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Invertebrate Data In this observational pilot study, we worked at the largest existing solar tower facility in the world (Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System - ISEGS) to assess the efficacy of using radar, surveillance video, and insect trapping to monitor animals flying near the towers. During week-long site visits in May and September, we monitored the airspace surrounding towers and observed insects, occasional birds, and bats under a variety of environmental and operational conditions. This dataset enumerates invertebrates captured using both malaise and funnel traps placed on the ground in the immediate vicinity of solar towers in the locations shown in Figure 2 of the associated paper. The locational information below... Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, Ivanpah Valley, Mojave Desert, Monitoring and Evaluation, Solar Energy, All tags... Solar power towers, Wildlife and Fisheries, animal movement, bats, birds, infrared, insects, migration, power generation sites, solar flux, solar power, video monitoring, videography, videos, wildlife, Fewer tags Radar Data In this observational pilot study, we worked at the largest existing solar tower facility in the world (Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System - ISEGS) to assess the efficacy of using radar, surveillance video, and insect trapping to monitor animals flying near the towers. During week-long site visits in May and September, we monitored the airspace surrounding towers and observed insects, occasional birds, and bats under a variety of environmental and operational conditions. This dataset consists of raster portable network graphics (png) images of the planned position indicator (ppi) display from a Furuno FR2127 portable radar unit to a maximum range of 1.5 km. A new image is written with each rotation of the... Types: Citation; Tags: Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, Ivanpah Valley, Mojave Desert, Monitoring and Evaluation, Solar Energy, All tags... Solar power towers, Wildlife and Fisheries, animal movement, bats, birds, infrared, insects, migration, power generation sites, solar flux, solar power, video monitoring, videography, videos, wildlife, Fewer tags Reported water levels for selected wells in the Mojave River and Morongo Groundwater Basins, Spring 2016 This data release represents a selection of tabular data used in the 2016 Mojave River and Morongo groundwater basin regional water table map. The data represent water level measurements provided by cooperating water agencies whose data collection standards may not meet the criteria set forth by the U.S. Geological Survey for entry and storage in the National Water Information System (NWIS). Categories: Data; Tags: Mojave Desert, Mojave River Basin, Morongo Basin, San Bernardino County, Southern California, All tags... groundwater, hydrology, water level, water resources, water table, Fewer tags Groundwater-Quality Data in the Mojave Basin Shallow Aquifer Study Unit, 2018: Results from the California GAMA Priority Basin Project The U.S. Geological Survey collected groundwater samples from 49 wells used for domestic and small system drinking water supplies and 10 monitoring wells in San Bernardino County, California in 2018. The wells were sampled for the Mojave Basin (MOBS) Shallow Aquifer Study Unit of the California State Water Resources Control Board Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program Priority Basin Project’s assessment of the quality of groundwater resources used for domestic and small system drinking water supplies. Domestic and small-system wells commonly are screened at shallower depths than public-supply wells. The MOBS study unit covered the Upper, Middle, and Lower Mojave River groundwater basins, the... Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: California, Environment, GAMA, Groundwater, Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Program, All tags... Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Water-Quality, Western United States, Fewer tags Deserts of the southwestern United States, for the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system study, Nevada and California These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This digital data set defines the boundaries of the deserts of the southwestern United States. Those deserts include the Great Basin, Mojave, Colorado, and Sonoran Deserts as defined by Benson and Darrow (1981). The study by Benson and Darrow (1981) was a historical reference used to support development of the transient ground-water model of Death Valley regional ground-water flow system (DVRFS) completed in 2004 by the USGS (see... Tags: Amargosa Desert, Arizona Sonoran Desert, Ash Meadows, California, California Valley, All tags... Chicago Valley, China Ranch, Clark County, Clayton Valley, Coal Valley, Colorado Sonoran Desert, Death Valley, Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Esmeralda County, Eureka Valley, Franklin Lake, Franklin Well, Garden Valley, Great Basin Desert, Inyo County, Kern County, Las Vegas Valley, Lincoln County, Mesquite Valley, Mineral County, Mojave Desert, Mono County, NSDI, Nevada, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Oasis Valley, Owlshead Mountains, Pahranagat Range, Pahrump Valley, Panamint Range, Penoyer Valley, Railroad Valley, Resting Spring, Saline Valley, San Bernardino County, Sarcobatus Flat, Sheep Range, Shoshone, Silurian Valley, Spring Mountains, Stewart Valley, Stone Cabin Valley, Tecopa, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Yucca Mountain, eastern California, evapotranspiration, flow model, ground water, ground-water discharge, ground-water pumping, ground-water