Forest baseline and deforestation map of the Dominican Republic through the analysis of time series of MODIS data

Florencia Sangermano; Leslie Bol; Pedro Galvis; Raymond E Gullison; Jared Hardner; Gail S Ross

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2015.06.006

Forest baseline and deforestation map of the Dominican Republic through the analysis of time series of MODIS data

Data Brief. 2015 Jun 24:4:363-7. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2015.06.006. eCollection 2015 Sep.

Authors

Florencia Sangermano¹, Leslie Bol², Pedro Galvis³, Raymond E Gullison⁴, Jared Hardner⁴, Gail S Ross⁵

Affiliations

¹ Graduate School of Geography and Clark Labs, Clark University, 950 Main St. Worcester, MA 01610, United States.
² Rescan Environmental Services, 1111 West Hastings Street, 15th Floor, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6E 2J3.
³ Pueblo Viejo Dominicana Corporation, Piso 16, Avenida Lope de Vega No. 29 Ensanche Naco, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
⁴ Hardner and Gullison Associates, 15 Woodland Drive, Amherst, NH 03031, United States.
⁵ Barrick Gold Corp. Brookfield Place, TD Canada Trust Tower, Suite 3700, 161 Bay Street, Toronto, Canada M5J 2S1.

Abstract

Deforestation is one of the major threats to habitats in the Dominican Republic. In this work we present a forest baseline for the year 2000 and a deforestation map for the year 2011. Maps were derived from Moderate Resolution Imaging Radiometer (MODIS) products at 250 m resolution. The vegetation continuous fields product (MOD44B) for the year 2000 was used to produce the forest baseline, while the vegetation indices product (MOD13Q1) was used to detect change between 2000 and 2011. Major findings based on the data presented here are reported in the manuscript "Habitat suitability and protection status of four species of amphibians in the Dominican Republic" (Sangermano et al., Appl. Geogr.,) [7].63, 2015, 55-65.

Keywords: Dominican Republic; Forest change; Forest cover; MODIS.