Field Survey – Ground Cover Reference Sites

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TERN AusCover collects field data for remote sensing calibration and validation (cal/val) at selected sites located within representative and/or conservation significant biomes of Australia.

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As much as possible, TERN AusCover cal/val sites are co-located with field sites of other TERN facilities such as OzFlux, SuperSites and AusPlots. The AusCover cal/val sites are generally homogenous in terms of vegetation composition and structural characteristics. AusCover promotes a set of nationally agreed and developed field data collection protocols relevant to remote sensing cal/val and other structural and biophysical activities, see TERN AusCover Good Practice Guidelines.

TERN AusCover also hosts suitable field data collected by other organisations.

Biomass plot library
The Biomass Plot Library is a collation of stem inventory data across federal, state and local government departments, universities, private companies, and other agencies, driven by the need for cal/val data to underpin national mapping of above-ground biomass. The library will be added to over time.
- KEYWORDS:
  
  Biomass
- DATA LICENCE
  & ACCESS RIGHTS:
  How do I attribute?
  
  CC-BY 4.0
- SPATIAL COVERAGE
  & RESOLUTION:
  
  0.05 to 1 ha resolution; Australia wide sites
- TEMPORAL COVERAGE & RESOLUTION:
  
  1 day composite; 1936 to ongoing, specific dates for each site
- PRODUCTION STATUS:
  
  Ongoing updates
Data Access

Download our ‘Good Practice Guidelines’

TERN AusCover supports a nationally consistent approach to the calibration, validation, and delivery of earth observation data products. To ensure that earth observation data is useful to a wide range of users, the collection and delivery of this data needs to be accurate, precise, and use reproducible methods. To support the earth observation community in achieving a high quality and consistent approach nationwide, we’ve developed our ‘Good Practice Guidelines’ that provide advice on calibrating and validating earth observation data.
The Guidelines are provided as a free and accessible tool to anyone working in earth observation. They are also intended to be a dynamic resource that will be updated over time as new knowledge and best-practice processes emerge. Please contact us if you have feedback or questions.
The Guidelines draw upon the knowledge and experience of our national expert network, and also internationally agreed protocols and standards. We are grateful to the external and international reviewers who refined the Guidelines prior to their release.

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Biomass plot library

Download our ‘Good Practice Guidelines’