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Digital Cover Photography (DCP) from TERN Cumberland Plain SuperSite

<p>Digital Cover Photography (DCP) upward-looking images are collected twice per year to capture vegetation cover within the core hectare at Cumberland Plain SuperSite. These images can be used to estimate Leaf area index (LAI), Crown Cover or Foliage Projective Cover (FPC). The images are captured at the times of estimated maximum and minimum LAI. In addition, DCP images have been taken on a monthly basis from 2018-2020 at a subset of sites in the core hectare, co-located with litterfall traps and under-canopy radiation sensors, to evaluate more detailed seasonal dynamics of LAI and other aspects of canopy growth.


</p><p>The Cumberland Plain SuperSite was established in 2012 in endangered remnant Eucalyptus woodland and is subject to pressure from invasive weeds, altered fire regimes, urban development, conversion to agriculture and extreme climate events. However, the woodland is in excellent condition with the exception of edge effects. The site is located on the Hawkesbury Campus of the University of Western Sydney in New South Wales. For additional site information, see https://deims.org/a1bb29d8-197c-4181-90d8-76083afd44bb/ .


</p><p>Other images collected at the site include photopoints, phenocam time-lapse images taken from fixed overstorey cameras, and ancillary images of fauna and flora. </p>

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2015-03-10
Date (Publication)
2020-11-19
Date (Revision)
2014-07-14
Edition
1.0

Publisher

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097

Author

Western Sydney University - Pendall, Elise ()
Bourke Street Richmond NSW 2753 Australia
Richmond
NSW
2753
Australia

Co-author

Western Sydney University - Boer, Matthias ()
Bourke Street Richmond NSW 2753 Australia
Richmond
NSW
2753
Australia

Co-author

Western Sydney University - Metzen, Daniel ()
169 Macquarie Street Parramatta NSW 2150 Australia
Parramatta
NSW
2150
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
<p></p><p>The Cumberland Plain SuperSite is managed by the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University.</p>
Status
On going

Point of contact

Western Sydney University - Pendall, Elise ()
Bourke Street Richmond NSW 2753 Australia
Bourke Street
Richmond
NSW
2753
Australia
Topic category
  • Environment

Extent

Description
TERN Cumberland Plain SuperSite, Western Sydney
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W


Temporal extent

Time period
2015-03-10 2020-06-02

Vertical element

Minimum value
0.0
Maximum value
0.0
Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 3D
Title
Karan, M. (2020). SuperSites Vegetation Monitoring Protocols v 1.21. TERN Australian SuperSite Network. Cairns, Australia. doi:10.4227/05/56134C1310F16
Website
Karan, M. (2020). SuperSites Vegetation Monitoring Protocols v 1.21. TERN Australian SuperSite Network. Cairns, Australia. doi:10.4227/05/56134C1310F16

Related documentation

Title
Woodgate, W. et al. (2012) ‘Searching for the optimal sampling design for measuring LAI in an upland rainforest’, in Proceedings  of the 2012 Geospatial Science Research 2 Symposium (GSR_2) . 2012 Melbourne, Australia: RMIT University. pp. 1–11.
Website
Woodgate, W. et al. (2012) ‘Searching for the optimal sampling design for measuring LAI in an upland rainforest’, in Proceedings  of the 2012 Geospatial Science Research 2 Symposium (GSR_2) . 2012 Melbourne, Australia: RMIT University. pp. 1–11.

Related documentation

Title
Cumberland Plain SuperSite https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/cumberland-plain-supersite/
Website
Cumberland Plain SuperSite https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/cumberland-plain-supersite/

Related documentation

Maintenance and update frequency
Biannually
GCMD Science Keywords
  • CANOPY CHARACTERISTICS
  • VEGETATION COVER
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Terrestrial Ecology
  • Environmental Monitoring
TERN Platform Vocabulary
  • Cumberland Plain SuperSite
TERN Instrument Vocabulary
  • Nikon D90
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • VISIBLE IMAGERY
  • Unitless
  • leaf area index
  • Unitless
  • foliage projective cover
  • Unitless
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • Seasonal
Keywords (Discipline)
  • digital cover photography
  • cblp
  • TERN Ecosystem Processes

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/
File name
88x31.png
File description
CCBy Logo from creativecommons.org
File type
png
Linkage
https://w3id.org/tern/static/cc-by/88x31.png

Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
Alternate title
CC-BY
Edition
4.0
Website
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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License
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
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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
TERN EcoImages Portal

OnLine resource
TERN EcoImages REST API

Resource lineage

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Process step

Description
SuperSites Vegetation Monitoring Protocol: <ul> <li><a href="http://linked.data.gov.au/def/tern-cv/0d89056b-c575-412a-ae34-a7a6b620426e">12.2 Digital Cover Photography</a></li></ul>

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/db766c37-f00d-4dc4-aa1a-325b284da1a0

Title
TERN GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/db766c37-f00d-4dc4-aa1a-325b284da1a0

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2015-03-10T00:00:00
Date info (Revision)
2020-09-03T00:00:00

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

Code
10.5281/zenodo.5652221
Website
https://github.com/ternaustralia/TERN-ISO19115/releases/tag/v1.0

 
 

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Keywords

ANZSRC Fields of Research
Environmental Monitoring Terrestrial Ecology
GCMD Science Keywords
CANOPY CHARACTERISTICS VEGETATION COVER

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