Sea Level Rise Impacts on Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance

Description

The Sea Level Rise Impacts on Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance data set represents the results of an analysis using the boundaries for Ramsar sites designated under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands and intersecting them with different elevation zones in the coastal zone to assess area and percent area that would become inundated under 1 and 2 meter sea level rise scenarios. This data set provides results for 613 sites with defined boundaries that were found to intersect with the 0-5m above mean sea level coastal zone, defined by NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) elevation data. In addition to assessing the degree of risk of inundation, the data set provides population density and percent of land that is urban within the site and within 1km and 5km buffers surrounding the site. The data set also reports on infant mortality rates within 1km and 5km buffers around the site, as a measure of poverty levels that may affect adaptive capacity.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.7927%2FH4CC0XMD
21 Data Download Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-slr-impacts-ramsar-wetlands/data-download
21 Web Map Service Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-slr-impacts-ramsar-wetlands/maps/services
21 Data Set Overview Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-slr-impacts-ramsar-wetlands
21 Documentation Page http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-slr-impacts-ramsar-wetlands/docs
22 Sample browse graphic of the data set. https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/downloads/maps/lecz/lecz-slr-impacts-ramsar-wetlands/sedac-logo.jpg

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  • climate-indicators
  • ecosystems
  • biosphere
  • atmospheric-ocean-indicators
  • earth-science

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