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Global Surface Water Transitions visualisation script

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General description of the script

This script visualizes the Transitions layer from the Global Surface Water dataset according to the official symbology (Table 1). The Transitions layer is derived from a seasonality comparison between the first and last year of the entire time period and visualises changes in the three surface water classes of not water, seasonal, and permanent water.

Table 1: Transitions Symbology

Value Symbol Colour Label
0 0xffffff Not water
1 0x0000ff Permanent
2 0x22b14c New permanent
3 0xd1102d Lost permanent
4 0x99d9ea Seasonal
5 0xb5e61d New seasonal
6 0xe6a1aa Lost seasonal
7 0xff7f27 Seasonal to permanent
8 0xffc90e Permanent to seasonal
9 0x7f7f7f Ephemeral permanent
10 0xc3c3c3 Ephemeral seasonal
255 0xcccccc No data


Description of representative images

EO Browser visualisation of the Transitions layer showing the ParanĂ¡ River near santa Fe, Argentina.

Transitions ParanĂ¡ River near Santa Fe in Argentina

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