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Seasonal dynamic reference cover method - Landsat, JRSRP, Queensland and Northern Territory Coverage
This product has been superseded and will not be processed from early 2023. Please find the updated version 3 of this product here <a href=" https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/24072">Seasonal dynamic reference cover method - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm version 3.0, Queensland Coverage</a>. The seasonal dynamic reference cover method images are created using a modified version of the dynamic reference cover method developed by <a href=" https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.02.021">Bastin et al (2012)</a>. This approach calculates a minimum ground cover image over all years to identify locations of most persistent ground cover in years with the lowest rainfall, then uses a moving window approach to calculate the difference between the window's central pixel and its surrounding reference pixels. The output is a difference image between the cover amount of a pixel's reference pixels and the actual cover at that pixel for the season being analysed. Negative values indicate pixels which have less cover than the reference pixels. <br>
The main differences between this method and the original method are that this method uses seasonal fractional ground cover rather than the preceding ground cover index (GCI) and this method excludes cleared areas and certain landforms (undulating slopes), which are considered unsuitable for use as reference pixels.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2017-10-10
- Date (Publication)
- 2021-11-11
- Date (Revision)
- 2014-07-14
- Edition
- 2.0
Publisher
Author
Joint Remote Sensing Research Program
Chamberlain Building (35), Campbell Road, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
St Lucia
QLD
4072
Australia
Co-author
CSIRO Land and Water - Gary, Bastin ()
Building 101, Clunies Ross St, Black Mountain, ACT, 2601, Australia
Black Mountain
ACT
2601
Australia
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- Purpose
- This product provides a way to compare ground cover across the landscape within a particular season.
- 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 dataset was produced using Landsat data sourced from US Geological Survey.
- Status
- Superseded
Point of contact
Department of Environment and Science, Queensland Government - van den Berg, Deanna ()
Ecosciences Precinct, 41 Boggo Road, Dutton Park, QLD, 4102, Australia
Ecosciences Precinct, 41 Boggo Road
Dutton Park
QLD
4102
Australia
- Topic category
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- Imagery base maps earth cover
- Environment
Extent
- Description
- Queensland and Northern Territory
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 1986-06-01
- Title
- Bastin G., et al (2012) Separating grazing and rainfall effects at regional scale using remote sensing imagery: A dynamic reference-cover method. Remote Sensing of Environment.
- Website
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Bastin G., et al (2012) Separating grazing and rainfall effects at regional scale using remote sensing imagery: A dynamic reference-cover method. Remote Sensing of Environment.
Related documentation
- Title
- Flood, N. (2013) Seasonal Composite Landsat TM/ETM+ Images Using the Medoid (a Multi-dimensional Median). Remote Sens. 2013, 5(12), 6481-6500;
- Website
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Flood, N. (2013) Seasonal Composite Landsat TM/ETM+ Images Using the Medoid (a Multi-dimensional Median). Remote Sens. 2013, 5(12), 6481-6500;
Related documentation
- Title
- Trevithick, R., Scarth, P., Tindall, D., Denham, R. and Flood, N. (2014). Cover under trees: RP64G Synthesis Report. Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts. Brisbane.
- Website
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Trevithick, R., Scarth, P., Tindall, D., Denham, R. and Flood, N. (2014). Cover under trees: RP64G Synthesis Report. Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts. Brisbane.
Related documentation
- GCMD Science Keywords
- ANZSRC Fields of Research
- TERN Platform Vocabulary
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- GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
- GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
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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- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
- Alternate title
- CC-BY
- Edition
- 4.0
- Access constraints
- License
- Use constraints
- 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. 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
- It is not recommended that these data sets be used at scales more detailed than 1:100,000.
- Other constraints
- Copyright 2010-2021. JRSRP. Rights owned by the Joint Remote Sensing Research Project (JRSRP).
- Other constraints
- While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, the Joint Remote Sensing Research Project (JRSRP) 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
- Supplemental Information
- Output for this product is in the form of a two band TIFF image. Band 1 - the 'delta GC' image. Band 2 - the reference pixel image
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
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Other
- The input imagery was processed to level L1T by the USGS. Geodetic accuracy of the product depends on the image quality and the accuracy, number, and distribution of the ground control points. <br> The fractional cover model was compared to samples drawn from 1500 field reference sites.<br> The imagery has been corrected for height displacement using a 3" digital elevation model (DEM) based on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). <br>
Report
Result
- Statement
- The USGS aims to provide image-to-image registration with an accuracy of 12m. <a href="https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/nli/landsat/landsat-8-data-users-handbook">Refer to the L8 Data Users Handbook</a> for more detail. <br> The fractional cover model achieved an overall model Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) of 11.6% against field reference sites.
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Landsat surface reflectance data > multiple single-date fractional cover datasets > seasonal composite of fractional cover > seasonal dynamic reference cover image
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Process step
- Description
- Excluded Areas: A mask of excluded areas not to be used in the development of the reference pixels is created. This mask includes areas that have previously been cleared and also undulating plains. This data is obtained from the SLATS historical clearing data across QLD.
Process step
- Description
- Find Reference Pixels: The 90-95 percentile of minimum ground cover are selected from the long term minimum ground cover statistical product, masked with the excluded areas mask described above.
Process step
- Description
- Create the Delta GC layer: For each pixel this raster equals the difference between the ground cover value and the reference pixel value and is scaled by 100 to avoid negative values (ground cover value - reference pixel value + 100). Values closer to 100 are better performing.
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/EPSG:4326
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/90b588e0-1220-4cee-8468-34879e44c1bd
- 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/90b588e0-1220-4cee-8468-34879e44c1bd
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2017-10-10T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2023-03-27T00:00:00
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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