Flux Tower Measurements from Great Western Woodlands 2022

This release contains flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange in a semi-arid eucalypt woodland in Western Australia, processed using PyFluxPro software. The data includes gap-filled products with Net Ecosystem Exchange partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity and Ecosystem Respiration. The site is located in the 16 million hectare Great Western Woodlands region and has been operational since 2012.

Use Cases

• Analyze Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) time series to model carbon dynamics in semi-arid woodlands.
• Partition NEE into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) to study ecosystem metabolism.
• Study energy flux measurements to understand surface-atmosphere interactions in a low-rainfall temperate woodland.
• Investigate eddy covariance data from a unique, relatively intact woodland ecosystem under 220 mm mean annual rainfall.

Strengths

• Data processed using the established PyFluxPro (v3.3.3) pipeline as described in a peer-reviewed publication.
• Covers a globally unique temperate woodland ecosystem in a 16 million hectare region.
• Provides final, gap-filled products for key carbon and energy flux variables.

Limitations

• The specific number of rows, columns, and file size is unknown from the input.
• Data is presented in HTML and PNG formats, which may not be immediately suitable for programmatic analysis without extraction.
• The license is listed as 'notspecified', which may create uncertainty for downstream use.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Eddy covariance techniques from a flux tower, processed with PyFluxPro software.

Time Range

Site established in 2012; data release is for 2022.

Freshness

Last updated in March 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Geography

Great Western Woodlands, specifically the Credo Conservation Reserve in south-west Western Australia.