Robson Creek Rainforest Phenocam Images and Green Chromatic Coordinate Time Series

Providing half-hourly phenocam images and derived data products, including a time series of the Green Chromatic Coordinate (Gcc) for a specific vegetation region-of-interest. The data supports analysis of ecological responses to climate variability and calibration of satellite remote sensing. It originates from a 25-hectare site in the Australian Wet Tropics containing 208 plant species.

Use Cases

• Analyze the Green Chromatic Coordinate (Gcc) time series to study vegetation phenology and its response to seasonal climate patterns.
• Use half-hourly phenocam images to validate and calibrate satellite-derived remote sensing data for broader environmental monitoring.
• Investigate ecological responses to climate variability by correlating image-derived metrics with local rainfall and temperature data.
• Monitor long-term vegetation structure and condition in the 25-hectare rainforest site using the dense, fine-scale time series of images.

Strengths

• Provides a dense, half-hourly time series of images captured during daylight hours, enabling fine-scale temporal analysis.
• Includes derived data products like the Green Chromatic Coordinate (Gcc) time series for a specific vegetation region-of-interest.
• Site is ecologically well-characterized with 208 plant species and an average canopy height of 28 meters.
• Data is made available on an almost real-time basis, supporting near-current monitoring.

Limitations

• The spatial coverage is limited to a single 25-hectare site in the Australian Wet Tropics, limiting geographic generalizability.
• Image capture is restricted to daylight hours, creating gaps in the time series during night.
• The dataset's specific file formats (HTML, PNG) and lack of structured tabular data may require specialized processing for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Collected via fixed cameras (phenocams) installed at the TERN Robson Creek Rainforest SuperSite.

Time Range

Long-term record; specific start date is unknown, but data is collected half-hourly and updated near real-time.

Freshness

Data is updated on an almost real-time basis, with a last recorded update in March 2026.

Geography

A 25-hectare site in Danbulla National Park, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Atherton Tablelands, Australia (680-740 m elevation).