Approaches to establishing a metadata standard for field spectroscopy datasets

Authors

Barbara A. Rasaiah, RMIT University
Tim J. Malthus, CSIRO Land and Water
Chris Bellman, RMIT University
Laurie Chisholm, University of WollongongFollow
John Gamon, University of Alberta
Andreas Hueni, University of Zurich
Alfredo Huete, University of Technology, Sydney
Simon D. Jones, RMIT University
Cindy Ong, CSIRO
Stuart Phinn, University of Queensland
Chris Roelfsema, University of Queensland
Lola Suarez, RMIT University
Philip Townsend, University of Wisconsin
Rebecca Trevithick, Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management
Mat Wyatt, Australian National Data Service

RIS ID

88283

Publication Details

Rasaiah, B. A., Malthus, T. J., Bellman, C., Chisholm, L., Gamon, J., Hueni, A., Huete, A., Jones, S. D., Ong, C., Phinn, S., Roelfsema, C., Suarez, L., Townsend, P., Trevithick, R. & Wyatt, M. (2013). Approaches to establishing a metadata standard for field spectroscopy datasets. 2013 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings (pp. 4523-4526). United States: IEEE.

Abstract

There is an urgent need within the international remote sensing community to establish a metadata standard for field spectroscopy that ensures high quality, interoperable metadata sets that can be archived and shared efficiently within Earth observation data sharing systems. Careful examination of all stages of metadata collection and analysis can inform a robust standard that is applicable to a range of field campaigns. This paper presents approaches towards a standard that encompasses in situ metadata collection and initiatives towards sharing metadata within intelligent archiving systems.