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Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network: Fire Scar Mapping, Northern Territory, Australia, 1989+
- Citation
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Russell-Smith, J; Darwin Centre for Bushfires Research, Charles Darwin University; Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory; Director of National Parks (Parks Australia) (): Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network: Fire Scar Mapping, Northern Territory, Australia, 1989+. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern6.69.8/html
- Identifier
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- docid
- ltern6.69.8
- Data Creators
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- Individual
- Professor Jeremy Russell-Smith
- Position
- Plot Leader
- Organization
- Charles Darwin University
- Organization
- Darwin Centre for Bushfires Research, Charles Darwin University
- Organization
- Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory
- Organization
- Director of National Parks (Parks Australia)
- Abstract
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This package contains Geotiff images of fire affected areas in Kakadu and Nitmiluk National Park for the years 1989 onwards, and Litchfield National Park for the years 1990 onwards. Pre-2000 images are based on Landsat imagery and attribution of each burnt pixel is either early or late. Images from 2000 onwards is based on NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and each burnt pixel is tagged with the month that covers the largest part of the date interval in which the burnt pixel was detected; these Images are clipped from geotiff images of fire affected areas in far northern Australia available from North Australian Fire Information (NAFI) website. The images have a resolution of 250 m (pixel size). These data cover Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk National Parks, but are part of a larger data set that extends across far northern WA down to 21 degrees S, across the entire NT (down to 26 degrees S) and all of Qld (down to 29 degrees S). The NAFI mapping covers the years 2000 to present and since 2012, the mapping also includes northern SA down to 29 degrees S. Mapping landscapes north of 20 degrees S in WA, NT and Qld has been validated by aerial and on-ground transects across northern Australia.
- Contacts for Questions on the Use and Interpretation of Data
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- Individual
- Dr Peter Jacklyn
- Position
- Fire North coordinator
- Organization
- Charles Darwin University
- Address
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Darwin. Northern Territory 0909
- Email Address
- peter.jacklyn@cdu.edu.au
- Project Information and Data Owners
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- Title
- North Australian Fire Information NAFI
- Personnel
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- Role
- Content Provider
- Individual
- Dr Peter Jacklyn
- Position
- Fire North coordinator
- Organization
- Charles Darwin University
- Role
- Principal Investigator
- Individual
- Professor Jeremy Russell-Smith
- Position
- Plot Leader
- Organization
- Charles Darwin University
- Funding
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These data is collected as part of an ongoing program to map fire scars across northern Australian savannas and all of the NT. All fire scar mapping is available on the NAFI website and funded directly by the Federal Government and through Territory NRM. The site is hosted at Charles Darwin University. Hotspot data from Landgate W.A. and Geoscience Australia is used to present hotspots and to highlight fires in the process of mapping fire scars.
- Methods and Sampling Information
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- Methods
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Method Step 1
- Description
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Fire Mapping
Imagery from NASA (MODIS, Landsat) and NOAA (AVHRR) satellites is downloaded and processed using GIS software to identify and map fire scars for each month of the year. The processing includes detecting hot spots from current fires and using difference images to highlight previous fire scars.
Pre-2000 images attribute each burnt pixel as either early or late. From 2000 onwards, attributes denote the month that covers the largest part of the date interval in which the burnt pixel was detected.
No data is available for the year 1996 for Nitmiluk National Park.
- Instrument
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- ESRI ArcGIS 10.1, eCognition Developer8.6 and previously ER Mapper (for raster processing)
- Associated Parties
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- Role
- Content Provider
- Individual
- Rohan Fisher
- Position
- Participant
- Organization
- Charles Darwin University
- Keywords and Subject Categories
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- Keywords List
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- North Australia Fire Information
- NAFI
- History
- Fire
- GCMD
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- Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Fire Ecology
- Earth Science > Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Savannas
- LTERN Monitoring Themes
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- Fire
- ANZSRC-FOR
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- 0502
- Geographic Coverage
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- Geographic Description
- Kakadu National Park: the mapping is clipped to the boundary of Kakadu National Park, NT from fire scar mapping that extends across northern Australia, inclusive of all the Northern Territory.
