TERN Geospatial Catalogue
Foliage Projective Cover - Landsat, DES algorithm, QLD coverage
Foliage Projective Cover (FPC) is the percentage of ground area occupied by the vertical projection of foliage. The Remote Sensing Centre FPC mapping is based on regression models applied to dry season (May to October) Landsat-5 TM, Landsat-7 ETM+ and Landsat-8 OLI imagery for the period 1988-2014. An annual woody spectral index image is created for each year using a multiple regression model trained from field data collected mostly over the period 1996-1999. A robust regression of the time series of the annual woody spectral index is then performed. The estimated foliage projective cover is the prediction at the date of the selected dry season image for 2014. Where this deviates significantly from the woody spectral index for that date, further tests are undertaken before this estimate is accepted. In some cases, the final estimate is the woody spectral index value rather than the robust regression prediction. The product is further masked to remove areas classified as non-woody.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2017-01-19
- Date (Publication)
- 2021-11-11
- Date (Revision)
- 2014-07-14
- Edition
- 1.0
Publisher
Author
Department of Environment and Science, Queensland Government - Librarian, Data ()
41 Boggo Road Dutton Park QLD 4102 Australia
Dutton Park
QLD
4102
Australia
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- 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
- This product was produced in collaboration with the Joint Remote Sensing Research Program (JRSRP) using satellite imagery obtained from the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
Department of Environment and Science, Queensland Government - van den Berg, Deanna ()
41 Boggo Road Dutton Park QLD 4102 Australia
41 Boggo Road
Dutton Park
QLD
4102
Australia
- Topic category
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- Imagery base maps earth cover
- Environment
Extent
- Description
- Queensland
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 1988-01-01 2014-12-31
Vertical element
- Minimum value
- 0.0
- Maximum value
- 0.0
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 3D
- Title
- Armston, J. D., et al. (2002). Geometric correction of Landsat MSS, TM, and ETM+ imagery for mapping of woody vegetation cover and change detection in Queensland.
- Website
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Armston, J. D., et al. (2002). Geometric correction of Landsat MSS, TM, and ETM+ imagery for mapping of woody vegetation cover and change detection in Queensland.
Related documentation
- Title
- Armston, J.D., Denham, R.J., Danaher, T.J., Scarth, P.F. and Moffiet, T. (2008). Prediction and validation of foliage projective cover from Landsat-5 TM and Landsat-7 ETM+ im;agery for Queensland, Australia.
- Website
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Armston, J.D., Denham, R.J., Danaher, T.J., Scarth, P.F. and Moffiet, T. (2008). Prediction and validation of foliage projective cover from Landsat-5 TM and Landsat-7 ETM+ im;agery for Queensland, Australia.
Related documentation
- Title
- Danaher, T., et al. (2010). Ecosystem Function in Savannas: Measurement and Modelling at Landscape to Global Scales. Vol. Section 3. Remote Sensing of Biophysical and Biochemical Characteristics in Savannas.
- Website
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Danaher, T., et al. (2010). Ecosystem Function in Savannas: Measurement and Modelling at Landscape to Global Scales. Vol. Section 3. Remote Sensing of Biophysical and Biochemical Characteristics in Savannas.
Related documentation
- Title
- de Vries, C., Danaher, T., Denham, R., Scarth, P. & Phinn, S. (2007). An operational radiometric calibration procedure for the Landsat sensors based on pseudo-invariant target sites.
- Website
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de Vries, C., Danaher, T., Denham, R., Scarth, P. & Phinn, S. (2007). An operational radiometric calibration procedure for the Landsat sensors based on pseudo-invariant target sites.
Related documentation
- Title
- Flood, N., Danaher, T., Gill, T. and Gillingham, S. (2013). An operational scheme for deriving standardised surface reflectance from Landsat TM/ETM+ and SPOT HRG imagery for Eastern Australia.
- Website
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Flood, N., Danaher, T., Gill, T. and Gillingham, S. (2013). An operational scheme for deriving standardised surface reflectance from Landsat TM/ETM+ and SPOT HRG imagery for Eastern Australia.
Related documentation
- Title
- Kitchen, J., et al. (2010). Operational use of annual Landsat-5 TM and Landsat-7 ETM+ image time-series for mapping wooded extent and foliage projective cover in north-eastern Australia.
- Website
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Kitchen, J., et al. (2010). Operational use of annual Landsat-5 TM and Landsat-7 ETM+ image time-series for mapping wooded extent and foliage projective cover in north-eastern Australia.
Related documentation
- Title
- Storey, J., Choate, M., and Lee, K. (2014). Landsat 8 operational land imagery on-orbit geometric calibration and performance.
- Website
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Storey, J., Choate, M., and Lee, K. (2014). Landsat 8 operational land imagery on-orbit geometric calibration and performance.
Related documentation
- Title
- Zhu, Z. and Woodcock, C.E. (2012). Object-based cloud and cloud shadow detection in Landsat imagery.
- Website
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Zhu, Z. and Woodcock, C.E. (2012). Object-based cloud and cloud shadow detection in Landsat imagery.
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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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- Alternate title
- CC-BY
- Edition
- 4.0
- Access constraints
- License
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Copyright 2010-2020. DES. Rights owned by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES).
- 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. 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.
- Other constraints
- While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, the Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES) makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd, Indooroopilly, QLD, Australia, 4068
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
- OnLine resource
- HTTP download of FPC
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Other
- Corrections have been applied to remove errors due to topographic effects, cloud, cloud shadow, water, cropping, and regrowth following clearing. Some errors may remain.
Report
Result
- Statement
- Comparison of overstorey FPC estimates with independent field estimates of perennial FPC acquired for a range of vegetation types over Queensland, show very good agreement (r2=0.84). Further independent quantitative validation of the final FPC product showed good agreement with field sites (r2=0.78) and lidar data (r2=0.93) estimates of FPC.
Resource lineage
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Process step
- Description
- Algorithm: FPC is the percentage of ground area occupied by the vertical projection of foliage. Image value = FPC + 100 (i.e. FPC of 5% = image value of 105). The pixel values in the QLD_FPC_X data set represent the predicted FPC values. Range is 100-200 which is equivalent to 0-100% FPC. Values erroneously predicted above 100% or below 0% have been classed as 200 and 100 respectively. Zero values indicate null data.
Process step
- Description
- Masks: A number of datasets have been used to mask out certain features from the FPC dataset: 1) Non-woody vegetation has been masked using the 2014 Woody Vegetation Extent dataset. 2) Cropping and plantation areas have been masked using the 1999 Queensland Land Use Mapping Program (QLUMP) dataset (https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/management/mapping/statewide-monitoring/qlump). 3) A Landsat-derived water index was used to mask water bodies from each individual FPC image (Danaher and Collett 2006). An additional mask is applied for areas with persistent inundation based on multi-temporal analysis of the water index. 4) A topographic correction based on the 1 second SRTM derived Digital Surface Model, Version 1.0, was applied to misclassified steep east-facing slopes. The SRTM data consisted of a DEM and slope layer as processed by Geosciences Australia.
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/EPSG:4326
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/508f322a-a9fd-459f-9122-df52e2b6579e
- 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/508f322a-a9fd-459f-9122-df52e2b6579e
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2017-01-19T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2021-09-28T00:00:00
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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