Table 4 Climate and EO datasets are used for the prediction of species distribution modeling
Climate and EO datasets | Description | Spatial resolution | Accessibility | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
WorldClim | It is a world gridded climate data that contains 19 bioclimatic variables. It is designed based on the spline interpolation of long-term station climate data | 1km2 | Free | Bucklin et al. (2016); Fernández and Hamilton (2015); Heshmati et al. (2019); Truong et al. (2017) |
TRMM | It is a joint mission from NASA and Japan developed in 1997 to provide precipitation data | 5Â km | Free | Saatchi et al. (2008) |
MODIS | It is an instrument that collects remotely sensed data starting from 2000 to the present using both Terra and Aqua satellites | 250Â m to 1Â km | Free | Cord and Rodder (2011); Feilhauer et al. (2012); Truong et al. (2017); |
Landsat 5 | It is launched in 1984, provides an earth image that can be helpful for different applications | 30Â m | Free | |
Landsat 7 | It is launched in 1999, equipped with an enhanced thematic mapper plus provides earth observation using 8 bands | 30Â m | Free | |
Landsat 8 OLI (Operational Land Manager) | It, is launched in 2013, has 9 spectral bands with 16-day temporal resolution using Landsat 8 OLI and Thermal Infrared Sensor | 30Â m | Free | |
Sentinel 1 | It is designed and developed by the European satellite agency and funded by the European Commission | 5Â m to 40Â m | Free | Rajah et al. (2019) |
Sentinel 2 | It was launched in 2015 (Sentinel 2A) and 2017 (Sentinel 2B) providing data at five days (at the equator) temporal resolution having 13 spectral bands | 10–60 m | Free | Arogoundade et al. (2019); Fritz (2018); Kiala et al. (2019); Lima et al. (2019); Ng et al. (2017) |
Spot 6 | SPOT 6 an optical imaging was launched in 2012 aimed for different applications | 1.5–6 m | Commercial | Khare et al. (2019) |
SRTM | Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) aimed to provide topographic data for 80% of the land surface was launched in 2000. It can be used for different applications including hydrology and vegetation | 30–90 m | Free | Girma et al. (2015); Hernandez et al. (2006); VáclavÃk and Meentemeyer (2012); Wakie et al. (2014) |
GTOPO30 | Global Topographic Data (GTOPO30) is a Global Digital DEM since 1993 | 1Â km | Free | Truong et al. (2017) |
World view 2 | It provides high-resolution imagery of panchromatic and eight multispectral bands. It is used for different applications | 1.8Â m | Commercial | |
LiDAR | Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) commonly used to provide high-resolution maps using laser light | On-demand | Commercial | Sankey et al. (2017) |
Aerial photograph | The aerial photograph is defined as taking photographs from aircraft or flying objects. It provides high-resolution imagery for different applications | On-demand | Commercial | Müllerová et al. (2017) |
SAR | Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is a type of radar aimed to provide fine resolution radar data that can be used for different applications | It depends on the type of SAR | Commercial | Rajah et al. (2018) |
Rapid Eye | It is a group of five earth observation satellites aimed at providing high-resolution images at five spectral bands | 6.5Â m | Commercial | Khare et al. (2019) |
Pleiades | The Pleiades is a group of two satellites that provide global data at 26 days of temporal resolution | 0.5–2 m | Commercial | Ng et al. (2017) |
QuikSCAT | QuikSCAT satellite is a microwave radar aimed to measure near-surface wind speed and direction | 2.25Â km | Free | |
Earth observing-1 Hyperion (EO-1) | It was launched in 2000 aimed at providing different applications including the spectral definition of forest canopy and structure. Hyperion and Advanced Land Manager are the two main instruments used in EO-1 | 30Â m | Free | Somers and Asner (2012) |