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Dynamic Land Cover Dataset Version 2.1

The Dynamic Land Cover Dataset Version 2 is a suite of land cover information products from Geoscience Australia (GA). These information products deliver International Standards Organisation (ISO) compliant land cover maps across the Australian landmass. The datasets provide a consistent series of maps that show how Australian land cover is changing over time. The current version consists of 14 maps each based on 2 years of MODIS data. The 14 maps cover the period from January 2001 - December 2015.


The Dynamic Land Cover Dataset uses a standard land cover classification to show the change in behaviour of land cover across Australia. The DLCD includes data for every 250m by 250m area on the ground, for the period 2001 to 2015. The DLDC provides a basis for reporting on change and trends in vegetation cover and extent. Information about land cover dynamics is essential to understanding and addressing a range of national challenges such as drought, salinity, water availability and ecosystem health.


The current release of the second version DLCDv2.1 presents land cover information for every 250m by 250m area of the country for each of the two year intervals listed in the table below. It consists of maps based on 2 years of MODIS EVI time-series data. The date ranges for each of the map series are:

• January 2001-December 2002

• January 2002-December 2003

• January 2003-December 2004

• January 2004-December 2005

• January 2005-December 2006

• January 2006-December 2007

• January 2007-December 2008

• January 2008-December 2009

• January 2009-December 2010

• January 2010-December 2011

• January 2011-December 2012

• January 2012-December 2013

• January 2013-December 2014

• January 2014-December 2015

DLCD can be used as an input for a wide range of environmental modelling applications, including:

• Climate

• Wind and water erosion risk

• Evapotranspiration

• Carbon dynamics

• Land surface processes

In conjunction with other data sources, the DLCD can be used to identify emerging patterns of land cover change and provide a spatial and historical context within which to interpret change.

The land cover classification scheme used conforms to the 2007 International Standards Organisation (ISO) land cover standard (19144-2). The dataset shows Australian land covers clustered into 22 classes. These reflect the structural character of vegetation, ranging from cultivated and managed land covers (crops and pastures) to natural land covers such as trees and grasslands.

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Identification info

Date (Publication)
2015-01-01T00:00:00
Date (Revision)
2017-06-08T10:00:00
Date (Revision)
2017-11-02T22:03:37
Date (Revision)
2018-02-20T20:43:22
Edition

2

Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/83868

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Publisher

Geoscience Australia

Canberra
Author

Lymburner, L.

1
Author

Tan, P.

2
Author

McIntyre, A.

3
Author

Thankappan, M.

4
Author

Sixsmith, J.

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Point of contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Custodian

EGD

Owner

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Custodian

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

Extent

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Maintenance and update frequency
Irregular

Resource format

Title

Product data repository: Various Formats

Website

Data Store directory containing the digital product files

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

Keywords
  • Thematic Data

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
  • Earth Sciences

Keywords
  • 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
OnLine resource

Confusion Matrix (xlsx)

Confusion Matrix (xlsx)

Distribution format
  • xlsx

OnLine resource

Download the data (tif)

Download the data (tif)

OnLine resource

Product Description (pdf)

Product Description (pdf)

Distribution format
  • pdf

OnLine resource

Link to WMS

Link to WMS

Resource lineage

Statement

Not supplied

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Description

Source data not available.

Metadata constraints

Title

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

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

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

Classification
Unclassified

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/19b3b236-e0aa-d2fb-e053-10a3070af790

Title

GeoNetwork UUID

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

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice
Title

GA Earth Observation - Derived

Edition date
2016-01-01T00:00:00
Citation identifier
4c7e5266-feb2-4103-9377-10f5605d9d89

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Name

dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

uuid

Citation identifier
eCatId/83868

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/19b3b236-e0aa-d2fb-e053-10a3070af790

Date info (Revision)
2018-04-20T05:50:32
Date info (Creation)
2015-06-30T00:00:00

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

 
 

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