TERN provides open data, research and management tools, data infrastructure and site-based research equipment.
Open data
- Continental-scale gridded remote sensing, soil and landscape products
- Plot-based soil and vegetation surveillance monitoring data
- Aggregated state government survey data
- Calibration and validation data for remote sensing
- Time series flux tower, phenocam and acoustic monitoring sensor data
Data
Infrastructure
Tools that support the discovery, analysis and re-use of data
- Cloud-based virtual desktop to run and share experiments (CoESRA)
- Data submission, harmonisation and retrieval of ecological data (SHaRED)
- Discovery, mapping and analysis of landscape-scale ecosystem datasets (Data Visualiser)
- Cloud-based analysis, synthesis and training platform
Standard Methods, Protocols
& Collections
Services that facilitate research, education and management
- Catalogued plant and soil sample collection
- Nationally consistent field methods
- Guidelines for calibration and validation of remotely-sensed data
- Field data collection apps
Site-Based Instruments
& Monitoring
A network of ecosystem monitoring sites and sensor data streams available to long term researchers
- Eddy covariance flux towers; Heat flux plates; Radiometers; Anemometers; Infrared Gas Analysers; Spectrometers; CosmOz soil moisture meters; Groundwater bores; Ecoacoustic sensors; Phenocams; Terrestrial laser scanners; UAV/drones; Camera traps; Photopoints; & more…
Acknowledging TERN and NCRIS in publications
TERN provides data, samples and site-based research infrastructure freely to Australian and international scientific communities.ย In recognition of these research services, we ask that when you use them, you acknowledge NCRIS-enabled TERN with the statementsย belowย that apply.ย
Data Acknowledgement:
Data was sourced from Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) infrastructure, which is enabled by the Australian Governmentโsย National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategyย (NCRIS).
TERN Infrastructure Acknowledgement:
This work is supported by the use of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) infrastructure, which is enabled by the Australian Governmentโsย National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategyย (NCRIS).
Open Data
Open access ecosystem data via the TERN Data portal
- Continental-scale gridded remote sensing, soil and landscape products
- Plot-based soil and vegetation surveillance monitoring data
- Aggregated state government survey data
- Calibration and validation data for remote sensing
- Time series flux tower, phenocam and acoustic monitoring sensor data
Data Infrastructure
Tools that support the discovery, analysis and re-use of data
- Cloud-based virtual desktop to run and share experiments (CoESRA)
- Data submission, harmonisation and retrieval of ecological data (SHaRED)
- Discovery, mapping and analysis of landscape-scale ecosystem datasets (Data Visualiser)
- Cloud-based analysis, synthesis and training platform
Research & Management Tools
Services that facilitate research, education and management
- Catalogued plant and soil sample collection
- Nationally consistent field methods
- Guidelines for calibration and validation of remotely-sensed data
- Field data collection apps
Site-Based Research Equipment
A network of ecosystem monitoring sites and sensor data streams available to long term researchers
- Eddy covariance flux towers; Heat flux plates; Radiometers; Anemometers; Infrared Gas Analysers; Spectrometers; CosmOz soil moisture meters; Groundwater bores; Ecoacoustic sensors; Phenocams; Terrestrial laser scanners; UAV/drones; Camera traps; Photopoints; & more…
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observing sites
collections
international partners
for datasets
using TERN data
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