Monthly bare soil erosion rates measured in tons per hectare per month across the state of New South Wales for the year 2002. The data is provided by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water in PDF and GEOTIFF formats. It was last updated on May 17, 2026.
Use Cases
- Modeling annual sediment yield from hillslopes based on monthly erosion rates.
- Analyzing seasonal patterns of soil erosion across New South Wales.
- Calibrating regional hydrological models based on geospatial erosion data.
- Assessing land degradation risk based on bare soil erosion metrics.
Strengths
- Provides monthly temporal resolution for the full year of 2002.
- Covers the entire state of New South Wales, offering a regional perspective.
- Data is provided in a standard geospatial format (GEOTIFF) for analysis.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- Time Range
- 2002
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-17 20:15:18.502847; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- New South Wales, Australia