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TERN Calperum Mallee SuperSite Panoramic Photopoint Image Collection 

Ver: 1.0
Status of Data: completed
Update Frequency: annually
Security Classification: unclassified
Record Last Modified: 2025-12-02
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Accessed 8 times
Dataset Created: 2012-12-16
Dataset Published: 2021-09-20
Data can be accessed from the following links:
HTTPPoint-of-truth metadata URLHTTPTERN EcoImages REST APIHTTPTERN EcoImages PortalHTTPro-crate-metadata.json
How to cite this collection:
Meyer, W. & Koerber, G. (2021). TERN Calperum Mallee SuperSite Panoramic Photopoint Image Collection. Version 1.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/23fd2304-acd6-42bf-b9d3-0d78671e91ca 
High quality digital images are captured using a digital SLR camera at the plots (core 1 hectare vegetation plot, Callitris and Floodplain) at the TERN Calperum Mallee SuperSite using the panoramic photopoint method. The panoramic photopoint method may be the most informative in open forests/woodlands and rangelands. Three photopoints are established configured in an equilateral triangle (2.5m sides) with the centre marked with a star dropper and the location recorded with DGPS. At each photopoint take photographic sequences in a 360° panorama, with up to 40 photographs with a minimum 50% overlap between consecutive photographs. For more information about the method, see White, el al. (2012) AusPlots Rangelands Survey Protocols Manual Version 1.2.9.
The Calperum Mallee SuperSite was established in 2011 and is located on Calperum Station with research plots located in mallee woodland (burnt in 2014), Callitris woodland and a river floodplain (recovering from extensive grazing), consisting of black box, river red gum and lignum. The core 1 ha plot is located in mallee woodland. For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/calperum-mallee-supersite/ .
Other images collected at the site include digital cover photography, phenocam time-lapse images taken from fixed under and overstorey cameras, five-photopoint images and ancillary images of fauna and flora. 
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. The Calperum Mallee SuperSite was established in 2011 by a partnership between the Adelaide University and Australian Landscape Trust with initial funding from the Australian Federal Government, Education Investment Fund. 
Purpose
The images are to be used where possible to supply images for analysis that produces 3D reconstructions to monitor change over time and provide an estimate of basal area and biomass. 
Lineage
Data not provided. 
Method DocumentationData not provided.
Procedure Steps

1. 

SuperSites Vegetation Monitoring Protocol: Photo-panoramas 

On Calperum Station, 24.5km North West of Renmark, South Australia
Temporal Coverage
From 2012-12-16 to 2018-04-17 
Spatial Resolution

Data not provided.

Vertical Extent

Between 0 and 0 Meters

ANZSRC - FOR
Environmental management
Forest biodiversity
GCMD Sciences
BIOSPHERE - VEGETATION COVER
LAND SURFACE - LAND USE/LAND COVER
SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING - VISIBLE IMAGERY
Horizontal Resolution
100 meters - < 250 meters
Instruments
Canon EOS 550D
Sony Alpha NEX-7
Parameters
plant presence status
RGB values
vegetation community site context
Platforms
Calperum Mallee
Temporal Resolution
Annual
Topic
environment
User Defined
callitris
clpm
Core 1 ha
floodplain
SASMDD0001
SASMDD0008
SASMDD0016
TERN Ecosystem Processes
Author
Meyer, Wayne
Co-Author
Koerber, Georgia
Contact Point
Meyer, Wayne
Publisher
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Karan, M. (2020). SuperSites Vegetation Monitoring Protocols v 1.21. TERN Australian SuperSite Network. Cairns, Australia. doi:10.4227/05/56134C1310F16
Calperum Mallee SuperSite
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