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Sturt Plains Flux Data Release 2023_v2

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Beringer, Jason ; Hutley, Lindsay ; Northwood, Matthew
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Brief description


This release consists of flux tower measurements of the exchange of energy and mass between the surface and the atmospheric boundary-layer using eddy covariance techniques. Data were processed using PyFluxPro (v3.4.15) as described by Isaac et al. (2017). PyFluxPro produces a final, gap-filled product with Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER).

The site is located on a low lying plain dominated by Mitchell Grass (Astrebla spp.). Elevation of the site is close to 250 m and mean annual precipitation at a nearby Bureau of Meteorology site is 640 mm. Maximum temperatures range from 28.4 °C (in June/ July) to 39.1 °C (in December), while minimum temperatures range from 11.2 °C (in July) to 24.4 °C (in December).

The instrument mast is 5 m tall. Heat, water vapour and carbon dioxide measurements are taken using the open-path eddy flux technique. Temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, rainfall and net radiation are measured. Soil heat fluxes are measured and soil moisture content is gathered using time domain reflectometry.

Ancillary measurements taken at the site include LAI, leaf-scale physiological properties (gas exchange, leaf isotope ratios, nitrogen and chlorophyll concentrations), vegetation optical properties and soil physical properties. Airborne based remote sensing (Lidar and hyperspectral measurements) was carried out at the site in September 2008. Biomass harvest measured: mean live biomass 0.00 gm-2 (standard error: 0.00), mean standing dead biomass 163.42 gm-2 (standard error: 16.73), mean litter biomass 148.99 gm-2 (standard error: 21.32), total mean biomass 312.40 gm-2 (standard error: 30.80). Soil consists of: clay 14.47%, silt 51.23%, sand 34.30%.

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Data Processing

File naming convention

The NetCDF files follow the naming convention below:

SiteName_ProcessingLevel_FromDate_ToDate_Type.nc
  • SiteName: short name of the site
  • ProcessingLevel: file processing level (L3, L4, L5, L6)
  • FromDate: temporal interval (start), YYYYMMDD
  • ToDate: temporal interval (end), YYYYMMDD
  • Type (Level 6 only): Summary, Monthly, Daily, Cumulative, Annual
For the NetCDF files at Level 6 (L6), there are several additional 'aggregated' files. For example:
  • Summary: This file is a summary of the L6 data for daily, monthly, annual and cumulative data. The files Monthly to Annual below are combined together in one file.
  • Monthly: This file shows L6 monthly averages of the respective variables, e.g. AH, Fc, NEE, etc.
  • Daily: same as Monthly but with daily averages.
  • Cumulative: File showing cumulative values for ecosystem respiration, evapo-transpiration, gross primary productivity, net ecosystem exchange and production as well as precipitation.
  • Annual: same as Monthly but with annual averages.

Lineage

All flux raw data is subject to the quality control process OzFlux QA/QC to generate data from L1 to L6. Levels 3 to 6 are available for re-use. Datasets contain Quality Controls flags which will indicate when data quality is poor and has been filled from alternative sources. For more details, refer to Isaac et al. (2017).

Progress Code: completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency: biannually

Notes

Credit
We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.


The site is managed by the University of Western Australia and Charles Darwin University. The flux station is part of the Australian OzFlux Network and contributes to the international FLUXNET Network.
Purpose
The purpose of Sturt Plains Flux Station is to:
  • provide information as part of a larger network of flux stations established along the North Australian Tropical Transect (NATT) gradient, which extends ~1000 km south from Darwin 12.5 °S
  • examine spatial patterns and processes of land-surface-atmosphere exchanges (radiation, heat, moisture, CO2 and other trace gasses) across scales from leaf to landscape
  • determine the climate and ecosystem characteristics (physical structure, species composition, physiological function) that drive spatial and temporal variations of carbon, water and energy fluxes
  • determine if fluxes of carbon, water vapour and heat over the various ecosystems as derived from the various measurement techniques can be combined to form a comprehensive and consistent estimate of the regional fluxes and budgets across the landscape
  • provide long-term consistent observations of energy, carbon and water exchange between the atmosphere and the ‘top end’ grassland.
Data Quality Information

Data Quality Assessment Scope
local : dataset
<br>Processing levels</br> <br>Under each of the data release directories, the netcdf files are organised by processing levels (L3, L4, L5 and L6):<ul style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li>L3 (Level 3) processing applies a range of quality assurance/quality control measures (QA/QC) to the L1 data. The variable names are mapped to the standard variable names (CF 1.8) as part of this step. The L3 netCDF file is then the starting point for all further processing stages.</li> <li>L4 (Level 4) processing fills gaps in the radiation, meteorological and soil quantities utilising AWS (automated weather station), ACCESS-G (Australian Community Climate and Earth-System Simulator) and ERA5 (the fifth generation ECMWF atmospheric reanalysis of the global climate).</li> <li>L5 (Level 5) processing fills gaps in the flux data employing the artificial neural network SOLO (self-organising linear output map).</li> <li>L6 (Level 6) processing partitions the gap-filled NEE into GPP and ER.</li></ul> Each processing level has two sub-folders ‘default’ and ‘site_pi’:<ul style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li>default: contains files processed using PyFluxPro</li> <li>site_pi: contains files processed by the principal investigators of the site.</li></ul> If the data quality is poor, the data is filled from alternative sources. Filled data can be identified by the Quality Controls flags in the dataset. Quality control checks include: <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li>range checks for plausible limits</li> <li>spike detection</li> <li>dependency on other variables</li> <li>manual rejection of date ranges</li></ul> Specific checks applied to the sonic and IRGA data include rejection of points based on the sonic and IRGA diagnostic values and on either automatic gain control (AGC) or CO<sub>2</sub> and H<sub>2</sub>O signal strength, depending upon the configuration of the IRGA.</br> <br>Sturt Plains Flux Tower was established in 2008, and is currently active. The processed data release is currently ongoing, biannually.</br> <br></br>

