Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN)
Hosted by The University of Queensland. Queensland Partners: James Cook University, Queensland University of Technology and CSIRO.
TERN is Australia’s land ecosystem observatory. We observe, measure and record critical terrestrial ecosystem parameters and conditions for Australia over time from continental scale to field sites at hundreds of representative locations. This information is standardised, integrated and transformed into model-ready data, enabling researchers to discern and interpret changes in land ecosystems.
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au
- Organisation type
- National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Scheme
- Research Infrastructure Co-investment Fund
- Number of research staff
- Up to 20 research staff
- Address
- TERN, Goddard Building, Building 8, The University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072
Strengths and capabilities
- Data collection
- Data processing, storage and publication
- Integration, analysis and synthesis
- Site|based research equipment
- Multidisciplinary networks
- Future focus (infrastructure for long-term ecosystem science)
- Environmental Sensors
- Ecological Methods
- Environmental research and management tools
Facilities and major equipment
- Landscapes (remote sensing platform)
- Ecosystem Surveillance (national network of monitoring plots)
- Ecosystem Processes (network of ecosystem observatories)
- Data services & analytics (including data portal & research tools)
- >700 environmental monitoring sites
- Soil and vegetation sample library
- Flux towers measuring energy, carbon and water exchanges
- Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia (national soils mapping)
- Tools that support the discovery, analysis and re|use of data
Lead researchers
Dr Siddeswara Guru—Led the development of a virtual desktop tool, CoESRA, which the Victorian EPA use to reliably understand health impacts by pollutant source
Achievements of the centre
- TERN is a founding member of the Global Ecosystem Research Infrastructure (GERI), a federation of continental research infrastructures
- NASA and ESA rely on TERN data to ensure the accuracy global satellite-based environmental monitoring and prediction tools and products
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