Sentinel-2 satellite reflectance of monospecific mangrove forests (Rhizophora mangle, Avicennia germinans and Laguncularia racemosa) at 10 m spatial resolution in La Mancha, Veracruz, Mexico from 2015-2021

The database contains surface reflectance values from 147 Sentinel-2 images for monospecific red (Rhizophora mangrove), black (Avicennia germinans) and white (Laguncularia racemosa) mangrove forests at the La Mancha site (19° 35' 12'' N, 96° 23' 09'' W), Veracruz, in the Gulf of Mexico, for the period 2015 to 2021. Data are labelled by species and arranged in columns including blue (band 2 - 0.490 µm), green (band 3 - 0.560 µm), red (band 4 - 0.665 µm), red edge (bands 5 - 0.705 µm, 6 - 0.740 µm, 7 - 0.783 µm and 8A - 0.865 µm), near infrared (band 8 - 0.842 µm) and shortwave infrared (bands 11 - 1.610 µm and 12 - 2.190 µm), all with a spatial resolution of 10 metres. Mangrove species distribution was determined by creating masks in QGIS, using as reference an orthophoto taken with a DJI Mavic Mini 2 in July 2021 and 100 field control points.