Ground cover monitoring for Australia - data update on the Monitor website October 2014

Ground cover monitoring for Australia data was updated on the MONITOR website October 2014 (http://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/monitor/Pages/default.aspx). The Department of Agriculture has invested in the application of satellite imagery to monitor ground cover for Australia. This is a collaborative partnership with CSIRO, the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), all states and the Northern Territory. This data update includes maps and charts of median bare soil, green and non-green vegetation for Australia from 2000 to 2014 by month, season and year. This information enables regular monitoring of ground cover to assess environmental targets, such as those for the National Landcare Program, relating to soil erosion and land management in Australia. \r\n\r\n The updated ground cover summary statistics and supporting metadata will also be available for download from the National Computational Infrastructure web page https://remote-sensing.nci.org.au/u39/public/html/modis/fractionalcover-metrics-abares/.

澳大利亚地表覆盖监测数据集于2014年10月在MONITOR网站（http://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/monitor/Pages/default.aspx）完成更新。澳大利亚农业部门已投入资金应用卫星影像技术开展澳大利亚地表覆盖监测工作。本项目为合作共建项目，合作方包括联邦科学与工业研究组织（Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, CSIRO）、陆地生态系统研究网络（Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, TERN）、澳大利亚各州及北领地。本次数据更新包含2000年至2014年澳大利亚逐月、逐季及逐年的裸土、绿色植被与非绿色植被覆盖度中位数的地图与图表。该数据集可支持开展地表覆盖常规监测，以评估澳大利亚全国土地保育计划（National Landcare Program）中与土壤侵蚀及土地管理相关的环境目标达成情况。

更新后的地表覆盖汇总统计数据及配套元数据，也可从国家计算基础设施（National Computational Infrastructure）官网https://remote-sensing.nci.org.au/u39/public/html/modis/fractionalcover-metrics-abares/下载获取。