Imaging · collection · 2025
BioSCape Estuary Wetland Vegetation Plot Data and Habitat Extents, South Africa
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.3334/ornldaac/2441
This dataset provides vegetation information for 64 coastal wetland plots and coastal wetland extent maps for three habitat classes in 84 estuaries in South Africa.
Description
The vegetation plot data include vegetation species occurrence, percent cover, salinity, representative vegetation heights, porewater salinity, and ground temperature. In situ plot data were collected between October 27 and November 10, 2023, in Swartvlei Estuary, Wilderness Lakes, Knynsa Estuary, and Langebaan Lagoon within lands administered by the South African National Parks.
The habitat extent maps were created for 84 estuaries across the Greater Cape Floristic Region. The classification is a single point in time representing the growing season when the plot data were collected (December 2023-January 2024). The habitat extent data were created with PlanetScope satellite classified with a U-Net semantic segmentation algorithm.
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The habitats classified are salt marsh, submerged aquatic vegetation, and reeds & sedges. Plot and habitat data were collected and created to inform analysis of the imaging spectroscopy and LiDAR data collected as part of the BioSCape field campaign. The data are provided in cloud optimized GeoTIFF, comma separated values, and geopackage formats.
Links
Get the data
- Data set Landing Page DOI URL doi.org/10.3334/ornldaac/2441 ↗
landing page · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/bioscape/BioSCape_EstuaryVegHabitats/comp/BioSCape_Estu… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3868387927-ORNL_CLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Collection Bundle URL data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/protected/bundle/BioSCape_EstuaryVegHabitats_2441.zip ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- PNG daac.ornl.gov/BIOSCAPE/guides/BioSCape_EstuaryVegHabitats_Fig1.png ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- Resource bioscape.io ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search?q=BioSCape_EstuaryVegHabitats_2441&ac=true ↗
Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data.
download · from NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/bioscape-estuary-wetland-vegetation-plot-data-and-habi… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3868387927-ORNL_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=c20161ef-dfc5-4f39-92fb-d7a42cf64… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3868387927-ORNL_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Coastal · Estuary · FIELD SURVEYS · PlanetScope · PlanetScope · SURVEYING TOOLS · Vegetation Cover · Vegetation Species · Wetlands · Wetlands
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Life Sciences · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
Provenance · 2 source records, 27 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C3868387927-ORNL_CLOUD | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | c20161ef-dfc5-4f39-92fb-d7a42cf64ab6 | 4 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3103 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (69%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:planetscope | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:surveying-tools | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/aquatic-ecosystems/wetlands | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/marine-ecosystems/coastal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/marine-ecosystems/estuary | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/terrestrial-ecosystems/wetlands | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/vegetation-cover | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/vegetation-species | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:imaging | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:field-surveys | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:planetscope | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |