Seasonal Fractional Cover - Landsat, JRSRP Algorithm Version 3.0, Australia Coverage

The seasonal fractional cover product shows representative values for the proportion of bare, green and non-green cover across a season. It is a spatially explicit raster product that predicts vegetation cover at medium resolution (30 m per-pixel) for each 3-month calendar season across Australia from 1987 to the present. The green and non-green fractions may include a mix of woody and non-woody vegetation.

A 3 band (byte) image is produced:

band 1 – bare ground fraction (in percent),

band 2 - green vegetation fraction (in percent),

band 3 – non-green vegetation fraction (in percent).

The no data value is 255.

Data and Resources

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    Flood, N., Danaher, T., Gill, T., & Gillingham, S. (2013). An Operational Scheme for Deriving Standardised Surface Reflectance from Landsat TM/ETM+ and SPOT HRG Imagery for Eastern Australia. Remote Sensing, 5(1), 83–109.

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    Zhu, Z., & Woodcock, C. E. (2012). Object-based cloud and cloud shadow detection in Landsat imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 118, 83–94.

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    Danaher, T., & Collett, L. (2006, November). Development, optimisation and multi-temporal application of a simple Landsat based water index. In Proceeding of the 13th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia (Vol. 2024).

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    Muir, J., Schmidt, M., Tindall, D., Trevithick, R., Scarth, P., & Stewart, J. B. (2011). Field measurement of fractional ground cover.

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    Flood, N. (2013). Seasonal Composite Landsat TM/ETM+ Images Using the Medoid (a Multi-Dimensional Median). Remote Sensing, 5(12), 6481–6500.

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    Differences Between Fractional Cover Version 2 and Version 3

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    Flood, N., Danaher, T., Gill, T., & Gillingham, S. (2013). An Operational Scheme for Deriving Standardised Surface Reflectance from Landsat TM/ETM+ and SPOT HRG Imagery for Eastern Australia. Remote Sensing, 5(1), 83–109.

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    Zhu, Z., & Woodcock, C. E. (2012). Object-based cloud and cloud shadow detection in Landsat imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 118, 83–94.

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    Danaher, T., & Collett, L. (2006, November). Development, optimisation and multi-temporal application of a simple Landsat based water index. In Proceeding of the 13th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia (Vol. 2024).

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    Muir, J., Schmidt, M., Tindall, D., Trevithick, R., Scarth, P., & Stewart, J. B. (2011). Field measurement of fractional ground cover.

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    Flood, N. (2013). Seasonal Composite Landsat TM/ETM+ Images Using the Medoid (a Multi-Dimensional Median). Remote Sensing, 5(12), 6481–6500.

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    Cloud Optimised GeoTIFFs - Seasonal Fractional Cover

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    Flood, N., Danaher, T., Gill, T., & Gillingham, S. (2013). An Operational Scheme for Deriving Standardised Surface Reflectance from Landsat TM/ETM+ and SPOT HRG Imagery for Eastern Australia. Remote Sensing, 5(1), 83–109.

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    Zhu, Z., & Woodcock, C. E. (2012). Object-based cloud and cloud shadow detection in Landsat imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 118, 83–94.

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    Danaher, T., & Collett, L. (2006, November). Development, optimisation and multi-temporal application of a simple Landsat based water index. In Proceeding of the 13th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia (Vol. 2024).

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    Muir, J., Schmidt, M., Tindall, D., Trevithick, R., Scarth, P., & Stewart, J. B. (2011). Field measurement of fractional ground cover.

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    Flood, N. (2013). Seasonal Composite Landsat TM/ETM+ Images Using the Medoid (a Multi-Dimensional Median). Remote Sensing, 5(12), 6481–6500.

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    GitLab Code for JRSRP Fractional Cover v3

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    Flood, N., Danaher, T., Gill, T., & Gillingham, S. (2013). An Operational Scheme for Deriving Standardised Surface Reflectance from Landsat TM/ETM+ and SPOT HRG Imagery for Eastern Australia. Remote Sensing, 5(1), 83–109.

