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TERN Ecosystem Surveillance: Landform 

Ver: 2.0
Status of Data: onGoing
Update Frequency: asNeeded
Security Classification: unclassified
Record Last Modified: 2025-09-10
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Accessed 11 times
Dataset Created: 2010-10-30
Dataset Published: 2025-06-16
Data can be accessed from the following links:
HTTPPoint-of-truth metadata URLHTTPTERN EcoPlots APIHTTPTERN EcoPlots PortalHTTPro-crate-metadata.json
How to cite this collection:
Sparrow, B., Tokmakoff, A., Leitch, E., Guerin, G., O'Neill, S., Macdonald, C., Lowe, A., Flitton, R., Saleeba, T., Coish, C., Starkey, M., Irvine, K., Francis, N., Potter, T., Pink, L., Finn, L., Martin-Fores, I. & TERN Surveillance Monitoring (2025). TERN Ecosystem Surveillance: Landform. Version 2.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/56dd57c5-342e-403a-a31b-863b1fa89a6d 
This dataset listed landform characteristics (i.e. visible features of a land area) observed in Rangeland sites across Australia by the TERN Surveillance Monitoring team, using standardised AusPlots methodologies. Landform observations are recorded at each site as part of the AusPlots Plots and Physical Descriptions method. Observations on the landform elements and their patterns are recorded as part of this protocol. 
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. Datasets funded by TERN include the following statement “This work was jointly funded by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), an Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) project. 
Purpose
Landform observations provide information about the visible physical conditions of the site. These observations give an initial characterisation of the state of the site and surrounding areas. 
Lineage
Data not provided. 
Method DocumentationAusPlots Rangelands Survey Protocols ManualAusplots Rangelands Survey Protocols Manual
Procedure Steps

1. 

AusPlots Rangelands Protocols - Landform:  

Australia's major biomes
Temporal Coverage
From 2010-10-30 to on going 
Spatial Resolution

Data not provided.

Vertical Extent

Data not provided.

ANZSRC - FOR
Forest biodiversity
Geomorphology and earth surface processes
Physical geography and environmental geoscience
GCMD Sciences
LAND SURFACE - GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES
Horizontal Resolution
30 meters - < 100 meters
Parameters
landform element
landform pattern
Temporal Resolution
Decadal
Topic
environment
User Defined
TERN Surveillance Monitoring
Author
Sparrow, Ben
Co-Author
Tokmakoff, Andrew
Leitch, Emrys
Guerin, Greg
O'Neill, Sally
Macdonald, Christina
Lowe, Andy
Flitton, Rick
Saleeba, Tom
Coish, Caleb
Starkey, Michael
Irvine, Katie
Francis, Nikki
Potter, Tamara
Pink, Lachlan
Finn, Luke
Martin-Fores, Irene
TERN Surveillance Monitoring
Contact Point
TERN Surveillance Monitoring
Steen, Carly
Lewis, Donna
Publisher
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
AusPlots Rangelands Survey Protocols ManualAusplots Rangelands Survey Protocols Manual
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Attribution and citation is required in any publication that uses TERN Surveillance Monitoring data. We ask you to send citations and copies of publications arising from work that use these data to ben.sparrow@adelaide.edu.au, copy esupport@tern.org.au or advise via the online form at https://www.tern.org.au/research-publications/#reporting These data have been released in the spirit of open scientific collaboration. Data users are encouraged to consider consultation with ben.sparrow@adelaide.edu.au to minimize duplication of research.