tree ring dataset for a regional avalanche chronology in Colorado 1319-2022

This dataset includes processed tree ring data from avalanche paths throughout Colorado, USA. The data were processed in three distinct phases that resulted in this dataset: collection, processing, and avalanche signal analysis. This dataset consists of samples from 1188 cross-sections and increment cores from 1023 individual trees within 24 avalanche paths across the region. From these...
Was this page helpful?