Ayers Rock located in the Northern Territory, Australia
Finke River: Variable Resolution Topographic Mapping of Ancient Fluvial Landscapes
The Finke River, located in the Finke Gorge National Park in Central Northern Territory, is claimed to be the oldest river in the world, with areas dated at 350 million years old. As an ancient inland mountain river system, the Finke River area provides excellent opportunities for quantitative paleoflood hydrology both in Australia and other arid environments where extreme events define the morphology of the riverine system. Several space-based radar scenes from ERS which are suitable for interferometry and radar stereo were used to create a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of the Finke River Gorge.- Research Objectives
Area Description
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Quicktime Movie: Generated from 1996 ERS - 1/2 Tandem InSAR DEM (5 MB)
Quicktime Movie: Generated from 1996 TOPSAR DEM (4.1 MB)
Great Victoria Desert: Spatial Heterogeneity and Biotic Diversity in Arid Australia
In the Great Victoria Desert, which lies within the heart of Australia's outback, wildfires are a dominant factor in the desert ecosystem. The Great Victoria Desert is an arid environment in which there exists enough vegetation to support regular wildfires. Understanding the fire behavior is the major focus of this research and it includes determining the status of the vegetation prior to burn, the amount of regrowth after a burn, and how long it takes the vegetation to recover until it is suitable for burn.
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