Eddy Covariance Flux Tower Measurements from Australian Savanna

Aggregating 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 partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity and Ecosystem Respiration from an open woodland savanna site in Australia.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between Net Ecosystem Exchange and environmental drivers like temperature and rainfall.
• Model Gross Primary Productivity and Ecosystem Respiration dynamics in a savanna ecosystem using gap-filled eddy covariance data.
• Study seasonal carbon flux patterns using partitioned Net Ecosystem Exchange data from the open woodland site.

Strengths

• Data processed using the established PyFluxPro (v3.4.17) software as described by Isaac et al. (2017).
• Provides a final, gap-filled product for key carbon flux variables like Net Ecosystem Exchange.
• Includes detailed site metadata such as average tree height (14-16 m), elevation (64 m), and mean annual precipitation (1750 mm).

Limitations

• The specific temporal coverage and number of data points (rows) are not provided.
• The exact set of measured variables (columns) is not detailed in the available input.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Eddy covariance flux tower measurements processed with PyFluxPro software.

Freshness

Last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Howard Springs, Australia (open woodland savanna site).