Australia's intertidal zone is mapped annually at a 10-meter resolution. The product suite provides elevation and exposure data derived from Landsat and Sentinel-2 satellite archives. It is produced by Digital Earth Australia.
Use Cases
- Predict coastal hazard impacts based on baseline elevation data
- Investigate coastal erosion and sediment transport processes
- Support habitat mapping for ecosystems spanning terrestrial to marine boundaries
- Characterize exposure patterns to aid migratory species studies
Strengths
- Continental-scale coverage of Australia
- 10-meter spatial resolution
- Annual temporal resolution
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Digital Earth Australia
- Collection Method
- Derived from open-source Landsat and Sentinel-2 satellite data
- Geography
- Australia