Flux Tower Measurements from Australian Rainforest 2015-2018

Comprising flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between the surface and atmosphere using eddy covariance techniques, processed with PyFluxPro (v3.4.18). It provides gap-filled data with Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER). The data originates from the Robson Creek site in the Far North Queensland Rainforest, part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.

Use Cases

• Analyze Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) time series to model carbon flux dynamics in a high-biodiversity rainforest.
• Partition NEE into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) to study ecosystem carbon balance.
• Correlate carbon dioxide fluxes with supplementary measurements like temperature, humidity, and incoming shortwave radiation.
• Investigate the impact of site-specific factors, such as 2000 mm mean annual precipitation and 711 m elevation, on measured fluxes.

Strengths

• Data is processed into a final, gap-filled product using the established PyFluxPro (v3.4.18) methodology.
• Provides measurements from a biodiverse and carbon-dense upland rainforest in Australia's Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.
• Includes supplementary meteorological measurements (e.g., temperature, humidity, radiation) alongside core flux data.

Limitations

• Specific data volume (row count, column count) and file sizes are not provided.
• Contains a known data gap from February 14 to 21, 2019, due to a major power supply failure.
• The primary temporal coverage (2015-2018) may be considered temporally stale for modeling current conditions.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Flux tower measurements using open-path eddy covariance techniques, processed with PyFluxPro software.

Time Range

2015 to 2018 (with a data gap in February 2019).

Freshness

Data was last updated on the platform in March 2026, but the primary corrected measurements cover 2015 to 2018.

Geography

Robson Creek site, foothills of the Lamb Range, Far North Queensland Rainforest, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Australia.