AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - V_GULAGDP3 Vegetation Survey

NPWS Far South Coast Region validation  Southern CRA Vegetation Map in Gulaga NP. The V_GULAGDP3(NPWS Far South Coast Region validation  Southern CRA Vegetation Map in Gulaga NP) Survey is part of the Vegetation Information System Survey Program of New South Wales which is a series of systematic vegetation surveys conducted across the state between 1970 and the present.

Tags: Flora, Juncus kraussii subsp. australiensis Hochst., Lepidosperma longitudinale Labill., Myoporum acuminatum R.Br., Selliera radicans Cav., Sloanea australis subsp. parviflora, Species Presence/Abundance, Tetragonia tetragonioides (Pall.) Kuntze, Trigonella suavissima, Vegetation Structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot WOUR13, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2014

The Desert Uplands Plot Network Bird Count Data contains bird fauna data for 1 of 50 permanent 1 hectare plots in Northern Queensland, Australia. This data publication refers specifically to observations made at Plot WOUR13.
The CSIRO permanent plots are situated in Tropical Ironbark Woodlands, and extend across four leasehold cattle properties that lie within an area approximately 50km by 50km. The plots represent three vegetation management strategies, namely: 1) clearing (where all trees and shrubs are removed); 2) thinning (where ground and midstorey vegetation is removed); and 3) unmodiﬁed native woodlands where signiﬁcant thinning or clearing has not occurred. Within each 1 ha site, eight five-minute diurnal bird counts are conducted over a four day period. Two counts are completed per day at each site: one count in the morning within three hours of sunrise and the other a minimum of three hours after this period and before sunset.
This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 2004 to 2014. Note that previous studies were undertaken at 60 permanent 1 hectare plots and that this data is accessible as a composite data package:
Metcalfe, D; Vanderduys, E (2015): Desert Uplands Plot Network, Bird Count Data and Notes, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2014. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.285/html.  
The spatial coordinates for this plot are provided in the following data publication:
Metcalfe, D; Vanderduys, E (2014): Desert Uplands Plot Network: Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates, Northern Queensland, Australia. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.167/html
The Desert Uplands research plots commenced in 2004, and have been revisited in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013 and 2014. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Desert Uplands Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-uplands

Tags: Birds, Grazing domestic livestock
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - JTH_EN Vegetation Survey

Vegetation Survey site of Region: EN. The JTH_EN(Vegetation Survey site of Region: EN) Survey is part of the Vegetation Information System Survey Program of New South Wales which is a series of systematic vegetation surveys conducted across the state between 1970 and the present.

Tags: Acacia dealbata Link subsp. dealbata, Acacia gunnii Benth., Acacia implexa Benth., Amyema pendula (Sieber ex Spreng.) Tiegh. subsp. pendula, Angophora floribunda (Sm.) Sweet, Aristida personata Henrard, Asperula conferta Hook.f., Brachyloma daphnoides subsp. glabrum (Blakely) J.T.Hunter, Bursaria spinosa Cav., Carex inversa R.Br., Chaerophyllum eriopodum (DC.) Hook.f., Chrysocephalum semipapposum (Labill.) Steetz, Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten., Conyza sumatrensis (Retz.) E.Walker, Coronidium scorpioides (Labill.) Paul G. Wilson, Cryptandra amara Sm. var. amara, Cryptocarya rhodosperma, Cymbonotus lawsonianus Gaudich., Cymbopogon refractus (R.Br.) A.Camus, Cyperus polystachyos, Cyperus tetraphyllus, Daviesia latifolia R.Br., Dianella caerulea Sims, Dichondra repens, Dichondra repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Dillwynia phylicoides A.Cunn., Diospyros calycantha, Disturbance, Diuris abbreviata Benth., Einadia hastata (R.Br.) A.J.Scott, Elatine gratioloides, Erosion, Eucalyptus andrewsii Maiden, Eucalyptus blakelyi Maiden, Eucalyptus elliptica Blakely & McKie, Eucalyptus major, Eucalyptus nicholii Maiden & Blakely, Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieber ex Spreng., Eucalyptus stellulata Sieber ex DC., Euchiton sp., Festuca rubra L. subsp. rubra, Ficus septica, Flora, Geology, Geranium solanderi Carolin var. solanderi, Goodenia hederacea Sm. subsp. hederacea, Hibbertia acicularis (Labill.) F.Muell., Hibbertia obtusifolia (DC.) A.Gray, Indigofera australis Willd., Landscape, Leucopogon lanceolatus R.Br. var. lanceolatus, Lithology, Lomandra longifolia Labill., Lomandra multiflora (R.Br.) Britten subsp. multiflora, Melichrus urceolatus R.Br., Ocimum tenuiflorum, Opercularia diphylla Gaertn., Ophioglossum sp., Paspalum dilatatum Poir., Patersonia sericea R.Br., Phyllanthus lamprophyllus, Pimelea latifolia subsp. latifolia, Pimelea neo-anglica Threlfall, Pittosporum revolutum, Plantae sp., Plantago lanceolata L., Poa sieberiana Vickery, Premna acuminata, Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne, Pultenaea linophylla sensu Weston, Pultenaea millarii var. millarii, Ranunculus lappaceus Sm., Rosa rubiginosa L., Rubus anglocandicans A.Newton, Rubus parvifolius L., Rytidosperma pallidum (R.Br.) A.M.Humphreys & H.P.Linder, Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f., Senna artemisioides subsp. coriacea, Sigesbeckia sp., Soil, Species Presence/Abundance, Themeda australis Forssk., Tribulus cistoides, Triumfetta micracantha, Utricularia lateriflora, Vegetation Structure, Veronica calycina R.Br., Vittadinia sulcata N.T.Burb., Wahlenbergia communis Carolin, Wendlandia basistaminea, Wurmbea dioica (R.Br.) F.Muell. subsp. dioica, Zornia floribunda
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network: Terrestrial Mammal Survey Data, Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory, 2012–2014

This terrestrial mammal trapping data package comprises terrestrial mammal survey data recorded biennially over three consecutive nights.  Surveys involve the use of ten baited Elliott Traps and six cage traps which are placed at each site.
The Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network was established in 2002 in Booderee National Park in the Jervis Bay Territory, South-eastern Australia.  The study location is a floristically diverse area in which fire history has been well-documented over several decades.
The plot network’s objectives involve quantifying the inter-relationships between natural disturbance and/or management intervention (including weed and feral animal control and prescribed burning) and the reciprocal changes in vegetation condition and biodiversity response.
The Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network study forms part of the collection of data packages by this plot network.  A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/jervis-bay-booderee-national-park.

Tags: Booderee National Park, Mammals
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes for Plot PENR05, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013

The Desert Uplands Plot Network Bird Count Data contains bird fauna data for 1 of 50 permanent 1 hectare plots in Northern Queensland, Australia. This data publication refers specifically to observations made at Plot PENR05. 
The CSIRO permanent plots are situated in Tropical Ironbark Woodlands, and extend across four leasehold cattle properties that lie within an area approximately 50km by 50km. The plots represent three vegetation management strategies, namely: 1) clearing (where all trees and shrubs are removed); 2) thinning (where ground and midstorey vegetation is removed); and 3) unmodiﬁed native woodlands where signiﬁcant thinning or clearing has not occurred. Within each 1 ha site, eight five-minute diurnal bird counts are conducted over a four day period. Two counts are completed per day at each site: one count in the morning within three hours of sunrise and the other a minimum of three hours after this period and before sunset.
This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 2004 to 2013. Note that previous studies were undertaken at 60 permanent 1 hectare plots and that this data is accessible as a composite data package:
Metcalfe, D; Vanderduys, E (2014): Desert Uplands Plot Network: Bird Count Data and Notes, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2013. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.145.23/html
The Desert Uplands research plots commenced in 2004, and have been revisited in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2013. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Desert Uplands Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-uplands

