Drone Lidar Data from TERN plots across Australia
This dataset is a collection of drone lidar data from plots across Australia (AusPlots, SuperSites, Cal/Val sites to be established in the future). The aim of these drone surveys is to capture vegetation structure. The standardised data collection and data processing protocols developed in 2022 are based on the DJI Matrice 300 (M300) RTK drone platform. Lidar sensor DJI Zenmuse L1 is used with DJI Matrice 300 (M300) RTK platform to capture RGB colourised 3D point clouds. The data is georeferenced using the onboard GNSS in M300 and the D-RTK 2 base station. DJI Terra software was used to generate 3D point clouds from the raw lidar data. The protocols include flight planning and data collection guidelines for a 100 x 100 m TERN plot, and the processing workflow used on DJI Terra. Mission-specific metadata for each plot is provided in the imagery/metadata folder (please refer to the imagery collection). The Drone Data Collection and Lidar Processing protocols can be found at <em> https://www.tern.org.au/field-survey-apps-and-protocols/ </em>.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2022-05-16
- Date (Publication)
- 2022-12-07
- Date (Revision)
- 2024-05-12
- Edition
- 1
Publisher
Author
Author
Co-author
Co-author
Co-author
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- Purpose
- The aim of the drone-based lidar surveys is to achieve consistent and robust data collection of vegetation structure to facilitate ecosystem monitoring. Vegetation structure is an important indicator of aboveground biomass and carbon storage. Drone lidar captures detailed information on the three-dimensional structure of vegetation and landscape. Critical characteristics that can be measured through this data include crown projection area, crown diameter, tree height. Lidar data can be used to generate precise digital elevation model under the forest canopy, track changes in erosion and deposition of soil, assess aboveground biomass, and fuel loads in terrestrial ecosystems.
- 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
- This project was funded by TERN Landscapes.
- Status
- On going
Point of contact
Point of contact
Point of contact
- Topic category
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- Environment
Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2022-05-16
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Unknown
- GCMD Science Keywords
- ANZSRC Fields of Research
- TERN Platform Vocabulary
- TERN Instrument Vocabulary
- TERN Parameter Vocabulary
- QUDT Units of Measure
- GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
- GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
- Keywords (Discipline)
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- unoccupied aircraft systems
- UAS
- RPAS
- drone
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
- CCBy Logo from creativecommons.org
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- 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}.
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- Distribution format
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- OnLine resource
- Drone Lidar Data from TERN plots across Australia: Raw Data
- OnLine resource
- Drone Lidar Data from TERN plots across Australia: Point Cloud
- OnLine resource
- ro-crate-metadata.json
Resource lineage
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Title
- Drone Data Collection protocol
- Website
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https://www.tern.org.au/field-survey-apps-and-protocols/
Method documentation
- Title
- Drone Lidar Processing Protocol
- Website
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https://www.tern.org.au/field-survey-apps-and-protocols/
Method documentation
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/EPSG:4326
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/e7a93b30-860d-4757-9ef5-02a11f801c30
- 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/e7a93b30-860d-4757-9ef5-02a11f801c30
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2022-09-15T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2024-05-12T00:00:00
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