Datasets / High Resolution Imagery of Howland Island Coral Reef Systems Prior to and During Suspected Bleaching Events


High Resolution Imagery of Howland Island Coral Reef Systems Prior to and During Suspected Bleaching Events

Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Issued about 9 years ago

US
beta

Summary

Type of release
ongoing release of a series of related datasets

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons CCZero

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

This dataset is a collection of imagery of Howland Island coral reef systems. They are pairs of imagery where one image was acquired during a suspected bleaching event. The second is a control image taken at some point prior to the event. The images are co-located and radiometrically calibrated for comparison. The difference images are analyzed for evidence of bleaching. Additional information on methodology can be found here: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp/coral/methodology.html