Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and the Super Science Initiative.
Long-term Australian Multi-scale Plot System (LAMPS)
The LAMPS Sub-Facility acts as the coordinating hub of the Multi-Scale Plot Network (MSPN) to integrate across the information and spatial scales of MSPN activities to enable effective use of their data and to ensure the data collection methods are best practice. LAMPS activities will focus on:
- workshops for developing AusPlots, Long-Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN) and Supersite networks into continental scale working groups to examine changes in stocks and flows of ecosystems across scales;
- building on the Ecological Society of Australia’s long-term ecological survey database project, to extend this to include long-term ecosystem data and make metadata and data available;
- high level statistical guidance on design for all MSPN activities.
Components of the Multi-Scale Plot Network (MSPN) Facility showing the coordinating role of LAMPS, and scales covered by the AusPlots, LTERN and Australian Supersite Network Sub-Facilities.
Facility Director:
Professor Andy Lowe |
Facility Coordinator:
Dr Nikki Thurgate |
If you are in Adelaide on Tuesday 27 March, you might be interested in attending The ACEAS Great Debate as a prelude to the TERN Symposium.
Registration to the 3rd TERN Annual National Symposium is now open. Program and registration information are on the symposium webpage.
TERN's AusCover Facility is holding a Data Users Workshop in Brisbane on 8 March. Visit the web page for links to the program and information on how to register.
TERN's AusPlots Sub-Facility is holding a Field Method Training workshop at the Renmark and Calperum Station Supersite in South Australia, 4-9 March. Limited places available, so get in quick!
In our December newsletter the TERN Director summarises — and celebrates — the huge effort that has gone into creating the TERN network so far. We introduce you to the complex world of the Australian Supersite Network. At workshops in Adelaide and Perth, TERN facilities work with various collaborators; we invite you to get involved in TERN; and there's some wild talk. You'll have to read the newsletter to find out more.
New research supersite will tell woodlands climate story (media release)
What would it take to get you to share (both deposit and use) data in TERN facility portals? If this question interests you join our discussion on LinkedIn.
