Flux Tower Measurements from a Tropical Rangeland Savanna

This release contains flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between the surface and atmosphere, processed using PyFluxPro (v3.5.0). The data includes Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER). Measurements are from the Fletcherview Tropical Rangeland SuperSite, a cattle grazing site in Queensland, Australia.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal patterns in Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) between dry and wet seasons at a tropical savanna site.
• Partition Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) from flux data to study carbon dynamics in a grazed rangeland.
• Model energy exchange between the surface and atmospheric boundary-layer using eddy covariance data from a tall open savanna environment.

Strengths

• Data processed using the established PyFluxPro (v3.5.0) pipeline as described by Isaac et al. (2017).
• Provides a final, gap-filled product for analysis.
• Site is a fully operational cattle station, offering data from a real-world land use context.

Limitations

• The specific number of data rows, columns, and file size are unknown.
• Data format includes HTML and PNG, which may not be standard for quantitative flux analysis without additional processing.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site in Queensland, Australia.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Flux tower measurements using eddy covariance techniques, processed with PyFluxPro software.

Time Range

Site established in 2021; specific temporal coverage of the release is not provided.

Freshness

Data was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Fletcherview Research Station, located 50 km west of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.