NASA CMS PROPOSAL: ESTIMATING TOTAL ECOSYSTEM CARBON IN BLUE CARBON AND TROPICAL PEATLAND ECOSYSTEMS: COASTAL MANGROVE AND WETLAND EXTENT MAPPING (1) COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT COASTAL WETLAND (TYPES GEOLOCATIONS EXTENT ETC.) IN WEST AFRICA REGION (2) DEFINE THE COASTAL ZONE AREAS FOR COASTAL WETLAND MAPPING OF THIS PROJECT (3) COLLECT REQUIRED DATA SETS FOR COASTAL WETLAND MAPPING IN WEST AFRICA INCLUDING SENTINEL 1 AND SENTINEL 2 DATA DEM DATA GROUND TRUTH REFERENCE SAMPLE DATA AND EXISTING WETLAND MAPPING DATA IN THE REGION (4) DEVELOP AND TEST THE IMAGE CLASSIFICATION AND WETLAND IDENTIFICATION METHODS FOR SOME SELECTED AREAS IN THE REGION INCLUDING ACCURACY ASSESSMENT (5) APPLY THE VALIDATED METHOD TO THE COASTAL AREAS OF WEST AFRICA DEFINED BY THE PROJECT TEAM FOR WETLAND MAPPING AND GENERATE WETLAND MAPPING DATA PRODUCTS AT 20M FOR 2017 AND DELIVER THE DATA PRODUCTS TO THE NASA GSFC PI DR. FATOYINBO (6) PROVIDE DETAILED REPORT ABOUT THE DATA PRODUCTS AND METHODOLOGY (7) WRITE PAPERS FOR PEER REVIEW JOURNALS ABOUT THE RESEARCH RESULTS