TERN Geospatial Catalogue
Relative Spectral Mixture Analysis (RSMA) - MODIS, Australia coverage
RSMA measures change in the relative contributions of photosynthetic vegetation (PV, or GV green vegetation), non-photosynthetic vegetation (NPV) and soil reflectance compared to a baseline date. These spectral changes correspond to changes in fractional cover relative to the baseline date. Full details on the RSMA method are presented in Okin (2007). One of the key advantages of the RSMA, its insensitivity to changes in soil spectra, is a result of the fact that it does not require us to know the soil reflectance profile for a region. This strength is also the cause of a major weakness in RSMA. Since the measure is relative to a baseline date, and the absolute cover levels for every pixel are unknown at the baseline, the RSMA does not convey the absolute cover levels at any other point in time. However, if the absolute cover levels are known at any point in time, it is theoretically possible to convert the RSMA to absolute relative spectral mixture analysis (ARSMA).<br>
As with all products derived from passive remote sensing imagery, this product represents the world as seen from above. Therefore, the cover recorded by this product represent what would be observed from a bird's-eye-view. Therefore, dense canopy may prevent observation of significant soil exposure.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2021-08-11
- Date (Publication)
- 2022-04-30
- Date (Revision)
- 2014-07-14
- Edition
- 1.0
Publisher
Author
University of Adelaide - Clarke, Ken ()
Waite Road, The University of Adelaide - Waite Campus Waite SA 5064 Australia
Waite
SA
5064
Australia
Co-author
School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide - Lewis, Megan ()
Molecular Life Sciences Building, The University of Adelaide - North Terrace Campus Adelaide SA 5005 Australia
Adelaide
SA
5005
Australia
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- Purpose
- It was demonstrated that the RSMA was a very good measure of change in relative fractional PV, NPV and soil cover, and that the ARSMA was a very good measure of change in absolute fractional PV, NPV and soil cover. Given that the RSMA is not a measure of absolute fraction, it should not be used for monitoring change in absolute soil exposure through time. However, the RSMA may be used for landscape phenology studies. Alternatively, the ARSMA is a measure of absolute fraction, and may therefore be used for landscape phenology studies, and for monitoring change in absolute soil exposure through time. However, the ARSMA is not ready for operational use yet, as it is still in development, and was produced as a proof of concept.
- 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.
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
University of Adelaide - Clarke, Ken ()
Waite Road (corner of Claremont Ave) Urrbrae SA 5064 Australia
Waite Road (corner of Claremont Ave)
Urrbrae
SA
5064
Australia
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Imagery base maps earth cover
Extent
- Description
- Australia
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2000-02-18 2011-11-09
Vertical element
- Minimum value
- 0.0
- Maximum value
- 0.0
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 3D
- Title
- Clarke, K., Lewis, M., Dutkiewicz, A., Forward, G., and Ostendorf, B., (2011) Spatial and Temporal Monitoring of Soil Erosion Risk with Satellite Imagery. Land Condition Monitoring Reports, Report 4. The University of Adelaide
- Website
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Clarke, K., Lewis, M., Dutkiewicz, A., Forward, G., and Ostendorf, B., (2011) Spatial and Temporal Monitoring of Soil Erosion Risk with Satellite Imagery. Land Condition Monitoring Reports, Report 4. The University of Adelaide
Related documentation
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
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- GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
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- Keywords (Discipline)
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- RSMA
- ARSMA
Resource constraints
- 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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- png
- Title
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- Alternate title
- CC-BY
- Edition
- 4.0
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- License
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- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- 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
- Other constraints
- Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd, Indooroopilly, QLD, Australia, 4068
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
- OnLine resource
- Relative Spectral Mixture Analysis (RSMA)
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Other
- Product completeness is dependent on the completeness of the underlying MODIS product, MCD43A4. The MCD43A4 product uses 16 day compositing to minimise the chance of failing to acquire data due to cloud cover, and to maximise the quality of the recorded reflectance. However, frequent cloud cover still prevents acquisition of data, most notably in the far northern tropical areas of Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland in the rainy season (November to April), and in Tasmania in the winter (June to August). <br> The RSMA is an index of total vegetation cover (green and non-photosynthetic vegetation), and so is also an index of soil exposure. Importantly this means that it is unit-less, and is not intended to report absolute vegetation or soil fraction. It may be possible to calibrate the RSMA to absolute fractions for a specific region, with appropriate field data, as was done in Clarke et al. (2011).
Report
Result
- Statement
- Evaluation of RSMA and ARSMA with field data. The field fractional cover data reported in Section 2 (Clarke, 2011) was used to evaluate the RSMA and ARSMA. The first field survey date, 24 April 2010, was used as the baseline date for RSMA since this was the date with the greatest soil exposure. Comparison of the field cover and RSMA was performed by Pearson's correlation, and RMSE. These evaluations are documented in Clarke et al. (2011).
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/EPSG:4326
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/36408a5f-0ab3-442f-a78e-822c8edaf07f
- 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/36408a5f-0ab3-442f-a78e-822c8edaf07f
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2021-08-11T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2021-05-17T00:00:00
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
Identifier
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