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- Creator:
- Tye, Alexander R, Wolf, Aaron S, and Niemi, Nathan A
- Description:
- Detrital zircon age distributions provide robust insights into past sedimentary systems, but these age distributions are often complex and multi-peaked, with sample sizes too small to confidently resolve population distributions. This limited sampling hinders existing quantitative methods for comparing detrital zircon age distributions, which show systematic dependence on the sizes of compared samples. The proliferation of detrital zircon studies motivates the development of more robust quantitative methods. We present the first attempt, to our knowledge, to infer probability model ensembles (PMEs) for samples of detrital zircon ages using a Bayesian method. Our method infers the parent population age distribution from which a sample is drawn, using a Monte Carlo approach to aggregate a representative set of probability models that is consistent with the constraints that the sample data provide. Using the PMEs inferred from sample data, we develop a new estimate of correspondence between detrital zircon populations called Bayesian Population Correlation (BPC). Tests of BPC on synthetic and real detrital zircon age data show that it is nearly independent from sample size bias, unlike existing correspondence metrics. Robust BPC uncertainties can be readily estimated, enhancing interpretive value. When comparing two partially overlapping zircon age populations where the shared proportion of each population is independently varied, BPC results conform almost perfectly to expected values derived analytically from probability theory. This conformity of experimental and analytical results permits direct inference of the shared proportions of two detrital zircon age populations from BPC. We provide MATLAB scripts to facilitate the procedures we describe.
- Keyword:
- provenance, statistics, zircon, Bayesian, detrital, and density estimation
- Citation to related publication:
- A.R. Tye, A.S. Wolf, N.A. Niemi, Bayesian population correlation: A probabilistic approach to inferring and comparing population distributions for detrital zircon ages, Chemical Geology, Volume 518, 2019, Pages 67-78, ISSN 0009-2541, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.03.039
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Ozturk, Dogacan
- Description:
- The global magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere (M-I-T) system is intrinsically coupled and susceptible to external drivers such as solar wind dynamic pressure enhancements. In order to understand the large-scale dynamic processes in the M-I-T system due to the compression from the solar wind, the 17 March 2015 sudden commencement was studied in detail using global numerical models. This data set is comprised of the simulation data generated from these models. and NOTE: The following changes were made to this dataset on March 28, 2018. First, two mp4 files were added. Second, the symbol representing "degree" was not rendering properly in the README file. The symbols were removed and replaced with the word "degree". Third, the metadata in the "methodology" and "description" fields were revised for content and clarity. On April 16, 2018 a citation to the corresponding article was added to the metadata record.
- Keyword:
- MHD model, BATS'R'US, and GITM
- Citation to related publication:
- Ozturk, D. S., Zou, S., Ridley, A. J., & Slavin, J. A. (2018). Modeling study of the geospace system response to the solar wind dynamic pressure enhancement on 17 March 2015. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, 2974–2989. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA025099
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Johnson, Jena E.
- Description:
- Note: The "Readme_Metadata" file was updated on March 15, 2018 to include a citation to the related article making use of this data and was reformatted to be presented as a pdf file rather than as a docx file. and This data set is comprised of synchrotron-based X-ray transmission and absorption spectroscopy data as well as X-ray diffraction patterns that were performed to characterize the best-preserved examples of nanoscale iron silicate mineral inclusions from 2.5 billion-year-old Banded Iron Formations (BIFs) and ferruginous cherts.
- Keyword:
- Precambrian banded iron formations and nanoparticle inclusions of iron silicates in chert
- Citation to related publication:
- Johnson, J. E., Muhling, J. R., Cosmidis, J., Rasmussen, B. & Templeton, A. S. (2018). Low-Fe(III) Greenalite Was a Primary Mineral from Neoarchean Oceans. Geophysical Research Letters, 45. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076311
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Flanner, Mark
- Description:
- Greenhouse gas (GHG) additions to Earth’s atmosphere initially reduce global outgoing longwave radiation (OLR), thereby warming the planet. In select environments with temperature inversions, however, increased GHG concentrations can actually increase local OLR. Negative top-of-atmosphere and effective radiative forcing (ERF) from this situation give the impression that local surface temperatures could cool in response to GHG increases. Here we consider an extreme scenario in which GHG concentrations are increased only within the warmest layers of winter near-surface inversions of the Arctic and Antarctic. We find, using a fully coupled Earth system model, that the underlying surface warms despite the GHG addition exerting negative ERF and cooling the troposphere in the vicinity of the GHG increase. This unique radiative forcing and thermal response is facilitated by the high stability of the polar winter atmosphere, which inhibits thermal mixing and amplifies the impact of surface radiative forcing on surface temperature. These findings also suggest that strategies to exploit negative ERF via injections of short-lived GHGs into inversion layers would likely be unsuccessful in cooling the planetary surface. and Note: A revised data description file was added to this work on April 11, 2018 containing additional information about the data set than was provided in the original description. Additional keywords and a full citation to the related article were added as well.
- Keyword:
- climate, greenhouse gas, polar inversion layers, radiative forcing (and/or effective radiative forcing), and MODTRAN simulation
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Geng, Yina, Van Anders, Greg, and Glotzer, Sharon C.
- Description:
- The data are the 13 target structures used in developing our model for predicting colloidal crystal structures from the geometries of particular shapes. The target structures are: simple cubic (SC), body-centered cubic (BCC), face-centered cubic (FCC), simple chiral cubic (SCC), hexagonal (HEX-1-0.6), diamond (D), graphite (G), honeycomb (H), body-centered tetragonal (BCT-1-1-2.4), high-pressure Lithium (Li), Manganese (beta-Mn), Uranium (beta-U), Tungsten (beta-W). At least nine simulations were run on each of the target structures. All of the data are formatted as .pos files.
- Keyword:
- Inverse Design and Machine Learning
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Mathews, Elizabeth and Verhoff, Frank
- Description:
- Each pdf is an electronic version of the paper output for each experiment. Each text file is the electronic version of the data on the computer cards for each experiment. These text files are directly readable by Excel. Once in Excel, the data can be manipulated as desired. Additional information is in the theses.
- Keyword:
- Two Liquid Phase Processes, Droplet Size and Concentration, Population Balances, and Dispersed Phase Mixing
- Discipline:
- Science and Engineering
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- Creator:
- Ridley, Aaron
- Description:
- These files (2010_gitm_input_files.tgz) were used to run GITM for 2010 for each month. GITM paper is here: (10.1016/j.jastp.2006.01.008 < http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2006.01.008>) GITM code is in file gitm_170809.tgz
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Forrest, Stephen R., Panda, Anurag, Qu, Yue, Che, Xiaozhou, Coburn, Caleb, and Burlingame, Quinn
- Description:
- Mathematica Diffusion Simulation: Programmed by Coburn, Caleb. Simulation of diffusion in organic heterostructures, including least square fits and statistical goodness of fit analysis. Used to calculate fits to transient data in Fig 1, 3 and Extended Data Fig.2. Example data file included for download Matlab Montecarlo simulation: Programmed by Coburn, Caleb. Montecarlo simulation of charge diffusion on a cubic lattice to determine lateral diffusion length as a function of barrier height, assuming thermionic emission over the barrier. Matlab 2D Diffusion Simulation:Programmed by Coburn, Caleb. Modified from BYU Physics 430 Course Manual. Simulates diffusion around a film discontinuity, such a cut. Used to generate fits to Extended Data Fig. 1
- Keyword:
- Organic semiconductors and Charge diffusion
- Citation to related publication:
- Burlingame, Q., Coburn, C., Che, X., Panda, A., Qu, Y., & Forrest, S. R. (2018). Centimetre-scale electron diffusion in photoactive organic heterostructures. Nature, 554(7690), 77-80. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25148
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Blesh, Jennifer and King, Alison E.
- Description:
- This dataset contains three data files used in: King, A.E. and J. Blesh, 2017. Crop rotations for increased soil carbon: perenniality as a guiding principle. Ecological Applications. There are also three corresponding metadata files. The file “CRMA 2017 Main.csv” contains data for the control and treatment rotations used to construct pairwise comparisons for meta-analysis, response ratios calculated for soil organic carbon concentration, and change in carbon input. The dataset also includes management, soil, and other environmental characteristics for each site. The file “CRMA 2017 Diversity x Nitrogen.csv” contains data used to test whether N fertilizer inputs mediated the effect of functional diversity on SOC concentrations. The file “CRMA Annual grain.csv” contains data used to test for effects of crop rotation species diversity (one vs. two species, or two vs. three species) on SOC concentrations and C input (i.e., for the “grain-only” rotations). The dataset also includes management, soil, and other environmental characteristics for each site. The corresponding metadata files: “CRMA 2017 Main_metadata.csv”, “CRMA 2017 Diversity x Nitrogen_metadata.csv”, and “CRMA Annual grain _metadata.csv” provide a detailed description of all variables in each dataset. Note: On Jan 12, 2018 the following information was added to the three metadata files: the name of the data file the metadata refers to, an explanation as to the meaning of blank cells in the data file, a full citation to the paper where the author describes her findings and contact information for the author.
- Keyword:
- soil carbon, functional diversity, meta-analysis, cropping system, and student-friendly
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Steiner, Allison and Kawecki, Stacey
- Description:
- WRF-Chem model
- Keyword:
- aerosols and weather
- Citation to related publication:
- Kawecki, S., Steiner, A.L., 2018. The Influence of Aerosol Hygroscopicity on Precipitation Intensity During a Mesoscale Convective Event. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 123, 424–442. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD026535
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Steiner, Allison and Li, Yang
- Description:
- Case 2 of Li et al. (2016) LES simulations for the DISCOVER-AQ 11 campaign, including three different grid resolutions (96, 197 and 320 grid cell resolutions), plus simulations at the 192 grid resolution with and without aqueous chemistry
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Steiner, Allison and Li, Yang
- Description:
- Case 1: A fair weather condition; Case 2: A convective event; Case 3: A polluted event with high temperature and convection
- Keyword:
- LES, boundary layer, turbulence, and BVOC Chemistry
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Engel, Daniel D. , Evans, Mary Anne, Low, Bobbi S., and Schaeffer, Jeff
- Description:
- This dataset was compiled as an attempt to understand how natural resource managers and research ecologists in the Great Lakes region integrate the ecosystem services (ES) paradigm into their work. The following text is the adapted abstract from a thesis associated with this data. Ecosystem services, or the benefits people obtain from ecosystems, have gained much momentum in natural resource management in recent decades as a relatively comprehensive approach to provide quantitative tools for improving decision-making and policy design. However, to date we know little about whether and how natural resource practitioners, from natural resource managers to research ecologists (hereafter managers and ecologists respectively), have adopted the ES paradigm into their respective work. Here, we addressed this knowledge gap by asking managers and ecologists about whether and how they have adopted the ES paradigm into their respective work. First, we surveyed federal, state, provincial and tribal managers in the Great Lakes region about their perception and use of ES as well as the relevance of specific services to their work. Although results indicate that fewer than 31% of the managers said they currently consider economic values of ES, 79% of managers said they would use economic information on ES if they had access to it. Additionally, managers reported that ES-related information was generally inadequate for their resource management needs. We also assessed managers by dividing them into identifiable groups (e.g. managers working in different types of government agencies or administrative levels) to evaluate differential ES integration. Overall, results suggest a desire among managers to transition from considering ES concepts in their management practices to quantifying economic metrics, indicating a need for practical and accessible valuation techniques. Due to a sample of opportunity at the USGS Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC), we also evaluated GLSC research ecologists’ integration of the ES paradigm because they play an important role by contributing requisite ecological knowledge for ES models. Managers and ecologists almost unanimously agreed that it was appropriate to consider ES in resource management and also showed convergence on the high priority ES. However, ecologists appeared to overestimate the adequacy of ES-related information they provide as managers reported the information was inadequate for their needs. This divergence may reflect an underrepresentation of ecological economists in this system who can aid in translating ecological models into estimates of human well-being. As a note, the dataset for the research ecologists has had some data removed as it could be considered personally identifiable information due to the small sample size in that population. The surveys associated with both datasets have also been included in PDF format. Curation Notes: Three files were added to the data set on Dec 21, 2017. Two csv files: "Ecosystem services and Research Ecologists - Data Index.csv" and "Ecosystem services and Research Managers - Data Index.csv" and one text file: "Ecosystem Services Adoption Readme.txt". The file names of the original four files were altered to replace an ampersand with the word "and".
