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Functions Terrestrial ecosystems Active data gathering Extent of coverage International interest Long-term Admission criteria
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Terrestrial Ecosystems Monitoring Sites (TEMS)
Who, what, where
International on-line directory of monitoring sites and networks carrying out long-term terrestrial ecosystem monitoring
Contents
Who: – 2040 sites– 1160 contacts– 40 networks
What: 120 measured variables Where: 130 countries
Information
Site detailed information
Majority of networks and sites concerned by land cover and more specifically:– FluxNet: Integrating Worldwide CO2 Flux Measurements– FAO-FRA: Forest Resources Assessment, a pan-tropical
Remote sensing survey – ILTER: International Long-Term Ecological Research– GLCTS: Global Land Cover Test Sites
Land cover monitoring network
Existing and proposed in situ validation projects
Ongoing validation by BIGFOOT of MODIS GPP/NPP datasets
CEOS initiative for global land cover validation methodologies
GOFC-GOLD meeting for GLOBCOVER in situ validation
Ongoing international assessments such as FAO FRA, a pan-tropical Remote sensing survey
Land cover monitoring map
Access to GCMD metadata (1)
Access to GCMD metadata (2)
Access to GCMD metadata (3)
Terrestrial Ecosystems Monitoring Sites (TEMS)
Where’s TEMS?
http://www.fao.org/gtos/tems/[email protected]
