LBA-ECO Amazon Flux Tower Network Data: 1999-2006

Nine flux towers across the Brazilian Amazon collected carbon, energy, and meteorological measurements from 1999 through 2006. This second version of the compilation features harmonized data across projects with additional quality control and aggregation to hourly, daily, 16-day, and monthly timesteps. The dataset was produced by independent investigators for NASA's LBA-ECO project to serve as a common reference for integrative studies and data-model synthesis.

Use Cases

• Analyzing net ecosystem exchange (NEE) of CO2 across multiple Amazonian sites using aggregated carbon flux columns.
• Studying the relationship between soil moisture profiles and ecosystem respiration rates over multi-year periods.
• Modeling energy balance and heat flux dynamics using harmonized radiation and canopy temperature data.
• Investigating long-term trends in atmospheric carbon compounds and surface meteorology from a coordinated tower network.

Strengths

• Data is harmonized across nine independent tower projects, enabling cross-site comparison.
• Includes multiple temporal aggregations (hourly, daily, 16-day, monthly) for analysis at different scales.
• Covers a seven-year period (1999-2006), providing a multi-year record for trend analysis.

Limitations

• Conflicting last update dates: datagov lists 2026-03-13, while nasa_earthdata lists 2006-12-31.
• Specific column names, row counts, and dataset size are not provided on any platform.
• License is specified as 'other-license-specified' without further detail on datagov, and is null on nasa_earthdata.

Provenance

Source

Independent investigators for NASA's LBA-ECO project.

Collection Method

Compiled from a variety of flux tower projects, harmonized, and quality-controlled.

Time Range

1999-2006

Freshness

2026-03-13 01:16:56.577190

Geography

Nine towers across the Brazilian Amazon.