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Dargie_Congo_Peat_Probability_Layers.zip

This folder contains 5 probability layers, the output of 1000 classification
runs using a random subset of training data to produce the peatland area
and probability maps in:
Dargie GC, Lewis SL, Lawson IT, Mitchard ETA, Page SE, Bocko YE & Ifo, SA. 2017. 
Age, extent and carbon storage of the central Congo Basin peatland complex. 
Nature, doi:10.1038/nature21048

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This folder contains 5 layers:
	- Probability_HardwoodDominatedSwamp.tif
	- Probability_PalmDominatedSwamp.tif
	- Probability_Savanna.tif
	- Probability_TerraFirmeForest.tif
	- Probability_Water.tif

Each layer has pixel values from 0-1000, representing the number of times that class
was given as the most likely class for that pixel in 1000 maximum likelihood classifications
using a random subset of the training data.

For example, a value of 995 in the Probability_Water.tif file means that in 995 of the 1000
runs this pixel was mapped as 'water'. Conversely, a value of 4 in the Probability_Savanna.tif
would mean that that pixel was only mapped as savanna 4 times in the 1000 runs.

As an approximation, dividing these values by 1000 gives the probability that that pixel
contains a majority of vegetation of that class.

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Projection and file details:

The file is a geotif in a lat/long WGS-84 and a pixel size of 0.00044444444444 degrees (c. 50 m).



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You are free to use these data for any purpose provided you cite the original paper.

The file was created by Greta Dargie and Edward Mitchard
For questions about these data layers please contact Edward Mitchard 
at edward.mitchard@ed.ac.uk