Ridgefield FLUXNET Release 2026_r1

FLUXNET flux tower measurements from the Ridgefield site, established in January 2015 and located approximately 12km west of Pingelly, Western Australia. The data were processed using PyFluxPro and ONEFlux software to produce gap-filled products for Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE), Gross Primary Productivity (GPP), and Ecosystem Respiration (ER). This release is part of the FLUXNET Shuttle project and is managed by The University of Western Australia.

Use Cases

• Modeling carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas budgets based on Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE), Gross Primary Productivity (GPP), and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) data.
• Analyzing energy balance and evapotranspiration in a wheat field based on heat, water vapor, and net radiation measurements.
• Studying the impact of agricultural practices on microclimate using temperature, humidity, wind speed, and soil moisture data.
• Calibrating and validating land surface models for managed ecosystems using the gap-filled, quality-controlled flux product.

Strengths

• Data processed using established PyFluxPro and ONEFlux methodologies as described in referenced scientific literature (Isaac et al., 2017; Pastorello et al., 2020).
• Site provides long-term monitoring from 2015, with detailed environmental context including elevation (330m) and mean annual precipitation (446mm).
• Measurements include a comprehensive suite of fluxes (heat, water vapor, CO2, methane) and supporting meteorological variables.

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.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single agricultural site in Western Australia.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery, The University of Western Australia.

Collection Method

Eddy covariance techniques for flux tower measurements, processed with PyFluxPro and ONEFlux software.

Time Range

Data collection began in January 2015; temporal coverage of this specific release is not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 14:13:11.050089; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ridgefield flux station near Pingelly, Western Australia (GPS coordinates: -32.5061, 116.9668).