Flux Tower Measurements from Tasmanian Eucalypt Woodland 2013-2016
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Description
A collection of flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange in a semi-arid eucalypt woodland in Tasmania, processed using PyFluxPro. It includes micro-meteorology and meteorology data such as CO2, H2O, energy fluxes, temperature, humidity, wind, and rainfall from 2013 to late 2016. The data is gap-filled and partitioned into Net Ecosystem Exchange, Gross Primary Productivity, and Ecosystem Respiration.
Use Cases
Model Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) dynamics using CO2 flux, temperature, and soil moisture data from the flux tower.
Analyze seasonal patterns in Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) in relation to rainfall and incoming shortwave radiation.
Study energy balance and micro-meteorology by correlating net radiation with soil heat fluxes and temperature measurements.
Investigate the impact of instrument change from an open-path to a closed-path gas analyser on recorded CO2 and H2O flux time series.
Strengths
Data is processed to a final, gap-filled product using the established PyFluxPro (v3.3.0) methodology.
Includes multi-year temporal coverage from 2013 to late 2016 for long-term ecological trend analysis.
Provides detailed site characterization including vegetation type (Eucalyptus obliqua forest), soil profile, and climate (1700 mm mean annual precipitation).
Limitations
Data is incomplete for periods after late 2016 due to ongoing technical problems following an instrument change.
The specific row count, column structure, and file size are not provided, limiting assessment of dataset scale and granularity.
Primary data formats (HTML, PNG) may not be immediately suitable for quantitative analysis without extraction and conversion.
Provenance
Source
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Collection Method
Collected via eddy covariance techniques using instruments mounted on an 80m flux tower and processed with PyFluxPro.
Time Range
2013 to late 2016
Freshness
The dataset record was last updated in March 2026, but the underlying data collection period ended in late 2016.
Geography
Warra Flux Site, a semi-arid eucalypt woodland adjacent to the Huon River in southern Tasmania, Australia.
The license is listed as 'notspecified'; users must verify terms of use before application. Data is provided in HTML and PNG formats, which may require parsing to obtain tabular time-series data for analysis.