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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You are free to use these data for any purpose provided you cite the original paper.

The file was created by Bart Crezee and Edward Mitchard.
For questions about these data layers please contact Edward Mitchard 
at edward.mitchard@ed.ac.uk