SLATS Star Transects - Australian field sites
The SLATS star transect field dataset has been compiled as a record of vegetative and non-vegetative fractional cover as recorded in situ according to the method described in <a href=" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236022381_Field_measurement_of_fractional_ground_cover ">Muir et al (2011)</a>. The datasets are a combination of vegetation fractions collected in three strata - non-woody vegetation including vegetative litter near the soil surface, woody vegetation less than 2 metres, and woody vegetation greater than 2 metres - at homogeneous areas of approximately 1 hectare. This dataset is compiled from a variety of sources, including available sites from the ABARES ground cover reference sites database.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2013-09-13
- Date (Publication)
- 2022-01-04
- Date (Revision)
- 2024-12-16
- Edition
- 1.0
Publisher
Author
Department of Environment and Science (2017-2023), Queensland Government
41 Boggo Road, Dutton Park, 4102, Queensland, Australia
Dutton Park
Queensland
4102
Australia
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- Purpose
- The SLATS star transect data has been collected to calibrate and validate large area fractional cover spatial datasets derived from remote sensing, that are produced regularly—monthly, seasonally, annually—enabling change in ground cover to be monitored consistently across Australia.
- 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
- The following organisations have contributed to the data collection: Joint Remote Sensing Research Project, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Curtin University, University of Adelaide, CSIRO, Northern Territory Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. <br> This work was funded by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), an Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) project.
- Status
- On going
Point of contact
Department of Environment and Science (2017-2023), Queensland Government - Farrell, Rebecca ()
41 Boggo Road, Dutton Park, 4102, Queensland, Australia
41 Boggo Road
Dutton Park
Queensland
4102
Australia
- Topic category
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- Environment
Extent
- Description
- Australia
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 1997-01-01
- Title
- Muir, J, Schmidt, M, Tindall, D, Trevithick, R, Scarth, P & Stewart, JB (2011). Field Measurement of fractional ground cover: a technical handbook supporting ground cover monitoring for Australia, QLD Department of Environment and Science
- Website
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Muir, J, Schmidt, M, Tindall, D, Trevithick, R, Scarth, P & Stewart, JB (2011). Field Measurement of fractional ground cover: a technical handbook supporting ground cover monitoring for Australia, QLD Department of Environment and Science
Related documentation
- Title
- Trevithick, R., Muir, J. & Denham, R (2012). The effect of observer experience levels on the variability of fractional ground cover reference data. Proceeding of the 16th Annual ARSPC, Melbourne, Australia, August 31 - September 4th 2012.
- Website
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Trevithick, R., Muir, J. & Denham, R (2012). The effect of observer experience levels on the variability of fractional ground cover reference data. Proceeding of the 16th Annual ARSPC, Melbourne, Australia, August 31 - September 4th 2012.
Related documentation
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Irregular
- GCMD Science Keywords
- ANZSRC Fields of Research
- TERN Instrument Vocabulary
- TERN Parameter Vocabulary
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- vegetation area fraction
- Percent
- biomass
- Kilogram per Hectare
- plant height
- Meter
- tree basal area
- square metres per hectare
- persistent green vegetation fraction
- Unitless
- ground cover - rock
- Unitless
- ground cover - cryptogam
- Unitless
- ground cover - green
- Unitless
- ground cover - litter
- Unitless
- ground cover - rock
- Unitless
- ground cover - crust
- Unitless
- vegetation present management phase
- Unitless
- fire occurrence
- Unitless
- microrelief
- Unitless
- biotic microrelief
- Unitless
- soil strength
- Unitless
- surface cracks
- Unitless
- rock colour
- Unitless
- QUDT Units of Measure
- GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
- GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
- Keywords (Discipline)
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- point intercept
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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- File description
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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. <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
- Distribution format
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- NetCDF
Distributor
Distributor
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
-
Distributor
Distributor
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, 4068, Australia
Indooroopilly
Queensland
4068
Australia
- OnLine resource
- Data File (CSV) via JRSRP Geoserver
- OnLine resource
- TERN Field Data Collection Information
- OnLine resource
- Data is also available at JRSRP Field Data Portal
- OnLine resource
- ro-crate-metadata.json
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Other
- Data has been collected in accordance with the national guidelines outlined in Muir et al (2011) (see References for full details). Locational accuracy of the data varies with site and GPS available. See the attribute data for details.
Report
Result
- Statement
- The effect of various observers collecting the data has been investigated by Trevithick et al (2012) (See References for full details).
Resource lineage
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Process step
- Description
- Protocol: Star transect locations are selected to cover homogenous areas of approximately 1 hectare. A summary of the field data collection process is <a href="https://ternaus.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TERNSup/pages/2222456833/SLATS+Star+Transect+Protocol">here</a>.
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/EPSG:4326
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/24a40c29-0d7c-4fe8-bdde-9c4ea495bfb8
- 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/24a40c29-0d7c-4fe8-bdde-9c4ea495bfb8
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2013-09-13T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2024-12-16T00:00:00
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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