Map of kelp presence around the Falkland Islands derived from Sentinel2 imagery

The dataset is a raster file derived from Sentinel-2 series of imagery showing the extent of kelp (various species) around the Falkland Islands

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Additional Info

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Last Updated December 21, 2020, 10:10 (PST)
Created January 30, 2020, 05:25 (PST)
Region Falkland Islands
Language eng
Topic Category Biota; flora and/or fauna in natural environment
Temporal Extent Start 2018-10-30
Temporal Extent End 2018-10-30
Dataset Reference Date 2019
Lineage Sentinel-2 imagery from 2017 and 2018 were processed to form a single, psudo-composite dataset. A red-edge vegetation index (VI) was applied to identify productive pixels within and/or on the water column. Terrestrial areas were masked, and the output normalised from 0 to 1. All values greater than 0.4 were reclassed as 1 indicating the extent of kelp. While all values less than 0.4 were reclassed as 0 (NoData). This dataset should be used in conjunction with FK-SAERI-543
West Longitude -61.59714096975
South Latitude -53.0153705212499
East Longitude -57.5426237568499
North Latitude -50.9103237939499
Spatial Reference System WGS84
Responsible Organisation Name Hidden (personal data protection)
Contact Mail Address Hidden (personal data protection)
Responsible Party Role Hidden (personal data protection)
Access Limitations Open access
Use Constraints Open, but copyright and/or Intellectual Property Rights apply
Resource Reference Cite data source as: Environment Systems Ltd 2019. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2017-2018]
Data Format tiff
Update Frequency unknown
Accuracy Unknown
Resource Type Dataset
Original Title Hidden (internal use only)
Metadata Date 2019-01-21
Metadata Point of Contact datamanager@saeri.ac.fk
Contact Consent Contact details hidden
Unique Resource ID FK-SAERI-544

Dataset extent

Map Data by OpenStreetMap