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Foliage Projective Cover - Landsat, DES algorithm, QLD coverage

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

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Foliage Projective Cover (FPC) is the percentage of ground area occupied by the vertical projection of foliage. The Remote Sensing Centre FPC mapping is based on regression models applied to dry season (May to October) Landsat-5 TM, Landsat-7 ETM+ and Landsat-8 OLI imagery for the period 1988-2014. An annual woody spectral index image is created for each year using a multiple regression model trained from field data collected mostly over the period 1996-1999. A robust regression of the time series of the annual woody spectral index is then performed. The estimated foliage projective cover is the prediction at the date of the selected dry season image for 2014. Where this deviates significantly from the woody spectral index for that date, further tests are undertaken before this estimate is accepted. In some cases, the final estimate is the woody spectral index value rather than the robust regression prediction. The product is further masked to remove areas classified as non-woody.

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Field Value
Title Foliage Projective Cover - Landsat, DES algorithm, QLD coverage
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/39d593d4-1a1b-45df-96cb-4fea25f72e9a
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery
deanna.vandenberg@des.qld.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1988 - 31/12/2014
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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        138.0,
        -29.0
      ],
      [
        155.0,
        -29.0
      ],
      [
        155.0,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        138.0,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        138.0,
        -29.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "Foliage Projective Cover - Landsat, DES algorithm, QLD coverage". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/foliage-projective-cover-landsat-des-algorithm-qld-coverage