i-Box: Processed Eddy-Covariance Data from Five Austrian Alpine Stations, 2014-2020

Processed data from 2014 to 2020 from five eddy-covariance stations in the Austrian Inn Valley, aggregated to 15-minute statistics. The dataset was created by Manuela Lehner of Universität Innsbruck to study boundary-layer processes in mountainous terrain. It contains measurements from stations at varying elevations and slope angles on the valley floor and sidewalls.

Use Cases

• Modeling turbulent heat and moisture fluxes in mountainous terrain based on station elevation and slope data.
• Analyzing the impact of topography on atmospheric boundary-layer processes based on data from valley floor and sidewall stations.
• Studying temporal trends in energy and gas exchange from 15-minute aggregated statistics collected between 2014 and 2020.
• Comparing surface-atmosphere interactions across different land covers (grassland, agricultural fields) mentioned in the station descriptions.

Strengths

• Data spans seven years (2014-2020), providing a multi-year record for analysis.
• Includes measurements from five distinct stations with specific geographic coordinates and terrain descriptions (e.g., valley floor at 545 m, steep 25-degree slope at 1009 m).
• Describes specific instrumentation used (e.g., CSAT3 sonic anemometer, EC150 gas analyzer, Irgason), allowing for assessment of measurement methodology.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Universität Innsbruck

Collection Method

Processed eddy-covariance measurements from a network of five instrumented stations.

Time Range

2014-2020

Geography

Inn Valley, Austria (specific coordinates provided for five stations)