Emperor penguin colony locations derived from satellite remote sensing across Antarctica, 2023

This dataset comprises locational data highlighting the geographic position of emperor penguin colonies along the circumpolar Antarctic coastline as identified from satellite imagery (Sentinel2 and MAXAR VHR (Very High Resolution)) from August to December 2023.

This dataset is part of the long-term monitoring of emperor penguin colonies and will support conservation efforts in Antarctica.

This dataset was supported by NERC core funding and WWF grant GB095701.

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Alternate title
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01815
Date (Publication)
2024-01-19
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01815
Custodian
  British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
  NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre - Fretwell, P.
High Cross, Madingley , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Maintenance and update frequency
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Keywords
  • NDGO0001
NERC OAI Harvesting
  • NERC_DDC
GCMD Parameter Valids
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Population Dynamics
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology
BAS Free-text keywords
  • Colony location
  • Emperor penguin
  • MAXAR VHR
  • Remote sensing
  • Satellite imagery
  • Sentinel2
Use limitation
This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
Access constraints
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Other constraints
This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
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End date
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Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
OnLine resource
GET DATA ( http )
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification
INSPIRE / Conformity_001

Conformance result

Date
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No
Statement
The data are correct to within 2 km at the time of digitisation. However, emperor penguin colonies move, both within a season and over the course of different seasons, so this should be taken as a snapshot of locations at this time.
File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01815 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2024-01-19
Metadata standard name
NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Dataset URI
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01815
 
 

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