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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
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1.0
- Unique resource identifier
- https://doi.org/10.5285/fb0547e4-d2c1-4580-8c98-182f1da7d9ae
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doi
- Unique resource identifier
- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01815
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- Other citation details
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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
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No credit.
- Status
- Completed
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Antarctic Survey Fretwell, Peter
Author NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- Completed
- Theme
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Colony location
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Emperor penguin
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MAXAR VHR
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Remote sensing
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Satellite imagery
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Sentinel2
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- Place
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Circumpolar Antarctic coastline Antarctica
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
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- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations
- Use constraints
- License
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence v3.0
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- Other restrictions
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This data is governed by the NERC Data Policy: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/nerc/our-policies-and-standards/nerc-data-policy/
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- Other restrictions
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This data is governed by the NERC data policy and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3
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- Other restrictions
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There are no access constraints on this dataset.
- Unique resource identifier
- url
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url
- Association Type
- Cross reference
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
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- Supplemental Information
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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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European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-11-12
- Cited responsible party
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role European Petroleum Survey Group
Publisher
- Unique resource identifier
- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031
- Version
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6.18.3
Distributor
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Distributor
- Units of distribution
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bytes
- Transfer size
- 1
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
http://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show?entryid=fb0547e4-d2c1-4580-8c98-182f1da7d9ae Get Data
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- 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.
Metadata
- File identifier
- fb0547e4-d2c1-4580-8c98-182f1da7d9ae XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-01-11
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
- Metadata standard version
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ISO 19115:2003(E)
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
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