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Mangroves of North-western Australia mapped with multi-dimensional space–time remote sensing (ICoAST)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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Mangroves are a globally important ecosystem subject to significant anthropogenic and climate impacts. Tidally submerged forests and those that occur in arid and semi-arid regions are particularly susceptible to sea level rise or are growing at the margins of their their ecophysiological limits. The spatial extent of these types of mangroves over broad scales are typically poorly documented as their structural and environmental characteristics make them difficult to detect using remote sensing models. This study utilised the entire Landsat 8 satellite collection between January 2014 and June 2021. A new cloud-based time-series method was used that accounts for tidal variance in detecting mangrove areas that are periodically inundated and have historically been difficult to detect with traditional remote sensing methods. A habitat area model was derived for remote North-western Australia and detected an additional 32% (76,048 hectares) of mangroves that were previously undocumented. The accuracy of the model was assessed within the distinct geomorphic zones of the region through visual validation from high-resolution imagery. See accompanying report for full methodology: Hickey, S.M.; Radford, B. Turning the Tide on Mapping Marginal Mangroves with Multi-Dimensional Space–Time Remote Sensing. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, x. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14143365

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Title Mangroves of North-western Australia mapped with multi-dimensional space–time remote sensing (ICoAST)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/813aacc4-c3e2-4d58-bc8b-287ef64691a3
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
sharyn.hickey@uwa.edu.au
Reference Period 01/01/2014 - 30/06/2021
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Mangroves of North-western Australia mapped with multi-dimensional space–time remote sensing (ICoAST)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/mangroves-of-north-western-australia-mapped-with-multi-dimensional-spacetime-remote-sensing-ico