Wombat State Forest Flux Tower Measurements 2010-2016

Encompassing flux tower measurements of energy and mass exchange between a forest surface and the atmosphere using eddy covariance techniques. It provides a gap-filled product with Net Ecosystem Exchange partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity and Ecosystem Respiration, processed via PyFluxPro. The site is a secondary re-growth Eucalyptus forest with an average canopy height of 25 meters.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal patterns in Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) across cool-temperate winters and warm, dry summers.
• Partition Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) to model carbon dynamics.
• Correlate soil greenhouse gas flux measurements (CO2, CH4, N2O) from 2010-2016 with atmospheric flux tower data.
• Study the impact of forest management practices like selective harvesting on Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER).

Strengths

• Data processed using the established PyFluxPro (v3.4.17) pipeline, producing a final, gap-filled product.
• Includes coherent automated measurements of soil greenhouse gas fluxes (CO2, CH4, N2O) from 2010 to 2016.
• Site characteristics are well-documented, including dominant tree species, average canopy height of 25m, and mean annual air temperature of 12.1°C.

Limitations

• The specific number of rows, columns, and file size is unknown, limiting assessment of data volume and granularity.
• Primary flux data collection ended in 2016, with only a measurement height change noted for 2017, indicating the core temporal coverage may be stale.
• Available file formats are HTML and PNG, which are not standard for quantitative analysis and may require data extraction from reports or figures.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Flux tower measurements using eddy covariance techniques, processed with PyFluxPro (v3.4.17). Soil greenhouse gas fluxes measured with a trailer-mounted FTIR spectrometer.

Time Range

Soil greenhouse gas flux measurements from 2010 to 2016. Description references a 2017 measurement height change.

Freshness

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Geography

Wombat State Forest, a secondary re-growth forest in a cool-temperate to Mediterranean climate region.