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Digital Cover Photography (DCP) from TERN Calperum Mallee SuperSite 

Ver: 1.0
Status of Data: onGoing
Update Frequency: biannually
Security Classification: unclassified
Record Last Modified: 2025-12-02
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Accessed 26 times
Dataset Created: 2013-09-12
Dataset Published: 2021-05-12
Data can be accessed from the following links:
HTTPPoint-of-truth metadata URLHTTPro-crate-metadata.jsonHTTPTERN EcoImages REST APIHTTPTERN EcoImages Portal
How to cite this collection:
Meyer, W. & Koerber, G. (2021). Digital Cover Photography (DCP) from TERN Calperum Mallee SuperSite. Version 1.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/a16b3324-8358-415a-82d8-3e686472cefe 
Digital Cover Photography (DCP) upward-looking images are collected at least twice per year to capture vegetation cover at Calperum SuperSite. These images can be used to estimate Leaf area index (LAI), Crown Cover or Foliage Projective Cover (FPC). The images are captured at the times of estimated maximum and minimum LAI. 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 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 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
Data not provided. 
Lineage
Data not provided. 
Method DocumentationData not provided.
Procedure Steps

1. 

SuperSites Vegetation Monitoring Protocol:  

On Calperum Station, 24.5km North West of Renmark, South Australia
Temporal Coverage
From 2013-09-12 to on going 
Spatial Resolution

Data not provided.

Vertical Extent

Data not provided.

ANZSRC - FOR
Environmental management
Forest biodiversity
GCMD Sciences
BIOSPHERE - CANOPY CHARACTERISTICS
BIOSPHERE - VEGETATION COVER
SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING - VISIBLE IMAGERY
Horizontal Resolution
100 meters - < 250 meters
Instruments
Sony Alpha NEX-7
Temporal Resolution
Seasonal
Topic
environment
User Defined
clpm
Digital Cover Photography
Foliage Projective Cover
leaf area index
SASMDD0001
TERN Ecosystem Processes
Author
Meyer, Wayne
Co-Author
Koerber, Georgia
Contact Point
Meyer, Wayne
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
Summary of Calperum Plots https://supersites.tern.org.au/images/data/AusPlots-Rangelands-Summary-of-Plot-on-Calperum-SA.pdf
Calperum Mallee SuperSite https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/calperum-mallee-supersite/
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