Arcturus Flux Tower Measurements of Energy and Greenhouse Gases

Aggregating flux tower measurements of energy and greenhouse gas exchanges between the surface and atmosphere using eddy covariance techniques. Data were processed with PyFluxPro to produce gap-filled products including Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE), Gross Primary Productivity (GPP), and Ecosystem Respiration (ER). The measurements were collected from a station 48 km southeast of Emerald, Queensland, from June 2011 to early 2014.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) and supplementary measurements like temperature, humidity, and rainfall to model carbon dynamics.
• Partition Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) from NEE data to study ecosystem carbon cycling.
• Investigate fluxes of methane and carbon dioxide in relation to land use types, such as grasslands and crop lands, bordering the tower site.
• Use soil heat flux, soil moisture, and soil temperature measurements to model energy and water exchange processes.

Strengths

• Data processed with a specific, documented methodology (PyFluxPro v3.4.17) as described by Isaac et al. (2017).
• Includes a multi-year temporal coverage from June 2011 to early 2014.
• Provides measurements for multiple key variables: fluxes of heat, water vapour, methane, and carbon dioxide, plus supplementary atmospheric and soil data.

Limitations

• The dataset's temporal coverage ended in early 2014, making it potentially stale for modeling current ecosystem conditions.
• The specific row count, column count, and data size are unknown, limiting assessment of its scale and granularity.
• Data is from a single geographic location (48 km southeast of Emerald, Queensland), limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Flux tower measurements using the open-path eddy flux technique, processed with PyFluxPro software.

Time Range

June 2011 to early 2014.

Freshness

Data collection ended in early 2014; the metadata was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Arcturus greenhouse gas monitoring station, 48 km southeast of Emerald, Queensland, Australia (elevation ~170 m).