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
Sensors used: Riegl Q680i-S LiDAR
Canon DSLR EOS 5D MkII
modified Canon DSLR EOS 6D (for ndvi)
healthy
dead
hi-res airborne LiDAR
The data from the example above can be downloaded from these links:
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.
The project and data capture is described in detail in this document:
The document also contains links to the full data set.
All data are freely available for download.
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.