Thank you for your interest in, and support of, the National Environmental Information Infrastructure (NEII) service.
The Bureau of Meteorology decommissioned NEII on 15 June 2022. This decision was made to enable the Bureau to focus its efforts on services relating to weather, climate, water and oceans.
NEII customers will continue to have access to the environmental information they require through the following services:
- Metadata catalogue entries will continue to be available through data.gov.au
- Web data services will remain available from the data custodian
- Monitoring sites information will remain available from the data custodian
- The Environmental Vocabulary Service entries will continue to be available through Research Vocabularies Australia
- Data viewer web services are viewable through NationalMap.
NEII metadata catalogue
All metadata catalogue entries are available through data.gov.au. NEII tags, links and references will be removed from catalogue entries.
Bureau of Meteorology datasets are additionally discoverable through the Bureau Data Catalogue.
Environmental Vocabulary Service
NEII vocabulary entries will continue to be available through the ARDC's Research Vocabularies Australia service. NEII-specific entries will be removed and other references to NEII updated.
Data viewer
Where possible, map layers will be added to NationalMap. Please note that there will be minor variations in how data are classified and visualised between NationalMap and NEII.
The following table describes alternate access arrangements for NEII web data services and data viewer entries.
More information
For further information on accessing data, please email environment@bom.gov.au.
NEII dataset |
Available in NationalMap? |
Web Service |
Bureau of Meteorology – Australian Climate |
No |
Refer Bureau Data Catalogue |
Bureau of Meteorology – Australian Gridded Climatology |
No |
Refer Bureau Data Catalogue |
Bureau of Meteorology – Marine Water Quality (eReefs) |
Yes |
Refer Bureau Data Catalogue |
Bureau of Meteorology – Reef Temperature (eReefs) |
Yes |
Refer Bureau Data Catalogue |
Bureau of Meteorology - Geofabric |
Yes |
Refer Bureau Data Catalogue |
Bureau of Meteorology – Water Regulations Data |
In transition |
Refer Bureau Data Catalogue |
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment - NVIS |
In transition |
Refer DAWE web services |
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment – Marine key ecological features - unnamed |
Yes |
Refer DAWE web services |
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment – Marine key ecological features - named |
Yes |
Refer DAWE web services |
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment – CAPAD 2020 - Terrestrial |
Yes (2016 version) |
Refer DAWE web services |
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment – CAPAD 2020 - Marine |
No |
Refer DAWE web services |
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment – Australian World Heritage Areas |
Yes |
Refer DAWE web services |
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment – Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia |
Yes |
Refer DAWE web services |
Geoscience Australia – Australian Coastal Sediment Compartments |
Yes |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Australian Submarine Canyons |
No |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Bathymetry Derivatives Map of Australia |
No |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Dynamic National Map Hydrology and Marine |
Yes |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Dynamic National Map Hydrology and Marine - Points |
Yes |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Dynamic National Map Hydrology and Marine - Lines |
Yes |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Dynamic National Map Hydrology and Marine - Polygons |
Yes |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Geomorphic Features of Australia's Marine Jurisdiction |
No |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Australian surface Hydrology (Web Mercator) Layers |
Yes |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Great Artesian Basin Digital Data |
Yes |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Australia 250K Topographic Map 2008 |
Yes |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Australian Coastal Geomorphology Landform Type |
No |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Australian Coastal Geomorphology Landform Subtype |
No |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Australian Coastal Geomorphology Scale Guide (Web Mercator) |
No |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Australian Coastal Geomorphology Smartline |
Yes |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Australian Geological Provinces |
No |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Australian Geophysical Data collection – Australian Fundamental Gravity Network Stations |
No |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Australian Geophysical Data collection – Gravity Anomaly |
Yes |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Australian Geophysical Data collection – Magnetic Intensity |
Yes |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Australian Land Cover (Web Mercator) |
Yes |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Australian Shoreline (Web Mercator) |
Yes |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Dynamic National Map Reserves |
Yes |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Water Observations from Space, Daily Observations |
