TERN is Australia’s land ecosystem observatory
We measure key terrestrial ecosystem attributes over time from continental scale to field sites at hundreds of representative locations and openly provide model-ready data that enable researchers to detect and interpret changes in land ecosystems.
TERN provides open data, research and management tools, data infrastructure and site-based research equipment.
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

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…
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…
WE HAVE MORE THAN:
observing sites
collections
international partners
for datasets
using TERN data
samples

Looking forward to these upcoming @environmentinst webinars feat. TERN’s Advisory Board Chair @HugePossum & Nick Gellie of TERN’s Ecosystem Surveillance monitoring platform! 😀🧑💻
Join @moore_science_ of @SAgE_UWA as she presents data from her #CABBI research monitoring bioenergy & food crops, the impact of land conversion on #carbon and nitrogen cycles, and an “a-maize-ing” flux conundrum! 🌿
🔶 8… pm CST Wed. March 3🔶
➡️Register http://bit.ly/2ZY63dY https://twitter.com/TERN_Aus/status/1362597744901197826
READ ALL ABOUT IT! The February edition of the National #eResearch Newsletting is out now! Inc. @ARDC_AU @PawseyCentre @AARNet @resdatall @TERN_Aus @Google @NCInews @CeRDI_FedUni – pls share! https://t.co/YiJCV2lhc1
We’re hiring!
Searching for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Data Services & Analytics team based at @UQ_News Long Pocket campus, Brisbane.🧑💻
Hurry, applications close 5 March:
#jobs #SoftwareEngineering

Senior Software Engineer – Data Analytics – Careers – The University of Queensland
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