Flux Tower Measurements from Semi-Arid Eucalypt Woodland

This release contains flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between the surface and atmosphere in a semi-arid eucalypt woodland, processed using the PyFluxPro (v3.3.3) software. Measurements include fluxes of heat, water vapour, methane, and carbon dioxide, along with supplementary meteorological and soil data. The data were collected from a site 48 km southeast of Emerald, Queensland, with flux measurements recorded from June 2011 to early 2014.

Use Cases

• Analyze Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) to model carbon dynamics in semi-arid woodlands.
• Correlate methane and carbon dioxide flux measurements with supplementary soil moisture and soil temperature data to understand greenhouse gas drivers.
• Study the relationship between the four components of net radiation and fluxes of heat and water vapour using eddy covariance techniques.
• Investigate seasonal patterns in ecosystem respiration and primary productivity using the gap-filled, processed time series data.

Strengths

• Data processed to a final, gap-filled product using the established PyFluxPro (v3.3.3) methodology as described in a peer-reviewed publication.
• Includes a comprehensive suite of measurements: greenhouse gas fluxes (CO2, CH4), energy fluxes, and supplementary meteorological and soil variables.
• Site metadata is detailed, including elevation (approx. 170m), mean annual precipitation (572mm), and a description of bordering land use types (grasslands and crop lands).
• Data collection spanned nearly three years, from June 2011 to early 2014, providing a multi-year record.

Limitations

• The specific number of data rows, columns, and file size is unknown from the provided description.
• Data collection ended in early 2014, making the dataset temporally stale for modeling current ecosystem conditions.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single monitoring station in Queensland, Australia, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery, originally from the Arcturus station, a collaborative project between Geoscience Australia and CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research.

Collection Method

Data gathered via eddy covariance techniques using instruments on a 6.7m tower, processed with PyFluxPro software.

Time Range

June 2011 to early 2014.

Freshness

Data last updated on the platform was 2026-03-20, but the underlying measurements are from 2011-2014.

Geography

Arcturus monitoring station, 48 km southeast of Emerald, Queensland, Australia.