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 ecosystems.
TERN delivers quality data, tools and expertise to researchers who are working to understand Australia’s environment and so enable its management for sustainable social and economic benefit.
Based on remote sensing techniques, TERN provides spatial data products at regional and continental scales of land, terrain and soil attributes to characterise and monitor Australian ecosystems over time.
TERN’s plot-based field monitoring capability tracks the direction and magnitude of change in Australia’s environments over time through sampling and surveying flora, soil and some invertebrates.
TERN’s ecosystem reference sites, located in key Australian biomes, combine time series data streams from micro-meteorological instruments with observations on flora and fauna to provide insights into ecosystem processes.
Ecosystem monitoring is designed to:
TERN’s data and information products must be useful to and efficiently available for land management and policy-maker stakeholders, through whom learnings from research might achieve impact.
TERN will increase awareness of its facilities and data for the purposes of:
TERN’s field observatory and data collection are shaped by the science questions pursued by Australian environmental science researchers.
Physical & Mail Address
The University of Queensland
Long Pocket Precinct
Level 5, Foxtail Building #1019
80 Meiers Road
Indooroopilly QLD 4068 Australia
TERN is supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy, NCRIS.
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We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations.
We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
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