Eddy Covariance Flux Data from Wellington Pastoral Woodland

Eddy covariance measurements of energy and mass exchange between the surface and atmosphere. Data were processed using PyFluxPro (v3.5.0) to produce gap-filled Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE), partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER). The site is a pastoral woodland in a humid subtropical climate, part of the Australian Critical Zone Observatories network.

Use Cases

• Analyze the partitioning of Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) to study carbon dynamics.
• Model energy and mass exchange fluxes in a pastoral woodland ecosystem under a humid subtropical climate.
• Investigate seasonal patterns in ecosystem respiration (ER) relative to recorded temperature and rainfall ranges (e.g., 348.3 mm to 1355.3 mm annual rainfall).
• Use gap-filled flux data processed with PyFluxPro for validating land surface or carbon cycle models.

Strengths

• Data is processed into a final, gap-filled product using the standardized PyFluxPro (v3.5.0) software.
• Includes derived carbon flux components: Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE), Gross Primary Productivity (GPP), and Ecosystem Respiration (ER).
• Site climate is characterized with specific metrics: annual mean maximum temperature of 22.8 °C, mean minimum of 10.5 °C, and annual rainfall ranging from 348.3 mm to 1355.3 mm.

Limitations

• The dataset size, row count, column count, and specific temporal coverage are unknown.
• Data is presented in HTML and PNG formats, which are not ideal for direct quantitative analysis compared to structured tabular formats (e.g., CSV).

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery, via the Australian Critical Zone Observatories (OzCZO) network.

Collection Method

Measurements gathered using eddy covariance techniques at a flux tower and processed with PyFluxPro (v3.5.0).

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-20.

Geography

Wellington Research Station flux tower site, characterized as pastoral woodland in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen).