"AusCover comprises a portal and data archive and access capability (DAAC) that makes satellite data and ground-validation information directly available on-line to the terrestrial ecosystem research community. AusCover is also developing a consolidated repository and meta-database for specific biophysical land cover products and basic processed time-series imagery. This will involve processing of medium resolution satellite data from national archives, as well as data from current and future satellite acquisition, supported by a national system of instrumented field validation sites."