Flux Tower Measurements from Australian Almond Orchard 2008-2009

This release contains flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange in a semi-arid eucalypt woodland using eddy covariance techniques. The data was processed with PyFluxPro to produce gap-filled products including Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE), Gross Primary Productivity (GPP), and Ecosystem Respiration (ER). The Loxton site was operational from August 2008 to June 2009.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal patterns in Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) to understand carbon dynamics in a semi-arid almond orchard.
• Partition NEE into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) to model ecosystem carbon balance.
• Study the impact of orchard management practices, such as fertigation with KNO3 and Urea, on energy and mass flux measurements.
• Use eddy covariance data from the 34.47035°S, 140.65512°E location for validating remote sensing models of semi-arid ecosystems.

Strengths

• Data processed using the standardized PyFluxPro (v3.3.0) pipeline as described in a peer-reviewed publication.
• Provides gap-filled final products including NEE, GPP, and ER, which are critical for ecosystem studies.
• Site metadata includes specific geographic coordinates (34.47035°S, 140.65512°E) and detailed orchard planting and management details.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage is limited to a single year (August 2008 to June 2009), restricting analysis of long-term trends.
• The dataset's size, row count, and specific column structure are unknown, complicating assessment of its analytical scope.
• Data is from a single, managed almond orchard site, limiting generalizability to other ecosystems.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery, also available at http://data.ozflux.org.au.

Collection Method

Eddy covariance techniques at a flux tower, processed with PyFluxPro software.

Time Range

August 2008 to June 2009.

Freshness

Data was last updated on the platform in March 2026, but the underlying measurements are from 2008-2009.

Geography

A semi-arid almond orchard near Loxton, Australia (34.47035°S, 140.65512°E).