Murray Global Intertidal Change Classification

UQ/murray/Intertidal/v1_1/global_intertidal
Dataset Availability
1984-01-01T00:00:00Z–2017-01-01T00:00:00Z
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ee.ImageCollection("UQ/murray/Intertidal/v1_1/global_intertidal")

Description

The Murray Global Intertidal Change Dataset contains global maps of tidal flat ecosystems produced via a supervised classification of 707,528 Landsat Archive images. Each pixel was classified into tidal flat, permanent water or other with reference to a globally distributed set of training data.

The classification was implemented along the entire global coastline between 60° North and 60° South from 1 January 1984 to 31 December 2016. The image collection consists consists of a time-series of 11 global maps of tidal flats at 30m pixel resolution for set time-periods (1984-1986; 1987-1989; 1990-1992; 1993-1995; 1996-1998; 1999-2001; 2002-2004; 2005-2007; 2008-2010; 2011-2013; 2014-2016)

This product depicts tidal flat ecosystems around the global coastline.

Pixels classified as tidal flat in the analysis represent several types of tidal flat ecosystems, including unconsolidated fine-grain sediments (tidal mudflats), unconsolidated coarse-grain sediments (tidal sand flats), and consolidated sediments, organic material or rocks (wide tidal rock-platforms), while excluding spectral signatures indicating the presence of vegetation dominated intertidal ecosystems such as mangroves and vegetated marshes. The analysis aimed to identify pixels that are subject to regular tidal inundation, and therefore may also include other intertidal systems where intertidal dynamics are observable.

Bands

Resolution
30 meters

Bands

Name Units Description
classification occurrence

Intertertidal area classification for the interval.

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Any use of the intertidal data must include proper acknowledgement, including citing the associated journal article.

Citations

Citations:

  • Murray, N.J., Phinn, S.R., DeWitt, M., Ferrari, R., Johnston, R., Lyons, M.B., Clinton, N., Thau, D. & Fuller, R.A. (2019) The global distribution and trajectory of tidal flats. Nature, 565, 222-225. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0805-8,

  • Murray, N. J., Phinn, S. P., Fuller, R. A., DeWitt, M., Ferrari, R., Johnston, R., Clinton, N., & Lyons, M. B. (2022). High-resolution global maps of tidal flat ecosystems from 1984 to 2019. Scientific Data, 9(1). doi:10.1038/s41597-022-01635-5,

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var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('UQ/murray/Intertidal/v1_1/global_intertidal');

var visualization = {
  bands: ['classification'],
  min: 0,
  max: 1,
  palette: ['0000ff']
};

Map.setCenter(126.6339, 37.4394, 10);

Map.addLayer(dataset, visualization, 'Intertidal areas');
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The Murray Global Intertidal Change Dataset contains global maps of tidal flat ecosystems produced via a supervised classification of 707,528 Landsat Archive images. Each pixel was classified into tidal flat, permanent water or other with reference to a globally distributed set of training data. The classification was implemented along the …
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1984-01-01T00:00:00Z/2017-01-01T00:00:00Z
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