recharge, hydraulic conductivity, hydraulic head, hydrogeologic framework model, hydrogeology, hydrology, lateral ground-water model boundary, net infiltration, southern Nevada, spring flow, steady state ground-water model, transient ground-water model, water well, Fewer tags Geospatial Data Used in Water-Level and Land-Subsidence Studies in the Mojave River and Morongo Groundwater Basins for 2004 These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. The Mojave River and Morongo ground-water basins are in the southwestern part of the Mojave Desert in southern California. Ground-water from these basins supplies a major part of the water requirements for the region. The continuous population growth in this area has resulted in ever-increasing demands on local ground-water resources. The collection and interpretation of ground-water data helps local water districts, military bases,... Tags: California, Mojave Desert, Morongo, NSDI, San Bernardino County, All tags... Southern California, USGS, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), contours, contours, drainage basin, drainage basin, ground water, ground water, ground-water, ground-water, groundwater, groundwater, hydrology, hydrology, inland waters, inland waters, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, levels, levels, water level, water level, water table, water table, Fewer tags Video Files In this observational pilot study, we worked at the largest existing solar tower facility in the world (Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System - ISEGS) to assess the efficacy of using radar, surveillance video, and insect trapping to monitor animals flying near the towers. During week-long site visits in May and September, we monitored the airspace surrounding towers and observed insects, occasional birds, and bats under a variety of environmental and operational conditions. This dataset is comprised of the unedited digital video imagery we gathered during those site visits. There are four types of video imagery included in the data set: (1) "EMCCD camera" is the output of an electron multiplying charge-coupled-device... Types: Citation; Tags: Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, Ivanpah Valley, Mojave Desert, Monitoring and Evaluation, Solar Energy, All tags... Solar power towers, Wildlife and Fisheries, animal movement, bats, birds, infrared, insects, migration, power generation sites, solar flux, solar power, video monitoring, videography, videos, wildlife, Fewer tags Desert Tortoise Ecology and Precipitation, Mojave and Sonoran Deserts—Data Estimated precipitation data were compiled using the WestMap web site (http://www.cefa.dri.edu/Westmap/) from 1995-2013. We selected pixels on the map shown on their web site that were in the core of our study areas: one near Palm Springs, California and the other at Sugarloaf Mountain in the Tonto National Forest of Arizona. WestMap uses PRISM data to make point measurements of climate data and a digital elevation model of terrain to create estimates of monthly climate elements. Estimates are derived for a 4km grid, for ease in mapping and GIS applications. PRISM is an integrated set of rules, decision making, and calculations designed to imitate the process an expert climatologist would go through when mapping... Types: Citation; Tags: Arizona, California, Carapace length, Clutch size, Desert tortoise eggs, All tags... Egg width, Mojave Desert, PRISM data, Palm Springs, San Gorgonio Pass, Seasonal precipitation, Sonoran Desert, Sugarloaf Mountain, Summer precipitation, Tonto National Forest, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), WestMap Climate Analysis & Mapping Toolbox, Winter precipitation, X-ray pelvic aperture width, Fewer tags Deserts of the southwestern United States, for the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system study, Nevada and California These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This digital data set defines the boundaries of the deserts of the southwestern United States. Those deserts include the Great Basin, Mojave, Colorado, and Sonoran Deserts as defined by Benson and Darrow (1981). The study by Benson and Darrow (1981) was a historical reference used to support development of the transient ground-water model of Death Valley regional ground-water flow system (DVRFS) completed in 2004 by the USGS (see... Tags: Amargosa Desert, Arizona Sonoran Desert, Ash Meadows, California, California Valley, All tags... Chicago Valley, China Ranch, Clark County, Clayton Valley, Coal Valley, Colorado Sonoran Desert, Death Valley, Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Esmeralda County, Eureka Valley, Franklin Lake, Franklin Well, Garden Valley, Great Basin Desert, Inyo County, Kern County, Las Vegas Valley, Lincoln County, Mesquite Valley, Mineral County, Mojave Desert, Mono County, NSDI, Nevada, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Oasis Valley, Owlshead Mountains, Pahranagat Range, Pahrump Valley, Panamint Range, Penoyer Valley, Railroad Valley, Resting Spring, Saline Valley, San Bernardino County, Sarcobatus Flat, Sheep Range, Shoshone, Silurian Valley, Spring Mountains, Stewart Valley, Stone Cabin Valley, Tecopa, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Yucca Mountain, eastern California, environment, evapotranspiration, flow model, geoscientificInformation, ground water, ground-water discharge, ground-water pumping, ground-water recharge, hydraulic conductivity, hydraulic head, hydrogeologic framework model, hydrogeology, hydrology, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, lateral ground-water model boundary, net infiltration, southern Nevada, spring flow, steady state ground-water model, transient ground-water model, water well, Fewer tags Impact of Ecosystem Water Balance on Desert Vegetation: Quantification of Historical Patterns and Projection under Climate Change Explore climate change impacts on vegetation across the Desert and Southern Rockies LCCs using historical monitoring data collected from 23 sites across the Sonoran, Chihuahuan, Mojave and Colorado Plateau deserts for 30-50 years. This data will then be combined with ecosystem water balance model simulations to establish features of water availability critical for plant species response. Results will allow managers to identify species and communities at risk under future climate scenarios based on predicted changes in plant water availability. Due to the high variability in soils, incorporating a detailed understanding of soil water availability beyond bioclimatic envelope approaches in the desert Southwest is essential... