SCR_Aerial_Imperial_Beach_2002_2012_IntertidalChange

This raster dataset was developed for the Sea Grant South Coast MPA Baseline Program as part of the project “Nearshore Substrate Mapping and Change Analysis using Historical and Concurrent Multispectral Imagery” (#R/MPA 30 10-049). The study region is the South Coast Region (SCR). Imagery was acquired in 2002 using the OI DMSC MKII multispectral instrument and in 2012 using a Microsoft UltraCam-X digital camera acquiring in the red, green, blue and near-infrared bands. Information on the UltraCam-X camera system and wavelengths for each ban can be found in the file "The Microsoft Vexcel UltraCam X.pdf" included in the Support folder on the image data delivery media and on the OceanSpaces.org server. The goal of this analysis was to characterize and analyze the decadal-long change in several sub/intertidal, general substrate/vegetation classes. The classes were identified in habitat classifications created as part of 2001-2002 work completed for the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), and compared to the same classes identified and mapped during 2012 as part of this project. The imagery files deliverd are in GeoTIFF format. More information on the classes resolved and processing methods are in the Lineage section of this document.This raster dataset contains a change detection analysis of the intertidal zone along the California South Coast Region (SCR) from from Dana Point, CA down to Imperial beach, CA. This specific dataset covers the Imperial Beach, CA region including the Tijuana River Mouth SMCA.This dataset was originally uploaded to Oceanspaces (http://oceanspaces.org/) and the Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB, https://knb.ecoinformatics.org/data) in 2013 as part of the South Coast baseline monitoring program. In 2022 this dataset was moved to the California Ocean Protection Council Data Repository (https://opc.dataone.org/) by Mike Esgro ([e-mail]) and Rani Gaddam ([e-mail]). At that time the GIS analysis products were added to the dataset.The long-term California MPA boundary and project info tables can be found as a separate dataset here: https://opc.dataone.org/view/doi:10.25494/P64S3W.