NESP MaC Project 1.11 - OzSET: Integration and publication of the Australian Surface Elevation Table dataset

Research Project

Researchers: Lovelock, Catherine (Principal investigator, Point of contact) ,  Professor Catherine Lovelock (Principal investigator, Point of contact) ,  Professor Catherine Lovelock (Principal investigator, Point of contact) ,  Saintilan, Neil (Principal investigator, Point of contact) ,  Saintilan, Neil (Principal investigator, Point of contact)
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Brief description This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub small-scale study - "OzSET: Integration and publication of the Australian Surface Elevation Table dataset". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata. -------------------- Australian coastal floodplains and wetlands are threatened by accelerating rates of sea-level rise. The assessment of vulnerability of these environments requires measurements of rates of vertical accretion, subsidence and elevation gain across a range of coastal settings. Australia’s network of Surface Elevation Tables is one of the most extensive in the world, consisting of over 200 benchmark monitoring stations from Westernport Bay, Victoria to Darwin Harbour, NT. We collate and make available through a national platform data on accretion, subsidence and elevation change in mangroves, saltmarshes, seagrasses and tidal freshwater forests, information vital to coastal risk assessment. Planned • SET-MH database: collation of data from existing Surface Elevation Table (SET-MH) stations [dataset] • Final technical report with analysed data, including a short summary of recommendations for policy makers of key findings [written]

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Neil Saintilan (Macquarie University), Cath Lovelock (University of Queensland), Dat Pham (Macquarie University), Kerrylee Rogers (University of Wollongong), Alice Jones (University of Adelaide), Madeline Goddard (Charles Darwin University), Paul Lavery (Edith Cowan University) Lindsay Hutley (Charles Darwin University), Luke Mosely (University of Adelaide)

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National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub

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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE), Australian Government

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In addition to NESP (DAWE) funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators.

Notes Purpose
To provide a national resource to monitor the resilience of coastal wetlands with sea level rise and other climate change impacts. These data can be used to validate remotely sensed products, underpin modelling of the impacts of sea level rise on wetland distribution and monitor variation in soil accretion and carbon sequestration over time.

Data time period: 2021-09-01 to 2022-03-31

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