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, AZ-02, AZ-03, AZ-04, Academics & scientific researchers, All tags... Applications and Tools, Arizona, Big Bend ‐ Río Bravo & Lower Río Conchos Pilot Area, CA-08, CO-03, California, Chihuahua, Chihuahuan Desert, Colorado Plateau, Conservation NGOs, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Mexico, Mojave Desert, Mojave Desert Pilot Area, NM-02, NV-03, NV-04, New Mexico, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Sonora, Sonoran Desert, TX-16, TX-23, Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area, UT-02, UT-03, United States, User Manual, Utah, Vulnerability Assessment, biota, climate change, completed, desert southwest, ecohydrology, plants, soil water, vegetation change, water availability, Fewer tags Selected Evapotranspiration Data, Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nye County, Nevada, 7/5/2011-1/1/2017 Selected evapotranspiration data were collected from 7/5/2011 to 1/1/2017 at the Amargosa Desert Research Site (ADRS, https://nevada.usgs.gov/adrs/) in support of ongoing research to improve the understanding of hydrologic and contaminant-transport processes in arid environments. The data presented in this data release includes 30-minute and daily evapotranspiration and associated energy-balance fluxes, precipitation, soil water content, air and soil temperature, wind speed and direction, humidity, and photosynthetically active radiation. Data methods follow those described in Moreo and others (2017). This is the third in a series of three releases of evapotranspiration data, which has been measured continuously... Categories: Data; Tags: Amargosa Desert, Amargosa Desert Research Site, Climatology, Ecology, Energy budget, All tags... Environmental Health, Evapotranspiration, Hydrogeology, Mojave Desert, Net radiation, Nevada, Nye County, Precipitation, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, Fewer tags Micrometeorological and Soil-Moisture Data at the Amargosa Desert Research Site in Nye County near Beatty, Nevada, January 1, 2017 to May 31, 2019 This data release describes micrometeorological and soil-moisture data collected from January 1, 2017 through May 31, 2019 at the Amargosa Desert Research Site adjacent to a low-level radio­active waste and hazardous chemical waste facility near Beatty, Nevada. Micrometeorological data include precipitation, solar radiation, air temperature, relative humidity, saturated and ambient vapor pressure, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, and soil-water content. Soil-moisture data include periodic measurements of volumetric water-content at four experimental sites that represent vegetated native soil, devegetated native soil, and two simulated waste disposal trenches—maximum measurement depths range from 5.25... Categories: Data; Tags: Amargosa Desert, Armagosa Desert Research Site, Climatology, Mojave Desert, Nevada, All tags... Nye County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), atmospheric properties, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, inlandWaters, meteorology, precipitation (atmospheric), soil moisture, unsaturated zone, wind, Fewer tags 2010 Water-Table Contours of the Mojave River and the Morongo Groundwater Basins, San Bernardino County, California These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. During 2010, the U.S. Geological Survey and other agencies made approximately 2,500 water-level measurements in the Mojave River and Morongo groundwater basins. These data document recent conditions and, when compared with previous data, changes in groundwater levels. A water-level contour map was drawn using data from about 610 wells, providing coverage for most of the basins. Twenty-eight hydrographs show long-term (up to 70 years)... Tags: California, Mojave Desert, Mojave River, Morongo, Morongo Basin, All tags... NSDI, San Bernardino County, San Bernardino, California, Southern California, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), contours, drainage basin, environment, geoscientificInformation, ground water, ground-water, groundwater, hydrology, inland waters, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, levels, water level, water table, Fewer tags 1998 Water-Table Contours of the Mojave River and the Morongo Ground-Water Basins, San Bernardino County, California These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data set consists of digital water-table contours for the Mojave River and the Morongo Ground-Water Basins. The U.S. Geological Survey constructed a water-table map of the Mojave River and the Morongo Ground-Water Basins for ground-water levels measured during the spring of 1998. Water-level data were collected from 418 wells to construct the contours. The water-table contours were digitized from the paper map which was published... Tags: California, Contours, Mojave Desert, Morongo, NSDI, All tags... San Bernardino