Abstract

Aggregated metadata on environmental monitoring and observing activities from three Australian national research infrastructures (NRIs): biodiversity survey events from the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA, https://ala.org.au/), marine observations collected by the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS, https://imos.org.au/) and site-based monitoring and survey efforts by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN, https://tern.org.au/). This dataset provides a summary breakdown of these efforts by survey topic, region and time period from 2010 to the present.

Survey topics are mapped to an EcoAssets Earth Science Features vocabulary based on the Earth Science keywords from the Global Change Master Directory (GCMD, https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/) vocabulary, modified to use taxonomic concept URIs from the Australian National Species List (ANSL, https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/) in place of the GCMD Earth Science > Biological Classification vocabulary. ANSL categories map more readily to biodiversity survey categories, since GCMD depends on a top-level division between vertebrates and invertebrates rather than offering an animal category. The EcoAssets Earth Science Features vocabulary, including alternative keywords used in ALA, IMOS or TERN datasets, can be downloaded from https://doi.org/10.26197/w2a2-6s86.

To find out more about this dataset visit: https://ecoassets.org.au/data/aggregated-data-environmental-monitoring-and-observations-effort/

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Document digital

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English

Dataset URI

https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/2de7b59a-0105-41e9-b836-aeebbb90d398

Purpose

This dataset serves as a standardised snapshot of Australian earth science observation and monitoring effort data from which level-of-effort indicators and trends can be derived. These data are versioned at 12-month intervals. Previous versions will be linked below under Previous Version. The latest version can always be accessed at https://ecoassets.org.au/data/aggregated-data-environmental-monitoring-and-observations-effort/.

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On going

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Metadata date

2023-08-22T01:59:49.919082

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