Flux Tower Measurements in Cape Tribulation Rainforest

This release contains flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between the surface and atmosphere in a semi-arid eucalypt woodland, processed using PyFluxPro (v3.3.3). The data provides gap-filled products including Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE), Gross Primary Productivity (GPP), and Ecosystem Respiration (ER). The site is located in complex mesophyll vine forest with an average canopy height of 25 meters and an annual average rainfall of 5180mm.

Use Cases

• Analyze Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) dynamics in response to seasonal rainfall patterns, using the 5180mm annual average and 66% wet season concentration.
• Partition NEE into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) to study carbon cycling in complex mesophyll vine forest.
• Model energy and mass exchange fluxes in relation to site-specific variables like the 25m average canopy height and complex terrain.
• Investigate the impact of tropical cyclone disturbance history, such as Cyclone Rona in 1999, on long-term flux measurements.

Strengths

• Data processed to a final, gap-filled product using the established PyFluxPro (v3.3.3) methodology.
• Site description includes specific environmental metrics: 5180mm annual rainfall, 25m average canopy height, and temperature ranges from 21.2°C to 26.6°C.
• Measurements cover a 1-hectare area of rainforest accessed via a 48.5m tall canopy crane, providing detailed vertical profile data.

Limitations

• Unknown data volume (rows/columns) and specific file sizes, limiting assessment of analytical scope.
• Primary data formats are HTML and PNG, which are not standard for quantitative analysis and may require extraction or conversion.
• The site's complex terrain and the regrowth forest 300m to the east may introduce fetch heterogeneity into the flux measurements.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Eddy covariance techniques from a flux tower mounted at 45m on a canopy crane, processed with PyFluxPro.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Cape Tribulation, adjacent to Daintree National Park in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia.