Abstract or Summary
This USGS Data Release represents geospatial data sets which were created to produce an Unvegetated to Vegetated Ratio (UVVR) for coastal wetlands of the conterminous United States (2014-2018). The following listed image products were generated 1) Annual spatial datasets (rasters) from 2014 to 2018 each containing 4 bands (Band 1: Unvegetated land fraction; Band 2: Vegetated land fraction; Band 3: Water fraction; Band 4: UVVR clipped into 3 coastal regions (Atlantic (ATL) Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and Pacific (PAC). 2) Calibration/Validation Datasets – datasets which were used in the calibration and validation of the above datasets 3) Mean of masked, multiyear composite – Mean vegetated fraction in coastal wetlands in each region 4) Standard deviation of masked, multiyear composite – Standard deviation of the vegetated fraction in coastal wetlands in each region 5) Unvegetated to Vegetated Ratio (UVVR) based on masked, multiyear composite – Unvegetated to Vegetated Ratio in coastal wetlands in each region The data release was produced in compliance with the new ‘open data’ requirements as a way to make the scientific products associated with USGS research efforts and publications available to the public.