TERN’s ecosystems

TERN partners are existing ecosystem researchers and organisations who appreciate that problems they are trying to solve within their own discipline usually have links with other fields, and that these links are important to solving their problems.

They understand that ecosystem research has maximum impact when their data and findings are shared for others to use.

Ecosystem components relevant to TERN extend from the Earth’s surface to the atmosphere. Consequently, there is some overlap with other organisations including the Atlas of Living Australia, AuScope (the National Earth Science Infrastructure Program), Bioplatforms Australia and the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS). TERN facilities are collaborating with these other programs.

TERN’s relationship to other National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) grant-funded organisations

Networks similar to TERN also exist globally, including Group on Earth Observations (GEO), the International Long Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER), the US Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER), the National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. (NEON), Data Observation Network for Earth (dataONE), FluxNET and Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites (TEMS). TERN will collaborate with these organisations as appropriate.

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.