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Hardy, A. , Thomas, C., Ettritch, G. (2019). Serial water body maps for the Barotseland Region, Western Zambia. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/4ef558d2-05d4-4ae2-988e-a5c2450b95dd
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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence 
Serial water body maps for the Barotseland Region, Western Zambia
The dataset provides raster gridded estimates of open water and inundated vegetation for the Barotseland Region in Western Zambia. There are a total of 55 images covering the period 2016-2019 at a spatial resolution of 10m. The images were generated using an automatic classification routine applied to Sentinel-1 radar imagery, with classification refinements made using ancillary datasets such as the Global Urban Footprint, and the Height Above Nearest Drainage terrain derivative generated using SRTM digital elevation data. These data are valuable for a range of applications including public health and water resources.
Publication date: 2019-08-06
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Format
TIFF
Spatial information
- Study area
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- Spatial representation type
- Raster
- Spatial reference system
- WGS 84
Temporal information
- Temporal extent
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2015-04-16 to 2018-08-31
Provenance & quality
The dataset was created as part of the NERC funded FloodMal project. Classification outputs were validated using coincidental high resolution PlanetScope (4 m) optical imagery, supported by field campaigns in September 2018, May 2018 and March 2017, recording the presence and characteristics of water bodies.
For further details please see supporting information.
For further details please see supporting information.
Citations
Hardy, A., Ettritch, G., Cross, D., Bunting, P., Liywalii, F., Sakala, J., Silumesii, A., Singini, D., Smith, M., Willis, T., Thomas, C.J. Automatic detection of open and vegetated water bodies using sentinel 1 to map African malaria vector mosquito breeding habitats. Remote Sensing (2019), 11, 593. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11050593
Correspondence/contact details
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7928-8873
Thomas, C.
Aberystwyth University
Other contacts
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
Additional metadata
- Topic categories
- inlandWaters
- Keywords
- Barotseland Region , map , Mapping , open water , Zambia
- Funding
- Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/P013481/1
- Last updated
- 04 March 2024 17:06