Australian National Spectral Data Collection

The National Spectral Database (NSD) houses data from Australian remote sensing scientists. The database includes spectra covering targets as diverse as mineralogy, soils, plants, water bodies and various land surfaces.


Currently the database holds spectral information from multiple locations across the country and as the collection grows in spatial / temporal coverage, the NSD will service continental scale validation requirements of the Earth observation community for satellite-based measurements of surface reflectance.


<b>Value:</b> Curated spectral data provides a wealth of knowledge to remote sensing scientists. For other parties interested in calibration and validation (Cal/Val) of surface reflectance products, the Geoscience Australia (GA) Cal/Val dataset provides a useful resource of ground-truth data to compare to reflectance captured by Landsat 8 and Sentinel 2 satellites.


The Aquatic Library is a robust collection of Australian datasets from 1994 to present time, primarily of end-member and substratum measurements.


The University of Wollongong collection represents immense value in end-member studies, both terrestrial and aquatic.


<b>Scope:</b> The NSD covers Australian data including historical datasets as old as 1994. Physical study sites encompass locations around Australia, with spectra captured in every state.


<b>Data types:</b>

- Spectral data: raw digital numbers (DN), radiance and reflectance. 

- From spectral bands VIS-NIR, SWIR1 & SWIR2: wavelengths 350nm - 2500nm collected with instruments in the field or lab setting.


Contact for further information: NSDB_manager@ga.gov.au manager@ga.gov Contact for further information: NSDB_manager@ga.gov.au

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2020-11-06
Date (Publication)
2021-11-05T00:10:47
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/144490

Identifier

Codespace

Digital Object Identifier

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Author

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Purpose

- Provide access to curated Australian spectral data, including Geoscience Australia's Analysis Ready Data (ARD) field Calibration and Validation datasets.

- Promote the highest-quality metadata collection and uptake to get the most value out of remote sensing datasets.

- Provide an ongoing & managed repository for past, current and future remote sensing studies.

Status
On going
Point of contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Resource provider

Space Division

 External Contact
Point of contact

Byrne, G.

 Space Division Internal Contact
Point of contact

Thankappan, M.

 Space Division Internal Contact
Spatial representation type
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

Extent

N
S
E
W


Temporal extent

Time period
1994-04-09
Maintenance and update frequency
Annually

Resource format

Title

Product data repository: Various Formats

Protocol

FILE:DATA-DIRECTORY

Name of the resource

Data Store directory containing the digital product files

Description

Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes

theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf

  • EARTH SCIENCES

{1}

  • HVC_144490

{1}

  • HVC - High Value Collection

{1}

  • Australian Remote Sensing

Discipline

  • Field Spectroscopy

{1}

  • Analysis Ready Data (ARD)

{1}

  • Digital Earth Australia (DEA) Calibration & Validation

{1}

  • Aquatic Substrate Library

{1}

  • Spectral Library

{1}

  • Earth Observation data

{1}

  • DC2020

{1}

  • Published_External

Resource constraints

Title

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

Alternate title

CC-BY

Edition

4.0

Website

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Access constraints
License
Use constraints
License

Resource constraints

Title

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice facsimile
OnLine resource

View catalogue records associated with this collection

View catalogue records associated with this collection

Distribution format

Resource lineage

Statement

Datasets

- Geoscience Australia (GA) field data campaigns: From the Analysis Ready Data (ARD) Cal/Val team, Digital Earth Australia (DEA), GA

- Aquatic Substrate Library: Provided by Dr Arnold Dekker (SatDek)

- University of Wollongong Spectral Datasets: Provided by Dr Laurie Chisolm (UoW)


Data types

- Spectral data: raw digital numbers (DN), radiance and reflectance. 

- From spectral bands VIS-NIR, SWIR1 & SWIR2: wavelengths 350nm - 2500nm collected with instruments in the field or lab setting.

Source

Metadata constraints

Title

Australian Government Security Classification System

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/67c02fa3-a7d4-4682-a44c-59cc54cd88d7

Title

GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Point of contact

Byrne, G.

 Space Division Internal Contact

Type of resource

Resource scope
Collection
Name

Geoscience Australia (GA) High Value Collection

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

uuid

Citation identifier
eCatId/144490

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/67c02fa3-a7d4-4682-a44c-59cc54cd88d7

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/accessDenied.jsp/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/67c02fa3-a7d4-4682-a44c-59cc54cd88d7

Date info (Creation)
2020-11-05T22:28:21
Date info (Revision)
2020-11-05T22:28:21

Metadata standard

Title

AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

Title

Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014

Edition

Version 2.0, September 2018

Citation identifier
https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551

 
 

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W


Keywords

Analysis Ready Data (ARD) Aquatic Substrate Library Australian Remote Sensing DC2020 Digital Earth Australia (DEA) Calibration & Validation Earth Observation data Field Spectroscopy HVC - High Value Collection HVC_144490 Published_External Spectral Library
theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
EARTH SCIENCES

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