The TERN e-MAST facility provides modelled climate and land surface data derived from surface observations. Our national network of experts has developed each of these data products. The models, methodologies and data provided on this page have developed specifically for the benefit of the Australian ecosystem science and natural resource management communities.
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Description
Climate, Bioclimate and modelled Land Surface Variables |
Metadata
Information on the provenance, availability and licensing of the data |
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Visualisation
Examples of the data
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Climate National grids of daily and monthly Temperature, Precipitation, Radiation and Vapour Pressure |
To support spatially distributed dynamic modelling of land surface processes, incorporating principal climate controls on plant growth and water resources, and to provide a baseline for the assessment of the impacts of projected climate change. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available December, 2013 |
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>> Click for the complete list of available Climate data products << | ||||
Digital elevation model |
Digital Elevation Model (DEM) to support modelling of surface climate and related earth surface processes for the Australian continent. Used in ANUCLIMATE and ANUCLIM for generating the Climate and Bioclimatic surfaces. Derived from the GEODATA 9 Second DEM version 3. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available December, 2013 |
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Daily minimum temperature |
Miniumum daily temperature for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. Daily temperature regulates rates of plant growth and to determine critical conditions such as frost on flowering and fruiting. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available December, 2013 |
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Daily maximum temperature |
Maximum daily temperature for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. Daily temperature to regulate rates of plant growth and to determine critical conditions such as frost on flowering and fruiting |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available December, 2013 |
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Daily mean daily vapour pressure |
Mean daily vapour pressure for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. Daily vapour pressure is used to regulate evaporation rates and water need and use. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available December, 2013 |
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Daily total precipitation |
Daily total accumulated precipitation for Australian continent between 1970-2012. Daily rainfall totals are useful for estimation of soil moisture for plant growth and surface runoff via soil water balance modelling. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available December, 2013 |
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Monthly class A pan evaporation |
Monthly total class A pan evaporation for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. Class A pan evaporation is useful for estimating evaporation rates and water need and use. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson Institution: Australian National University Model: ANUCLIMATE 1.0 Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available December, 2013 |
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Wet days per month |
The number of days with precipitation above 0.2 mm m-2 for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. Wet days per month is useful for estimating evaporation rates and water need and use. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson Institution: Australian National University Model: ANUCLIMATE 1.0 Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available December, 2013 |
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Monthly daily minimum temperature |
Minimum daily temperature of each month, for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. Daily temperature regulates rates of plant growth and to determine critical conditions such as frost on flowering and fruiting. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson Institution: Australian National University Model: ANUCLIMATE 1.0 Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available December, 2013 |
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Monthly daily maximum temperature |
Maximum daily temperature of each month, for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. Daily temperature regulates rates of plant growth and to determine critical conditions such as frost on flowering and fruiting. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson Institution: Australian National University Model: ANUCLIMATE 1.0 Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available December, 2013 |
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Monthly daily average vapour pressure |
Monthly mean daily vapour pressure of each month, for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. Daily vapour pressure is used to regulate evaporation rates and water need and use. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson Institution: Australian National University Model: ANUCLIMATE 1.0 Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available December, 2013 |
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Monthly daily incident solar radiation |
Monthly mean daily incident solar radiation of each month, for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. Monthly solar radiation to regulate rates of plant growth. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson Institution: Australian National University Model: ANUCLIMATE 1.0 Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available December, 2013 |
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Monthly total precipitation |
Monthly total accumulated precipitation of each month, for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. Monthly rainfall totals are useful for estimation of soil moisture for plant growth and surface runoff via soil water balance modelling. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson Institution: Australian National University Model: ANUCLIMATE 1.0 Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available December, 2013 |
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Monthly runoff |
Monthly total accumulated runoff of each month, for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. monthly surface runoff based on a simple monthly water balance model incorporating rainfall, pan evaporation and national soil data |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson Institution: Australian National University Model: ANUCLIMATE 1.0 Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available December, 2013 |
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Bioclimate |
To model spatial distributions of plants and animals, make long term estimates of land surface processes for assessment of agriculture and biodiversity and to provide a baseline for the assessment of the impacts of projected climate change. |
Custodians: Hutchinson; Evans |
Available January, 2014 |
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>> Click for the complete list of available Bioclimate data products << | ||||
Annual mean temperature |
Annual mean temperature for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Annual mean diurnal range |
Annual mean diurnal range for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Monthly mean diurnal range |
Monthly mean diurnal range for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Diurnal temperature range |
Diurnal temperature range for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Isothermality (Annual mean diurnal range - Temperature annual range) (* 100) |
Annual Isothermality for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100) |
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100) for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Max temperature of warmest month |
Max temperature of warmest month for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Min temperature of coldest month |
Min temperature of coldest month for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Temperature annual range |
Temperature annual range for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Mean temperature of wettest quarter |
Mean temperature of wettest quarter for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Mean temperature of driest quarter |
Mean temperature of driest quarter for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Mean temperature of warmest quarter |
Mean temperature of warmest quarter for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Mean temperature of coldest quarter |
Mean temperature of coldest quarter for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Annual precipitation |
Annual precipitation for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Precipitation of wettest month |
Precipitation of wettest month for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Precipitation of Driest Month |
Precipitation of Driest Month for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation) |
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation) for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Precipitation of wettest quarter |
Precipitation of wettest quarter for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Precipitation of driest quarter |
Precipitation of driest quarter for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Precipitation of warmest quarter |
Precipitation of warmest quarter for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Precipitation of coldest quarter |
Precipitation of coldest quarter for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Annual Mean Radiation |
Annual Mean Radiation for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Highest Period Radiation |
Annual Highest Period Radiation for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Lowest Period Radiation |
Annual Lowest Period Radiation for each 0.01 degree grid cell of the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Radiation Seasonality (Coefficient of Variation) |
Annual Radiation Seasonality (Coefficient of Variation) for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Radiation of Wettest Quarter |
Annual Radiation of Wettest Quarter for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Radiation of Driest Quarter |
Annual Radiation of Driest Quarter for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Radiation of Warmest Quarter |
Annual Radiation of Warmest Quarter for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Radiation of Coldest Quarter |
Annual Radiation of Coldest Quarter for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Prof. Michael Hutchinson |
Available January, 2014 |
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Mean temperature of the coldest month |
Annual Mean temperature of the coldest month for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Bradley Evans |
Available January, 2014 |
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Mean temperature of the warmest month |
Annual Mean temperature of the warmest month for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Bradley Evans |
Available January, 2014 |
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Growing Degree Days - GDD0 |
Annual Growing Degree Days - GDD0 for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Bradley Evans |
Available January, 2014 |
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Growing Degree Days - GDD5 |
Annual Growing Degree Days - GDD5 for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Bradley Evans |
Available January, 2014 |
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Growing Degree Days - GDD10 |
Annual Growing Degree Days - GDD10 for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Bradley Evans |
Available January, 2014 |
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Potential Evapotranspiration |
Monthly Potential Evapotranspiration for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Bradley Evans |
Available January, 2014 |
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Moisture Index |
Monthly Moisture Index for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Bradley Evans |
Available January, 2014 |
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Cramer-Prentice "Alpha" : α |
Monthly Cramer-Prentice "Alpha" : α for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Bradley Evans |
Available January, 2014 |
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Seasonality |
Annual seasonality for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Bradley Evans |
Available January, 2014 |
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Timingsin |
Annual Timingsin for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Bradley Evans |
Available January, 2014 |
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Land Surface - Data Assimilation |
Assimilated land surface variables drived from national gridded climatologies and observations. |
Custodian: Luigi Renzullo |
Available March, 2014 |
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>> Click for the complete list of available Land Surface - DA data products << | ||||
AMSR-E soil moisture |
AMSR-E soil moisture for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Luigi Renzullo Institution: CSIRO Model: TBC Resolution: TBC |
Available March, 2014 |
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ASCAT soil moisture |
ASCAT soil moisture for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Luigi Renzullo Institution: CSIRO Model: TBC Resolution: TBC |
Available March, 2014 |
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Top-layer soil moisture |
Top-layer soil moisture for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Luigi Renzullo Institution: CSIRO Model: TBC Resolution: TBC |
Available March, 2014 |
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Shallow soil moisture |
Shallow soil moisture for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Luigi Renzullo Institution: CSIRO Model: TBC Resolution: TBC |
Available March, 2014 |
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Deep soil moisture |
Deep soil moisture for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Luigi Renzullo Institution: CSIRO Model: TBC Resolution: TBC |
