Climate-Adjusted Persistent Green Trend for Queensland and Northern Territory

A climate-adjusted linear trend of seasonal persistent green cover, derived from Landsat imagery and adjusted for rainfall. The analysis covers the period from 1987 to 2014 for Queensland and Northern Territory, Australia. The data is provided in geospatial formats including WMS, PNG, and TIF.

Use Cases

• Analyze the linear seasonal persistent green trend to assess long-term vegetation changes in Queensland and Northern Territory.
• Use the climate-adjusted persistent green product to isolate vegetation trends from rainfall variability.
• Map the derived seasonal persistent green cover to identify areas of perennial vegetation change over the 1987-2014 period.
• Integrate the WMS or TIF files with other geospatial layers for regional environmental monitoring.

Strengths

• Provides a 28-year temporal coverage from 1987 to 2014.
• Derived from Landsat satellite imagery using a defined algorithm for seasonal persistent green cover.
• Includes a climate-adjusted version of the trend, accounting for rainfall influences.
• Covers the specific geographies of Queensland and Northern Territory, Australia.

Limitations

• The underlying data is not current, with the analysis period ending in 2014.
• No columnar or sample data is provided, limiting understanding of the data's tabular structure.
• The dataset's size and specific row/feature counts are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery.

Collection Method

Derived from Landsat imagery using a weighted smooth spline fitting routine on seasonal green cover, followed by linear regression and climate adjustment.

Time Range

1987 to 2014.

Freshness

The metadata was last updated in March 2026, but the core data period ends in 2014.

Geography

Queensland and Northern Territory, Australia.