TY - DATA
T1 - Coastgons: regional coastal characteristics along a global hexagonal coastline grid
PY - 2024/01/09
AU - Jakob C. Christiaanse
AU - José A. A. Antolínez
UR - 
DO - 10.4121/68377ee4-892d-40f0-a490-29f2601e6825.v2
KW - Coastgons
KW - Global data
KW - Coastal characteristics
KW - Coastline
KW - Hexagons
KW - H3
KW - Sea Turtles
N2 - <p>This dataset contains the global coastgon grid, covering the Earth's coastline between -37 and 48 degrees latitude in a hexagonal cell grid. Each Coastgon (hexagonal coastal cell) has a diameter of around 50 km (although this varies&nbsp;with almost all Coastgon diameters between 45 and 55 km). Each&nbsp;coastgon is characterized by 22 coastal indicators derived from state-of-the-art&nbsp;global datasets, spanning hydrodynamic, atmospheric, geophysical, habitat, and&nbsp;human processes. For more details on the derivation and background of the data,&nbsp;the reader is refered to the accompanying publication:</p><p><br></p><p>Christiaanse, J.C., Antolínez, J.A.A., Luijendijk, A.P., Athanasiou, P., Duarte,&nbsp;C.M., and Aarninkhof, S. (2024). Distribution of global sea turtle nesting&nbsp;explained from regional-scale coastal characteristics. <em>Scientific Reports, 14(752)</em>. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-50239-5</p>
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