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Mangrove Dieback along the coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria

In Aug/Sep 2017, we mapped the mangrove dieback

that is currently occurring in many areas

along the coastline of the Gulf of Carpentaria

in Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory

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Sensors used:                   Riegl Q680i-S LiDAR

                                         Canon DSLR EOS 5D MkII

                                     modified Canon DSLR EOS 6D (for ndvi)

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healthy 

dead 

hi-res airborne LiDAR

The data from the example above can be downloaded from these links:

Google Earth kmz-files

GeoTIFF- & laz-files

10m wide

cross-section 

1m wide

cross-section 

hi-res airborne LiDAR

More than 6,000km of flightlines were mapped over 3 weeks yielding >3,000sqkm of covered area.

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The project and data capture is described in detail in this document:

 

ARA_Lidar_Mangroves2017

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The document also contains links to the full data set.

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All data are freely available for download.

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The team

A collaborative project with funding from: Charles-Darwin University, TropWater/JCU, Queensland Herbarium and ARA; supported by R. Lucas, U of Wales Aberystwyth, UK and Riegl Lasermesstechnik, Austria.

All data is also available on the TERN/AusCover portal.

WHO WE ARE

CONTACT US

OUR MAIN SPONSORS

​Hackett Foundation Adelaide

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Maxim Foundation, Lockhart River

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Australian Research Council

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Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith Fund

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Joyce and Don Schultz

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Flinders University

For information:

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info@airborneresearch.org.au

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Director:      Andrew J. McGrath

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Chief Scientist:   Jorg M. Hacker

LINKS  & THINGS

ARA is a member of:

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   EUFAR

European Facility for

Airborne Research

 

  NAERS

Network of Airborne Environmental Research Scientists

Airborne Research Australia

ABN 60 604 313 484

© ARA 2024

 
... probing the environment using the least intrusive
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                         and most cost-efficient technologies ...
 
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