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This data set uses USGS archival Landsat 5 and 8 imagery to study long-term spatio-temporal patterns of aboveground biomass in the foundational salt marsh species Spartina alterniflora. These data are a subcompnent of a whole-Georgia coast comparison of ten estuaries (USGS-delineated HUCs) that encompass the entire Georgia coast. The present data set were used in a gap-filling and wavelet analysis by Kadir Bice, a GCE LTER supported graduate student at the University of Georgia - Athens, to determine which hydrologic, climatic, and weather variables best explain Spartina biomass temporal patterns at different time scales. As of this posting, a manuscript of this data analysis and results (K. Bice, J. Schalles, J. Sheldon, M. Alber, and C. Meile) is in review. Metadata and citations related to methodological procedures are enclosed in the accompanying Excel spreadsheet.

John Schalles. 2023. Landsat imagery analysis of Spartina alterniflora aboveground biomass patterns in the Altamaha estuary zone of the GCE research domain. Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER File Archive, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. (https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/app/resource_details.asp?id=1015&version=1)