AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Mean monthly net radiation modelled using the 1&quot; DEM-S - 1&quot; tiles

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 1x1 degree tiles in ESRI float grid format. 813 tiles make up the extent of Australia. The 1 arcsecond mosaic data can be found here: https://data.csiro.au/dap/landingpage?pid=csiro:18670 .
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
Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network: Herpetofauna Survey, Southwest Slopes, NSW, Australia, 2015

Herpetofauna is surveyed every two years using artificial substrates and active search methods. Artificial substrates comprise eight standard roofing tiles, eight half-size (cut-off) railway sleepers and four sheets of corrugated iron per site. A set of two sheets of corrugated iron placed on top of one another, four half-size railways sleepers and four roofing tiles are placed around a point at the 0 m and 100 m point of the permanent 200 m transect. These artificial substrates are gently turned over to record occupants with some of the animals hand-captured to identify the species, substrates are replaced and then the animals put carefully back underneath the substrates. Active searching is done by gently turning over any rocks, logs or fallen bark at locations along a 200 m transect for 20 minites. Several measurements including sex, age and tail condition are recorded where possible. Sightings of exotic species (e.g. rats) are also recorded. 
The principle objective of the Nanangroe study is to directly quantify changes in woodland vertebrate assemblages and their relationships with habitat variables when the surrounding landscape matrix is converted from a semi-cleared grazing landscape to a landscape dominated by an exotic softwood plantation (Lindenmayer, DB, Cunningham, RB, MacGregor, C, Tribolet, C &amp; Donnelly, CF 2001, ‘A prospective longitudinal study of landscape matrix effects on fauna in woodland remnants: experimental design and baseline data’, Biological Conservation, vol 101 no 2, p. 160).
The study area is located in the Southwest slopes of NSW west of Lake Burrinjuck and includes four exotic Pine Plantations (Nanangroe, Cotway, East Bungongo and Bungongo), as well as private properties adjacent those plantations. Repeated sampling of the vegetation structure and cover and selected vertebrate groups on all sites from 1998 has created a long term dataset. 
A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Nanangroe Plantation Forest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/nanangroe-plantation

Tags: Artificial substrates, Fragmentation, Grazing domestic livestock, Herpetofauna
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Precipitation of warmest quarter: eMAST-R-Package 2.0, 0.01 degree, Australian Coverage, 1970-2012

Precipitation of warmest quarter for the Australian continent. Warmest quarter is the set of 3 consecutive months for which the mean temperature over the selected period is higher 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
Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network: Plot-based Fire Severity Monitoring, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 1995–2011

A total of 220 permanent monitoring plots (40 m x 20 m) were established across three parks (Kakadu, Litchfield and Nitmiluk) in 1994-1995 to monitor biotic change. Of these, 41 plots are located in Litchfield. These sample a variety of landform and vegetation type /habitat conditions. A substantial proportion of plots were positioned deliberately at sites likely to reveal environmental dynamics, especially at ecotones and in patches of fire-sensitive vegetation. For example stands of Callitris, sandstone heaths. As well, many plots are located at, or in the near vicinity of, intensively managed sites such as camp-grounds and other tourist destinations. 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: Fire, Litchfield, National Parks, Savanna, Vegetation, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Mallee Plot Network: Vegetation Survey Data (Floristics and Structure), Western New South Wales and South Australia, Australia, 2013

The Mallee Plot Network Vegetation Survey (Floristics and Structure) Data Package contains vegetation survey data for fifty-three experimental 0.2 hectare sites which were established on dune crests and upper slopes in Tarawi Nature Reserve; Scotia Sanctuary and Danggali National Park.  The floristic data collected includes census data for seedlings and established plants and structural data including estimates of cover and height for vegetation strata.
The Mallee Plot Network research plots commenced in 1996 and were revisited annually for 3 years and then on a decadal basis. 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: Census data, Established plants, Estimates of cover, Height, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Seedlings, Structural, Vegetation strata., Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - P_ADHO1DB3 Vegetation Survey

Adhoc Private land Surveys mostly for VCAs in Eden RFA area. The P_ADHO1DB3(Adhoc Private land Surveys mostly for VCAs in Eden RFA area) 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 mearnsii De Wild., Cassinia longifolia R.Br., Cassinia trinerva N.A.Wakef., Coldenia procumbens, Corchorus sericeus subsp. sericeus, Desmodium gunnii Benth. ex Hook.f., Dichelachne inaequiglumis (Hack. ex Cheeseman) Edgar & Connor, Dichondra repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Eucalyptus bosistoana F.Muell., Eucalyptus globoidea Blakely, Eucalyptus maidenii F.Muell., Eucalyptus rhombica, Exocarpos strictus R.Br., Flora, Hovea linearis (Sm.) R.Br., Indigofera australis Willd., Landscape, Lomandra longifolia Labill., Poa meionectes Vickery, Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne, Species Presence/Abundance, Streptoglossa adscendens, Themeda arguens, Vegetation Structure, Xerochrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Anderb. & Haegi
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Monthly runoff: ANUClimate 1.0, 0.01 degree, Australian Coverage, 1970-2012

