Wallaby Creek Flux Tower Measurements of Energy and Mass Exchange

Aggregating flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between the surface and atmosphere using eddy covariance techniques, processed with PyFluxPro. It originates from a tall, wet sclerophyll forest in Australia's Central Highlands, featuring a chronosequence of stand ages (20, 80, and 300 years) established by fires over the last 300 years. The final product includes gap-filled Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER).

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) and stand age (20, 80, 300 years) across the fire-established chronosequence.
• Partition gap-filled NEE data into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) components to study carbon cycle dynamics.
• Model energy and mass exchange fluxes in relation to site-specific factors like elevation (720 m), canopy height (75 m average), and soil types (e.g., krasnozemic soils).
• Study ecosystem processes in a tall, wet sclerophyll forest dominated by Eucalyptus Regnans, the world's tallest flowering plant.

Strengths

• Data processed using the standardized PyFluxPro (v3.4.7) pipeline as described by Isaac et al. (2017).
• Includes a chronosequence of three distinct forest stand ages (20, 80, and 300 years) established by historical fires.
• Site is located in a protected IUCN Category II (National Parks) area, primarily managed for ecosystem conservation.
• Provides gap-filled final products for key carbon flux variables like NEE, GPP, and ER.

Limitations

• The specific number of rows (time points), columns (variables), and total data volume is unknown.
• Data formats include HTML and PNG, which may not be standard for direct quantitative analysis without extraction.
• The license is listed as 'notspecified', which creates ambiguity for reuse and redistribution.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Flux tower measurements using eddy covariance techniques, processed with PyFluxPro (v3.4.7).

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-20, though the release is labeled '2022_v2'.

Geography

Wallaby Creek catchment in Victoria's Central Highlands, Australia, at approximately 720 m elevation.