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Sample Output Map
Mayotte Geomorphology
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11th International
Coral Reef Symposium
Fort Lauderdale (Florida)
July 7-11, 2008
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The Millennium Coral Reef Mapping Project: Understanding,
classifiying and mapping coral reef structures worldwide using high
resolution remote sensing spaceborne images.
The Institute for Marine Remote Sensing (IMaRS) at the University of South
Florida (USF) is funded by the Oceanography Program of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide an exhaustive
worldwide inventory of coral reefs using high-resolution satellite imagery.
By using a consistent dataset of high-resolution (30 meter) multispectral
Landsat 7 images acquired between 1999 and 2002,
USF continues to characterize, map and estimate the extent of shallow coral
reef ecosystems in the main coral reef provinces (Caribbean-Atlantic,
Pacific, Indo-Pacific, Red Sea). The program aims to highlight
similarities and differences between reef structures at a scale never
before considered by traditional work based on field studies. We believe
the data set generated by this research program will be critical for
comparative geochemical, biological and geological studies. It will
provide a reliable, spatially very well constrained data set for
biogeochemical budgets, biodiversity assessment, reef structure
comparisons and will also provide critical information for reef managers
in terms of reef location, distribution and extent, since this basic
information is still of high priority for scientists and managers.
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