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Theme | Product | Availability | Validation | Custodian | TERN GN
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Land Cover | | | | |
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- Landsat (Aust) | Fractional cover - Landsat, Joint Remote Sensing Research Program algorithm, Australia coverage | Available | 2 | JRSRP |
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| Persistent Green-Vegetation Fraction and Wooded Mask - Landsat, Australia coverage | Available | 1 | JRSRP |
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| Forest cover >20% - Landsat, Australia coverage | TBD | | DCCEE |
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| Forest cover <20% - Landsat, Australia coverage | TBD | | DCCEE |
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| Seasonal fractional cover - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm, Australia coverage | Available | | JRSRP | |
| Seasonal cover deciles - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm, Australia Coverage | Available | | JRSRP | |
| Seasonal ground cover - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm, Australia Coverage | Available | | JRSRP | Yes |
| Seasonal persistent green - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm, Australia Coverage | Available | | JRSRP | |
| Seasonal surface reflectance - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm, Australia Coverage | Available | | JRSRP | Yes |
- Landsat (QLD) | Linear seasonal persistent green trend - Landsat, QLD DSITIA algorithm, QLD Coverage | 2014/Q3 | | DSITI | |
| Climate adjusted seasonal persistent green trend - Landsat, QLD DSITI algorithm, QLD Coverage | 2014/Q3 | | DSITI | |
| Active crop type mapping in the Western Queensland cropping region | Available | | DES | |
| Seasonal ground cover statistics - Landsat, QLD DSITI algorithm, QLD Coverage | Available | | DSITI | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
- Sentinel-2 (Eastern and Central Australia) | Seasonal fractional cover - Sentinel-2, JRSRP algorithm, Eastern and Central Australia coverage | Available | | JRSRP | |
| 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 | |
- 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 |
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| Total cover - MODIS, Land Condition Index (LCI) algorithm, Australia coverage | Available | | UA |
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| Dynamic Land Cover Map - MODIS, Australia coverage | Available | | GA |
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| 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 |
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Ecosystem Variables | | | | |
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| 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 |
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| Phenology - MODIS, derived from MOD13A1 EVI, NSW-Vic coverage | Available | | UTS |
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| Ecosystem Disturbance Index - MODIS, UTS algorithm, Australia coverage | Available | | UTS |
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| Fractional cover metrics - MODIS, ABARES algorithm, Australia coverage | Available | | ABARES |
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| Above ground Vegetation Biomass - Australia coverage | TBD | | CSIRO |
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| Above Ground Biomass - (Kyoto and Carbon III method), Australia coverage | 2013/Q2 | | JRSRP |
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- Vegetation Indices | | | | |
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| 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 |
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| Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and Land Surface Temperature (LST) - MODIS, spatially and temporally interpolated, Australia coverage | Available | | UTS |
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| Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) - AVHRR, without atmospheric correction, Australia coverage | Available | UV | BoM |
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| Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) - AVHRR, with atmospheric correction, Australia coverage | 2013/Q2 | | BoM |
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| Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) - AVHRR, with atmospheric and angular correction, Australia coverage | 2013/Q2 | | BoM |
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| Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) - Landsat, with atmospheric, angular and terrain correction, Australia coverage | 2013/Q3 | UV | JRSRP |
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- LAI/FPAR | | | | |
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| 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 |
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| Chlorophyll fraction of photosynthetic radiation (fPARchl) - MODIS, UTS algorithm, Australia coverage | Available | | UTS |
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Fire | | | | |
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| 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 |
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| Fire Frequency - MODIS, Australian algorithm, Australia coverage | TBD | | maitec |
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| Fire Frequency - AVHRR, Australian algorithm, Australia coverage | Available | 1 | maitec |
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| Fire Severity - MODIS, North Australia coverage | Available | 2 | maitec |
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| Sub-pixel Fire Patchiness - MODIS, Australia coverage | Available | 1 | maitec |
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| 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 |
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| Annual Fire Scars - Landsat, QLD DSITI algorithm, QLD coverage | Available | | DSITI | |
Radiation, Meteorology and Ancillary | | | | |
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| Daily Rain Gauge Precipitation (Rainfall) - Gridded, Australia coverage | Available | 3 | BoM |
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| Daily Air Temperature - Gridded, Australia coverage | Available | 3 | BoM |
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| Daily Air Water Vapour Pressure - Gridded, Australia coverage | Available | 3 | BoM |
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| Daily Solar Radiation (Global Horizontal Exposure) - Australia coverage | Available | 2 | BoM |
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| 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 |
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| Digital Elevation Model derivatives - SRTM, Australia coverage | TBD | | CSIRO |
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| Landsat Cloud, Shadow and Water mask - Australia coverage | Available | 2 | JRSRP |
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| Soil Moisture - Satellite, Australia coverage | 2013/Q2 | | BoM |
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Base Satellite Data and Inputs to Satellite Processing | | | | |
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| Nadir BRDF Adjusted Reflectance (NBAR) - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm, Australia coverage | 2012/Q3 | 2 | JRSRP |
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| Nadir BRDF Adjusted Reflectance (NBAR) - MODIS, CSIRO/Geoscience Australia algorithm, Australia coverage | To AGDC | | CSIRO/GA |
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| 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 |
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| Surface reflectance - MODIS, 19-band with atmospheric correction, Australia coverage | To be updated | 1 | CU |
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| Surface reflectance - MODIS, LPDAAC MxD09 mosaic, Australia coverage | Ended | 2 | CSIRO | Yes |
| Aerosol optical depth - Australia coverage | 2013/Q2 | | BoM |
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| Total column water vapour - Australia coverage | 2013/Q2 | | BoM |
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| Total Column Water Vapour - MODIS, Australia coverage | Available | | maitec | |
| Total column ozone - Australia coverage | 2013/Q4 | | BoM |
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| Mean sea level pressure - Australia coverage | 2013/Q4 | | BoM |
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| TOA Reflectance Red/NIR - MODIS, North and Central Australia coverage | Available | 3 | maitec |
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| Short-Term Reflectance Anomalies - MODIS, Australia coverage | Available | | maitec | |
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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. | | | |
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- Airborne | Airborne LiDAR - Riegl Q560, point, raster and full waveform, Australian field sites (including AusCover supersites) | Available | | UQ |
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| Airborne hyperspectral data - SPECIM Eagle/Hawk, point and raster data, Australian field sites | Available | | UQ |
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- Mangroves | Site characterisation - Aerial photography and derived maps, Mangrove monitoring sites | 2017/Q2 | | UNSW and JRSRP |
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| Biomass estimation - Derived from Biomass Plot Library, Mangrove monitoring sites | 2017/Q2 | | UNSW and JRSRP |
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| Drone imagery - Drone-based imagery data, Mangrove monitoring sites | 2017/Q2 | | UNSW and JRSRP |
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| Airborne LiDAR - LiDAR-derived imagery and elevation models, Mangrove monitoring sites | 2017/Q2 | | UNSW and JRSRP |
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- Ground | Biomass Plot Library - Collation of stem inventory data and biomass estimation, Australian field sites | Available | | JRSRP |
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| Terrestrial laser scans - DWEL, processed instrument files and ancillary data, Australian field sites | Available | | CSIRO |
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| Terrestrial laser scans - Riegl VZ400, raw instrument files and ancillary data, Australian field sites | Available | | JRSRP |
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| Terrestrial laser scans - Riegl VZ400, individual tree point clouds and cylinder models, Rushworth Forest | Available | | Wageningen University |
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| Hyperspectral ground calibration data - spectroradiometer, raw spectroradiometer instrument files and ancillary data, AusCover super sites | Available | | JRSRP |
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| 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 |
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| Tree structural characteristics - field measurements, ancillary data and field photos, AusCover super sites | Available | | JRSRP |
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| Hemispherical photography - digital camera and hemispheric lens, raw imagery and ancillary data, Australian field sites | Available | | JRSRP |
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| Leaf samples (leaf scans, leaf spectra and attribute data) - AusCover super sites | 2013/Q2 | | JRSRP |
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| Leaf Area Index (raw instrument data, hemispheric photography and attribute data) - AusCover super sites | 2013/Q3 | | JRSRP |
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| Sunphotometer Aerosol Optical Depth - Microtops, instrument data, AusCover super sites | Available | | JRSRP | |
| Sunphotometer Ozone - Microtops, instrument data, AusCover super sites | Available | | JRSRP |
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| Australian ground cover reference sites database | Available | | ABARES |
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| Hyperspectral Surface Reflectance - Hyperion, Enhancement and atmospheric correction technique, Australia coverage | Available | | CU |
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Atmosphere | | | | |
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| Level 3 joint atmosphere product - MODIS, LAADS MxD08, Australia coverage | Available | | CU |
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| Aerosol - MODIS, MxD04, Australia coverage | Available | | CU |
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| Water Vapour - MODIS, MxD05, Australia coverage | Available | | CU |
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| Cloud - MODIS, MxD06, Australia coverage | Available | | CU |
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| Atmospheric Profiles - MODIS, MxD07, Australia coverage | Available | | CU |
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| Cloud Mask - MODIS, MxD35, Australia coverage | Available | | CU | |
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.