Flux Tower Measurements in Tasmanian Eucalyptus Forest 2013-2016

Aggregating flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between the surface and atmosphere using eddy covariance techniques, processed with PyFluxPro v3.4.17. It includes micrometeorology and meteorology data from 2013 to late 2016, though the record is incomplete. The site is a tall, mixed-aged Eucalyptus obliqua forest in southern Tasmania with an elevation of 100 meters.

Use Cases

• Analyze Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) partitioning into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) to study carbon dynamics in a fire-maintained forest.
• Model the relationship between soil moisture content, measured via time domain reflectometry, and ecosystem respiration rates.
• Investigate seasonal patterns in energy fluxes using supplementary measurements of incoming and reflected shortwave radiation and net radiation.
• Examine the impact of instrument changes, such as the replacement of the open-path gas analyzer (EC150) with a closed-path system (EC155), on the continuity of CO2 and H2O flux records.

Strengths

• Data processed using the established PyFluxPro software (v3.4.17) as per Isaac et al. (2017), producing a final, gap-filled product.
• Comprehensive suite of supplementary measurements including temperature, humidity, wind speed, rainfall, radiation, and soil parameters.
• Site description provides detailed ecological context, including forest age (77 and >250 years), dominant species, soil type, and climate (mean annual precipitation of 1700 mm).

Limitations

• The micrometeorology and meteorology dataset from 2013 to late 2016 is incomplete due to ongoing problems following a change in the gas analyzer system in 2015.
• No information is provided on the number of rows, columns, or file size, limiting assessment of data volume and structure.
• The sample data and specific column names are unavailable, hindering preliminary analysis of data format and variables.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Eddy covariance measurements from an 80m tower, processed with PyFluxPro.

Time Range

2013 to late 2016

Freshness

Data covers 2013 to late 2016; metadata was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

A stand of tall Eucalyptus obliqua forest adjacent to the Huon River in southern Tasmania, elevation 100m.