County, Southern California, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Level, Water Table, drainage basins, environment, geoscientificInformation, ground water, hydrology, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, levels, Fewer tags 2000 Water-Table Contours of the Mojave River and the Morongo Ground-Water Basins, San Bernardino County, California These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data set consists of digital water-table contours for the Mojave River and the Morongo Ground-Water Basins. The U.S. Geological Survey constructed a water-table map of the Mojave River and the Morongo Ground-Water Basins for ground-water levels measured during the spring of 2000. Water-level data were collected from 498 wells to construct the contours. The water-table contours were digitized from the paper map which was published... Tags: California, Contours, Mojave Desert, Morongo, NSDI, All tags... San Bernardino County, Southern California, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Level, Water Table, drainage basins, environment, geoscientificInformation, ground water, hydrology, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, levels, Fewer tags Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) at the Amargosa Desert Research Site (ADRS) 1999 to 2016 These data comprise the target and non-target VOC measurements collected from 1999 to 2016 from the shallow and deep unsaturated zone at the Amargosa Desert Research Site adjacent to a low-level radio­active waste and hazardous chemical waste facility near Beatty, Nevada. All data are compiled in electronic text files that are included with this release. Categories: Data; Tags: Amargosa Desert, Environmental Health, Hydrology, Mojave Desert, Nevada, All tags... Nye County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Water Resources, contaminant transport, unsaturated zone, volatile organic compounds, Fewer tags 1996 Water-Table Contours of the Mojave River, the Morongo, and the Fort Irwin Ground-Water Basins, San Bernardino County, California These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data set consists of digital water-table contours for the Mojave River, the Morongo and the Fort Irwin Ground-Water Basins. The U.S. Geological Survey constructed a water-table map of the Mojave River, the Morongo and the Fort Irwin Ground-Water Basins for ground-water levels measured during the period January-September 1996. Water-level data were collected from 632 wells to construct the contours. The water-table contours were... Tags: California, Contours, Fort Irwin, Mojave Desert, Morongo, All tags... NSDI, San Bernardino County, Southern California, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Level, Water Table, drainage basins, environment, geoscientificInformation, ground water, hydrology, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, levels, Fewer tags DS 827, Vegetation Database for Land-Cover Mapping in Clark and Lincoln Counties, Nevada These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This geodatabase consists of a point feature class and related tables representing sample sites where vegetation data were collected from 2007 to 2013 in Clark and Lincoln Counties, Nevada. Samples are identified with a vegetation stand name and classified from the alliance to the class level of the National Vegetation Classification Standard (NVC; Federal Geographic Data Committee, 2008). The database is also available in tabular... Tags: Clark County, Coyote Springs Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Desert National Wildlife Refuge, Great Basin Desert, Lincoln County, All tags... Mojave Desert, Mormon Mesa Area of Critical Environmental Concern, NSDI, NVC, National Vegetation Classification Standard, Nevada, Piute-Eldorado Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, geoscientificInformation, vegetation, vegetation sample, vegetation species, vegetation stand, vegetation taxa, Fewer tags Biophyiscal settings and wildfire frequencies in the Mojave Desert ecological section of California, 1984 to 2013 This raster dataset contains biophysical settings (band 1) and wildfire frequencies (band 2) within the Mojave Desert ecological section of California. Biophysical settings were developed by the LANDFIRE program and fires occurences were mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) program. Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: California, Mojave Desert, biophysical settings, deserts, wildfire frequency Micrometeorological and Soil-Moisture Data at the Amargosa Desert Research Site in Nye County near Beatty, Nevada, 2012–2016 This data release describes micrometeorological and soil-moisture data collected from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2016 at the Amargosa Desert Research Site adjacent to a low-level radio­active waste and hazardous chemical waste facility near Beatty, Nevada. Micrometeorological data include precipitation, solar radiation, net radiation, air temperature, relative humidity, saturated and ambient vapor pressure, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, near-surface soil temperature, soil-heat flux, and soil-water content. Soil-moisture data include periodic measurements of volumetric water-content at four experimental sites that represent vegetated native soil, devegetated native soil, and two simulated... Categories: Data; Tags: Amargosa Desert, Armagosa Desert Research Site, Climatology, Hydrogeology, Mojave Desert, All tags... Nevada, Nye County, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), atmospheric properties, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, inlandWaters, meteorology, precipitation (atmospheric), soil moisture, unsaturated zone, wind, Fewer tags 1 2 »