Tags: Birds, Grazing domestic livestock
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Alpine Summit Plots): Plot Details - Spatial Coordinates for Lowland-to-highland Roadside Transects Data, South-East Highlands, Australia

This Victorian Alpine Plot Network Road Transects Data Package comprises transect-based vegetation data for Lowland-to-highland Roadside Transects in the South-East Highlands, Australia.  These data have been used against background quadrat data to test a hypothesis about roads as vectors for dispersal of invasive species.  Plots are located at attitudinally stratified intervals along five attitudinally-stratified transects. The transects follow major roads and management tracks in the Victorian Alps.  Each road is divided into 20 altitudinal sectors in which a single plot is situated. Within each plot, all species are identified and are assigned cover scores. 
The Alpine Summit plots study, which commenced in 2001, forms part of the collection of data packages by the Victorian Alpine Plot Network.  A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Victorian Alpine Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/victorian-alpine.

Tags: Alpine National Park, Altitudinal gradient, Compositional changes, Individual plants, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Species richness, Vegetation structure, Weed invasion
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Mallee Plot Network: Weather Station Data, Western New South Wales and South Australia, Australia, 2015

These data are the rainfall readings from sites in Tarawi Nature Reserve and Scotia Sanctuary.
Between 1996 and 2011, 53 experimental sites were established on dune crests and upper slopes, of which 29 are located in Tarawi Nature Reserve, 16 are in Scotia Sanctuary and 8 are in Danggali Conservation Park. After initial censuses in three consecutive years (before and after prescribed fire) or two consecutive years (after wildfire), sites are revisited approximately every five years. 
A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Mallee Plot Network’s full program is provided at  http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/mallee.

Tags: Climate change, On plot weather, Precipitation, Rain
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Annual 1976-2005 mean precipitation of coldest quarter: eMAST-R-Package 2.0, 0.01 degree, Australian Coverage

Annual mean precipitation of coldest quarter for the Australian continent for the baseline climatic average of monthly 1976-2005 data. Mean temperature of coldest quarter for the Australian continent. Coldest quarter is the set of 3 consecutive months for which the mean temperature over the selected period is lower than any other set of 3 consecutive months. Modelled using eMAST-R-Package 2.0

Tags: 04 EARTH SCIENCES, 0401 Atmospheric Sciences
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~50km resolution, 1990-2009 period, CCCMA3.1 and R2 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~50km resolution for 1990-2009 period using CCCMA3.1 and R2 ensemble member using the WRF 3.3 model.  This product will provide policy makers, land managers and researchers access to accurate and temporally fine scaled information with which to make hazard reduction and management strategies.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network (Fauna): Bird Count Survey, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2016

These data are records of all bird observations during the 2016 Litchfield survey. A total of 220 permanent monitoring plots were established between 1994-2002 across three parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk) in the Top End of the Northern Territory, representing the Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network. A detailed flora and fauna survey has been conducted at each plot on a 5-6 year cycle to monitor biotic changes. Plots represent a variety of landforms and vegetation types. 
Litchfield National Park contains 40 plots. In 2016, 20 plots were surveyed for terrestrial vertebrate fauna using a range of survey methods. In addition, at all plots sampling also occurred at a second plot directly adjacent to the traditional plot.
At each paired plot 12 x 10 minute bird surveys were conducted during daylight hours during a 4 day period. Bird surveys were carried out within a 100 x 100 metre quadrat, encompassing the standard 50 x 50 metre trapping grid and an additional 25 metre around all sides.
A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Three Park Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/three-parks-savanna

Tags: Birds, Invasive animals, Litchfield National Park, Vertebrates
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Rainforest Tree Demographic Data, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2011-2013

