Flux Tower Measurements from Sturt Plains Grassland Ecosystem

Encompassing flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between the surface and atmosphere using eddy covariance techniques, processed with PyFluxPro v3.4.7. It includes gap-filled Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER). The site is a Mitchell Grass plain with an elevation near 250 m and mean annual precipitation of 640 mm.

Use Cases

• Model carbon cycling by analyzing gap-filled Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER).
• Study energy balance using measurements of heat, water vapor, carbon dioxide, net radiation, and soil heat fluxes.
• Analyze environmental controls on fluxes using ancillary data on soil moisture, temperature, humidity, wind speed, and rainfall.
• Investigate ecosystem structure and function using ancillary measurements of LAI, leaf-scale physiological properties, and soil composition (clay 14.47%, silt 51.23%, sand 34.30%).

Strengths

• Data processed using the established PyFluxPro (v3.4.7) pipeline, producing a final, gap-filled product.
• Includes detailed ancillary site characterization, such as soil composition percentages (clay 14.47%, silt 51.23%, sand 34.30%) and biomass measurements.
• Comprehensive suite of core measurements: heat, water vapor, CO2 fluxes, temperature, humidity, wind, rainfall, net radiation, and soil parameters.

Limitations

• Specific temporal coverage, row count, and column structure are unknown from the provided input.
• Primary data files are in HTML and PNG formats, which are not standard for quantitative analysis and may require extraction or conversion.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Eddy covariance flux tower measurements processed with PyFluxPro software.

Freshness

Last updated March 20, 2026.

Geography

Sturt Plains, a low-lying plain dominated by Mitchell Grass, elevation approximately 250 m.