Metadata for the file:
Crezee_2022_Unsmoothed_Classification_Most_likely_class.tif

This file is a simplified version of the map presented in Figure 1b of 
the paper:

Crezee et al. (2022). Nature Geoscience. Mapping peat thickness and carbon stocks of the central Congo Basin using field data. 

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This raster file is an unsmoothed version of the landcover classication map. 

For each pixel, the most likely class is displayed, based on the highest probability 
obtained from the 5 landcover classes presented in the 
Crezee_2022_Central_Congo_Peat_Probability_Layers.zip archive.

The class values are:
	0. No data
	1. Open water
	2. Savanna
	3. Non-peat forming forest (Terra firme and seasonally inundated forest)
	4. Palm-dominated peat swamp forest
	5. Hardwood-dominated peat swamp forest

Only class 4 and 5 are associated with the presence of peat. 
Total peatland area extent is obtained by summing class 4 and 5 areas.

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Projection and file details:

The file is a GeoTIFF in a lat/long WGS-84 projection and a pixel size of 0.00044444 degrees (c. 50 m).

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Mapping peat thickness and carbon stocks of the central Congo Basin using field data © 2022 by Crezee et al. is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Preferred citation: Crezee et al. (2022). Nature Geoscience. Mapping peat thickness and carbon stocks of the central Congo Basin using field data. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00966-7

The file was created by Bart Crezee and Edward Mitchard. For questions about these data layers please contact Bart Crezee at crezeebart@gmail.com