Arcturus Flux Tower Measurements of Energy and Mass Exchange 2011-2014

A collection of flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between the surface and atmosphere using eddy covariance techniques. It was processed with PyFluxPro (v3.4.15) to produce a final, gap-filled product with Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER). The data were collected from June 2011 to early 2014 at a station 48 km southeast of Emerald, Queensland.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) and supplementary measurements like temperature, humidity, and rainfall to model carbon dynamics.
• Partition gap-filled NEE data into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) to study ecosystem carbon cycling.
• Investigate fluxes of heat, water vapour, methane, and carbon dioxide measured via the open-path eddy flux technique across different land use types (grasslands and crop lands).
• Correlate soil measurements (soil heat flux, moisture, temperature) with above-canopy energy fluxes to understand surface-atmosphere interactions.

Strengths

• Data processed using the established PyFluxPro (v3.4.15) pipeline as described by Isaac et al. (2017), ensuring methodological consistency.
• Provides a final, gap-filled data product for key variables like Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE).
• Includes measurements from a specific site with known geographic and environmental context: elevation of 170 m, mean annual precipitation of 572 mm, and data collection from June 2011 to early 2014.
• Captures a comprehensive suite of fluxes (heat, water vapour, methane, CO2) and supplementary meteorological and soil variables.

Limitations

• The temporal coverage is limited to a period from June 2011 to early 2014, which may not represent current conditions.
• Data is from a single tower location bordering two land use types, limiting geographic generalizability.
• The dataset's size, row count, and specific column structure are unknown, which may complicate initial assessment for analysis.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery, originally from a collaborative project between Geoscience Australia (GA) and CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR).

Collection Method

Flux tower measurements using eddy covariance techniques and the open-path eddy flux method, processed with PyFluxPro software.

Time Range

June 2011 to early 2014.

Freshness

Data collection ended in early 2014, though the record was last updated in the system on 2026-03-20.

Geography

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