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TERN Litchfield Savanna SuperSite Five Photopoint Image Collection

High quality digital site reference images are captured for the core 1 hectare vegetation plot of the site on an annual basis to provide context for researchers to understand the general layout and vegetation of the study site, and as a visual reference to monitor any changes over time. Photopoints are taken annually using the five point photopoint method. The set of images for each year usually consists of twenty images: four images taken at each corner of the plot facing each of the four cardinal points, and four images taken from the centre of the plot facing each corner. <br />


The Litchfield Savanna SuperSite was established in 2013 in Litchfield National Park. Site selection was influenced by the history of long-term monitoring work undertaken in this area by the Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research (formerly Bushfires NT). The core 1ha plot is dominated by <em>Eucalyptus miniata</em>. The site is representative of the dominant ecosystem type across northern Australia: frequently burnt tropical savanna in high rainfall areas. For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/litchfield-savanna-supersite/ .


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Phenocam images are also collected at the site.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2017-12-05
Date (Publication)
2021-09-17
Date (Revision)
2025-12-11
Edition
1.0

Publisher

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

Author

Charles Darwin University - Hutley, Lindsay (Professor - Environmental Science)
Ellengowan Drive, Casuarina, Northern Territory, 0810, Australia
Casuarina
Northern Territory
0810
Australia

Co-author

Charles Darwin University - Northwood, Matthew (Research Officer Land-Atmosphere Program)
Ellengowan Drive, Casuarina, Northern Territory, 0810, Australia
Casuarina
Northern Territory
0810
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
Stakeholders of the Litchfield Savanna SuperSite include: Charles Darwin University, Maitec (Stefan Maier), CSIRO (Shaun Levick), OzFlux, TERN, Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research, Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport (NRETAS) and the University of Western Australia. The SuperSite is managed by Charles Darwin University.
Status
On going

Point of contact

Charles Darwin University - Hutley, Lindsay (Professor - Environmental Science)
Ellengowan Drive, Casuarina, Northern Territory, 0810, Australia
Ellengowan Drive
Casuarina
Northern Territory
0810
Australia
Topic category
  • Environment

Extent

Description
In Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory
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Temporal extent

Time period
2017-12-05
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
Litchfield Savanna SuperSite
Website
Litchfield Savanna SuperSite

Related documentation

Maintenance and update frequency
Annually
GCMD Science Keywords
  • VEGETATION COVER
  • LAND USE/LAND COVER
  • VISIBLE IMAGERY
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Forest biodiversity
  • Environmental management
TERN Platform Vocabulary
  • Litchfield Savanna
TERN Instrument Vocabulary
  • Canon EOS 1100D
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • plant presence status
  • Unitless
  • RGB values
  • Unitless
  • vegetation community site context
  • Unitless
QUDT Units of Measure
  • Unitless
  • Unitless
  • Unitless
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • 100 meters - < 250 meters
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • Annual
Keywords (Discipline)
  • lfld
  • TERN Ecosystem Processes
  • Eucalyptus miniata

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
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File description
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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/

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

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Distribution Information

Distribution format

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, 4068, Australia
Indooroopilly
Queensland
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
TERN EcoImages Portal

OnLine resource
TERN EcoImages REST API

OnLine resource
ro-crate-metadata.json

Resource lineage

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Process step

Description
SuperSites Vegetation Monitoring Protocol: <ul> <li><a href="http://linked.data.gov.au/def/tern-cv/f405c219-8f90-48c1-83c8-043fe57b7c92">11.1 Five Photopoint Method</a></li></ul>

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/594804ef-cadd-4552-a81d-769de7177ac6

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/594804ef-cadd-4552-a81d-769de7177ac6

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2017-12-05T00:00:00.000000+00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-12-11T22:43:13.770447+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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Spatial extent

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Keywords

ANZSRC Fields of Research
Environmental management Forest biodiversity
GCMD Science Keywords
LAND USE/LAND COVER VEGETATION COVER VISIBLE IMAGERY

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