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The product pages describe each AusCover data product in detail. They provide information that can not (yet) be captured in a structured metadata record, such as:

Contents

Product description pages
Availability
Validation stage
Custodians
GN (GeoNetwork)
Templates

Examples of use.
Fit for purpose statement.
Calibration and validation status as it evolves or improves.
Variables derived from products
Links to related items like similar products and satellite or sensor specific pages.

The pages also provide an opportunity for users to comment on products and provide feedback to the AusCover project. Comments regarding where a product worked or didn't work or suggestions for improvements are especially helpful. Comments can be added to the individual pages or can be emailed to <data at auscover.org.au>.

Product description pages

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Theme	Product	Availability	Validation	Custodian	TERN GN
Land Cover
- Landsat (Aust)	Fractional cover - Landsat, Joint Remote Sensing Research Program algorithm, Australia coverage	Available	2	JRSRP	Yes
	Persistent Green-Vegetation Fraction and Wooded Mask - Landsat, Australia coverage	Available	1	JRSRP
	Forest cover >20% - Landsat, Australia coverage	TBD		DCCEE
	Forest cover <20% - Landsat, Australia coverage	TBD		DCCEE
	Seasonal fractional cover - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm, Australia coverage	Available		JRSRP	Yes
	Seasonal cover deciles - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm, Australia Coverage	Available		JRSRP	Yes
	Seasonal ground cover - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm, Australia Coverage	Available		JRSRP	Yes
	Seasonal persistent green - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm, Australia Coverage	Available		JRSRP	Yes
	Seasonal surface reflectance - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm, Australia Coverage	Available		JRSRP	Yes
- Landsat (QLD)	Linear seasonal persistent green trend - Landsat, QLD DSITIA algorithm, QLD Coverage	Available		DES	Yes
	Climate adjusted seasonal persistent green trend - Landsat, QLD DSITI algorithm, QLD Coverage	Available		DES	Yes
	Active crop type mapping in the Western Queensland cropping region	Available		DES
	Seasonal ground cover statistics - Landsat, QLD DSITI algorithm, QLD Coverage	Available		JRSRP	Yes
	Seasonal dynamic reference condition method (DRCM) - Landsat, QLD DSITI algorithm, QLD coverage	Available		DSITI
	Foliage Projective Cover - Landsat, DSITI algorithm, QLD Coverage	Available		DSITI
- Landsat (NSW)	Seasonal fractional cover - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm, NSW coverage	Available		NSW OEH	Yes
	Water Count and Prevalence - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm, NSW coverage	Available		NSW OEH	Yes
	Green Accumulation Index - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm, NSW coverage	Available		NSW OEH	Yes
	Western NSW refugia - Collection, JRSRP algorithm, NSW coverage	Available		NSW OEH	Yes
- Sentinel-2 (Eastern and Central Australia)	Seasonal fractional cover - Sentinel-2, JRSRP algorithm, Eastern and Central Australia coverage	Available		JRSRP	Yes
	Seasonal surface reflectance - Sentinel-2, JRSRP algorithm, Eastern and Central Australia coverage	Available		JRSRP	Yes
- SPOT (NSW)	Woody Extent and Foliage Projective Cover - SPOT, OEH algorithm, NSW coverage	Available		NSW OEH	Yes
- MODIS	Fractional cover - MODIS, CSIRO Land and Water algorithm, Australia and global coverage	Available	2	CSIRO	Yes
	Fractional cover - MODIS, Monthly median composites, Australia coverage	Available	2	NSW OEH
	Total cover - MODIS, Land Condition Index (LCI) algorithm, Australia coverage	Available		UA	Yes
	Dynamic Land Cover Map - MODIS, Australia coverage	Available		GA	Yes
	Land Cover Type - MODIS, LPDAAC MCD12Q1 mosaic, Australia coverage	Ended	2	CSIRO	Yes
	Vegetation Continuous Fields - MODIS, LPDAAC MOD44B mosaic, Australia coverage	Ended	1	CSIRO	Yes
- ICESat/GLAS	Vegetation height and structure - derived from ALOS-1 PALSAR, Landsat and ICESat/GLAS, Australia coverage	Available	1	JRSRP	Yes
Ecosystem Variables
	Gross Primary Productivity - MODIS, LPDAAC MOD17A2 mosaic, Australia coverage	Ended	3	CSIRO	Yes
	Land Cover Dynamics - MODIS, LPDAAC MCD12Q2 mosaic, Australia coverage	Ended	2	CSIRO	Yes
	Phenology - MODIS, derived from MOD13C2 EVI, Australia coverage	Available		UTS	Yes
	Phenology - MODIS, derived from MOD13A1 EVI, NSW-Vic coverage	Available		UTS	Yes
	Ecosystem Disturbance Index - MODIS, UTS algorithm, Australia coverage	Available		UTS
	Fractional cover metrics - MODIS, ABARES algorithm, Australia coverage	Available		ABARES
