Classified maps of forest types in Eastern Siberia based on field surveys and Sentinel-2 imagery

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This dataset provides subsets of mapped forest types at a spatial resolution of 10 m, focusing on boreal forests located in Eastern Siberia. The maps are subsets of 5 regions: Khamra, Western Yakutia, Central Yakutia, Oymyakon, and Chukotka. We used vegetation plot data from field surveys in 2018 and 2021 in Eastern Siberia, and photo-interpretation as training and validation datasets. Sentinel-2 late-summer reflectance was used for the supervised classification using a random forest algorithm. We provide 6 categories: Larix woodland, class name 'Sparse Larch' (Class 0), open Larix forest, class name 'Medium Larch' (Class 1), closed Larix forest, class name 'Dense Larch' (Class 2), needle-leaf evergreen forest (Pinus, Picea), class name 'Evergreen' (Class 3), mixed broad-leaf and needle-leaf Summergreen forest, class name 'Mixed Summergreen' (Class 4), mixed needle-leaf and broadleaf Summergreen and Evergreen forest, class name 'Mixed Summergreen-Evergreen' (Class 5), and 'Burnt or Barre' (Class 6). All other non-forested areas were masked. This map aims to provide a reliable and current map of forest types in this region. More information is provided in the read me file. This dataset results from the following publication: Enguehard et al. 2024, in review.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.967133
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964699
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.967133
Provenance
Creator Enguehard, Léa ORCID logo; Heim, Birgit ORCID logo; Kruse, Stefan ORCID logo; Nitze, Ingmar ORCID logo; Falco, Nicola; Herzschuh, Ulrike ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2024
Funding Reference European Research Council https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000781 Crossref Funder ID 772852 doi:10.3030/772852 Glacial Legacy on the establishment of evergreen vs. summergreen boreal forests; Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy https://doi.org/10.13039/501100006360 Crossref Funder ID AI-vergreens AI-supported remote sensing of summergreen and evergreen needleleaf forest types in cold forest biomes
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 30 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (112.370W, 59.577S, 169.209E, 68.751N); Chukotka; Khamra; Oymyakon; Western Yakutia; Central Yakutia
Temporal Coverage Begin 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2022-10-15T00:00:00Z