Whroo Dry Eucalypt Phenocam Images and Phenology Data Collection
<p>Fixed cameras installed at the Whroo Dry Eucalypt Affiliate SuperSite provide a time series of fine scale data as a long-term record of vegetation structure and condition. This dense time series of phenocam images provides data for analysis of ecological responses to climate variability, and when consolidated across the entire terrestrial ecosystem research network, supports calibration and validation of satellite-derived remote sensing data, ensuring delivery of higher quality results for broader scale environmental monitoring products. </p>
<p>Images are captured half hourly during daylight hours. Images from 2013 to 2017 are made available.
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The site was established in 2010 in box woodland dominated by <em>Eucalyptus microcarpa</em> (grey box) and <em>Eucalyptus leucoxylon</em> (yellow gum). For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/whroo-dry-eucalypt-supersite/ .
</p><p>Other images collected at the site include photopoints, digital cover photography (DCP), panoramic landscape, and ancillary images of fauna and flora. </p>
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2013-01-31
- Date (Publication)
- 2021-11-11
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-12-10
- Edition
- 1.0
Publisher
Author
University of Melbourne - Arndt, Stefan (Professor)
500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond Victoria 3121, Australia
Richmond
Victoria
3121
Australia
Co-author
University of Melbourne - Hinko-Najera, Nina (Research Assistant)
500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond Victoria 3121, Australia
Richmond
Victoria
3121
Australia
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- Purpose
- Time series of vegetation phenological observations are collected to understand ecosystems annual cycles. Phenological timeseries can be used for ground-truthing remote sensing data products, for studies of climate change impacts on terrestrial ecosystems, and as a standard for earth system models.
- Credit
- We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
- Credit
- Whroo Dry Eucalypt SuperSite was originally managed by Monash University and the University of Western Australia and is now managed by the University of Melbourne. This work was jointly funded by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), an Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) project.
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
University of Melbourne - Arndt, Stefan (Professor)
500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond Victoria 3121, Australia
500 Yarra Boulevard
Richmond
Victoria
3121
Australia
- Topic category
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- Environment
Extent
- Description
- Located 45 km south-west of Shepparton, Victoria.
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- Time period
- 2013-01-31 2014-04-30
- Title
- Whroo Dry Eucalypt Affiliate SuperSite
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Whroo Dry Eucalypt Affiliate SuperSite
Related documentation
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
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- TERN Platform Vocabulary
- TERN Instrument Vocabulary
- TERN Parameter Vocabulary
- QUDT Units of Measure
- GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
- GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
- Keywords (Discipline)
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- TERN Ecosystem Processes
- phenocam images
- vegetation phenology
- vegetation greeness
- vegetation colour
- phenology transiton
- vicd_whroo
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- Use limitation
- The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license allows others to copy, distribute, display, and create derivative works provided that they credit the original source and any other nominated parties. Details are provided at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- CC-BY
- Edition
- 4.0
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- TERN services are provided on an “as-is” and “as available” basis. Users use any TERN services at their discretion and risk. They will be solely responsible for any damage or loss whatsoever that results from such use including use of any data obtained through TERN and any analysis performed using the TERN infrastructure. <br />Web links to and from external, third party websites should not be construed as implying any relationships with and/or endorsement of the external site or its content by TERN.<br /><br />Please advise any work or publications that use this data via the online form at https://www.tern.org.au/research-publications/#reporting
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- Classification
- Unclassified
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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Distributor
Distributor
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, 4068, Australia
Indooroopilly
Queensland
4068
Australia
- OnLine resource
- TERN EcoImages Portal
- OnLine resource
- TERN EcoImages REST API
- OnLine resource
- ro-crate-metadata.json
Resource lineage
- Statement
- <p><span data-testid="comment-base-item-53381">For generating ROI chromatic indices the python library <a href="https://pypi.org/project/vegindex/0.7.2/">vegindex (0.7.2)</a> in python is used. For calculating hazeness values the R <a href="https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/hazer_1.1.1.tar.gz">hazer (1.1.1.)</a> and <a href="https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/jpeg/jpeg_0.1-1.tar.gz">jpeg (0.1)</a> libraries are used.</span></p>
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Title
- Vivotek Network Camera Set Up
- Website
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http://linked.data.gov.au/def/tern-cv/559b3eae-82d5-4c5a-a7a1-c6f00164fb13
Method documentation
- Title
- Karan, M. (2020). SuperSites Vegetation Monitoring Protocols v 1.21. TERN Australian SuperSite Network. Cairns, Australia. doi:10.4227/05/56134C1310F16
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4227/05/56134C1310F16
Method documentation
Reference System Information
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- EPSG/EPSG:4326
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
Metadata
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urn:uuid/0e16b5bb-92cb-4a2f-b588-33545fa11b02
- Title
- TERN GeoNetwork UUID
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/0e16b5bb-92cb-4a2f-b588-33545fa11b02
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2013-01-31T00:00:00.000000+00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-12-10T10:38:11.295898+00:00
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-1:2014/AMD 1:2018 Geographic information - Metadata - Fundamentals
- Edition
- 1
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO/TS 19115-3:2016
- Edition
- 1.0
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO/TS 19157-2:2016
- Edition
- 1.0
- Title
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-3:2016 and ISO 19157-2:2016
- Date (published)
- 2021
- Edition
- 1.0
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