The LTERN Tropical Rainforest Plot Network Rainforest Tree Demographic Data contains stem measurement data from 20, 0.5 ha (100 m x 50 m) permanent rainforest plots in Northern Queensland, Australia from 2011 to 2013. This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 1971 to 2013 that is managed by CSIRO.  The CSIRO permanent rainforest plots are located within 60 km of the north Queensland coast between Mackay (21.5ºS, 149ºE) and the Iron Range on Cape York Peninsula (12.5ºS, 143ºE). The plots have a rainfall range of 1200 to 3500 mm, represent eleven vegetation types, six parent materials, and range from 15 m to 1200 m above sea level. Except for minor disturbances associated with selective logging on two plots, the plots were established in old growth forest and all plots have thereafter been protected. Plots were regularly censused and at each census the diameter at breast height (DBH) of all stems ≥10 cm DBH is recorded.  Due to the wide geographical range of the plots, no species dominate, although the families Lauraceae, Rutaceae and Myrtaceae contribute a large number of species. The data collected from the 20 plots provides an insight into the floristical composition, structure and long term forest dynamics of Australian tropical rainforests and allows direct comparisons to be made with long-term monitoring plots at a global scale (Bradford, M.G., Murphy, H.T., Ford, A.J., Hogan, D. and Metcalfe, D.J. (2014). Long term stem inventory data from tropical rainforest plots in Australia. Ecology 95:2362. http://www.rainforest-crc.jcu.edu.au/publications/permanent_plots1.pdf.   A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Tropical Rainforest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/tropical-rainforest.

Tags: Australia, Individual plants, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Vegetation structure, biomass, cyclone, disturbance, hurricane, mortality, permanent plot, rainforest, recruitment, stem growth, stem height
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Mean monthly net radiation modelled using the 1&quot; DEM-S - 1&quot; mosaic

Mean monthly solar radiation was modelled across Australia using topography from the 1 arcsecond resolution SRTM-derived DEM-S and climatic and land surface data. The SRAD model (Wilson and Gallant, 2000) was used to derive:
•   Incoming short-wave radiation on a sloping surface
•   Short-wave radiation ratio (shortwave on sloping surface / shortwave on horizontal surface)
•   Incoming long-wave radiation
•   Outgoing long-wave radiation
•   Net long-wave radiation
•   Net radiation
•   Sky view factor
All radiation values are in MJ/m2/day except for short-wave radiation ratio which has no units. The sky view factor is the fraction of the sky visible from a grid cell relative to a horizontal plane.
The radiation values are determined for the middle day of each month (14th or 15th) using long-term average atmospheric conditions (such as cloudiness and atmospheric transmittance) and surface conditions (albedo and vegetation cover). They include the effect of terrain slope, aspect and shadowing (for sun positions at 5 minute intervals from sunrise to sunset), direct and diffuse radiation and sky view.
The monthly data in this collection are available at 1 arcsecond resolution as single (mosaicked) grids for Australia in TIFF format. The 1 arcsecond tiled data can be found here: https://data.csiro.au/dap/landingpage?pid=csiro:9630 .
The 3 arcsecond resolution versions of these radiation surfaces have been produced from the 1 arcsecond resolution surfaces by aggregating the cells in a 3x3 window and taking the mean value.
The 3 arcsecond mosaic data can be found here: https://data.csiro.au/dap/landingpage?pid=csiro:18671

Tags: Australia, ECOLOGY Landscape, LAND Topography Models, Land Surface, Monthly net radiation, TERN_Soils
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Daily evapotranspiration, 97.5th percentile of the ensemble of model estimates. AWRA 0.5, 0.05 degree, Australian Coverage, 2000-2011

Modelled evapotranspiration (mm day) using the Australian Water Resources Assessment model via assimilation of satellite soil moisture products: 97.5th percentile of the ensemble of model estimates.   Note that the data represents the mean of an ensemble of 100 modelled estimates for each data derived via perturbed meteorological forcing. Resolution of the output data is 0.05-degree for the whole country.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - V_IMLAYDP3 Vegetation Survey

NPWS Far South Coast Region validation  Eden CRA Vegetation Map in Mt Imlay NP. The V_IMLAYDP3(NPWS Far South Coast Region validation  Eden CRA Vegetation Map in Mt Imlay NP) Survey is part of the Vegetation Information System Survey Program of New South Wales which is a series of systematic vegetation surveys conducted across the state between 1970 and the present.

