Seasonal Dynamic Reference Cover Method - Landsat, JRSRP Algorithm Version 3.0, Queensland Coverage
The seasonal dynamic reference cover method product compares the current ground cover level of each pixel to a reference pixel based on the historical timeseries and is available for Queensland from 1987 to present. It is created using a modified version of the dynamic reference cover method developed by <a href=" https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.02.0 21">Bastin et al (2012) </a>. This approach calculates a minimum ground cover image over all years to identify locations of most persistent ground cover in years with the lowest rainfall, then uses a moving window approach to calculate the difference between the window's central pixel and its surrounding reference pixels. The output is a difference image between the cover amount of a pixel's reference pixels and the actual cover at that pixel for the season being analysed. Negative values indicate pixels which have less cover than the reference pixels.<br>
The main differences between this method and the original method are that this method uses seasonal fractional ground cover rather than the preceding ground cover index (GCI) and this method excludes cleared areas and certain landforms (undulating slopes), which are considered unsuitable for use as reference pixels.<br>
This product is based upon the JRSRP Fractional Cover 3.0 algorithm.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2022-10-30
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-09-23
- Date (Revision)
- 2024-09-24
- Edition
- 3.0
Publisher
Author
Joint Remote Sensing Research Program
Chancellors Place, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia
St Lucia
Queensland
4072
Australia
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
- This product provides a way to compare ground cover across the landscape within a particular season.
- 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>This dataset was produced using Landsat data sourced from US Geological Survey.
- Status
- On going
Point of contact
Department of Environment and Science (2017-2023), Queensland Government - van den Berg, Deanna (Principal Scientist (Remote Sensing))
41 Boggo Road, Dutton Park, 4102, Queensland, Australia
41 Boggo Road
Dutton Park
Queensland
4102
Australia
- Topic category
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- Imagery base maps earth cover
- Environment
Extent
- Description
- Queensland
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 1986-06-01
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Quarterly
- GCMD Science Keywords
- ANZSRC Fields of Research
- TERN Platform Vocabulary
- TERN Parameter Vocabulary
- QUDT Units of Measure
- GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
- GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
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
- 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}.
- Other constraints
- Copyright 2010-2022. JRSRP. Rights owned by the Joint Remote Sensing Research Project (JRSRP).
- Other constraints
- While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, the Joint Remote Sensing Research Project (JRSRP) makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Supplemental Information
- Output for this product is in the form of a two band TIFF image. Band 1 - the 'delta GC' image. Band 2 - the reference pixel image. Data are available as cloud optimised GeoTIFF (COG) files. COG files are easier and more efficient for users to access data corresponding to particular areas of interest without the need to download the data first.
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, 4068, Australia
Indooroopilly
Queensland
4068
Australia
- Distribution format
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- OnLine resource
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Seasonal Dynamic Reference Cover Method - Landsat, 3.0
drcm_v3
- OnLine resource
- ro-crate-metadata.json
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Other
- The input imagery was processed to level L1T by the USGS. Geodetic accuracy of the product depends on the image quality and the accuracy, number, and distribution of the ground control points. <br> The fractional cover v3 model was compared to samples drawn from 4000 field reference sites.<br> The imagery has been corrected for height displacement using a 3" digital elevation model (DEM) based on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). <br>
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Landsat surface reflectance data > multiple single-date fractional cover datasets > seasonal composite of fractional cover > seasonal dynamic reference cover image
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Title
- Bastin, G., Scarth, P., Chewings, V., Sparrow, A., Denham, R., Schmidt, M., O’Reagain, P., Shepherd, R., & Abbott, B. (2012). Separating grazing and rainfall effects at regional scale using remote sensing imagery: A dynamic reference-cover method. Remote Sensing of Environment, 121, 443–457. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.RSE.2012.02.021
- Website
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https://doi.org/10.1016/J.RSE.2012.02.021
Method documentation
- Title
- Flood, N. (2013). Seasonal Composite Landsat TM/ETM+ Images Using the Medoid (a Multi-Dimensional Median). Remote Sensing, 5(12), 6481–6500. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs5126481
- Website
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs5126481
Method documentation
- Title
- Trevithick, R., Scarth, P., Tindall, D., Denham, R. and Flood, N. (2014). Cover under trees: RP64G Synthesis Report. Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts. Brisbane.
- Website
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https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/ad30c88c-185d-4d9a-9971-69968f958a70/resource/350aeffd-ff8f-4876-a12f-7eb8d4e6f991/download/coverundertreesreportrp64gfinal.pdf
Method documentation
Process step
- Description
- Excluded Areas: A mask of excluded areas not to be used in the development of the reference pixels is created. This mask includes areas that have previously been cleared and also undulating plains. This data is obtained from the SLATS historical clearing data across QLD.
Process step
- Description
- Find Reference Pixels: The 90-95 percentile of minimum ground cover are selected from the long term minimum ground cover statistical product, masked with the excluded areas mask described above.
Process step
- Description
- Create the Delta GC layer: For each pixel this raster equals the difference between the ground cover value and the reference pixel value and is scaled by 100 to avoid negative values (ground cover value - reference pixel value + 100). Values closer to 100 are better performing.
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/EPSG:4326
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/de2d53ec-1c00-46ac-bd01-d253ab0f2eb2
- Title
- TERN GeoNetwork UUID
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Title
- Seasonal fractional cover - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm Version 3.0, Australia coverage
Identifier
- Codespace
- https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/
- Description
- Parent Metadata Record
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/de2d53ec-1c00-46ac-bd01-d253ab0f2eb2
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2022-11-07T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2024-09-24T00:00:00
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
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