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Hyperspectral Ground Calibration Data - Spectroradiometer, Australian Field Sites

Field spectroradiometer measurements have been collected at several locations across Australia (formally known as the AusCover Supersites) to relate field based measurements to satellite data products, such as Landsat and MODIS NBAR products. Collected in collaboration with multiple government and research-based institutions.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2011-04-07
Date (Publication)
2021-12-15
Date (Revision)
2025-12-10
Edition
1.0

Identifier

Title
DataCite
Code
doi:10.25901/cs6c-cz56
Codespace
http://dx.doi.org

Publisher

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

Author

Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government
41 Boggo Road, Dutton Park, 4102, Queensland, Australia
Dutton Park
Queensland
4102
Australia
Website
https://www.tern.org.au/

Purpose
The Hyperspectral ground-based data is used for calibration and validation of at-surface reflectance of airborne hyper-spectral image data. Once the at-surface reflectance values of the hyper-spectral image data have been validated, the data can be used for up-scaling to medium spatial resolution Landsat and MODIS data for cal/val of NBAR products.
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 Joint Remote Sensing Research Project was primarily responsible for the curation of this data set, however the following organisations contributed to the data collection: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Curtin University, University of Adelaide and CSIRO. <br> This work was funded by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), an Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) project.
Status
Completed

Point of contact

Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government - Data Enquiries, Earth Observation and Social Sciences (EOSS) ()
41 Boggo Road, Dutton Park, 4102, Queensland, Australia
41 Boggo Road
Dutton Park
Queensland
4102
Australia
Topic category
  • Environment

Extent

Description
Australia
N
S
E
W


Temporal extent

Time period
2011-04-07 2015-08-19
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GCMD Science Keywords
  • VEGETATION COVER
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Ecological applications
TERN Instrument Vocabulary
  • ASD FieldSpec 3
  • ASD HandHeld Pro
  • ASD FieldSpec HandHeld 2
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • spectral radiance
  • Unitless
  • solar irradiance
  • Unitless
  • at-surface reflectance
  • Unitless
QUDT Units of Measure
  • Unitless
  • Unitless
  • Unitless
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • Point Resolution
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • one off
Keywords (Discipline)
  • chowilla
  • credo
  • injune
  • litchfield
  • robson creek
  • tumbarumba
  • warra
  • zigzag creek

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
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File type
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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
Copyright 2010-2020 JRSRP. Rights owned by the Joint Remote Sensing Research Program.
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 /><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
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
Hyperspectral ground instrument filenaming conventions

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
Hyperspectral ground shapefile attributes

Distribution Information

Distribution format

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, 4068, Australia
Indooroopilly
Queensland
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
Instrument Files

OnLine resource
TERN Field Data

OnLine resource
JRSRP Field Data Portal

OnLine resource
ro-crate-metadata.json

Data quality info

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Report

Result

Statement
The accuracy of the geographic location of the targets varies between sites, depending on how the coordinates were collected. Other site specific issues relating to data quality may exist.

Resource lineage

Statement
Data is typically collected from standardised calibration targets (white, grey and black) laid out in an open area within or nearby the site. Data is collected in a zig zag pattern of points over the target at approximately 1 m intervals. Natural features (roads, soils, grass, irradiance) are also collected opportunistically.
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Title
Field data collection protocol: calibration targets
Website
https://ternaus.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TERNSup/pages/2309062697/Hyperspectral+Ground+Calibration+Data+-+Calibration+Target+Protocol

Method documentation

Title
Field data collection protocol: ground features
Website
https://ternaus.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TERNSup/pages/2310144003/Hyperspectral+Ground+Calibration+Data+-+Ground+Features+Protocol

Method documentation

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/68459bfa-6e0b-431b-ba45-763fd829d0f7

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/68459bfa-6e0b-431b-ba45-763fd829d0f7

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2013-03-13T00:00:00.000000+00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-12-10T10:11:17.513442+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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S
E
W


Keywords

ANZSRC Fields of Research
Ecological applications
GCMD Science Keywords
VEGETATION COVER

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