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Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation Water Table Depth Data

Depth of the water table in the Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation site between 2014 - 2015

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2014-01-01
Date (Publication)
2023-05-23
Date (Revision)
2025-12-10
Edition
1.0

Identifier

Title
DataCite
Code
doi:10.25901/fd5j-4w41
Codespace
http://dx.doi.org

Publisher

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

Author

James Cook University - Liddell, Michael (Associate Professor)
1 James Cook Drive, Bebegu Yumba campus, 4811, Douglas, Australia
Bebegu Yumba campus
Douglas
4811
Australia

Co-author

James Cook University - Nelson, Paul ()
1 James Cook Drive, Bebegu Yumba campus, 4811, Douglas, Australia
Bebegu Yumba campus
Douglas
4811
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
Funding for this project was provided by grants from the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research (DIISRTE), Tertiary Education and the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI) and James Cook University.
Status
Completed

Point of contact

James Cook University - Liddell, Michael (Associate Professor)
1 James Cook Drive, Bebegu Yumba campus, 4811, Douglas, Australia
1 James Cook Drive
Bebegu Yumba campus
Douglas
4811
Australia
Topic category
  • Environment

Extent

Description
The Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation site is located about 120 km north of Cairns, Queensland. Vegetation within the site is classified as Complex Mesophyll Vine Forest (CMVF).
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Temporal extent

Time period
2014-01-01 2015-10-16
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GCMD Science Keywords
  • WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS
  • WATER TABLE
  • WATER TABLE DEPTH
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Hydrology
  • Surface water hydrology
TERN Platform Vocabulary
  • Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • water table depth
  • Metre
QUDT Units of Measure
  • Metre
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • 1 meter - < 30 meters
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • Annual
Keywords (Discipline)
  • Bore
  • Groundwater
  • Daintree Rainforest Observatory
  • DRO
  • Cape Tribulation
  • FNQR
  • Far North Queensland
  • FNQ Rainforest

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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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
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Other constraints
Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.
Other constraints
Please note: This data has been migrated “as is” from TERN’s SuperSite data portal. Minimal quality assessment has been applied to this data. Please contact the dataset authors for queries regarding the data

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
Cape_Trib_water_table_depth_data_dictionary

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
Cape_Trib_water_table_depth_data

Distribution Information

Distribution format

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd, Indooroopilly, QLD, Australia, 4068
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
ro-crate-metadata.json

Resource lineage

Statement
Bore 1 was drilled commencing 19th May 2008. Drilling was carried out using the rotary mud technique, the bore were installed as far into the forest as possible as the drill platform allowed. Drilling reached the watertable at ~10 m depth and bedrock at ~12 m depth. The drill hole was 200 mm diameter to 12m depth and then155 mm diameter to the bottom (14.2m). The casing used was UPVC PN12, 125 mm ID, from 0.30 m above ground to 14.2 m depth. Above ground the casing was enclosed in a steel tube (0.30m) with a lockable cap. The casing was slotted (1.2 mm) from 4.5 m to 14.2 m depth. There was no cap at the base (in rock). Filling: cement grout 0-2 m depth, drill cuttings 2-4 m depth, bentonite 4-4.5 m, gravel 4.5-12 m (rock), packer at 12m (top of rock), open hole 12-14.2 m. A water level logger (capacitance sensor) was installed that logged data every 30 minutes during 2014 and 2015. The capacitance sensor was calibrated before use according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer. Cross check of the depth to water table was carried out using an independent sensor that responded to change in conductivity when it hit the water table (in-house sensor).
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/8e13bf83-6406-4348-bb46-722cebf1e4a2

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/8e13bf83-6406-4348-bb46-722cebf1e4a2

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2023-05-23T00:00:00.000000+00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-12-10T09:46:59.882634+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
Hydrology Surface water hydrology
GCMD Science Keywords
WATER TABLE WATER TABLE DEPTH WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS

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