- Bounding Coordinates
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- West
- 131.88766 degrees
- East
- 133.00257 degrees
- North
- -12.11059 degrees
- South
- -13.94659 degrees
- Geographic Description
- Litchfield National Park: the mapping is clipped to the boundary of Litchfield National Park, NT from fire scar mapping that extends across northern Australia, inclusive of all the Northern Territory.
- Bounding Coordinates
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- West
- 130.684447 degrees
- East
- 131.1 degrees
- North
- -13.038 degrees
- South
- -13.525891 degrees
- Geographic Description
- Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park: the mapping is clipped to the boundary of Nitmiluk National Park, NT from fire scar mapping that extends across northern Australia, inclusive of all the Northern Territory.
- Bounding Coordinates
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- West
- 132.16505 degrees
- East
- 132.74043 degrees
- North
- -13.81268 degrees
- South
- -14.39819 degrees
- Temporal Coverage
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- Date Begin
- 1989
- Date End
- 2017
- Intellectual Rights, Licence and Usage Conditions
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CC-BY-4_0 Special Conditions: Prior to publication of research utilising these data — the data provider (Jeremy Russell-Smith) must be consulted and provide consent. Attribution as displayed in the LTERN data portal.
- Other Entity
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- Name
- tps_kakadu_satellite_derived_fire_mapping_1989-2017_p829t1234.zip
- Description
- Kakadu National Park - Fire scar mapping 1989-2017
- Entity Type
- Other
- Physical Structure Description
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- Object Name
- tps_kakadu_satellite_derived_fire_mapping_1989-2017_p829t1234.zip
- Size
- 10068239 byte
- Externally Defined Format
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- Format Name
- application/octet-stream
- Distribution
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Online
- URL
- ltern6.189.1
- Access
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- Access Control
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- Auth System
- knb
- Order
- allowFirst
- Allow:
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Permission Principal [all] cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org [read] cn=pn_3parks_savanna,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org [read] cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
- Name
- tps_litchfield_satellite_derived_fire_mapping_1990-2017_p829t1235.zip
- Description
- Litchfield National Park - Fire scar mapping 1990-2017
- Entity Type
- Other
- Physical Structure Description
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- Object Name
- tps_litchfield_satellite_derived_fire_mapping_1990-2017_p829t1235.zip
- Size
- 1144629 byte
- Externally Defined Format
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- Format Name
- application/octet-stream
- Distribution
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Online
- URL
- ltern6.192.1
- Access
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- Access Control
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- Auth System
- knb
- Order
- allowFirst
- Allow:
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Permission Principal [all] cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org [read] cn=pn_3parks_savanna,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org [read] cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
- Name
- tps_nitmiluk_satellite_derived_fire_mapping_1989-2017_p829t1236.zip
- Description
- Nitmiluk National Park - Fire scar mapping 1989-2017
- Entity Type
- Other
- Physical Structure Description
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- Object Name
- tps_nitmiluk_satellite_derived_fire_mapping_1989-2017_p829t1236.zip
- Size
- 2575997 byte
- Externally Defined Format
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- Format Name
- application/octet-stream
- Distribution
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Online
- URL
- ltern6.193.1
- Access
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- Access Control
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- Auth System
- knb
- Order
- allowFirst
- Allow:
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Permission Principal [all] cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org [read] cn=pn_3parks_savanna,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org [read] cn=allusers,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
- Additional Metadata Links
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additionalLinksAdditional Metadata : additionalLinks
- Metadata
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- additionalLinks
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- url
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- @name
- Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network homepage
- Access
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- Access Control
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- Auth System
- knb
- Order
- allowFirst
- Allow:
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Permission Principal [read] public [all] cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org [read] cn=pn_3parks_savanna,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org
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