Alice Holt Forest CO2 and Energy Flux Measurements (1999-2012)

Net CO2, evaporation, and heat flux data collected from an oak plantation in southern England over 13 years. The dataset, referenced in a 2012 Biogeosciences publication, is designed to be combined with meteorological data to examine inter-annual drivers of carbon uptake. It includes corrected fluxes, quality flags, random error estimates, and supporting atmospheric variables.

Use Cases

• Modeling inter-annual variation in forest carbon sequestration based on corrected gas flux and meteorological data.
• Analyzing the relationship between energy fluxes (sensible and latent heat) and evapotranspiration in a managed forest ecosystem.
• Assessing data quality and uncertainty in eddy covariance measurements using the provided quality flags and random error estimates.
• Investigating the drivers of corrected momentum flux (Tau) and its impact on forest microclimate.

Strengths

• Data collection spans 13 years (1999-2012), enabling long-term trend analysis.
• Includes quality flags and random error estimates for key flux variables, supporting uncertainty quantification.
• Designed for integration with a companion meteorological dataset for a more complete environmental analysis.

Limitations

• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale processing.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Collected via flux tower using eddy covariance techniques at the Alice Holt plantation.

Time Range

1999-2012

Freshness

Data covers 1999-2012; last update date is unknown.

Geography

Alice Holt forest, an oak plantation in south-eastern England, United Kingdom.