Spatio-temporal dynamics of the floating canopy of Macrocystis pyrifera in the Humboldt Current System

he database represents the extent of the floating canopy of M. pyrifera along the Chilean part of the Humboldt Current System and its seasonal variation from summer 2016 to summer 2015.
Variable Name Description Data Type Unit/Format Example season The season of the year when the observation was recorded. Categorical (Factor) Text (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer) Fall year The year when the observation was recorded. Integer YYYY 2021 area A unique code identifying a specific maritime area or zone. Numeric meters^2 1992 ECOREGION The marine ecoregion where the observation was recorded, based on the Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) framework. Categorical (Factor) Text (Araucanian, Central Chile, Humboldtian) Humboldtian yearqtr A combined representation of the year and quarter for time series analysis. Yearqtr YYYY q% 2021 Q2 lat The latitude coordinate in WGS 84 Numeric Decimal degrees (WGS84) -37.2 lon The longitude coordinate in WGS 84 Numeric Decimal degrees (WGS84) -73.5 X The Easting coordinate in a projected coordinate system (UTM Zone 19S, EPSG:32719). Numeric Kilometers 108.9 Y The Northing coordinate in a projected coordinate system (UTM Zone 19S, EPSG:32719). Numeric Kilometers 5859
Methods
The Google Earth Engine code for processing satellite images and recognizing floating canopy can be accessed at the following link:
https://code.earthengine.google.com/b9e498f597356f9094061abd3f5bf094
Data processing were performed using R.