Global Airborne Observatory: Hawaiian Islands Live Coral Cover in 2019

An airborne mapping approach combining laser-guided imaging spectroscopy and deep learning models was used to quantify the geographic distribution of live corals to 16 m water depth throughout the eight main Hawaiian Islands.  Full metadata and methods are provided in:

Asner, G.P., N.R. Vaughn, J. Heckler, D.E. Knapp, C. Balzotti, E. Shafron, R.E. Martin, B.J. Neilson, J.M. Gove. 2020. Large-scale mapping of live corals to guide reef conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1073/pnas.2017628117.

Asner, G.P., N.R. Vaughn, J. Heckler. 2020. Global Airborne Observatory: Hawaiian Islands Live Coral Cover in 2019 (Version 3.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4292660

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The data are in standard GeoTIFF file format organized by island.

These data files will be updated as further improvements are made.