EFG MT1.3 Sandy shores – current maps

MT1. Shorelines biome

This page provides information about the valid indicative distribution map for the ecosystem functional group MT1.3 Sandy Shorelines. For older or alternative maps, see here.

Methods

Here is the methods summary for Map code and version: MT1.3.web.map v1.0.

The indicative map of Sandy shorelines was based on point records of sandy coastlines mapped by Vousdoukas et al. (2020) aggregated to 1 degree spatial resolution. Cells with >50 points were reclassified as major occurrences, and those with 1-50 points were reclassified as minor occurrences. These were clipped to the coastline.

Datasets

Sandy-Coastlines-2020 (Vousdoukas et al. 2020):

Source of distribution records. Resolution: <1km2, periods/epochs. Accuracy evaluation: quantitative (variable).

dataset	url
Sandy-Coastlines-2020	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0697-0 :: https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/18eb5f19-b916-454f-b2f5-88881931587e

Processing

Processing steps used in this map are: Selection :: Buffering :: Aggregation.

Map evaluation

This map is considered to be a Fine quality map series based on the following characteristics:

Concept alignment is Direct,specific.

Ground observations are indirect.

The accuracy evaluation Quantitative accuracy assessment,documented,quantitative.

How to use the data

Available files

Following maps are considered current and valid indicative distribution maps for this ecosystem functional group. Web navigation maps are optimised for use in webapps, but they have similar methods and differ only in details of format and processing.

• Indicative Map (code: MT1.3.IM.grid, version v1.0)
• Web navigation (code: MT1.3.web.map, version v1.0)

You can download geospatial data for this map from the following sources:

MT1.3.IM.grid (v1.0): Google Cloud bucket :: Zenodo repository (bundle of maps)

MT1.3.web.map (v1.0): Google Cloud bucket :: Zenodo repository (bundle of maps) :: Zenodo repository (EFG map) :: Mapbox tileset :: Earth Engine assets

Note that you need to login to some services like mapbox or earthengine, and in some cases you also need to request access to the files.

License information

Indicative maps have been released with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

Datasets used to create this map have similar licenses, but please check the license information below.

dataset	license_info
Sandy-Coastlines-2020	https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/licence/com_reuse :: https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/access-rights/no-limitations

References

References used in this version of the maps.

• Vousdoukas, M., Ranasinghe, R., Mentaschi, L., Plomaritis, T., Athanasiou, P., Luijendijk, A. and Feyen, L. (2020) Sandy coastlines under threat of erosion Nature Climate Change 10, 260–263 DOI:10.1038/s41558-020-0697-0