| Field | Value |
|---|---|
Title |
Peat-forming bogs and fens of the Snowy Mountains |
Abstract |
Bogs and fens are common in the Snowy Mountains of south-eastern New South Wales (NSW). This study provides the first comprehensive mapping of the region’s peatlands. It has been completed by using aerial photography and satellite imagery, supplemented by field checking, to create a spatial database of the mires. The boundaries generally reflect the situation in February 2003, immediately after a major fire prompted the collection of high resolution aerial photographs of the peatlands. The surface extent of the peatlands is combined with data on the depth of peat and its carbon content to estimate peat volumes and carbon storage. The accumulation history of the mires provided by a 30-year program of coring and radiocarbon dating was used to estimate the long term rates of peat accumulation and carbon sequestration. Mapping done by Rachel Nanson and Geoffrey Hope, ANU. |
Resource locator |
|
Data Quality Statement |
Name: Data Quality Statement Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Description: Data quality statement for Peat-forming bogs and fens of the Snowy Mountains Function: download |
PDF Report |
Name: PDF Report Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Description: Report - Peat-forming bogs and fens of the Snowy Mountains of NSW Function: download |
Download Package |
Name: Download Package Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Description: Data (Shapefile) Function: download |
Associated report |
Name: Associated report Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Description: Report - Peatland carbon stores and fluxes in the Snowy Mountains Function: download |
Unique resource identifier |
|
Code |
06b9b7b7-4214-4d8d-b442-ec3d4d69aa85 |
Presentation form |
Document digital |
Edition |
v1 |
Dataset language |
English |
Metadata standard |
|
Name |
ISO 19115 |
Edition |
2016 |
Dataset URI |
https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/06b9b7b7-4214-4d8d-b442-ec3d4d69aa85 |
Purpose |
Snowy Mountains wetland assessment |
Status |
Completed |
Spatial representation |
|
Type |
vector |
Spatial reference system |
|
Code identifying the spatial reference system |
4283 |
Equivalent scale |
1:None |
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
Topic category |
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
Keyword set |
|
keyword value |
WATER-Wetlands ECOLOGY-Landscape VEGETATION HERITAGE-Natural BOUNDARIES-Biophysical |
Originating controlled vocabulary |
|
Title |
ANZLIC Search Words |
Reference date |
2008-05-16 |
Geographic location |
|
West bounding longitude |
148.03212 |
East bounding longitude |
149.59286 |
North bounding latitude |
-36.85016 |
South bounding latitude |
-35.14814 |
NSW Place Name |
Kosciuszko National Park |
Vertical extent information |
|
Minimum value |
-100 |
Maximum value |
2228 |
Coordinate reference system |
|
Authority code |
urn:ogc:def:cs:EPSG:: |
Code identifying the coordinate reference system |
5711 |
Temporal extent |
|
Begin position |
2003-02-01 |
End position |
N/A |
Dataset reference date |
|
Resource maintenance |
|
Maintenance and update frequency |
Not planned |
Contact info | |
Contact position |
Data Broker |
Organisation name |
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
Telephone number |
131555 |
Email address |
|
Web address |
https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew |
Responsible party role |
pointOfContact |
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
Lineage |
We aimed to map all peatlands in the upper montane, subalpine and alpine areas of the northern (NSW and ACT) portion of the Australian Alps. The mapping of mires has been developed by using orthorectified aerial photographs, provided by the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH; previously the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water) and acquired after the January 2003 bushfires over the period February to March 2003. These materials have been supplemented by Google Earth cover of more recent imagery, generally acquired between March 2004 and July 2006. |
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
Limitations on public access |
|
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
Responsible party |
|
Contact position |
Data Broker |
Organisation name |
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
Telephone number |
131555 |
Email address |
|
Web address |
https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew |
Responsible party role |
pointOfContact |
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
Metadata point of contact |
|
Contact position |
Data Broker |
Organisation name |
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
Telephone number |
131555 |
Email address |
|
Web address |
https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew |
Responsible party role |
pointOfContact |
Metadata date |
2024-02-26T13:53:57.220976 |
Metadata language |
|