Tags: Acacia cognata Domin, Baloskion tenuiculme, Cassinia trinerva N.A.Wakef., Clematis glycinoides DC., Corchorus sericeus subsp. densiflorus, Cryptocarya pleurosperma, Cyathea australis (R.Br.) Domin, Eragrostis tenuifolia, Eucalyptus cypellocarpa L.A.S.Johnson, Eucalyptus elata Dehnh., Eucalyptus leucophloia subsp. euroa, Eucalyptus portuensis, Eucalyptus radiata Sieber ex DC. subsp. radiata, Flora, Glochidion philippicum, Gomphocarpus sp., Goodia lotifolia Salisb., Hakea eriantha R.Br., Hierochloe rariflora Hook.f., Landscape, Leucopogon lanceolatus R.Br., Plantae sp., Poa meionectes Vickery, Prostanthera lasianthos Labill., Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne, Sannantha pluriflora (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Andrews, Senna artemisioides subsp. artemisioides, Species Presence/Abundance, Sticherus lobatus N.A.Wakef., Terminalia sp., Tylophora barbata R.Br., Vegetation Structure, Viola hederacea Labill., Zygochloa paradoxa
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~10km resolution, 1970-1989 period, NNRP and R2 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~10km resolution for 1970-1989 period using NNRP and R2 ensemble member using the WRF 3.3 model.  This product will provide policy makers, land managers and researchers access to accurate and temporally fine scaled information with which to make hazard reduction and management strategies.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Rainforest Tree Demographic Data (Plot EP33), Northern Queensland, Australia, 2011–2013

The LTERN Tropical Rainforest Plot Network Rainforest Tree Demographic Data contains stem measurement data for 1 of 20, 0.5 ha (100 m x 50 m) permanent rainforest plots in Northern Queensland, Australia from 2011 to 2013.  
This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 1971 to 2013 that is managed by CSIRO. This data publication refers specifically to observations made at Plot EP33, and  this data is accessible as a composite data package at the following location:
Metcalfe, D; Murphy, H; Bradford, M; Hogan, D; Ford, A (2014): Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Rainforest Tree Demographic Data, Northern Queensland, Australia, 2011-2013. Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern2.90.42/html 
The CSIRO permanent rainforest plots are located within 60 km of the north Queensland coast between Mackay (21.5ºS, 149ºE) and the Iron Range on Cape York Peninsula (12.5ºS, 143ºE). The plots have a rainfall range of 1200 to 3500 mm, represent eleven vegetation types, six parent materials, and range from 15 m to 1200 m above sea level. Except for minor disturbances associated with selective logging on two plots, the plots were established in old growth forest and all plots have thereafter been protected. Plots were regularly censused and at each census the diameter at breast height (DBH) of all stems ≥10 cm DBH is recorded.  Due to the wide geographical range of the plots, no species dominate, although the families Lauraceae, Rutaceae and Myrtaceae contribute a large number of species. The data collected from the 20 plots provides an insight into the floristical composition, structure and long term forest dynamics of Australian tropical rainforests and allows direct comparisons to be made with long-term monitoring plots at a global scale (Bradford, M.G., Murphy, H.T., Ford, A.J., Hogan, D. and Metcalfe, D.J. (2014). Long term stem inventory data from tropical rainforest plots in Australia. Ecology 95:2362. http://www.rainforest-crc.jcu.edu.au/publications/permanent_plots1.pdf. This is part of a much larger dataset that spans from 2004 to 2014; a synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Tropical Rainforest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/tropical-rainforest.

Tags: Australia, Individual plants, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Vegetation structure, biomass, cyclone, disturbance, hurricane, mortality, permanent plot, rainforest, recruitment, stem growth, stem height
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery