Ti Tree East Flux Data: Energy and Carbon Exchange in a Semi-Arid Australian Woodland

27.5 tonnes per hectare of standing biomass characterize the mulga woodland where this flux tower measures ecosystem-atmosphere exchanges. Data from the Ti Tree East station, located 170 km north of Alice Springs, were processed using PyFluxPro (v3.4.23) to produce gap-filled estimates of Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE), Gross Primary Productivity (GPP), and Ecosystem Respiration (ER). The Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery platform released this version in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling carbon sequestration dynamics based on partitioned Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) data.
• Analyzing water and energy balance in a semi-arid woodland based on flux tower measurements of heat and water vapor.
• Studying the impact of highly variable annual precipitation (33mm to 712mm) on ecosystem function.
• Validating satellite-derived estimates of evapotranspiration and productivity using ground-truthed eddy covariance data.

Strengths

• Includes gap-filled, final product data processed with a standardized software (PyFluxPro v3.4.23).
• Provides detailed site characterization including biomass (27.5 t/ha), canopy height (4.3 m median), soil composition (91:8:1 sand:silt:clay), and long-term precipitation range.
• Measures a comprehensive suite of variables including carbon, water, and energy fluxes, plus above/below-canopy and soil parameters.

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.
• The flux footprint is described as heterogeneous, which may complicate spatial interpretation of the measurements.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Eddy covariance techniques using an open-path system at 9.8m height, with data processed by PyFluxPro.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-25 10:34:00.872002; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Pine Hill cattle station, approximately 170 km north of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. Elevation 553 m.