- Keyword:
- Research Ecologist, Decision-Making, Ecosystem Services, Natural Resource Management, Paradigm Adoption, and Ecological Economics
- Citation to related publication:
- Engel, D.D., Evans, M.A., Low, B.S., Schaeffer, J. (2017) “Understanding Ecosystem Services Adoption by Natural Resource Managers and Research Ecologists.” Journal of Great Lakes Research, 43(3), 169-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2017.01.005
- Discipline:
- Science and Social Sciences
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- Creator:
- Blesh, Jennifer
- Description:
- This dataset contains three data files used in: Blesh, J. 2017. Functional traits in cover crop mixtures: biological nitrogen fixation and multifunctionality. Journal of Applied Ecology. There are also three corresponding metadata files. The file “Ecosystem_functions_soil_species.csv” contains data organized by farm, treatment, replicate block, and species combining the fall and spring sampling time points. These data include aboveground biomass, nitrogen and carbon content, and biological nitrogen fixation for the plant species. The dataset also includes measured soil characteristics for each farm site. The file “Ecosystem_functions_soil_treatment.csv” contains data organized by farm, treatment, and replicate block for the fall and spring sampling time points combined. These data include aboveground biomass, nitrogen and carbon content, and biological nitrogen fixation aggregated by treatment. The dataset also includes measured soil characteristics for each farm site. The file “Traits_unstandardized.csv” contains individual plant trait data, a subset of which were used to calculate an index of functional diversity after they were standardized to have zero mean and unit variance. These data are organized by farm, treatment, replicate block, and species. The corresponding metadata files: “Ecosystem_functions_soil_species_metadata.csv”, “Ecosystem_functions_soil_treatment_metadata.csv”, and “Traits_unstandardized_metadata.csv” provide a detailed description of all variables in each dataset and any abbreviations used. Note: On Dec 19th 2017, the format of the files was changed to csv to aid preservation. The following information was added to the three metadata files: the name of the data file the metadata refers to, an explanation as to the meaning of blank cells in the data file, a full citation to the paper where the author describes her findings and contact information for the author.
- Keyword:
- agroecology, biological nitrogen fixation, functional diversity, and cover crop
- Citation to related publication:
- Blesh J. Functional traits in cover crop mixtures: Biological nitrogen fixation and multifunctionality. J Appl Ecol. 2018;55:38–48. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13011
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Moldwin, Mark B
- Description:
- Tab delimited file containing the records of all papers published in JGR-Space Physics in 2012. The records were pulled from Thomsen-Reuters ISI-Web-of-Science on June 3, 2016 including citations. Gender was identified independently by the creator of the file.
- Keyword:
- Gender and Nationality Bias, Space Physics, and Bibliometrics
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Jarvey, Julie C
- Description:
- This includes data used for analysis for the publication: "Graminivory and fallback foods: Annual diet profile of geladas (Theropithecus gelada) living in the Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia". A revised version of the "foraging.scans.xlsx" file was uploaded as a csv file on Dec 13, 2017 to include the addition of the "crop" as category in the "Diet.Item" column. Previously "crop" was included in the "other" category. An updated version of the "readme_foraging.scans.txt" was uploaded on Dec 13, 2017 to account for this change, provide additional information on variables in the "season" column and to include contact information for the creator of the data set. Revised versions of two other files "readme_rainfall.txt" and "readme_underground.samples.txt" were also uploaded on Dec 13, 2017. Both revisions include additional information to account for missing variables and contact information for the creator of the data set. The original files are retained in this data set and are marked as being the originals in the file name. Note: A citation to the related article was added to the metadata on March 12, 2018.
- Keyword:
- fallback foods, Theropithecus , underground storage organs, and dietary flexibility
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Singh, Deepak
- Description:
- This includes data for all the plots and maps I created for my paper publication entitled "Improvement of Mars surface snow albedo modeling in LMD Mars GCM with SNICAR".
