Sea Surface Salinity
Sea Surface Salinity “Sea Surface Salinity 8-day Mean SMAP” via NASA Worldview These are satellite-derived maps of the salinity of ocean water. Designated by EUMETSAT as an Essential Climate Variable, […]
NASA EOSDIS Worldview
The NASA EOSDIS Worldview GUI The NASA EOSDIS Worldview GUI showing ‘Corrected MODIS-Terra Reflectance’ for 2022-08-17 NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) provides a platform to load, […]
National Map
The National Map The National Map interface showing DEA Waterbodies in NSW The National Map is an Australian portal for easily accessing data from different federal, state, and local government […]
Digital Earth Australia
Digital Earth Australia A display of DEA Maps GUI showing the 2021 Fractional Cover over south-west Western Australia Digital Earth Australia (DEA) is a an initiative by Geoscience Australia, an […]
Surface Mineral Concentration Maps
Surface Mineral Index ASTER Geoscience Gypsum Index Map of Australia, V2. (2012) from CSIRO. This is an indicator of the concentration of particular surface minerals across the continent. Many minerals […]
Fire detection and mapping
Fire Detection and Historical Fire Mapping Landgate FireWatch from 2022-08-16. This is a map of current fires and historically burnt areas. It is often a combination of remote sensing, aerial, […]
Detecting Illegal Deforestation
Illegal Deforestation “Tree Cover Loss” (>30%) via Global Forest Watch This is a detection of large-scale changes to the amount of trees in protected areas over time. This can be […]
Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient
Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient “Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient” from 2022-03. Sentinel 3 Data (ESA) via NASA OceanColorWeb This is a indicator of turbidity/sediment levels via the diffuse attenuation coefficient (often called KD490). […]
Ocean Chlorophyll Index
Ocean Chlorophyll Index “Ocean Chlorophyll Monthly Aggregate” from 2022-03. Sentinel 3 Data (ESA) via NASA OceanColorWeb This is an indicator of the amount of chlorophyll pigments in the ocean. This […]
Above ground biomass
Above Ground Biomass “Aboveground Biomass Density Mean” from 2019-2021 via NASA Worldview This is an estimate of the total density of organic matter in a given region. The “Aboveground Biomass […]