Savanna Flux Tower Measurements of Energy and Mass Exchange

A collection of flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between the surface and atmosphere using eddy covariance techniques. Data were processed with PyFluxPro (v3.4.7) to produce a final, gap-filled product including Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER). The site is an open forest savanna in Australia with a canopy height averaging 12.3 m and mean annual precipitation of 895.3 mm.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal patterns in Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) and its components, Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER), using gap-filled data.
• Model the relationship between ecosystem carbon fluxes (NEE, GPP, ER) and ancillary measurements like soil moisture content and soil heat fluxes.
• Investigate correlations between energy exchange measurements (e.g., incoming/reflected shortwave radiation, net radiation) and atmospheric variables like temperature, humidity, wind speed, and wind direction.
• Validate remote sensing products (e.g., from Lidar and hyperspectral measurements) using ground-truthed flux tower data on ecosystem productivity and structure.

Strengths

• Data is processed into a final, gap-filled product using the established PyFluxPro (v3.4.7) software as described by Isaac et al. (2017).
• Comprehensive suite of measurements includes energy, water vapor, and carbon dioxide fluxes, alongside meteorological and soil variables.
• Site is ecologically characterized with specific details: canopy height averages 12.3 m, elevation is 175 m, and mean annual precipitation is 895.3 mm.

Limitations

• The specific temporal coverage and number of data records (rows) are not provided in the input.
• The available file formats (HTML, PNG) are not typical for structured, machine-readable time-series data analysis.
• Ancillary remote sensing data (Lidar, hyperspectral) appears to be from a single campaign in September 2008, which may not be temporally aligned with the flux data.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Eddy covariance flux tower measurements processed using PyFluxPro (v3.4.7).

Freshness

The dataset metadata was last updated on 2026-03-20.

Geography

Open forest savanna site in Australia.