Intertidal Extents Model Coastal Cells shapefile  

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Abstract

<p>The Intertidal Extents Model (ITEM v1.0) product is a national scale gridded dataset characterising the spatial extents of the exposed intertidal zone, at intervals of the observed tidal range. The current version utilises all Landsat observations (5, 7, and 8) for Australian coastal regions (excluding off-shore Territories) between 1987 and 2015 (inclusive). <p>The Intertidal Extents Model (ITEM v1.0) consists of three datasets derived from the Landsat NBAR data managed in the Australian Geoscience Data Cube (AGDC) for the period 1987 to 2015. <p>The Coastal Cells shapefile (ITEM_CoastalCells.shp) identifies the location and extents of the 221 one degree by one degree AGDC cells used in the product, covering the mainland and Tasmanian coastline of the continent (Figure 1). The shapefile also includes information on the lowest (LOT) and highest (HOT) observed tides for the cell, and hence the observed tidal range (HOT-LOT), based on tidal modelling for the time of acquisition of each of the corresponding Landsat tile observations in the cell. <p>Attributes: <p>AGDC Cell Identifier <p>Lowest Observed Tide (LOT) - The lowest modelled tidal offset based on the acquisition times of all observations in the cell. Relative to Mean Sea Level (MSL) (m) x 1000. <p>Highest Observed Tide (HOT) - The highest modelled tidal offset based on the acquisition times of all observations in the cell. Relative to Mean Sea Level (MSL) (m) x 1000.

Product Type

dataset

eCat Id

100481

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Digital Object Identifier

http://dx.doi.org/10.4225/25/575F64E5BA264

Keywords

theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf

• EARTH SCIENCES

GCMD Keywords

• Earth Science | Oceans | TidesEarth Science | OceansEarth Science | Terrestrial Hydrosphere

( Data centre )

• NCI

( Product )

• Intertidal Extents Model

• Published_External

Publication Date

2016-06-14T16:00:00

Creation Date

2016-06-02T14:00:00

Security Constraints

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem    

Classification - unclassified

Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence    

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Use - license

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Purpose

The purpose of the ITEM v1.0 product is to assist in understanding the extent and elevation profile of the Australian intertidal zone. Examples of where this knowledge can contribute include environmental monitoring applications for migratory bird species, habitat mapping in coastal regions, hydrodynamic modelling, and geomorphology studies of features in the intertidal zone. Through attribution of the LOT and HOT values modelled for each cell, the extents model can be used to derive an elevation profile of the observed intertidal zone extent on a cell by cell basis. The method employed can be tailored based on user requirements. For example, by dividing the observed tidal range for a cell (HOT-LOT) into 10% interval values, contours can be assigned to the section of the Intertidal Extents Model contained in that cell. These can then be used as a standalone elevation data source, or interpolated to create a continuous intertidal digital elevation model for the cell. The ability to create an elevation model relative to MSL enables the data to be integrated as a complimentary data source, linking shallow water bathymetry and terrestrial elevation models.

Maintenance Information

asNeeded

Topic Category

geoscientificInformation

Series Information

Lineage

The Coastal Cells shapefile (ITEM_CoastalCells.shp) identifies the location and extents of the 221 one degree by one degree AGDC cells used in the product, covering the mainland and Tasmanian coastline of the continent.

Parent Information

Extents

[-44, -10, 112, 154]

Reference System

Spatial Resolution

25m

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Download the data (shp)  

Intertidal Extents Model Collection  

Intertidal Extents Model Confidence Layer  

Intertidal Extents Model Relative Extents Model  

Product Description (pdf)  

Source Information

Australian Data Cube ARG25 Surface Reflactance and Pixel Quality Assessment, in conjunction with the OTPS TPX08 Atlas Tidal Model and Normalised Difference Water index (NDWI). 50 112 154 -44 -10