Longreach Mitchell Grass Rangeland Flux Tower Measurements 2023

This release contains flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between the surface and atmosphere using eddy covariance techniques. Data were processed with PyFluxPro (v3.4.15) to produce a final, gap-filled product including Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE), Gross Primary Productivity (GPP), and Ecosystem Respiration (ER). The station is located in arid tussock grassland at Rosebank Station, Queensland.

Use Cases

• Partition Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) to study carbon dynamics in arid grasslands.
• Analyze gap-filled flux tower data to model energy exchange between the surface and atmospheric boundary-layer.
• Study ecosystem responses in arid tussock grassland with species like Astrebla lappacea and Astrebla squarrosa using eddy covariance measurements.
• Investigate the impact of sheep and beef cattle grazing on flux measurements in a black vertosol soil environment.

Strengths

• Data processed using the standardized PyFluxPro (v3.4.15) software as described by Isaac et al. (2017).
• Provides a final, gap-filled data product for analysis.
• Includes key partitioned carbon flux variables: Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE), Gross Primary Productivity (GPP), and Ecosystem Respiration (ER).

Limitations

• Specific data volume (row count, column count) and file size are unknown.
• Primary data files are in HTML and PNG formats, which may not be standard for quantitative analysis without extraction.
• License is listed as 'notspecified', which may create uncertainty for redistribution or commercial use.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Flux tower measurements using eddy covariance techniques, processed with PyFluxPro software.

Time Range

The release is labeled '2023_v2', suggesting data from around 2023.

Freshness

Data was last updated on March 20, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Geography

Rosebank Station, approximately 11 km south-east of Longreach in Queensland, Australia.