Silver Plains Flux Data: Energy and Mass Exchange Measurements from Tasmania

Tasmanian Central Plateau flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between the surface and atmosphere, processed using PyFluxPro (v3.4.23). The station was established in 2019 in Interlaken on land managed by the Tasmanian Land Conservancy, producing gap-filled Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER).

Use Cases

• Modeling carbon budgets based on Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) data.
• Partitioning ecosystem respiration from photosynthesis using Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) variables.
• Analyzing surface-atmosphere energy exchange dynamics based on flux tower measurements.
• Studying the carbon cycle of the Tasmanian Central Plateau ecosystem.

Strengths

• Data processed using a specific, documented methodology (PyFluxPro v3.4.23 as per Isaac et al., 2017).
• Provides a final, gap-filled product for key ecosystem variables like NEE, GPP, and ER.
• Station has a known establishment date (2019) and specific geographic location (Interlaken, Tasmanian Central Plateau).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery via data_gov_au.

Collection Method

Flux tower measurements using eddy covariance techniques, processed with PyFluxPro.

Time Range

Measurements began in 2019; specific end date is not provided.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 14:02:03.764319; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Silver Plains Flux Station, Interlaken, Tasmanian Central Plateau, Tasmania, Australia.