Recent developments in the availability and delivery of biogeochemical datasets through the

TERN Australian Supersite NetworkMirko Karan Marco Fhami Mike Liddell

Data sharing lifecycle/and

increasing knowledge

Ecosystem Science

Research Question

Proposal and Funding

Researcher(s) and Data Collection

Data Sets + Meta-data

Research Output

Data Processing, Analysis, Integration and Synthesis.

TERN Data Portal+License + Identifier

Australian Supersite Network

FNQ Rainforest

SEQ Peri-urban

Cumberland Plain EucFACE

Tumbarumba Wet Eucalypt

Victorian Dry Eucalypt

Warra Tall Eucalypt

Calperum Mallee

Alice Mulga

Litchfield Savanna

Great Western Woodland

A collaborative Network approachEach Supersite hosts a flux tower - OzFluxConsistent monitoring protocols - AusCover, AusPlots, Soils, CoastalData collated across spatial & temporal scales - modelling eMAST

Supersite DataAustralian Supersite NetworkPlant physiology, biomass, structureSoils characterisationHydrologyBiodiversity / Abundance - vegetation / fauna

AusCover - satellite, airborne remote sensing data, phenocams

OzFlux - radiation, heat, water and CO2 flux measurements, Microclimate, soil sensors

TERN Data Discovery Portal

Meta-datafrom all Data Portals

Data Sets

Meta-data - 2

OzFluxData Portal

Use Licence

Identifier - DOI

Data Sets

Meta-data - 1

ASNData Portal

Use Licence

Identifier - DOI

Data Sets

Meta-data - 1

AusCoverData Portal

Use Licence

Identifier - DOI

Data Discovery

ASN Data Portal

TERN Data Discovery Portal

ASN Data Portal

ASN data is made available to researchers under licence agreements defined by host institutions,

or in the case of TERN funded research, the “TERN Attribution-Share Alike Licence”, derived from the Creative Commons Australia CC BY-A public licence v3.0.

Licencing

Attribution and Notice RequirementsYou must include attribution/citation for source of data eg. DOI / web link.

Restrictions on Distribution and Public Performance of Derivative WorksYou may only Distribute or publicly perform a Derivative Work if You apply one of the following licences to it: i. this Licence;ii. a later version of this Licence with the same Licence Elements; or iii. a Compatible Licence.

DOI ‘doi:10.1525/bio.2013.63.2.2 ’

ASN Data Portal

Underpins key processes to help

unravel how ecosystems function

Allows plot and faunal data patterns in

dynamics to be traced

Enables researchers to look at data in the

system and assess the effects of management

or disturbance variability

Expected use by landscape modellers to

help predict future distribution and

biodiversity

Trend analysis across network of biodiversity

indices

OzFlux continuous, long-term

micrometeorological measurements to

monitor the state of ecosystems globally

AusCover Australian biophysical map

products and remote sensing data time-

series, and associated field calibration and

validation data at continental scales

e-MAST ecosystem models for applications

at scales from landscape management to carbon accounting and climate

prediction

Current network activitiesRefining protocols• Review of monitoring protocols, data handling and quality assurance

International connections• Maximise interoperability and data integration with comparable

international ecosystem monitoring networks• National Ecosystem Observatory Network Inc. (NEON; USA) • Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems (AnaEE; EU)• Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (CERN)

New challenges• Management and analysis of acoustic and phenocam data• Visualisation of live data streams