Loxton FLUXNET 2026: Carbon and Energy Fluxes in an Australian Almond Orchard

Flux tower measurements from a 481-hectare almond orchard near Loxton, South Australia, processed using PyFluxPro and ONEFlux software. The data contain gap-filled Net Ecosystem Exchange partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity and Ecosystem Respiration. This release was produced as part of the FLUXNET Shuttle project.

Use Cases

• Modeling Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) dynamics in a perennial crop system based on the gap-filled product.
• Partitioning carbon fluxes into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) for ecosystem studies.
• Analyzing energy and mass exchange between the surface and atmosphere using eddy covariance techniques.
• Studying the carbon balance of an almond orchard with known planting dates, spacing, and tree height.

Strengths

• Data processed with established PyFluxPro (v3.4.21) and ONEFlux software pipelines, following cited methodologies.
• Site description is highly specific, including exact coordinates (34.47035°S, 140.65512°E), orchard size (481 ha), and planting details.
• Provides a final, gap-filled product for key carbon flux variables (NEE, GPP, ER).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery via data_gov_au.

Collection Method

Eddy covariance flux tower measurements processed with PyFluxPro and ONEFlux.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 14:13:03.790312; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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