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Fletcherview Tropical Rangeland Phenocam Images and Phenology Data Collection

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Created 20/10/2024

Updated 21/01/2025

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Fixed cameras installed at the Fletcherview Tropical Rangeland SuperSite provide a time series of fine scale data as a long-term record of vegetation structure and condition. This dense time series of phenocam images provides data for analysis of ecological responses to climate variability, and when consolidated across the entire terrestrial ecosystem research network, supports calibration and validation of satellite-derived remote sensing data, ensuring delivery of higher quality results for broader scale environmental monitoring products.

Images are captured half hourly during daylight hours. Images and data products, including timeseries of the Green Chromatic Coordinate (Gcc) for a region-of-interest (ROI) that delineates an area of specific vegetation type, are made available on an almost real-time basis.

Fletcherview Tropical Rangeland SuperSite was established in 2021 at James Cook University’s Fletcherview Research Station, a fully operational outback cattle station located 50 km west of Townsville, Queensland. The site is used for cattle grazing and is characterised by tall open savanna. The vegetation is dominated by native grasses such as blackspear and kangaroo grasses, as well as introduced species like buffel grass, signal grass and leucaena. Fletcherview typically experiences a dry and wet season, with most rainfall occurring between January and April.

Other images collected at the site include photopoints, digital cover photography (DCP), and ancillary images of fauna and flora.

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Title Fletcherview Tropical Rangeland Phenocam Images and Phenology Data Collection
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/42a45120-9854-441a-a10b-874b84aa3b00
Contact Point
Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria
jamie.cleverly@jcu.edu.au
Reference Period 23/01/2022
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [146.189762, -19.886987]}
Data Portal data.gov.au