### Year-round habitat suitability of Antarctic blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus intermedia) in the Southern Ocean ### Year-round habitat suitability of Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) in the Southern Ocean ### Year-round habitat suitability of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the Southern Ocean ### Year-round habitat suitability of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Southern Ocean ### Data downloaded on 2025-05-21 from: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.946772; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.946769; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.946773; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.946774 El-Gabbas A, Van Opzeeland I, Burkhardt E, Boebel O (2022). Year-round habitat suitability of Antarctic blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus intermedia) in the Southern Ocean [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.946772 El-Gabbas A, Van Opzeeland I, Burkhardt E, Boebel O (2022). Year-round habitat suitability of Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) in the Southern Ocean [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.946769 El-Gabbas A, Van Opzeeland I, Burkhardt E, Boebel O (2022). Year-round habitat suitability of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the Southern Ocean [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.946773 El-Gabbas A, Van Opzeeland I, Burkhardt E, Boebel O (2022). Year-round habitat suitability of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Southern Ocean [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.946774 ### Description Year-round habitat suitability of four whale species in the Southern Ocean. The data extracted for this analysis is the MEAN across the full study period by month, and quantiles 10% and 90% for each month. ### Processing steps 1. Download Monthly_Habitat_suitability_Summary files from https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.946772 Download Monthly_Habitat_suitability_Summary files from https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.946769 Download Monthly_Habitat_suitability_Summary files from https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.946773 Download Monthly_Habitat_suitability_Summary files from https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.946774 ...file all in species_folder/input/ 2. Run 02_process_tifs.py2. Run 02_process_tifs.py * Read monthly Mean, SD, 10th percentile and 90th percentile rasters from each species_folder/input/ * Reproject all rasters to EPSG:3031 (bilinear resampling) * Create a 48-band monthly habitat-suitability raster for each species, ordered as: months 1-12 mean months 1-12 SD months 1-12 10th percentile months 1-12 90th percentile * Calculate annual mean habitat suitability from the 12 monthly means * Calculate annual SD by combining within-month interannual variation with variation between monthly means * Save DEFLATE-compressed COGs in each species_folder/output/: _Habitat_Monthly.tif _Habitat_Annual.tif