Boyagin Wandoo Woodland Phenocam Images and Phenology Data Collection

A dense time series of phenocam images captured half-hourly during daylight hours from the Boyagin Wandoo Woodland SuperSite. It includes derived data products such as time series of the Green Chromatic Coordinate (Gcc) for specific vegetation regions-of-interest. The site was established in 2017 within a Wandoo woodland and an agricultural area in the Boyagin Nature Reserve, Australia.

Use Cases

• Analyze the Green Chromatic Coordinate (Gcc) time series to study vegetation phenology and its response to climate variability.
• Use the half-hourly image time series to calibrate and validate satellite-derived remote sensing data for environmental monitoring.
• Compare vegetation structure and condition between the core Eucalypt woodland plot and the Ridgefield agricultural subsite using the image archive.

Strengths

• Images are captured at a high temporal frequency of half-hourly intervals during daylight hours.
• Data includes derived, analytically-ready products like Green Chromatic Coordinate (Gcc) time series for specific vegetation regions.
• The site provides a long-term record established in 2017, supporting analysis of ecological trends over time.

Limitations

• The dataset's spatial coverage is limited to two specific research plots within a single nature reserve in Australia.
• Data availability and potential gaps are dependent on continuous operation of fixed cameras in a field environment.
• The primary file formats are PNG for images and HTML for documentation, which may require processing for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Collected by fixed cameras installed at core vegetation plots, capturing images half-hourly during daylight hours.

Time Range

Time series beginning from the site's establishment in 2017, ongoing.

Freshness

Data is made available on an almost real-time basis, with a metadata record last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Boyagin Nature Reserve, Western Australia, specifically within Wandoo woodland and a dryland agricultural area.