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Mangrove maps of the Mesoamerican reef region

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posted on 2022-04-07, 13:06 authored by Steven CantySteven Canty, Jordan Cissell, Michael Steinberg

Google Earth Engine code and 10m resolution maps of mangroves produced using sentinel 2 imagery for the Mesoamerican reef ecoregion in 2020.


The country of Belize was originally mapped and published: Mapping National Mangrove Cover for Belize Using Google Earth Engine and Sentinel-2 imagery, https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/9/4258.


The Caribbean coastlines of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras were subsequently mapped.

Funding

Summit Foundation

Mesoamerican Reef Fund

Pew Charitable Trust

History