Loxton FLUXNET Release 2025_r1: Almond Orchard Carbon Flux Measurements

Loxton FLUXNET Release 2025_r1 consists of flux tower measurements from a 481-hectare almond orchard near Loxton, South Australia. Data were processed using PyFluxPro and ONEFlux software to produce a final gap-filled product containing Net Ecosystem Exchange partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity and Ecosystem Respiration. This dataset was produced as part of the FLUXNET Shuttle project.

Use Cases

• Modeling Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) based on gap-filled flux tower data
• Partitioning carbon flux into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) based on the described methodology
• Studying energy and mass exchange in an orchard ecosystem based on eddy covariance techniques
• Analyzing the impact of orchard planting patterns on local carbon dynamics based on the detailed site description

Strengths

• Data processed using established PyFluxPro and ONEFlux software pipelines as referenced
• Site description provides specific details: 481 ha orchard, tree height of 5.5 m in 2008, precise planting layout
• Final product is gap-filled, which likely enhances usability for time-series analysis

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic and agricultural bias inherent to a single almond orchard site

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-13 11:52:09.396681

Geography

A 481 ha almond orchard near Loxton, South Australia (34.47035°S, 140.65512°E).