Global Distribution of Mangroves U S G S (2015)

This dataset shows the global distribution of mangrove forests, derived from earth observation satellite imagery. The dataset was created using Global Land Survey (GLS) data and the Landsat archive. Approximately 1,000 Landsat scenes were interpreted using hybrid supervised and unsupervised digit...

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Source	https://resources.unep-wcmc.org/products/c1ab54bba4184c49ac7831c915106aec
Author	UNEP-WCMC
Maintainer	UNEP-WCMC
Last Updated	March 9, 2023, 14:17 (UTC)
Created	March 9, 2023, 12:16 (UTC)
GUID	unep-wcmc-rsrc-geospatial-dataset-c1ab54bba4184c49ac7831c915106aec
Issued	2022-06-09T13:14:15.497+00:00
Language	en
Modified	2023-01-24T11:48:48.981+00:00
Publisher email	info@unep-wcmc.org
Publisher name	UNEP-WCMC
Theme	Geospatial Dataset
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citation	Giri C, Ochieng E, Tieszen LL, Zhu Z, Singh A, Loveland T, Masek J, Duke N (2011). Status and distribution of mangrove forests of the world using earth observation satellite data (version 1.3, updated by UNEP-WCMC). Global Ecology and Biogeography 20: 154-159. Paper DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00584.x . Data DOI: https://doi.org/10.34892/1411-w728 Data URL: http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/4
data_type	webpage
date_published	2011-01-01
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license	unep-wcmc-general
num_views	91
short_description	Global distribution of mangroves derived from earth observation satellite imagery. The aim was to use a globally consistent and repeatable methodology, to produce a high-resolution dataset.