Wallaby Creek Forest Carbon Flux Measurements from Eddy Covariance Tower

Flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between a tall, wet sclerophyll forest and the atmosphere, processed using PyFluxPro. The data includes Net Ecosystem Exchange partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity and Ecosystem Respiration. The forest features a chronosequence of stand ages (20, 80, and 300 years) and mountain ash trees with an average canopy height of 75 meters.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between Gross Primary Productivity and Ecosystem Respiration to model Net Ecosystem Exchange in a tall, wet sclerophyll forest.
• Study carbon flux dynamics across a forest chronosequence of 20, 80, and 300-year-old stands established by historical fires.
• Model energy exchange between the surface and atmospheric boundary-layer using eddy covariance techniques for a site at 720 meters elevation.
• Investigate seasonal patterns in carbon flux using data from a cool, temperate climate zone with summer temperatures ranging from 13.8 to 22.5°C.

Strengths

• Data processed using the standardized PyFluxPro (v3.4.17) pipeline, ensuring methodological consistency.
• Site features a chronosequence of three distinct stand ages (20, 80, and 300 years) for comparative ecological studies.
• Measurements are from a tall, wet sclerophyll forest with mountain ash trees averaging 75 meters in height, representing a significant carbon sink.

Limitations

• The number of data rows, columns, and file size are unknown, making it difficult to assess the dataset's scale and structure.
• Primary data formats are HTML and PNG, which are not standard for quantitative analysis and may require extraction or conversion.
• Specific temporal coverage for the measurements is not provided, limiting time-series analysis context.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Flux tower measurements using eddy covariance techniques, processed with PyFluxPro (v3.4.17).

Freshness

Data was last updated on March 20, 2026.

Geography

Wallaby Creek catchment in Victoria's Central Highlands, Australia, at approximately 720 meters elevation within a cool, temperate climate zone.