Independent Research at SuperSites
Research data archived in the TERN SuperSites Research Data Repository is derived from TERN SuperSites ecosystem monitoring activities, ancillary data collection by other collocated TERN Facilities and independent research carried out a SuperSite locations.
As well as supporting standardised physical instrumentation and ecological monitoring, the TERN SuperSites infrastructure are field stations where researchers are encouraged to carry out independent research in a well set up environment with substantial open access background data. Many sites also offer accommodation, storage and other facilities for wider use by educators and researchers.
Once researchers have completed their studies and journal publications have been completed, these researchers are encouraged to publish their SuperSite related data with TERN data repositories, under licences of their choice, building up the library of ancillary data. The TERN SuperSites database allows automatic harvesting of metadata records to both the TERN central data facility (Data Discovery Portal) and to the Australian National Data System.
Ancillary TERN Data collected at SuperSites
Data is collected from TERN SuperSites locations by a range of TERN Facilities (OzFlux, AusCover, AusPlots, LTERN, ATN) that maintain, through necessity, their own specialised databases. Links to these facility data portals are provided on individual SuperSite “Learn more” web pages, with any plot identity details provided. Further data can also be identified through the TERN Data Discovery Portal and TERN Aekos.
TERN SuperSites Data Portal
The TERN SuperSites central data repository can be accessed at http://www.supersites.net.au/knb/. BioAcoustic recordings collected at SuperSites can be accessed at http://bioacoustics.supersites.net.au/ and Images from SuperSites (Phenocam, Leaf Area Index, Photopoints) can be accessed at http://bioimage.supersites.net.au/.
This section contains more information on how to use the repository and to submit research data to the repository.
Read more: Research Data Repository