Seasonal Ground Cover Reference Images for Queensland and Northern Territory

Queensland and Northern Territory coverage of seasonal fractional ground cover images, created using a modified dynamic reference cover method. The product has been superseded and will not be processed from early 2023, with an updated version available. It was last updated on the platform in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Monitor seasonal vegetation changes based on fractional ground cover imagery.
• Identify areas of persistent low ground cover for land management based on the minimum cover image.
• Analyze land degradation signals based on negative difference values indicating less cover than reference pixels.
• Exclude unsuitable landforms like cleared areas and undulating slopes from reference pixel selection.

Strengths

• Based on a peer-reviewed method (Bastin et al., 2012) with modifications for seasonal analysis.
• Explicitly excludes cleared areas and certain landforms to improve reference pixel suitability.
• Platform metadata indicates a last update timestamp of 2026 03 20 14:52:12.264574.

Limitations

• The dataset has been superseded and will not be processed from early 2023.
• Row count, column definitions, and sample data are unavailable, limiting suitability assessment.
• Available file formats (HTML, PNG, TXT, PDF) suggest the primary data may be embedded in documentation or images rather than a structured data file.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Created using a modified dynamic reference cover method applied to Landsat imagery.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is not explicitly stated, but processing ceased in early 2023.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-20 14:52:12.264574; freshness should be verified

Geography

Queensland and Northern Territory, Australia.