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    Zhu, Z., & Woodcock, C. E. (2012). Object-based cloud and cloud shadow detection in Landsat imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 118, 83–94.

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    Danaher, T., & Collett, L. (2006, November). Development, optimisation and multi-temporal application of a simple Landsat based water index. In Proceeding of the 13th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia (Vol. 2024).

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    Muir, J., Schmidt, M., Tindall, D., Trevithick, R., Scarth, P., & Stewart, J. B. (2011). Field measurement of fractional ground cover.

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    Flood, N. (2013). Seasonal Composite Landsat TM/ETM+ Images Using the Medoid (a Multi-Dimensional Median). Remote Sensing, 5(12), 6481–6500.

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    aus:fractional_cover_v3

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    Flood, N., Danaher, T., Gill, T., & Gillingham, S. (2013). An Operational Scheme for Deriving Standardised Surface Reflectance from Landsat TM/ETM+ and SPOT HRG Imagery for Eastern Australia. Remote Sensing, 5(1), 83–109.

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    Zhu, Z., & Woodcock, C. E. (2012). Object-based cloud and cloud shadow detection in Landsat imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 118, 83–94.

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    Danaher, T., & Collett, L. (2006, November). Development, optimisation and multi-temporal application of a simple Landsat based water index. In Proceeding of the 13th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia (Vol. 2024).

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    Muir, J., Schmidt, M., Tindall, D., Trevithick, R., Scarth, P., & Stewart, J. B. (2011). Field measurement of fractional ground cover.

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    Flood, N. (2013). Seasonal Composite Landsat TM/ETM+ Images Using the Medoid (a Multi-Dimensional Median). Remote Sensing, 5(12), 6481–6500.

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    Landscape Data Visualiser - Seasonal fractional cover - Landsat, JRSRP algorithm Version 3.0, Australia coverage

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    Flood, N., Danaher, T., Gill, T., & Gillingham, S. (2013). An Operational Scheme for Deriving Standardised Surface Reflectance from Landsat TM/ETM+ and SPOT HRG Imagery for Eastern Australia. Remote Sensing, 5(1), 83–109.

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    Zhu, Z., & Woodcock, C. E. (2012). Object-based cloud and cloud shadow detection in Landsat imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 118, 83–94.

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    Danaher, T., & Collett, L. (2006, November). Development, optimisation and multi-temporal application of a simple Landsat based water index. In Proceeding of the 13th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia (Vol. 2024).

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    Muir, J., Schmidt, M., Tindall, D., Trevithick, R., Scarth, P., & Stewart, J. B. (2011). Field measurement of fractional ground cover.

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    Flood, N. (2013). Seasonal Composite Landsat TM/ETM+ Images Using the Medoid (a Multi-Dimensional Median). Remote Sensing, 5(12), 6481–6500.

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    Vegmachine Timeseries Viewer

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    Flood, N., Danaher, T., Gill, T., & Gillingham, S. (2013). An Operational Scheme for Deriving Standardised Surface Reflectance from Landsat TM/ETM+ and SPOT HRG Imagery for Eastern Australia. Remote Sensing, 5(1), 83–109.

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    Zhu, Z., & Woodcock, C. E. (2012). Object-based cloud and cloud shadow detection in Landsat imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 118, 83–94.

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    Danaher, T., & Collett, L. (2006, November). Development, optimisation and multi-temporal application of a simple Landsat based water index. In Proceeding of the 13th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia (Vol. 2024).

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    Muir, J., Schmidt, M., Tindall, D., Trevithick, R., Scarth, P., & Stewart, J. B. (2011). Field measurement of fractional ground cover.

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    Flood, N. (2013). Seasonal Composite Landsat TM/ETM+ Images Using the Medoid (a Multi-Dimensional Median). Remote Sensing, 5(12), 6481–6500.

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    ro-crate-metadata.json

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Published (Metadata Record) 03/03/2026
Last updated 03/03/2026
Organisation Australian Federal Government
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