Flux Tower Measurements from a Blue Gum Plantation in Western Victoria

Comprising flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between a surface and the atmospheric boundary-layer using eddy covariance techniques. Data were processed with PyFluxPro (v3.4.17) to produce a final, gap-filled product with Net Ecosystem Exchange partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity and Ecosystem Respiration.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between Gross Primary Productivity and Ecosystem Respiration to model Net Ecosystem Exchange dynamics.
• Study the temporal evolution of carbon flux metrics from a blue gum plantation established in August 2017.
• Investigate the impact of tree growth from 0.3m to 11m on energy and mass exchange measurements over the monitoring period.

Strengths

• Data processed with the PyFluxPro (v3.4.17) software, producing a final, gap-filled product.
• Monitoring covers a specific plantation with known establishment date (August 2017) and tree density (~1000 trees per hectare).
• The flux tower was installed on an extendable tower, adjusted from 5m to 15m to follow tree growth, ensuring consistent measurement height.

Limitations

• The dataset's exact temporal coverage and total number of observations (rows) are not specified.
• The specific variables (columns) measured beyond the described flux products are unknown.
• Data is associated with a single, specific plantation site, limiting geographic generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Flux tower measurements using eddy covariance techniques, processed with PyFluxPro (v3.4.17).

Time Range

Monitoring period not fully specified; plantation established August 2017, with trees ~11m tall as of July 2021.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-20.

Geography

Digby Plantation, a blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) plantation near the town of Digby in western Victoria, Australia.