i-Box: Processed Eddy-Covariance Data from Austrian Inn Valley

Five eddy-covariance stations in the Austrian Inn Valley provide processed atmospheric data between 2014 and 2020. The dataset contains 10-minute statistics from instruments including sonic anemometers and gas analyzers, measuring boundary-layer processes in mountainous terrain. It was created by Manuela Lehner of Universität Innsbruck.

Use Cases

• Modeling boundary-layer processes in complex terrain based on data from five distinct valley locations.
• Analyzing temporal trends in atmospheric fluxes based on 10-minute aggregated statistics from 2014 to 2020.
• Comparing micro-meteorological conditions across different slope angles and elevations described for each station.
• Validating atmospheric models for mountainous regions using eddy-covariance flux measurements.

Strengths

• Data spans a 7-year period from 2014 to 2020, providing a long-term observational record.
• Includes measurements from five distinct stations with detailed location and instrumentation metadata.
• Processed to 10-minute statistics, which suggests a consistent, analysis-ready temporal resolution.

Limitations

• Data gaps occur due to instrument malfunctions and maintenance, as noted in the description.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale ML tasks.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Universität Innsbruck

Collection Method

Collected via a network of eddy-covariance stations (i-Box) equipped with sonic anemometers and gas analyzers.

Time Range

2014 to 2020

Geography

Austrian Inn Valley, specifically five stations (VF0, SF8, SF1, NF10, NF27) with precise coordinates.