Wombat State Forest Flux Tower Measurements 2010-2016

Featuring flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between a forest surface and the atmosphere using eddy covariance techniques. The data were processed with PyFluxPro (v3.5.0) to produce a gap-filled product with Net Ecosystem Exchange partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity and Ecosystem Respiration. The site is a secondary re-growth forest in Australia with an average canopy height of 25 meters.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between Gross Primary Productivity and Ecosystem Respiration to model Net Ecosystem Exchange dynamics.
• Study seasonal carbon flux patterns using time-series data from 2010 to 2016 in a cool-temperate to Mediterranean climate.
• Model soil greenhouse gas fluxes (CO2, CH4, N2O) collected via FTIR spectrometer from a trailer-mounted mobile laboratory.
• Investigate the impact of forest management practices, such as selective harvesting and prescribed burning, on energy and mass exchange measurements.

Strengths

• Data processed using the established PyFluxPro (v3.5.0) pipeline, which produces a final, gap-filled product.
• Includes coherent automated measurements of soil greenhouse gas fluxes (CO2, CH4, N2O) from 2010 to 2016.
• Site metadata is detailed, including dominant tree species (Eucalyptus obliqua, radiata, rubida), average canopy height (25 m), and mean annual air temperature (12.1°C).

Limitations

• The specific number of rows, columns, and file size is unknown, limiting precise assessment of dataset scale.
• Primary data formats are HTML and PNG, which may not be ideal for direct quantitative analysis without extraction.
• The license is not specified, which could create uncertainty for downstream use and redistribution.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Flux tower measurements using eddy covariance techniques, processed with PyFluxPro (v3.5.0). Soil greenhouse gas fluxes measured with a trailer-mounted Fourier transform infra-red (FTIR) spectrometer.

Time Range

2010 to 2016 for soil greenhouse gas fluxes; flux tower measurement height was adjusted in January 2017.

Freshness

Data covers measurements from 2010 to 2016, with metadata last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Wombat State Forest, Australia. The climate is cool-temperate to Mediterranean with mean annual air temperature of 12.1°C and annual rainfall of approximately 871 mm.