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Description

This data set provides canopy height, land cover change, and stand age estimates for mangrove forests in the Rufiji River Delta in Tanzania. The estimates were derived from a canopy height model (CHM) using TanDEM-X imagery and Polarimetric SAR interferometry (Pol-InSAR) techniques. Landsat imagery circa 1990 and circa 2014 was used to estimate stand age between 1994 and 2014 and for forest land cover change modeling.

Product Summary

Platforms
LANDSAT,
MODELS
Instruments
Polarimetric Radar,
Computer
Spatial Extent
N: -7.50833 S: -8.03522 E: 39.4972 W: 39.1924
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1990-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2343165627-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Land Use/Land Cover Classification,
Canopy Characteristics,
Vegetation Cover

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Lagomasino, D., Fatoyinbo, L., Lee, S., Feliciano, E., Trettin, C., & Hansen, M. C. (2017). CMS: Mangrove Canopy Characteristics and Land Cover Change, Tanzania, 1990-2014 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1377 Date Accessed: 2025-10-31

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Measuring mangrove carbon loss and gain in deltas
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