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An Unvegetated to Vegetated Ratio (UVVR) for coastal wetlands of the Atlantic Coast - 2014

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Publication Date
Start Date
2014-01-01
End Date
2014-12-31

Citation

Couvillion, B.R., Ganju, N.K., and Defne, Z., 2021, An Unvegetated to Vegetated Ratio (UVVR) for coastal wetlands of the Conterminous United States (2014-2018): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P97DQXZP.

Summary

Prior research has shown that sediment budgets, and therefore stability, of microtidal marsh complexes scale with areal unvegetated to vegetated marsh ratios (UVVR) suggesting these metrics are broadly applicable indicators of microtidal marsh vulnerability. This effort has developed the UVVR metric using readily available satellite imagery for the coastal areas of the contiguous United States (CONUS). These datasets provide annual averages of 1) developed, 2) vegetated, 3) unvegetated ratios and 4) an unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR) at 30-meter resolution over the coastal areas of the contiguous United States for the years 2014-2018. Additionally, multi-year average values of vegetated ratio, its standard deviation and a UVVR [...]

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L8_2014_ATL_Unveg_Veg_Water_UVVR.tfw 82 Bytes text/plain
L8_2014_ATL_Unveg_Veg_Water_UVVR.tif 818.71 MB image/geotiff
L8_2014_ATL_Unveg_Veg_Water_UVVR.tif.ovr 173.85 MB application/unknown

Purpose

These datasets are provided as objective and consistent means to help evaluating geomorphic status and vulnerability of coastal wetlands at a national scale. Specifically, the unvegetated to vegetated marsh ratio (UVVR) is useful for establishing vegetative cover status and for tracking changes in the status of salt marshes at the national scale annually.

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