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Great Western Woodlands Leaf Area Index Data 

Ver: 1.0
Status of Data: completed
Update Frequency: notPlanned
Security Classification: unclassified
Record Last Modified: 2025-12-02
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Accessed 47 times
Dataset Created: 2013-10-17
Dataset Published: 2023-06-08
Data can be accessed from the following links:
HTTPPoint-of-truth metadata URLHTTPTERN EcoImages REST APIHTTPTERN EcoImages PortalHTTPGWW_Leaf_Area_Index_dataHTTPGWW_Leaf_Area_Index_data_dictionaryHTTPro-crate-metadata.json
How to cite this collection:
Prober, S. & Macfarlane, C. (2023). Great Western Woodlands Leaf Area Index Data. Version 1.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. https://dx.doi.org/10.25901/4c5t-tp95 
This data contains leaf area index calculated from Digital Cover Photography images taken at four 1-ha plots within the Great Western Woodlands site between 2013 - 2015 
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. 
Purpose
Leaf area index is the preferred measure of cover for vegetation and is a key variable used in total biomass estimation and in carbon cycling prediction models. 
Lineage
Digital cover photography Images were taken at 4 1-ha plots in the Great Western Woodlands site between 2013 - 2015. For complete methodology of plot set-up, image collection and leaf area calculation, please see attached Karan, M. (2020). SuperSites Vegetation Monitoring Protocols v 1.21. TERN Australian SuperSite Network. Cairns, Australia. doi:10.4227/05/56134C1310F16. 
Method DocumentationKaran, M. (2020). SuperSites Vegetation Monitoring Protocols v 1.21. TERN Australian SuperSite Network. Cairns, Australia. doi:10.4227/05/56134C1310F16
Procedure StepsData not provided.
The Great Western Woodlands site was established in 2012 on Credo Station, 110 km NNW of Kalgoorlie, WA.
Temporal Coverage
From 2013-10-17 to 2015-09-16 
Spatial Resolution

Data not provided.

Vertical Extent

Data not provided.

ANZSRC - FOR
Ecological applications
Ecological physiology
Ecology
Ecosystem function
Forestry sciences
GCMD Sciences
AGRICULTURE - FOREST SCIENCE
BIOSPHERE - CANOPY CHARACTERISTICS
BIOSPHERE - ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
BIOSPHERE - FORESTS
BIOSPHERE - LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI)
BIOSPHERE - LEAF CHARACTERISTICS
DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION - IMAGE PROCESSING
Horizontal Resolution
30 meters - < 100 meters
Parameters
crown porosity
fraction of crown cover
gap fraction
leaf area index
leaf area index foliage cover
Platforms
Great Western Woodlands
Great Western Woodlands, core1ha
Great Western Woodlands, WAACOO0021
Great Western Woodlands, WAACOO0022
Great Western Woodlands, WAACOO0023
Temporal Resolution
one off
Topic
biota
environment
User Defined
Digital Cover Photography
Great Western Woodlands
GWW
LAI
Leaf Area Index
Author
Prober, Suzanne Mary
Co-Author
Macfarlane, Craig Kenneth
Contact Point
Prober, Suzanne Mary
Publisher
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
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