Table 3 Overview of global coastal geospatial datasets used in this study

From: Global distribution and dynamics of muddy coasts

Coastal data type

Coastal geospatial dataset

Spatial resolution

Reference

Elevation

MERIT Digital Elevation Model

90 m

Yamazaki et al.33

Temperature

WorldClim V1 Bioclim Dataset

1000 m

Hijmans et al.34

Mangroves

Global Mangrove Forests Distribution, 2000

30 m

Giri et al.35

Tidal flat width

Global Intertidal Change Dataset

30 m

Murray et al.11

Transition zone width

Global Surface Water dataset

30 m

Pekel et al.37

Tidal range

Deltares Global Tide and Surge Model

5000 m

Verlaan et al.38