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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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- Date (Creation)
- 2024-01-11
- Date (Revision)
- 2024-01-11
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-01-11
- Date (released)
- 2024-01-11
- Edition
- 1.0
- Unique resource identifier
- https://doi.org/10.5285/fb0547e4-d2c1-4580-8c98-182f1da7d9ae
- Codespace
- doi
- Unique resource identifier
- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01815
- Codespace
- https://data.bas.ac.uk/
- Other citation details
- Please cite this item as: Fretwell, P. (2024). Emperor penguin colony locations derived from satellite remote sensing across Antarctica, 2023 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/fb0547e4-d2c1-4580-8c98-182f1da7d9ae
- Credit
- No credit.
- Status
- completed Completed
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
- Maintenance and update frequency
- asNeeded As needed
- Maintenance note
- completed Completed
- Theme
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- Colony location
- Emperor penguin
- MAXAR VHR
- Remote sensing
- Satellite imagery
- Sentinel2
- Place
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- Circumpolar Antarctic coastline Antarctica
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations
- Use constraints
- license License
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- This data is governed by the NERC Data Policy: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/nerc/our-policies-and-standards/nerc-data-policy/
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- This data is governed by the NERC data policy and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- There are no access constraints on this dataset.
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- Codespace
- url
- Association Type
- crossReference Cross reference
- Spatial representation type
- textTable Text, table
- Metadata language
- engEnglish
- Character set
- utf8 UTF8
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
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- Supplemental Information
- It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.
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https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
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- Transfer size
- 1
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- dataset Dataset
- Statement
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Methodology:
Location data derived form satellite remote sensing - namely Sentinel2 and MAXAR VHR data, between 1st August and 31st December 2023 (see Fretwell et al. 2021 for extended methodology). Locations edited in ArcMap as shapefiles and converted to kml.
The dataset includes colony names, latitude and longitude coordinates of colonies local across the circumpolar Antarctic coastline. The dataset is in the projection WGS 1984.
Data quality:
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
- fb0547e4-d2c1-4580-8c98-182f1da7d9ae XML
- Metadata language
- engEnglish
- Character set
- utf8 UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
- dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-01-11
- Metadata standard name
- ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
- Metadata standard version
- ISO 19115:2003(E)
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