Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (CASI) data, Kakadu National Park, NT

This data set consists of a three files (.pix format with a .hdr readable in, for example, ENVI and QGIS) containing 11 bands of 1 m spatial resolution Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (CASI) data. The georeferencing and other information on image dimensions of 020707a_westalligator-1-5.pix, 020707a_westalligator-6-10.pix and 020707a_westalligator-11-14.pix are provided in the section on Spatial and Temporal extents.

Data Link

https://dap.tern.org.au/thredds/catalog/landscapes/remote_sensing/mangroves/Kakadu_NP/CASI_2002/catalog.html

Data Licence and Access Rights

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Point of contact

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Name	Richard Lucas
Organisation	Aberystwyth University/University of New South Wales
Position	Research Professor/Adjunct Professor
Email	richard.lucas@aber.ac.uk/richard.lucas@unsw.edu.au
Role	Data custodian

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Name	Anthea Mitchell
Organisation	University of New South Wales
Position	JRSRP Research Fellow
Email	anthea.mitchell@unsw.edu.au
Role	Data custodian

Additional references

Lucas, R.M., Finlaysson, C.M., Bartolo, R., Rogers, K., Mitchell, A., Woodroffe, C.D., Asbridge, E.F. and Ens, E. (2017). Historical perspectives on the mangroves of Kakadu National Park. Marine and Freshwater Research (in press).
Lucas, R.M., Rowlands, A.R., Niemann, O. and Merton, R. (2004). Hyperspectral Sensors: Past, Present and Future. In: Advanced Image Processing Techniques for Remotely Sensed Hyperspectral Data, P.K. Varshney and M.K. Arora (Eds), pp. 11-49.

Spatial and Temporal extents

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Typical spatial resolution	1 m
Spatial coverage	UL 201216.00,8638096.0; LR 208238.0,8649006.0
Temporal resolution	7th July 2002
Temporal coverage	One day
Sensor(s) and platform	Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (CASI).
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Spatial representation type	.pix with associated header (.hdr)
Spatial reference system	EPSG: 32753, WGS 84 UTM Zone 53S

File names and descriptions

Label	Detail	Format

Label	Detail	Format
WIOrtho_1991_LidarAdj	West Alligator River 2002 CASI data (corrected to surface reflectance, %; bands 1-5)	.pix
020707a_westalligator-6-10	West Alligator River 2002 CASI data (corrected to surface reflectance, %; bands 6 to 10)	.pix
020707a_westalligator-11-14	West Alligator River 2002 CASI data (corrected to surface reflectance, %; bands 11 to 14)	.pix

Abstract or Summary

Compact Airborne Spectrograpic Imagery (CASI) data (14 bands from the visible blue through to the near infrared wavelength regions) were acquired over the West Alligator River on the day month 2002. The mangroves on the landward margin are dominated by Avicennia marina with the taller (> 15 m) central zone occupied primarily by Rhizophora stylosa. Sonneratia alba dominated the seaward margin, with the zone on the seaward margin occupied by a younger growth stage of this species. The best band combination to observe the different mangrove zones if band 14, band 11 and band 1 in RGB.

Sampling strategy

The original data were only acquired for the West Alligator River mangroves. No ground data were obtained at the time of airborne data acquisition.