Alpine Peatland FLUXNET 2026: Carbon and Energy Flux Measurements from Victorian Alps

FLUXNET Shuttle project data from an alpine peatland flux station established in 2017 on the Bogong High Plains at 1670m elevation. RMIT University and CSIRO Environment manage the site, which provides gap-filled Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE), Gross Primary Productivity (GPP), and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) data processed with ONEFlux and PyFluxPro software. The site experiences a mean annual temperature range of 2.6°C to 9.4°C and is snow-covered for approximately 3 months per year.

Use Cases

• Modeling alpine peatland carbon budgets based on gap-filled Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) data.
• Partitioning ecosystem respiration from gross primary productivity based on the ONEFlux-processed GPP and ER variables.
• Analyzing energy and mass exchange dynamics in a high-altitude environment based on eddy covariance flux tower measurements.
• Studying the impact of snow cover duration on ecosystem productivity based on the site's 3-month average snow cover.

Strengths

• Data is processed using established FLUXNET methodologies, including PyFluxPro for quality control and ONEFlux for gap-filling and partitioning.
• Site metadata includes specific environmental parameters: elevation (1670m), mean annual precipitation (1274mm), and temperature ranges (2.6°C to 9.4°C).
• Describes a specific, managed ecosystem (Alpine Sphagnum peatland) with detailed vegetation composition.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-04-13 14:10:34.920109; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery, via data_gov_au.

Collection Method

Eddy covariance flux tower measurements processed with PyFluxPro and ONEFlux software.

Time Range

Station established in 2017; data release is 2026_r1.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 14:10:34.920109.

Geography

Bogong High Plains near Falls Creek in the Victorian Alpine National Parks, Australia.