Isaac P., Cleverly J., McHugh I., van Gorsel E., Ewenz C. and Beringer, J. (2017). OzFlux data: network integration from collection to curation, Biogeosciences, 14: 2903-2928
doi : https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2903-2017

Created: 2023-10-06

Issued: 2024-05-04

Modified: 2024-05-04

Data time period: 2008-08-28 to 2023-07-28

This dataset is part of a larger collection

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133.3502,-17.1507

133.3502,-17.1507

text: In Mitchell Grass approximately 280km north of Tennant Creek, Northern Territory

Subjects
1 minute - < 1 hour | AIR TEMPERATURE | ATMOSPHERE | ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE | ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY | ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE | ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS | ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION | Atmospheric Sciences | ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE | ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR | AU-Stp | BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES | BIOSPHERE | Campbell Scientific CS650 | Campbell Scientific CSAT3 | Campbell Scientific TCAV Averaging Soil Thermocouple Probe | Cubic Meter per Cubic Meter | Degree | EARTH SCIENCE | Earth Sciences | Ecological Applications | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Sciences | EVAPOTRANSPIRATION | Ecosystem Function | Eddy Covariance | Environmental Monitoring | GEOCHEMISTRY | Gram per Cubic Meter | HEAT FLUX | HUMIDITY | Hukseflux HFP01 | HyQuest Solutions CS700 | INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION | Kilogram per Kilogram | Kilograms per metre per square second | Kilopascal | Kipp&Zonen CNR4 | LAND PRODUCTIVITY | LAND SURFACE | LAND USE/LAND COVER | LI-COR LI-7500 | LONGWAVE RADIATION | Meter | Meter per Second | Micromoles per mole | Micromoles per square metre second | Millimetre | Millimoles per mole | Monin-Obukhov length (Meter) | PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION | PRECIPITATION | PRECIPITATION AMOUNT | Percent | Point Resolution | SHORTWAVE RADIATION | SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT | Soil Sciences | SOIL TEMPERATURE | SOLID EARTH | SURFACE TEMPERATURE | Sturt Plains Flux Station | TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS | TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES | TURBULENCE | Unitless | WIND DIRECTION | WIND SPEED | Watt per Square Meter | air temperature (degree Celsius) | climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere | degree Celsius | downward heat flux at ground level in soil (Watt per Square Meter) | ecosystem respiration (Micromoles per square metre second) | gross primary productivity (Micromoles per square metre second) | lateral component of wind speed (Meter per Second) | longitudinal component of wind speed (Meter per Second) | magnitude of surface downward stress (Kilograms per metre per square second) | mass concentration of water vapor in air (Gram per Cubic Meter) | mole fraction of carbon dioxide in air (Micromoles per mole) | mole fraction of water vapor in air (Millimoles per mole) | net ecosystem exchange (Micromoles per square metre second) | net ecosystem productivity (Micromoles per square metre second) | relative humidity (Percent) | soil temperature (degree Celsius) | specific humidity (Kilogram per Kilogram) | specific humidity saturation deficit in air (Kilogram per Kilogram) | surface air pressure (Kilopascal) | surface downwelling longwave flux in air (Watt per Square Meter) | surface downwelling shortwave flux in air (Watt per Square Meter) | surface friction velocity (Meter per Second) | surface net downward radiative flux (Watt per Square Meter) | surface upward flux of available energy (Watt per Square Meter) | surface upward latent heat flux (Watt per Square Meter) | surface upward mole flux of carbon dioxide (Micromoles per square metre second) | surface upward sensible heat flux (Watt per Square Meter) | surface upwelling longwave flux in air (Watt per Square Meter) | surface upwelling shortwave flux in air (Watt per Square Meter) | thickness of rainfall amount (Millimetre) | vertical wind (Meter per Second) | volume fraction of condensed water in soil (Cubic Meter per Cubic Meter) | water evapotranspiration flux (Unitless) | water vapor partial pressure in air (Kilopascal) | water vapor saturation deficit in air (Kilopascal) | wind from direction (Degree) | wind speed (Meter per Second) |

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Isaac P., Cleverly J., McHugh I., van Gorsel E., Ewenz C. and Beringer, J. (2017). OzFlux data: network integration from collection to curation, Biogeosciences, 14: 2903-2928

doi : https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2903-2017

PyFluxPro

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