Monthly runoff for the Australian continent between 1970-2012. The monthly surface runoff was modelled using a modified version of the two parameter XG monthly runoff model. The model was separately calibrated for each of ten meta-classes of a national ecohydrological environment classification (Pusey et al. 2009) using eMAST monthly precipitation and pan evaporation data and monthly streamflow data for 347 streamflow gauges . Raw monthly runoff grids were then calculated using the calibrated runoff model and input monthly precipitation and pan evaporation grids as provided by eMAST_ANUClimate_mon_prec_v1m0_1970_2012 and eMAST_ANUClimate_mon_evap_v1m0_1970_2012. These runoff grids were made consistent with the ecohydrological classification by resampling at 9 second resolution and reassembling at 0.01 degree resolution. The runoff outputs are in terms of mm per month for each grid cell. These outputs are accumulated downstream in eMAST_ANUClimate_mon_acrf_v1m0_1970_2012. A full description of these runoff grids is in preparation.

Tags: 0406 - Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience, EARTH SCIENCES
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Nanangroe Plantation Plot Network: Opportunistic Frogs Spotlight Survey, Southwest Slopes, NSW, Australia, 1999+

This frogs survey data package comprises spotlight surveys conducted every two years along 200 metre fixed transects at each site for 20 minutes per site. Animal species and abundance are recorded. Distances along and adjacent to a transect are also recorded. If animals are up on a tree, tree species and animal height (distance from the ground to the animal) are also recorded. 
The principle objective of the Nanangroe study is to directly quantify changes in woodland vertebrate assemblages and their relationships with habitat variables when the surrounding landscape matrix is converted from a semi-cleared grazing landscape to a landscape dominated by an exotic softwood plantation (Lindenmayer, DB, Cunningham, RB, MacGregor, C, Tribolet, C &amp; Donnelly, CF 2001, ‘A prospective longitudinal study of landscape matrix effects on fauna in woodland remnants: experimental design and baseline data’, Biological Conservation, vol 101 no 2, p. 160).
The study area is located in the Southwest Slopes of NSW west of Lake Burrinjuck and includes four exotic Pine Plantations (Nanangroe, Cotway, East Bungongo and Bungongo), as well as private properties adjacent those plantations. Repeated sampling of the vegetation structure and cover and selected vertebrate groups on all sites from 1998 has created a long term dataset. 
A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Nanangroe Plantation Forest Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/nanangroe-plantation.

Tags: Artificial substrates, Fragmentation, Grazing domestic livestock, Herpetofauna
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales - SARATOGA Vegetation Survey

Proposed cycleway from Saratoga to Kincumber with interesting vegetation. The SARATOGA(Proposed cycleway from Saratoga to Kincumber with interesting vegetation) 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: Acmena smithii (Poir.) Merr. & L.M.Perry, Angophora costata (Gaertn.) Britten, Baumea juncea (R.Br.) Palla, Casuarina glauca Sieber ex Spreng., Crotalaria medicaginea var. linearis, Cryptocarya microneura Meisn., Digitaria papposa, Duboisia myoporoides R.Br., Ehretia sp. (Whitfield Range R.Jago 17), Eucalyptus portuensis, Eustrephus latifolius R.Br. ex Ker Gawl., Flora, Frankenia gracilis, Gahnia clarkei Benl, Glochidion ferdinandi (Mull.Arg.) F.M.Bailey, Gomphocarpus sp., Hibbertia scandens (Willd.) Gilg, Juncus kraussii subsp. australiensis Hochst., Lantana camara L., Leptospermum polygalifolium Salisb., Leucopogon lanceolatus R.Br., Litsea reticulata (Meisn.) F.Muell., Lomandra longifolia Labill., Morinda jasminoides A.Cunn., Myoporum acuminatum R.Br., Myrsine howittiana F.Muell. ex Mez, Myrsine variabilis (R.Br.) Mez, Ophioglossaceae sp., Pandorea pandorana (Andrews) Steenis, Parsonsia brownii (Britten) Pichon, Pittosporum revolutum Dryand. ex W.T.Aiton, Plantae sp., Plantago drummondii, Pseuderanthemum variabile (R.Br.) Radlk., Pultenaea flexilis Sm., Samolus repens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Pers., Scaevola spinescens, Selliera radicans Cav., Sloanea australis subsp. parviflora, Smilax australis R.Br., Smilax glyciphylla Sm., Species Presence/Abundance, Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth, Toechima tenax, Tristaniopsis collina Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh., Trochocarpa laurina (Rudge) R.Br., Vegetation Structure, Viola hederacea
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Three Parks Savanna Fire-effects Plot Network: Plot-based Vegetation Sampling Data, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 1994–2013

