Central Coordination
Dr Alex Held
Director, TERN AusCover
CSIRO Land and Water
Christian Laboratory
CSIRO Black Mountain
Clunies Ross Street Canberra ACT 2601
Phone: 02 6246 5718
Prof Stuart Phinn
Deputy Director, TERN AusCover
Remote Sensing Research Centre
Joint Remote Sensing Research Program
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
The University of Queensland
St Lucia, QLD 4072
Phone: 07 3346 7016
VISIT WEBSITE
Matt Paget
Data & Systems Lead Coordinator
CSIRO Land and Water
CSIRO Black Mountain Laboratories
Canberra ACT 2601
Phone: 02 6246 5786
Sharon Tickell
Senior system administrator
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
QLD Bioscience Precinct
University of Queensland
St Lucia QLD
Phone: 07 3214 2806
Erin Kenna
Data services
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
EcoScience Precinct
Brisbane QLD
Phone: 07 3833 5712
Dr Bek Christensen
Communication & Engagement
TERN
The University of QLD
St Lucia QLD 4072
Phone: 0401 047 727
Rowena Smith
Executive Administrator
Water and Landscape Dynamics Group
Fenner School of Environment & Society
ANU
Canberra ACT
Phone: 02 6125 3729
Adelaide
University of Adelaide
Expertise: Hyperspectral sensing, multitemporal analysis, remote sensing applications for environmental assessment
AusCover Products: MODIS and Landsat fractional cover, airborne and field data for calibration sites
Partnerships: SA Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
Prof Megan Lewis
Head of School (Acting)
School of Biological Sciences
123e Davies Building, Waite Campus
The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005
Phone: 08 8303 6522
Fax: 08 8303 6717
EMAIL MEGANVISIT WEBSITE
Dr Kenneth Clarke
Postdoctoral Research Associate
School of Biological Sciences
121 Davies Building, Waite Campus
The University of Adelaide
AUSTRALIA 5005
Phone: 08 8303 6522
Fax: 08 8303 6717
VISIT WEBSITE
Brisbane
University of Queensland
Expertise: Landsat multi-temporal analysis, vegetation structure mapping and monitoring, LiDAR data processing, hyper-spectral image processing, field data collection, integration of image and field data, remote sensing applications for environmental assessment and monitoring.
AusCoverProducts: National Landsat based fractional cover; National Landsat based Persistent Green Vegetation Fractional Cover; Foliage Project Cover; LiDAR derived products for all AusCover supersites; Field and airborne data collection coordination; AusCover Geo-Wiki
Partnerships: Joint Remote Sensing Research Program
Prof Stuart Phinn
Remote Sensing Research Centre
Joint Remote Sensing Research Program
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
Phone: 07 3365 6526
Fax: 07 3365 6899
VISIT WEBSITE
Dr Kasper Johansen
Remote Sensing Research Centre
School of Geography, Planning & Environmental Management
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
Phone: 07 3346 7016
Fax: 07 3365 6899
Dr Peter Scarth
Remote Sensing Centre
Joint Remote Sensing Research Program
Department of Science, Information Technology & Innovation
Ecosciences Precinct, 41 Boggo Road, Dutton Park, QLD 4102
GPO Box 5078 Brisbane, QLD 4001
Phone: 07 3170 5678
VISIT WEBSITE
Canberra
CSIRO, Geoscience Australia, ABARES
TERN AusCover Products: Fractional Vegetation, USGS Land Products
Dr Alex Held
Director, TERN AusCover
CSIRO Land and Water
Christian Laboratory
CSIRO Black Mountain
Clunies Ross Street Canberra ACT 2601
Phone: 02 6246 5718
Matt Paget
Data & Systems Lead Coordinator
CSIRO Land and Water
CSIRO Black Mountain Laboratories
Canberra ACT 2601
Phone: 02 6246 5786
Dr Michael Schaefer
LiDAR and Biomass Research Fellow
CSIRO Land and Water
CSIRO Black Mountain Laboratories
Canberra ACT 2601
Phone: 02 6246 5632
Dr Lucy Randall
Principal Scientist
ABARES
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: 02 6272 4901
Medhavy Thankappan
Director, Science and Strategy
National Earth Observation Group
Geoscience Australia
Canberra ACT
Phone: 02 6249 9310
Fax: 02 6249 9910
Australian National University (ANU)
Expertise: The use of remote sensing data to retrieve biophysical properties of vegetation, such as fuel load and moisture content for spatial fire risk analysis and canopy conductance for carbon sequestration and water balance studies.
Prof Albert van Dijk
Water and Landscape Dynamics Group
Fenner School of Environment & Society
ANU
Canberra ACT
Phone: 02 6125 2197
Dr Marta Yebra
Water and Landscape Dynamics Group
Fenner School of Environment & Society
ANU
Canberra ACT
Zac Hatfield-Dodds
Water and Landscape Dynamics Group
Fenner School of Environment & Society
ANU
Canberra ACT
Phone: 02 6125 8129
Rowena Smith
Executive Administrator
Fenner School of Environment & Society
ANU
Canberra ACT
Phone: 02 6125 3729
Darwin
Expertise: Fuel load mapping, bushfire patchiness, dynamics and extent
AusCover Products: Sub-pixel fire patchiness, fire frequency, near real-time burnt area, burnt area and approximate day of burn
Main partnerships: Charles Darwin University, Northern Australia Fire Information (NAFI)
Dr Stefan Maier
MAITEC
GPO Box U19,
Charles Darwin University,
NT 0815.
Phone: 04-2703-2159
Hobart
University of Tasmania
Expertise: UAV technologies for ecosystem research and natural resource management
AusCover Products: UAV datasets for ecosystem monitoring (coming soon)
A/Prof Arko Lucieer
Geography & Spatial Sciences Discipline
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 76
Hobart TAS 7001
Phone: 03 6226 2140
Melbourne
RMIT, and Bureau of Meteorology
AusCover Products: NDVI and Grass Curing, Gridded Meteorology Surfaces and AWAP, Cal/Val Standards, Greenbook Coordination
Prof Simon Jones
School of Mathematical & Geospatial Sciences
College of Science, Engineering and Technology
RMIT University
GPO Box 2476V
Melbourne VIC 3001
Phone: 03 9925 2419
Fax: 03 9663 2517
Dr Mariela Soto-Berelov
Research Fellow
Remote Sensing-Terrestrial Ecosystems
Geospatial Sciences, RMIT University
Bldg 12, Level 11, Swanston St.
GPO Box 2476
Melbourne Vic 3001
Phone: 03 9925 3414
Fax: 03 9663 2517
Dr Lola Suarez Barranco
Consultant
College of Science
RMIT University
Bldg 12, Level 11, Swanston St.
GPO Box 2476
Melbourne Vic 3001
Phone: 03 9925 9726
Dr Ian Grant
Data Quality & Improvement Section
Bureau of Meteorology
GPO Box 1289
Melbourne VIC 3001
Phone: 03 9669 4080
Fax: 03 9669 4168
Sydney
University of Technology, Sydney; University of Wollongong
AusCover Products: Land Surface Temperature, Phenology
Prof Alfredo Huete
Plant Functional Biology & Climate Change Cluster
Department of Environmental Sciences
University of Technology, Sydney
PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007
Sydney, Australia
Phone: 02 9514 4084
VISIT WEBSITE
TEAM MEMBERS
- Dr Mark Broich (UTS, MODIS phenology)
- Dr Natalia Restrepo-Coupe (UTS, Field phenology and fluxes)
- Dr Kevin Davies (UTS)
- Dr Rakhesh Devadas (UTS)
- A/Prof Laurie Chisholm (U.Woll., Spectral libraries)
- Dr Andreas Hueni (U.Zurich, Spectral libraries)
- Dr Richard Lucas
- Prof Graciela Metternicht (UNSW)
- Dr Anthea Mitchell
Wollongong
University of Wollongong
A/Prof Laurie Chisholm
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Wollongong
Northfields Ave
Wollongong NSW 2522
Phone: 02 4221 3765
Perth
Curtin University
Dr Peter Fearns
Researcher, Remote Sensing and Satellite Research Group, School of Science
Curtin University
Dumas Road
Perth WA 6102
Phone: 08 9266 7450
Armidale
University of New England
Prof David Lamb
Science Director, CRC for Spatial Information & Leader
Precision Agriculture Research Group
University of New England
Madgwick
Armidale NSW 2351
Phone: 02 6773 3565