Flux Tower Measurements from Australian Semi-Arid Eucalypt Woodland

This release contains flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between the surface and atmosphere in a semi-arid eucalypt woodland, processed using PyFluxPro. The data includes gap-filled Net Ecosystem Exchange partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity and Ecosystem Respiration. The site is part of the FNQ Rainforest Site in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, with an average tree height of 28 meters and mean annual precipitation of 2000mm.

Use Cases

• Analyze Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) dynamics in a semi-arid eucalypt woodland to study carbon cycling.
• Partition NEE into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) to model ecosystem carbon balance.
• Correlate energy fluxes with supplementary measurements like temperature, humidity, and rainfall to understand environmental drivers.
• Study carbon density in upland rainforests of the Atherton Tablelands using flux data from this carbon-dense region.

Strengths

• Data processed using the established PyFluxPro (v3.3.0) pipeline as described in a peer-reviewed publication.
• Includes gap-filled final products for key carbon flux variables like NEE, GPP, and ER.
• Site is part of a long-term monitoring network (FNQ Rainforest Site) in the biodiverse Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.
• Supplementary environmental measurements include temperature, humidity, windspeed, wind direction, and radiation.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column count, and temporal coverage are not provided in the input description.
• Data availability is indicated for specific years (2015-2018, with noted corrections), but a complete time range is unspecified.
• A known data gap exists from 2019-02-14 to 2019-02-21 due to a power supply failure.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Eddy covariance techniques using instruments mounted on a 40m free-standing flux tower, processed with PyFluxPro.

Time Range

Mentions data for 2015-2018 and a gap in 2019, but a definitive start and end year is not provided.

Freshness

Data was last updated on 2026-03-20.

Geography

Robson Creek site at the foothills of the Lamb Range, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia. Elevation is 711m.