Near Shore Seagrass Change 1989-1998

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Citation

ANZLIC unique identifier: ANZSA1027000033

Title: Near Shore Seagrass Change 1989-1998

Custodian: EPA

Jurisdiction: South Australia


Description

Abstract:

Landsat imagery was used to map the change in sand and seagrass extents off the coast of South Australia. The increase in the amount of sand is assumed to be at the expense of seagrass and detrial matter.

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Spatial domain:

Geographic extent name:
South Australia,South Australia,SA - General
Geographic extent polygon:
129 -38.5, 141 -38.5, 141 -26, 129 -26, 129 -38.5

Note: The format for each Geographic extent name is: Name - Identifier - Category - Jurisdiction (as appropriate)

Geographic bounding box:
The bounding box encloses the maximum extents of the dataset. There may be voids or gaps within the bounding box, depending on the defined coverage of the dataset. Outer bounding rectangle as Latitude/Longitude coordinates based on the WGS84 datum (expressed as both Degrees Minutes Seconds and as decimal Degrees):

aus-s


Data currency

Beginning date: 04 March 1974 (1974-03-04)
Ending date: 03 February 1996 (1996-02-03)

Dataset status

Progress: Complete
Maintenance and update frequency: As required

Access

Stored data format:
Digital Oracle
Available format type:
Digital Oracle Non-digital Reports
Access constraints:
Available on request from the EPA

Data quality

Lineage:

Based on Landsat Imagry

Positional accuracy:

+-25 m

Attribute accuracy:

Not assessed

Logical consistency:

good

Completeness:

Complete within study area


Contact information

Contact organisation: Environment Protection Authority (EPA)
Contact position: Manager Evaluation Branch
Postal address: 77 Grenfell Street
Locality: Adelaide
State: SA
Country: Australia
Postcode: 5000
Telephone: 82042068
Facsimile: 00000000
Electronic mail address: sam.gaylard@epa.sa.gov.au

Contact information

Contact organisation: Environment Protection Authority (EPA)
Contact position: Supervisor
Postal address: 77 Grenfell Street
Locality: ADELAIDE
State: SA
Country: Australia
Postcode: 5001
Telephone: 08
Facsimile: 08
Electronic mail address: epainfo@epa.sa.gov.au

Metadata information

Metadata date: 28 May 2002 (2002-05-28)
Metadata Reference: http://www.asdd.sa.gov.au/asdd/ANZSA1027000033.html

Additional metadata

State of the Environment (SOE) Data Inventory

This dataset description complies with ANZLIC Core Metadata Guidelines Version 1 and XML DTD ANZMETA 1.1 (metadata validation date: 2002-06-04)