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Mosaic of Africa - This mosaic of Africa consists of approximately 1600 images that were collected between October 1998 and …
Mosaic of Australia - This RADARSAT-1 Australian mosaic, captured at a 500-metre resolution, comprises 165 images acquired between November 15, …
United States Mosaic - This RADARSAT-1 mosaic of the United States comprises 190 images acquired between March 1998 and October …
This dataset contains blended (gauge and satellite estimates) pentad mean precipitation rates (unit: mm/day) at a one degree spatial resolution …
The North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) is a road-based, long-term, continental survey that focuses on measuring breeding bird abundance …
These surveys focus on two abundant shorebird species, Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) and Dunlin (Calidris alpina), and are conducted at …
Predicted and actual counts of sandpipers utilizing the portion of Roberts Bank along “Brunswick dike” (the shoreline between the base …
The 2012 Canadian Nature Survey is part of a series of national surveys on the importance of nature to Canadians. …