	Above ground Vegetation Biomass - Australia coverage	TBD		CSIRO
	Above Ground Biomass - (Kyoto and Carbon III method), Australia coverage	2013/Q2		JRSRP
- Vegetation Indices
	Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) - MODIS, LPDAAC MOD13Q1 mosaic, Australia coverage	Ended	3	CSIRO	Yes
	Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) - MODIS, LPDAAC MOD13Q1 mosaic despiked, Australia coverage	Available	n/a	GA
	Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and Land Surface Temperature (LST) - MODIS, spatially and temporally interpolated, Australia coverage	Available		UTS
	Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) - AVHRR, without atmospheric correction, Australia coverage	Available	UV	BoM
	Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) - AVHRR, with atmospheric correction, Australia coverage	2013/Q2		BoM
	Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) - AVHRR, with atmospheric and angular correction, Australia coverage	2013/Q2		BoM
	Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) - Landsat, with atmospheric, angular and terrain correction, Australia coverage	2013/Q3	UV	JRSRP
- LAI/FPAR
	Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fPAR) - MODIS, LPDAAC MOD15A2 mosaic, Australia coverage	Ended	2 (LAI) 1 (fPAR)	CSIRO	Yes
	Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) - AVHRR, CSIRO Land and Water algorithm, Australia coverage	Available		CSIRO	Yes
	Chlorophyll fraction of photosynthetic radiation (fPARchl) - MODIS, UTS algorithm, Australia coverage	Available		UTS
Fire
	Burnt Area and Approximate Day of Burn - MODIS, Australian algorithm, Australia coverage	Available	2	maitec	submitted
	Near Real-Time Burnt Area - MODIS, Australian algorithm, Australia coverage	Available	2	maitec
	Fire Frequency - MODIS, Australian algorithm, Australia coverage	TBD		maitec
	Fire Frequency - AVHRR, Australian algorithm, Australia coverage	Available	1	maitec	Yes
	Fire Severity - MODIS, North Australia coverage	Available	2	maitec
	Sub-pixel Fire Patchiness - MODIS, Australia coverage	Available	1	maitec
	Post-Fire Reflectance Change - MODIS, Australia coverage	Available		maitec
	Thermal Anomalies (Fire Hotspots) - MODIS, LPDAAC MOD14A2 mosaic, Australia coverage	Ended	3	CSIRO	Yes
	Burned Area - MODIS, LPDAAC MCD45A1 mosaic, Australia coverage	Ended	1	CSIRO	Yes
	Active-fire based Burned Area - MODIS, University of Maryland MCD64A1 mosaic, Australia coverage	Ended	2	CSIRO	Yes
	Grassland Curing - MODIS, Bushfire CRC algorithms, Australia and states coverage	Available	1	BoM
	Annual Fire Scars - Landsat, QLD DSITI algorithm, QLD coverage	Available		DES	Yes
Radiation, Meteorology and Ancillary
	Daily Rain Gauge Precipitation (Rainfall) - Gridded, Australia coverage	Available	3	BoM
	Daily Air Temperature - Gridded, Australia coverage	Available	3	BoM
	Daily Air Water Vapour Pressure - Gridded, Australia coverage	Available	3	BoM
	Daily Solar Radiation (Global Horizontal Exposure) - Australia coverage	Available	2	BoM
	Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity - MODIS, LPDAAC MxD11 mosaic, Australia coverage	Ended	2	CSIRO	Yes
	Land Surface Temperature Day Night Difference - MODIS, derived from MxD11 LST, Australia and New Zealand coverage	Available		UTS
	Digital Elevation Model derivatives - SRTM, Australia coverage	TBD		CSIRO
	Landsat Cloud, Shadow and Water mask - Australia coverage	Available	2	JRSRP
	Soil Moisture - Satellite, Australia coverage	2013/Q2		BoM
Base Satellite Data and Inputs to Satellite Processing
	Nadir BRDF Adjusted Reflectance (NBAR) - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm, Australia coverage	2012/Q3	2	JRSRP
	Nadir BRDF Adjusted Reflectance (NBAR) - MODIS, CSIRO/Geoscience Australia algorithm, Australia coverage	To AGDC		CSIRO/GA
	BRDF and Albedo model parameters, quality and Nadir BRDF Adjusted Reflectance (NBAR) - MODIS, LPDAAC MCD43 mosaic, Australia coverage	Ended	3	CSIRO	Yes
	Surface reflectance - Landsat, Geoscience Australia algorithm, Australia coverage	TBD		GA
	Surface reflectance - MODIS, 19-band with atmospheric correction, Australia coverage	To be updated	1	CU
	Surface reflectance - MODIS, LPDAAC MxD09 mosaic, Australia coverage	Ended	2	CSIRO	Yes
	Aerosol optical depth - Australia coverage	2013/Q2		BoM
	Total column water vapour - Australia coverage	2013/Q2		BoM
	Total Column Water Vapour - MODIS, Australia coverage	Available		maitec
	Total column ozone - Australia coverage	2013/Q4		BoM
	Mean sea level pressure - Australia coverage	2013/Q4		BoM
	TOA Reflectance Red/NIR - MODIS, North and Central Australia coverage	Available	3	maitec
	Short-Term Reflectance Anomalies - MODIS, Australia coverage	Available		maitec

Site-Based Datasets	NOTE: These site based data sets are not static - they are directly created from database records and as such will change with ongoing data collection.
- Airborne	Airborne LiDAR - Riegl Q560, point, raster and full waveform, Australian field sites (including AusCover supersites)	Available		UQ
	Airborne hyperspectral data - SPECIM Eagle/Hawk, point and raster data, Australian field sites	Available		UQ
- Mangroves	Site characterisation - Aerial photography and derived maps, Mangrove monitoring sites	2017/Q2		UNSW and JRSRP
	Biomass estimation - Derived from Biomass Plot Library, Mangrove monitoring sites	2017/Q2		UNSW and JRSRP
	Drone imagery - Drone-based imagery data, Mangrove monitoring sites	2017/Q2		UNSW and JRSRP
	Airborne LiDAR - LiDAR-derived imagery and elevation models, Mangrove monitoring sites	2017/Q2		UNSW and JRSRP
- Ground	Biomass Plot Library - Collation of stem inventory data and biomass estimation, Australian field sites	Available		JRSRP
	Terrestrial laser scans - DWEL, processed instrument files and ancillary data, Australian field sites	Available		CSIRO
	Terrestrial laser scans - Riegl VZ400, raw instrument files and ancillary data, Australian field sites	Available		JRSRP
	Terrestrial laser scans - Riegl VZ400, individual tree point clouds and cylinder models, Rushworth Forest	Available		Wageningen University
	Hyperspectral ground calibration data - spectroradiometer, raw spectroradiometer instrument files and ancillary data, AusCover super sites	Available		JRSRP
	SLATS Star transects - point intercept and field measurements, vegetation measurement summaries, point intercept data, ancillary data and field photos, AusCover Super Sites	Available	2	JRSRP
	Tree structural characteristics - field measurements, ancillary data and field photos, AusCover super sites	Available		JRSRP
	Hemispherical photography - digital camera and hemispheric lens, raw imagery and ancillary data, Australian field sites	Available		JRSRP
	Leaf samples (leaf scans, leaf spectra and attribute data) - AusCover super sites	2013/Q2		JRSRP
	Leaf Area Index (raw instrument data, hemispheric photography and attribute data) - AusCover super sites	2013/Q3		JRSRP
	Sunphotometer Aerosol Optical Depth - Microtops, instrument data, AusCover super sites	Available		JRSRP
	Sunphotometer Ozone - Microtops, instrument data, AusCover super sites	Available		JRSRP
	Australian ground cover reference sites database	Available		ABARES
	Hyperspectral Surface Reflectance - Hyperion, Enhancement and atmospheric correction technique, Australia coverage	Available		CU
Atmosphere
	Level 3 joint atmosphere product - MODIS, LAADS MxD08, Australia coverage	Available		CU
	Aerosol - MODIS, MxD04, Australia coverage	Available		CU
	Water Vapour - MODIS, MxD05, Australia coverage	Available		CU
	Cloud - MODIS, MxD06, Australia coverage	Available		CU
	Atmospheric Profiles - MODIS, MxD07, Australia coverage	Available		CU
	Cloud Mask - MODIS, MxD35, Australia coverage	Available		CU

Availability

Available

Partial dataset available; or
Dataset partially integrated into AusCover (for example, on external website)

Not yet available

Validation stage

AusCover has adopted the CEOS/WGCV/LPV classification of land product validation stages, which is briefly described here.

n/a	Not applicable. The product is an intermediate product for which it is more appropriate to validate its source and derivative products.
UV	Unvalidated.
1	Product accuracy is assessed from a small (typically < 30) set of locations and time periods by comparison with in-situ or other suitable reference data.
2	Product accuracy is estimated over a significant set of locations and time periods by comparison with reference in situ or other suitable reference data.
3	Uncertainties are characterized in a statistically robust way over multiple locations and time periods representing the complete range of environmental conditions.

Custodians

ABARES	Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
BoM	Bureau of Meteorology
CSIRO	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - CSIRO Land and Water - CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
CDU	Charles Darwin University
CU	Curtin University
DCCEE	Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
DSITI	Queensland Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation
GA	Geoscience Australia
JRSRP	Joint Remote Sensing Research Program (Queensland, New South Wales and Victorian governments)
NSW OEH	NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
UA	University of Adelaide
UQ	University of Queensland
UTS	University of Technology, Sydney

GN (GeoNetwork)

Direct link to the corresponding GeoNetwork record if available. The GeoNetwork records represents the "point of truth" metadata from which other services such as the TERN Data Discovery Portal will harvest.

This product list and the associated product pages represent a "live" working list that is maintained and updated by AusCover participants. There is no automatic updating or syncing between this list and the associated pages and GeoNetwork. Instead the AusCover data managers and administrators are engaged in a gate-keeper role to copy metadata from here and ensure that only accurate, well described and consistent metadata are presented by GeoNetwork. As such this list and the associated pages may contain updated, or more expansive information, than the corresponding GeoNetwork records.

Templates

Product page template - Gridded data
Product page template - Field data

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