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Keppel-Aleks, Gretchen and Liptak, Jessica
- Description:
- -CESM_bdrd _NEP_pulse_response_CO2.nc contains time series from the ‘FullyCoupled’ simulation -CESM_bdrcs_NEP_pulse_response_CO2.nc contains time series from the ‘NoRad’ simulation -CESM_bdrd_pftcon_NEP_pulse_response_CO2.nc contains data from the ‘NoLUC’ simulation -CESM_bdrd_Regional_Fluxes_NEP.nc contains NEP time series for each terrestrial source region from the FullyCoupled simulation - CESM_bdrcs_Regional_Fluxes_NEP.nc contains NEP time series for each terrestrial source region from the CESM ‘NoRad’ simulation - CESM_bdrd_pftcon_Regional_Fluxes_NEP.nc contains NEP time series for each terrestrial source region from the CESM ‘NoLUC’ simulation The 3-letter station IDs, latitudes, and longitudes of the sample locations are: ID Latitude (ºN) Longitude (ºE) 1. BRW 71.3 203.4 2. ZEP 78.9 11.9 3. SHM 52.7 174.1 4. THD 41.1 235.8 5. TAP 36.7 126.1 6. BMW 32.3 295.1 7. MLO 19.5 204.4 8. POCN15 15.0 215.0 9. ALT 82.5 297.5 10. BHD -41.4 174.9 11. EIC -27.2 250.6 12. GMI 13.4 144.7 13. HUN 47.0 16.7 14. IZO 28.3 343.5 15. LLN 23.5 120.9 16. NAT -5.8 324.7 17. WLG 36.3 100.9 18. HBA -75.6 333.8 19. BKT -0.20 100.3 20. UUM 44.5 111.1 21. CGO -40.7 144.5 22. SDZ 40.7 117.1 23. ASC -8.0 345.6 24. SEY -4.7 55.5 25. POCS20 -20.0 186.0 26. POCS35 -35.0 180.0 27. PSA -64.9 296.0 28. SYO -69.0 39.6 29. CHR 1.7 202.8 30. KEY 25.7 279.8 31. BAL 55.4 17.2 32. HPB 47.8 11.0 33. LMP 35.5 12.6 34. NMB -23.6 15.0 35. RPB 13.2 300.2 36. WIS 30.0 35.1 37. POCS10 -10.0 199.0 38. POCN10 10.0 211.0 39. MID 28.2 182.6 40. SMO -14.2 189.4 41. SPO -90.0 335.2 The terrestrial CO2 source region abbreviations are: 1. NBNA 2. SBNA 3. ETNA 4. WTNA 5. CNAM 6. AMZN 7. EASA 8. WESA 9. EURO 10. SAME 11. MDAF 12. AFRF 13. SOAF 14. EABA 15. WEBA 16. SOBA 17. CNAS 18. SEAS 19. EQAS 20. AUST 21. GNLD 22. ATCA
- Keyword:
- atmospheric CO2 annual cycle amplitude and CESM extended concentration pathway
- Citation to related publication:
- Hornick, T., Bach, L. T., Crawfurd, K. J., Spilling, K., Achterberg, E. P., Woodhouse, J. N., Schulz, K. G., Brussaard, C. P. D., Riebesell, U., & Grossart, H.-P. (2017). Ocean acidification impacts bacteria–phytoplankton coupling at low-nutrient conditions. Biogeosciences, 14(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1-2017
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Steiner, A.L. and Kawecki, S.
- Description:
- Kansas City, MO emissions can affect a severe weather system by altering the number of CCN, which drives changes in the hydrometeor development. The hydrometeor changes affect cold pool strength, size, and propagation which ultimately determine the strength of the squall line that crosses Kansas City, MO.
- Keyword:
- Great Plains, aerosols, mesoscale convective systems, and weather
- Citation to related publication:
- Kawecki, S., G.M. Henebry, and A.L. Steiner, 2016: Effects of Urban Plume Aerosols on a Mesoscale Convective System. J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 4641–4660, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0084.1
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Okullo, Dolorence, Gomez-Lopez, Iris N., Goodspeed, Robert, Reddy, Shruthi, Veinot, Tiffany C, Clarke, Phillipa J., and Data Driven Detroit
- Description:
- The information and education environment refers to: 1) the presence of information infrastructures such as broadband Internet access and public libraries in a location; 2) a person’s proximity to information infrastructures and sources; 3) the distribution of information infrastructures, sources and in a specific location; and 4) exposure to specific messages (information content) within a specific location. Coverage for all data: 10-county Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor Combined Statistical Area.
- Keyword:
- Residential Broadband Data Adoption Rates, Census tract level, Broadband Internet Access and Speed, Colleges and Universities, Public Libraries, Spatial Measures, and Schools
- Discipline:
- Science, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences