Fogg Dam Flux Data: Wetland Carbon and Energy Exchange Measurements

Flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between a wetland surface and the atmosphere using eddy covariance techniques. Data were processed using PyFluxPro (v3.5.0) to produce a final, gap-filled product with partitioned Net Ecosystem Exchange. The site is a seasonally flooded wetland at approximately 4 m elevation, with vegetation including Oryza rufipogon, Pseudoraphis spinescens, and Eleocharis dulcis.

Use Cases

• Modeling Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) dynamics based on gap-filled flux tower data.
• Partitioning carbon flux into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) for wetland studies.
• Analyzing seasonal energy balance based on measured heat, water vapor, and carbon dioxide exchanges.
• Correlating soil moisture and heat flux measurements with vegetation and atmospheric data.
• Validating remote sensing products using ancillary LAI, leaf physiology, and soil property measurements.

Strengths

• Data processing uses a defined methodology (PyFluxPro v3.5.0) as described by Isaac et al. (2017).
• Includes a wide range of ancillary measurements: LAI, leaf physiology, soil properties, and airborne remote sensing from 2008.
• Site climate is characterized with specific numbers: 1411 mm mean annual precipitation and temperature ranges from 14.9°C to 35.6°C.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; the last metadata update was 2026 03 20, but the core data release is from 2023.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Eddy covariance flux tower measurements processed with PyFluxPro.

Time Range

The dataset release is 2023_v1; airborne remote sensing was conducted in September 2008.

Freshness

Last metadata update 2026-03-20; data release version is 2023_v1.

Geography

Fogg Dam, a wetland site in Australia with an elevation of approximately 4 m.