Other Environmental Data – TERN AusCover

Theme Overview

These data products are not directly derived from, or do not provide validation for remote sensing products, but are available through the TERN AusCover systems.

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These products may be produced by TERN AusCover partners supplementary to their TERN AusCover products, or by TERN AusCover associates where the product may be generated from an aggregation of TERN AusCover products. In any case, the products are made available here because it is beneficial for users to access them alongside TERN AusCover products.

TERN AusCover does not directly fund or support the development of the data products in this category. The data may, however, be hosted on TERN AusCover systems and the metadata may be managed in the AusCover system or by the custodian’s own systems.

Examples include: the GEOSS ecosystems map for Australia produced by TERN AusCover partners as an aggregation of spatial layers including remote sensing data; the MCAS-S spatial layers produced by ABARES as an TERN AusCover partner, and; the State or Forests reports produced by Dept. Environment as an aggregation including TERN AusCover products.

Sunphotometer Ozone
Sunphotometer measurements capture data on atmospheric particles and properties including ozone. The data are used for atmospheric correction of airborne and satellite imagery.
- KEYWORDS:
  
  Sunphotometer, Microtops
- DATA LICENCE
  & ACCESS RIGHTS:
  How do I attribute?
  
  CC-BY 3.0
- SPATIAL COVERAGE
  & RESOLUTION:
  
  1 ha resolution; AusCover field sites
- TEMPORAL COVERAGE & RESOLUTION:
  
  1 day composites; 2011 to ongoing, specific capture dates for each site
- PRODUCTION STATUS:
  
  Updated intermittently with new sites or reprocessing
Data Access
Sunphotometer Aerosol Optical Depth
Sunphotometer measurements capture data on atmospheric particles and properties including aerosols. The data are used for atmospheric correction of airborne and satellite imagery.
- KEYWORDS:
  
  Sunphotometer, Microtops
- DATA LICENCE
  & ACCESS RIGHTS:
  How do I attribute?
  
  CC-BY 3.0
- SPATIAL COVERAGE
  & RESOLUTION:
  
  1 ha resolution; AusCover field sites
- TEMPORAL COVERAGE & RESOLUTION:
  
  1 day composites; 2011 to ongoing, specific capture dates for each site
- PRODUCTION STATUS:
  
  Updated intermittently with new sites or reprocessing
Data Access
Hyperspectral ground calibration data
Field spectroradiometer measurements for calibration and validation of at-surface reflectance of airborne hyperspectral image data.
- KEYWORDS:
  
  Spectroradiometer, hyperspectral, calibration
- DATA LICENCE
  & ACCESS RIGHTS:
  How do I attribute?
  
  CC-BY 3.0
- SPATIAL COVERAGE
  & RESOLUTION:
  
  10 m resolution; AusCover field sites
- TEMPORAL COVERAGE & RESOLUTION:
  
  1 day composites; 2011 to ongoing, specific capture dates for each site
- PRODUCTION STATUS:
  
  Updated intermittently with new sites or reprocessing
Data Access
Australian Gridded Climate Data
The AGDC is a high-quality set of historical and ongoing real-time climate analyses for Australia. The climate analyses cover the variables of rainfall, temperature (maximum and minimum) as well as vapour pressure at daily and monthly timescales.
- KEYWORDS:
  
  Surface meteorology, rainfall, precipitation, temperature, vapour pressure, solar radiation
- DATA LICENCE
  & ACCESS RIGHTS:
  How do I attribute?
  
  BoM data licence
- SPATIAL COVERAGE
  & RESOLUTION:
  
  5 km resolution; Australia
- TEMPORAL COVERAGE & RESOLUTION:
  
  1 day and 1 month composites; 1900 to ongoing
- PRODUCTION STATUS:
  
  Updated daily
Data Access
Ecosystem Disturbance Index - MODIS
Identifies the timing, location and magnitude of major ecosystem disturbances such as wildfire, flooding, climate change and human-triggered land use. The Disturbance Index (DI; Mildrexler et al. 2007) algorithm is based on the consistent radiometric relationship between LST and EVI computed on a pixel-by-pixel basis.
- KEYWORDS:
  
  MODIS
- DATA LICENCE
  & ACCESS RIGHTS:
  How do I attribute?
  
  CC-BY 3.0
- SPATIAL COVERAGE
  & RESOLUTION:
  
  500 m resolution; Australia and New Zealand
- TEMPORAL COVERAGE & RESOLUTION:
  
  1 year composite; 2003 to 2013
- PRODUCTION STATUS:
  
  One-off, no update planned
Data Access
Dynamic Land Cover Dataset - MODIS
The Dynamic Land Cover Dataset is the first nationally consistent and thematically comprehensive land cover reference for Australia. It provides a baseline for reporting on change and trends in vegetation cover and extent.
- KEYWORDS:
  
  MODIS, land cover
- DATA LICENCE
  & ACCESS RIGHTS:
  How do I attribute?
  
  CC-BY 4.0
- SPATIAL COVERAGE
  & RESOLUTION:
  
  250 m resolution; Australia
- TEMPORAL COVERAGE & RESOLUTION:
  
  Single layer derived from data in the period 2000 to 2008
- PRODUCTION STATUS:
  
  Version 2 has been developed and awaiting its release
Data Access
Western NSW Refugia - Collection, JRSRP algorithm
A collection of spatial layers that can be used to identify potential refugia in the arid and semi-arid region of western NSW including: green accumulation index and green-feature classes, water count and water prevalence classes, woody extent and FPC, and topographic layers.
- KEYWORDS:
  
  Landsat, water, cover, JRSRP
- DATA LICENCE
  & ACCESS RIGHTS:
  How do I attribute?
  
  CC-BY 4.0
- SPATIAL COVERAGE
  & RESOLUTION:
  
  30 m resolution; western NSW
- TEMPORAL COVERAGE & RESOLUTION:
  
  Single layers derived from data in the period 1988 to 2012
- PRODUCTION STATUS:
  
  One-off, no update planned
Data Access
Water Count and Prevalence - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm, NSW
Provides an indication of the presence and persistence of water in the landscape.
- KEYWORDS:
  
  Landsat, water, JRSRP
- DATA LICENCE
  & ACCESS RIGHTS:
  How do I attribute?
  
  CC-BY 4.0
- SPATIAL COVERAGE
  & RESOLUTION:
  
  30 m resolution; NSW
- TEMPORAL COVERAGE & RESOLUTION:
  
  Single layer derived from data in the period 1988 to 2012
- PRODUCTION STATUS:
  
  One-off, no update planned
Data Access