Marine and Coastal Regions and Sea Level Rise

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Annual Chlorophyll-a Concentration, v1 (1998 – 2007)

Indicators of Coastal Water Quality

To provide a gridded version of existing SeaWiFS data in GIS-compatible formats in order to determine concentrations of chlorophyll-a in the coastal water column and to facilitate the integration with other data.

Change in Chlorophyll-a Concentration, v1 (1998 – 2007)

Indicators of Coastal Water Quality

To provide tabular data on the trends of chlorophyll-a concentration on a pixel by pixel basis for identifying areas with improving, declining, and stable coastal water quality that can provide guidance for decision making in the context of coastal management.

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Mangrove Forests Distribution (2000): Southeast Asia

Map: Mangrove Forests Distribution (2000): Southeast Asia
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Mangrove Forests Distribution (2000): South Asia

Map: Mangrove Forests Distribution (2000): South Asia
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Mangrove Forests Distribution (2000): South America

Map: Mangrove Forests Distribution (2000): South America
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Mangrove Forests Distribution (2000): Central America

Map: Mangrove Forests Distribution (2000): Central America
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Sea Level Rise Impacts on Wetlands

Ramsar Scientific and Technical Briefing Notes

An analysis of coastal wetlands loss from sea level rise due to climate change, conducted by SEDAC for the Ramsar Convention's Scientific and Technical Review Panel, provides estimates of wetland losses as a basis for identifying potential adaptation measures. The Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance: Sea Level Rise Impacts data and related map client make use of NASA’s Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) elevation data, SEDAC’s Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project version 1 (GRUMPv1) population density grid for the year 2000 (and a 2010 projection), the GRUMPv1 urban extents grid, and an updated version of SEDAC’s Global Subnational Infant Mortality Rates, v1 data.

NASA Data Helps Pinpoint Impacted Populations in Disaster Aftermath

Space & Earth science/Earth Sciences

A map of Burma, based on the SEDAC Gridded Population of the World (GPW) data product, reveals that coastal areas hit hardest by the cyclone in May 2008 were highly populated. (Areas in progressively darker shades of brown represent increased population.)