The Three Parks Savanna Fire-Effects Network was established in 1994 with the primary aim of training management staff and assisting with the development of adaptive approaches to conservation-based fire management in regional savanna systems. The full program assesses fire regimes and their impacts on plant and vertebrate biodiversity components. The program comprises two complementary elements –mapping of fire histories based upon interpretation of satellite imagery, and assessment of vegetation and faunal components at a large series of permanent monitoring plots located across respective parks. The vegetation data comprises quantitative assessment of all species in three major strata within 800 square meter plots. Faunal assessments are undertaken in the immediate vicinity of respective plots. The occurrence of fire is assessed bi-annually on-ground and satellite derived fire mapping is conducted three times a year. A full inventory of vegetation is undertaken every five years. Terrestrial vertebrates are monitored systematically but on an irregular and less frequent basis. This dataset comprises the vegetation sampling data from the 133 plots located in Kakadu National Park. *Note: Plots are located within a National Park and physical access to the plots is restricted.
*Note: This package used to be called "Monitoring the impacts of fire regimes on vegetation in northern Australia: Plot based vegetation sampling data, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory Australia, 1994–2013", but was relabelled for consistency.

Tags: Fire, Flora, Individual plants, Invasive plants, Kakadu, Parks, Plant species abundance, Plant species composition, Savanna, Shrubs, Trees, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Woodland Restoration Plot Network: Vegetation Structure and Composition Data, Western Sydney Parklands (Western Sydney Regional Park), Australia, 2012

The Woodland Restoration Plot Network Vegetation Structure and Composition Data Package contains vegetation floristics and structure survey data for thirty-six 0.1 hectare sites which were established on retired farmland that includes a mosaic of restored vegetation (native plantings) of varying ages juxtaposed with patches of remnant vegetation and untreated, abandoned pasture. All sites were originally woodland prior to agricultural development about 200 years ago.  The Woodland Restoration Plot Network research plots commenced in 1992 and have been revisited every 3-4 years since 2001. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Woodland Restoration Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/woodland-restoration

Tags: Plant species composition, Vegetation structure
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~50km resolution, 2020-2039 period, CCCMA3.1 and R1 ensemble member

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Macarthur Forest Fire Danger index.  Modelled fire frequency projections at ~50km resolution for 2020-2039 period using CCCMA3.1 and R1 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
McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index: NARCliM dataset: ~50km resolution, 2020-2039 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 2020-2039 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
Tropical Rainforest Plot Network: Rainforest Tree Demographic Data (Plot EP19), 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 EP19, 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
Victorian Alpine Plot Network (Phenology Studies): Climate Data, South-east Highlands, Australia, 2014–2015

These data comprise two sets of average hourly temperature data, each for a subset of the 481 long term monitoring plots which have been established in Australian Alps during the 2011–12 season.
This is part of a dataset that spans from during data collected in 2011 to document long-term effects directly through climate and indirectly through biotic interactions. The Victorian Alpine Plot Network research plots are revisited 4 times per year. 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, Climate change, On plot weather, Temperature, Weather
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Plot Network: Bird Count Survey Data, Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory, 2013

This bird count data package comprises repeated time-controlled point interval counts conducted annually along a permanent 100 metre-long transect.  The abundance of species observed or heard is recorded, and counts are not undertaken in poor weather (rain, fog or high wind).  Two five-minute counts are conducted at each site, one at the 20 m mark and the other at 80 m mark of the transect. All birds seen or heard are recorded and assigned to different distance classes.  Each site is surveyed on a different day by a different observer to reduce day effects on detection and reduce problems with observer differences.  Surveys are usually completed around late September each year.  Bird count surveys commenced in 2003 and have been conducted since on an annual basis, with the exception of 2008 when there was no survey. 
The Jervis Bay 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.
This particular study forms part of the collection of data packages from the Jervis Bay Plot Network.  A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Jervis Bay Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/jervis-bay-booderee-national-park.

Tags: Birds, Booderee National Park
Organization: Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery