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Digital Cover Photography (DCP) from TERN Alice Mulga SuperSite 2011 - 2018 

Ver: 1.0
Status of Data: completed
Update Frequency: notPlanned
Security Classification: unclassified
Record Last Modified: 2026-03-25
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Dataset Created: 2011-08-10
Dataset Published: 2021-04-29
Data can be accessed from the following links:
HTTPPoint-of-truth metadata URLHTTPTERN EcoImages REST APIHTTPro-crate-metadata.jsonHTTPTERN EcoImages Portal
How to cite this collection:
Cleverly, J., Boulain, N., Grant, N., Faux, R., Nolan, R., Ewenz, C. & Gallegos Carboneras, J. (2021). Digital Cover Photography (DCP) from TERN Alice Mulga SuperSite 2011 - 2018. Version 1.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/6ee47825-1a8d-46d8-8316-d7e1a19c6f36 
Digital Cover Photography (DCP) upward-looking images are collected ideally twice per year (depending upon travel availability) to capture vegetation cover at Alice Mulga SuperSite. These images can be used to estimate Leaf area index (LAI), Crown Cover or Foliage Projective Cover (FPC). The Alice Mulga SuperSite was established in 2010 at Pine Hill Cattle Station with research plots located in low open woodland Mulga (Acacia aneura) and non-Acacia, hummock grassland, and river red gum forest. The core 1 ha plot is located in a dense Mulga woodland (cover 70–80%). For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/alice-mulga-supersite/ . Other images collected at the site include photopoints, phenocam time-lapse images taken from fixed under and overstorey cameras, panoramic landscape 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 Alice Springs Mulga flux station is managed by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and is funded by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), an Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) project. The site was managed by UTS from 2012-2019, James Cook University from 2019-2023, and UTS from 2024 onwards. 
Purpose
Data not provided. 
Lineage
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Method DocumentationData not provided.
Procedure Steps

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SuperSites Vegetation Monitoring Protocol:  

Spatial Description
Located at Pine Hill Cattle Station, North of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. 
Temporal Coverage
From 2011-08-10 to 2018-07-08 
Spatial Resolution

Data not provided.

Vertical Extent

Data not provided.

ANZSRC - FOR
Environmental management
Forest biodiversity
GCMD Sciences
BIOSPHERE - CANOPY CHARACTERISTICS
BIOSPHERE - VEGETATION COVER
Horizontal Resolution
100 meters - < 250 meters
Instruments
Canon EOS 1200D
Canon EOS 350D
Canon EOS 50D
Parameters
RGB values
visible wavelengths
Platforms
Alice Springs Mulga
Temporal Resolution
Seasonal
Topic
environment
User Defined
Digital Cover Photography
foliage projective cover
leaf area index
NTABRT0002
TERN Ecosystem Processes
Ti Tree East tte
Author
Cleverly, Jamie
Co-Author
Boulain, Nicolas
Grant, Nicole M
Faux, Ralph
Nolan, Rachael
Ewenz, Cacilia
Gallegos Carboneras, John
Contact Point
Cleverly, Jamie
Griebel, Anne
Publisher
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Woodgate, W. et al. (2012) ‘Searching for the optimal sampling design for measuring LAI in an upland rainforest’, in Proceedings  of the 2012 Geospatial Science Research 2 Symposium (GSR_2) . 2012 Melbourne, Australia: RMIT University. pp. 1–11.
Karan, M. (2020). SuperSites Vegetation Monitoring Protocols v 1.21. TERN Australian SuperSite Network. Cairns, Australia. doi:10.4227/05/56134C1310F16
Alice Mulga SuperSite https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/alice-mulga-supersite/
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