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 the PyFluxPro software. The data includes gap-filled Net Ecosystem Exchange partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity and Ecosystem Respiration. The site is located in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area at an elevation of 711 meters with mean annual precipitation of 2000mm.

Use Cases

• Analyze Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) dynamics in semi-arid woodlands using gap-filled flux tower data.
• Partition NEE into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) to model carbon cycling.
• Study energy balance by correlating fluxes of heat and water vapor with supplementary measurements like temperature and humidity.
• Investigate the impact of rainfall and wind direction on carbon dioxide fluxes, noting corrections made for 2015-2018 data.

Strengths

• Data processed using the standardized PyFluxPro (v3.3.3) pipeline as described in a peer-reviewed publication.
• Site is part of the FNQ Rainforest Site network within the biodiverse and carbon-dense Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.
• Supplementary measurements include temperature, humidity, windspeed, wind direction, rainfall, and radiation above the canopy.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column count, and temporal coverage are not provided in the input description.
• Data availability is indicated as HTML and PNG formats, which may not be ideal for direct quantitative analysis without extraction.
• A known data gap exists from 2019-02-14 to 2019-02-21 due to a major power supply failure.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Measurements gathered using eddy covariance techniques from a free-standing 40m flux tower, processed with PyFluxPro software.

Time Range

Mentions data for 2015-2018, with a gap in 2019, but exact start and end dates are not specified.

Freshness

Data was last updated on 2026-03-20.

Geography

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