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Litchfield Savanna Acoustic Data Collection - TERN

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

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This dataset contains audio files for Litchfield Savanna SuperSite. Litchfield Savanna SuperSite was established in 2013 in Litchfield National Park. Site selection was influenced by the history of long-term monitoring work undertaken in this area by the Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research (formerly Bushfires NT). The core 1 ha plot is dominated by Eucalyptus miniata and Eucalyptus tetrodonta. The site is representative of the dominant ecosystem type across northern Australia: frequently burnt tropical savanna in high rainfall areas. For additional site information, see Litchfield Savanna SuperSite

In 2015 an acoustic recorder was set up on the main flux tower. In 2016 a second record was set up on mini tower N. 5. The two recorders collected audio data for a total of 12 hours per day, split between six hours around dawn and six hours around dusk. The recording schedule aimed at capturing morning and evening bird choruses while minimizing memory and battery requirements. A long-term spectrogram has been generated for each audio file to aid in data exploration. The sensors also recorded temperature, minimum- maximum- and mean-sound pressure levels.

Data are made available through the data link. For downloading large amount of data, please follow these instructions How to download TERN's acoustic data in bulk

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Title Litchfield Savanna Acoustic Data Collection - TERN
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/10491ae7-a498-4c54-9ff1-35a7d642984b
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
matthew.northwood@cdu.edu.au
Reference Period 24/08/2015 - 03/06/2019
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    130.794546,
    -13.179042
  ],
  "type": "Point"
}
Data Portal Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "Litchfield Savanna Acoustic Data Collection - TERN". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/litchfield-savanna-acoustic-data-collection-tern