Tumbarumba Flux Tower Measurements with Pre- and Post-Fire Data

Tumbarumba flux station in New South Wales provides eddy covariance measurements of energy and mass exchange between a wet sclerophyll forest and the atmosphere. The dataset includes processed and gap-filled products for Net Ecosystem Exchange, Gross Primary Productivity, and Ecosystem Respiration, produced as part of the FLUXNET Shuttle project using PyFluxPro and ONEFlux software. Data capture spans a period before and after a moderate-severity bushfire on December 31, 2019.

Use Cases

• Modeling Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) dynamics using partitioned Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) data.
• Analyzing the impact of the 2019 bushfire on forest carbon flux by comparing pre- and post-fire NEE, GPP, and ER time series.
• Correlating canopy-level properties from hyperspectral radiometric measurements with flux measurements of heat, water vapor, and CO2.
• Studying microclimate gradients using temperature, humidity, and CO2 profiles measured at seven levels within the 40m canopy.
• Investigating soil-vegetation-atmosphere interactions using soil moisture, soil heat flux, and temperature data alongside flux measurements.

Strengths

• Includes a significant disturbance event with data before and after the December 31, 2019 bushfire.
• Provides supplementary measurements including radiation, wind, rainfall, and seven-level canopy profiles of temperature, humidity, and CO2.
• Data processed with standardized FLUXNET methodologies (PyFluxPro and ONEFlux) for quality control and gap-filling.

Limitations

• Contains a data gap of approximately 10 months immediately following the 2019 bushfire.
• Specific row counts, file sizes, and temporal range for the full dataset are not provided.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single flux tower site in a specific forest type.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery, part of the FLUXNET Shuttle project.

Collection Method

Data gathered via a 70m instrument mast using open-path eddy covariance techniques, with post-processing via PyFluxPro and ONEFlux.

Time Range

Includes periods before and after December 31, 2019; exact start and end dates are unspecified.

Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

Geography

Bago State Forest, south eastern New South Wales, Australia (GPS: -35.6566, 148.1517).