Available March, 2014 |
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Canopy conductance |
Canopy conductance for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Luigi Renzullo Institution: CSIRO Model: TBC Resolution: TBC |
Available March, 2014 |
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Evapotranspiration |
Evapotranspiration for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Luigi Renzullo Institution: CSIRO Model: TBC Resolution: TBC |
Available March, 2014 |
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Gross Primary Production (DA) |
Gross Primary Production (DA) for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Luigi Renzullo Institution: CSIRO Model: TBC Resolution: TBC |
Available March, 2014 |
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Gross Primary Production (ePiSaT) |
Gross Primary Production (ePiSaT) for the Australian continent. Constrained using OzFlux observations, Australian Water Availability Project, Bureau of Meteorology and MODIS fAPAR data. |
Custodian: Bradley Evans Institution: Macquarie University Model: R-Package ePiSaT Resolution: 0.05 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Plant Traits Spatially extrapolated estimates of plant traits using data from TERN's Multi Scale Plot Network and other sources. |
The SOLO model uses an Artificial Neural Network to link disparate point observations and climate generate national maps of the plant traints. |
Custodian: Rhys Whitley |
Available March, 2014 |
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>> Click for the complete list of available Plant Trait data products << | ||||
Leaf nitrogen content per leaf area |
Leaf nitrogen content per leaf area for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Rhys Whitley |
Available March, 2014 |
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Leaf nitrogen content per leaf dry mass |
Leaf nitrogen content per leaf dry mass for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Rhys Whitley |
Available March, 2014 |
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Leaf phosphorus content per leaf area |
Leaf phosphorus content per leaf area for the Australian. |
Custodian: Rhys Whitley |
Available March, 2014 |
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Leaf phosphorus content per leaf dry mass |
Leaf phosphorus content per leaf dry mass for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Rhys Whitley |
Available March, 2014 |
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Specific leaf area |
Specific leaf area for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Rhys Whitley |
Available March, 2014 |
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Leaf area |
Leaf area for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Rhys Whitley Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Maximum plant height |
Maximum plant height for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Rhys Whitley Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Leaf delta 15N |
Leaf delta 15N for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Rhys Whitley Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Photosynthesis per leaf area |
Photosynthesis per leaf area for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Rhys Whitley Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Photosynthesis per leaf dry mass |
Photosynthesis per leaf dry mass for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Rhys Whitley Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Leaf stomatal conductance |
Leaf stomatal conductance for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Rhys Whitley Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Leaf delta 13C |
Leaf delta 13C for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Rhys Whitley Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Photosynthesis carboxylation capacity (Vcmax) |
Photosynthesis carboxylation capacity (Vcmax) for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Rhys Whitley Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Photosynthesis electron transport capacity (Jmax) |
Photosynthesis electron transport capacity (Jmax) for the Australian continent. |
Custodian: Rhys Whitley Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Land Surface - Machine Learning The Forest Biomass Assimilation Allocation and Respiration (FöBAAR) model |
FöBAAR uses model-data fusion techniques to constrain model parameters or states, evaluate competing model structures or process representations, and scale upwards in space or time, while simultaneously accounting for, and propagating, different sources of uncertainty. |
Custodian: Trevor Keenan |
Available March, 2014 |
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>> Click for the complete list of available Land Surface - ML data products << | ||||
Canopy conductance |
Canopy conductance for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. |
Custodian: Trevor Keenan Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Evapotranspiration |
Evapotranspiration for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. |
Custodian: Trevor Keenan Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Gross Primary Production |
Gross Primary Production for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. |
Custodian: Trevor Keenan Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Leaf nitrogen content per leaf area |
Leaf nitrogen content per leaf area for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. |
Custodian: Trevor Keenan Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Leaf nitrogen content per leaf dry mass |
Leaf nitrogen content per leaf dry mass for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. |
Custodian: Trevor Keenan Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Specific leaf area |
Specific leaf area for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. |
Custodian: Trevor Keenan Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Leaf area index |
Leaf area index for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. |
Custodian: Trevor Keenan Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Plant height |
Plant height for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. |
Custodian: Trevor Keenan Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Photosynthesis per leaf area |
Photosynthesis per leaf area for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. |
Custodian: Trevor Keenan Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Leaf stomatal conductance |
Leaf stomatal conductance for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. |
Custodian: Trevor Keenan Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Photosynthesis carboxylation capacity (Vcmax) |
Photosynthesis carboxylation capacity (Vcmax) for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. |
Custodian: Trevor Keenan Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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Photosynthesis electron transport capacity (Jmax) |
Photosynthesis electron transport capacity (Jmax) for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. |
Custodian: Trevor Keenan Institution: Macquarie University Model: SOLO Resolution: 0.01 degrees |
Available March, 2014 |
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