Yes |
|
Geoscience Australia – Water Observations from Space, Seasonal Summaries |
Yes |
|
Geoscience Australia – Water Observations from Space, Annual Summaries |
Yes |
|
Geoscience Australia – Water Observations from Space, All of time summaries |
Yes |
|
Geoscience Australia – Annual Landsat Geomedian |
Yes |
|
Geoscience Australia – Barest Earth (Landsat 8) – Barest Earth 25m Mosaic |
Yes |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Sentinel-2 Definitive |
Yes |
|
Geoscience Australia – Sentinel-2 Near Real-Time |
Yes |
|
Geoscience Australia – Fractional Cover Percentiles – Fractional Cover Percentiles annual |
Yes |
|
Geoscience Australia – Fractional Cover Percentiles – Fractional Cover Percentiles Seasonal |
Yes |
|
Geoscience Australia – Marine and Tidal Regions – Mangrove Canopy Cover |
Yes |
|
Geoscience Australia – Weathering Intensity – Weathering Intensity 1 degree tile |
Yes |
|
Geoscience Australia – Multi-Scale Topographic Position – Multi-Scale Topographic Position 1 degree tile |
Yes |
|
Geoscience Australia – GSKY Blended Service – Multi-sensor (Landsat and Sentinel 2) surface reflectance (Beta) |
Yes |
Refer NCI catalogue |
Geoscience Australia – Digital Earth Australia Hotspots last 24h |
Yes |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Expected Australian Earthquake Hazard – Web Mercator |
Yes |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – Tropical Cyclone Hazard Assessment (2018) |
No |
Refer GA web services |
Geoscience Australia – 2018 National seismic Hazard Assessment for Australia |
No |
Refer GA web services |
AIMS – Northern Australia Automated Marine Weather and Oceanographic Stations |
Yes |
Refer AIMS Data Catalogue |
AIMS – Sea Water Temperature Observing System (AIMS Temperature Logger Program) |
Yes |
Refer AIMS Data Catalogue |
NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment – NSW BioNet Flora Survey Data Collection |
No |
|
eAtlas – Fish abundance |
No |
Refer eAtlas |
NSW Dept of Primary Industries – NSW Marine Protected Areas |
No |
Refer NSW DPI Web Services |
Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy, Queensland Government – Queensland Geology Detailed Web Map Service |
Yes |
|
Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy, Queensland Government – Queensland watercourse and water area web map service |
Yes |
|
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, State Government of Victoria – Victorian Soil Mapping |
No |
Refer DataVic |
ABARES – Fires in Australias Forests 2011-16 (2018)(Fire Type 2011-12 to 2015-16) |
Yes |
Monitoring sites
The following table describes alternate access arrangements for NEII monitoring sites information.
Data Custodian |
Alternate Access |
Bureau of Meteorology – ACORN-SAT, Temperature, Rainfall, Pan Evaporation, Cloud amount |
|
Bureau of Meteorology – Weather Watch Radar Network |
|
Bureau of Meteorology – Ozone Monitoring Sites |
World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre (search using keyword "Australian Bureau of Meteorology") |
Bureau of Meteorology - Solar and Terrestrial Radiation Network |
|
Bureau of Meteorology – Upper Air Network, Coastal Tsunami Gauges and Wind Profiler Network |
|
Bureau of Meteorology – Australian Baseline Sea Level Monitoring Project |
|
Bureau of Meteorology - Tide Gauge Metadata and Observed Monthly Sea Levels and Statistics |
|
Bureau of Meteorology - EI Explorer |
|
Bureau of Meteorology – Water Data Online |
|
Bureau of Meteorology – Hydrologic Reference Stations |
|
ABARES - Australian Ground Cover Reference Sites Database 2014 |
Refer DAWE webpage Australian ground cover reference sites database package 2014 |
AusPollen – Aerobiology collaboration Monitoring Network |
Refer AusPollen website, and refer to Pollen Monitoring sites for each State |
ACT Health - Air Quality Monitoring Network |
Refer ACT Health website |
EPA SA - Air Quality Monitoring Network |
|
EPA Vic - Air Quality Monitoring Network |
Refer interactive map on EPA airwatch webpage |
NSW DPIE - Air Quality Monitoring Network |
|
DWER WA - Air Quality Monitoring Network |
Refer DWER Air quality data |
NT EPA - Air Quality Monitoring Network |
Refer NT EPA map |
EPA Tasmania - Air Quality Monitoring Network |
|
GPATS - Lightning Network |
Please contact TOA Systems |
Geoscience Australia – Acoustic pressure |
Refer Australian IMS stations |
Geoscience Australia - National Geomagnetic observations network |
|
Geoscience Australia – Seismic Network |
Refer International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks - Australian Network |
IMOS – Acidification Moorings |
Refer AODN portal |
IMOS – Acoustic Observatories |
Refer AODN portal |
IMOS – Calibration/Validation Network |
Refer AODN portal |
IMOS – Deep Water Moorings Network |
Refer AODN portal |
IMOS – National Mooring Network – shelf moorings |
Refer AODN portal |
IMOS – National Reference Stations |
Refer AODN portal |
IMOS – Ocean Radar Facility |
Refer IMOS Ocean Radar webpage |
IMOS – Wireless Sensor Networks |
Refer AODN portal |
MDBA - Ruppia tuberosa Monitoring Network - Southern Coorong |
Refer Annual monitoring of Ruppia tuberosa (table 1) |
MDBA - Shorebird Monitoring Network Coorong and the Lower Lakes |
|
MDBA - Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Network |
Refer The River Murray and the Mitta Mitta River Biological Monitoring Projects |
MDBA - Phytoplankton Monitoring Network |
|
TERN – OzFlux |
Refer OzFlux monitoring sites |
TERN – Supersite Network |
Refer Supersites Network |