Flux Tower Measurements from Great Western Woodlands 2023

Flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between the surface and atmosphere using eddy covariance techniques. It provides a final, gap-filled product with Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER). Data were processed using PyFluxPro (v3.5.0) from a site in a 16 million hectare semi-arid woodland region of Western Australia.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) and Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) to model carbon dynamics in semi-arid woodlands.
• Partition Ecosystem Respiration (ER) from NEE to study ecosystem metabolic processes in a unique low-rainfall temperate woodland.
• Use gap-filled eddy covariance data to validate remote sensing estimates of carbon and energy fluxes for the Great Western Woodlands region.
• Investigate seasonal and interannual variability in GPP and ER within a salmon gum (Eucalyptus salmonophloia) dominated woodland ecosystem.

Strengths

• Data is processed into a final, gap-filled product using the established PyFluxPro (v3.5.0) software.
• Covers a globally unique temperate woodland ecosystem in a 16 million hectare region that remains relatively intact.
• Site is located in a semi-arid environment where woodlands occur at as little as 220 mm mean annual rainfall, providing data for an understudied climate regime.

Limitations

• The specific temporal coverage, data resolution (e.g., half-hourly), and record count are not provided in the input.
• Data is from a single flux station within the vast 16 million hectare region, limiting spatial representativeness.
• File formats listed are HTML and PNG, suggesting the primary data may be embedded in reports or figures rather than a raw, structured table.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Flux tower measurements using eddy covariance techniques, processed with PyFluxPro (v3.5.0).

Time Range

Site established in 2012; release is for 2023 data. Specific date range not provided.

Freshness

Data release is from 2023, with metadata last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Great Western Woodlands, a 16 million hectare area in south-west Western Australia, specifically the Credo Conservation Reserve.