ScienceBase Data Release
ScienceBase is one of the trusted digital repositories for the USGS and can be used as a platform for releasing USGS data.
Learn about ScienceBase Data Release
ScienceBase is one of the trusted digital repositories for the USGS and can be used as a platform for releasing USGS data. The Science Data Management (SDM) Team has developed a process for handling data releases, which is outlined on the ScienceBase Data Release (SBDR) Instructions page. People using ScienceBase for their data releases are expected to follow the SBDR process to ensure the following:
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Data release pages are set up in a way that makes it easy and efficient for the SBDR and Science Center data managers to find, track, assist with, and publish.
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Data release landing pages are appropriately linked to the USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS) to enable efficient and automated maintenance of DOIs and persistent identifiers (PIDs) in metadata.
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Data release landing pages and content meet USGS data release policy.
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Metadata records are sent to the Science Data Catalog, which is a USGS requirement.
Get Started
The SBDR Tool helps users create a ScienceBase landing page and digital object identifier (DOI) for their data release. It uses the application programming interfaces (APIs) of Information Product Data System (IPDS), ScienceBase, and the Asset Identifier Service (AIS) to streamline the process of starting a data release in ScienceBase.
Attend SBDR Training
Each quarter, the ScienceBase Data Release team hosts training events related to USGS data release, focusing on using ScienceBase as a trusted digital repository. Sign up for the ScienceBase mailing list to be notified when these events occur.
Explore ScienceBase Data Releases
See below to discover a selection of ScienceBase data releases that have been frequently accessed, cited, or mentioned in media or federal policies. Sign up for the ScienceBase mailing list to see featured data releases every quarter in the ScienceBase Updates newsletter. Anyone can search ScienceBase or the Science Data Catalog for formal USGS data releases. The SBDR Dashboard is another great way to view metrics about USGS ScienceBase data releases.
Featured Data Releases:
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Photo-documented sequences from 01 Jun 2021 - 30 Aug 2021 showing novel interactions between intraguild predators in southern Florida, USA, bobcat and Burmese python
Entire photo-documented sequence from 01 June 2021-09 September 2021, including novel interactions between intraguild predators in southern Florida - the native bobcat (Lynx rufus) and the invasive Burmese python (Python bivittatus). A bobcat depredated an unguarded Burmese python nest and subsequently the python exhibited nest defense behavior following the return of both animals to the nest. Fir
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The Landsat Burned Area products for the conterminous United States (ver. 3.0, March 2022)
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has developed and implemented an algorithm that identifies burned areas in temporally-dense time series of Landsat Analysis Ready Data (ARD) scenes to produce the Landsat Burned Area Products. The algorithm makes use of predictors derived from individual ARD Landsat scenes, lagged reference conditions, and change metrics between the scene and reference conditions.
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Data Used to Characterize Peak Streamflows and Flood Inundation Resulting from Hurricane Harvey of Selected Areas in Southeastern Texas and Southwestern Louisiana, August-September 2017
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) worked in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to document the August and September, 2017 Hurricane Harvey storm event in southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana. Hurricane Harvey was the most significant rainfall event in United States history in scope and rainfall totals since rainfall records began during the 1880s. From August
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The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) Geodatabase of the Conterminous United States
The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States (https://doi.org/10.5066/F7WH2N65) represents a seamless, spatial database of 48 State geologic maps that range from 1:50,000 to 1:1,000,000 scale. A national digital geologic map database is essential in interpreting other datasets that support numerous types of national-scale studies and assessments, such as
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Global Distribution of Selected Mines, Deposits, and Districts of Critical Minerals
The point and polygon layers within this geodatabase present the global distribution of mineral resource features (deposits, mines, districts, mineral regions) for 22 minerals or mineral commodities considered critical to the economy and security of the United States as of 2017. These data accompany the report by Schulz and others (2017) which provides national and global information on antimony (
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Riparian vegetation, Colorado River, and climate: five decades of spatio-temporal dynamics in the Grand Canyon with river regulation
These data include image-based classifications of total vegetation from 1965, 1973, 1984, 1992, 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2009, and characteristics of the river channel along the riparian area of the Colorado River between Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead Reservoir. Also, these polygon data represent the area inundated by the Colorado River in the aerial imagery from overflight of the Grand Canyon in May
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Map data of landslides triggered by the 25 April 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake
The 25 April 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha earthquake and its aftershocks triggered about 25,000 landslides over an area of more than 30,000 km2 in the Greater and Lesser Himalaya of Nepal and China. In order to understand the relation among landslide location, earthquake shaking, topography, tectonic geologic and climatic setting, earthquake-triggered landslides were mapped using high-resolution (