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TERN OzFlux Samford Ecological Research Facility Tower Site

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Peter Grace ; Michelle Gane
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The Samford flux station is situated on an improved (Paspalum dilatum) pasture in the humid subtropical climatic region of coastal south-east Queensland. Located only 20km from the centre of Brisbane city, Samford Valley provides an ideal case study to examine the impact of urbanisation and land use change on ecosystem processes.The valley covers an area of some 82km2 and is drained in the southern regions by the Samford creek, which extends some 13km to Samford Village and into the South Pine River.The Samford Valley is historically a rural area experiencing intense urbanisation, with the population increasing almost 50% in the 10 years to 2006 (Morton Bay Regional Council, 2011). Within the Samford valley study region, the Samford Ecological Research Facility (SERF) not only represents a microcosm of current and historical land uses in the valley, but provides a unique opportunity to intensively study various aspects of ecosystem health in a secure, integrated and long term research capacity.Mean annual minimum and maximum temperatures at a nearby Bureau of Meteorology site are 13.1°C and 25.6°C respectively while average rainfall is 1102mm.The station was installed in June 2010 and forms part of the TERN South East Qld Peri-urban Supersite. The Supersite was established around the Samford Ecological Research Facility (SERF), managed by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) with the aim of investigating the influence of urban development on ecosystem functions.The SERF supersite is jointly funded by ACEAS-TERN and the QUT.

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All flux raw data is subject to quality control process OzFlux QA/QC to generate QA/QC 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 journal article: OzFlux data: network integration from collection to curation, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2903-2017

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David Rowlings (2011 ) Samford Ecological Research Facility OzFlux tower site OzFlux: Australian and New Zealand Flux Research and Monitoring hdl: 102.100.100/14219
Purpose
The purpose of the Samford site is to: Examine the influence of land-use change and intensification associated with peri-urban environments on soil, plant, animal and atmosphere interactions. Measure the exchange of carbon dioxide, water vapour and energy between the soil/pasture and the atmosphere of an improved pasture in response to increasing harvest intervals. Use micrometeorological techniques in conjunction with automatic GHG static closed chambers (CO2, N2O, CH4), soil moisture probe transects, stream water quality and terrestrial biomass measurements to close the carbon, water and nitrogen budgets of the improved pasture. Develop a full global warming potential analysis from this data for this land use. Examine the suitability of micrometeorological techniques in complex terrain in a sub-tropical environment.

Created: 20 11 2011

Issued: 20 11 2011

Modified: 23 03 2018

Data time period: 2010-06-02 to 2017-07-11

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AIR TEMPERATURE | ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS | Atmospheric Sciences | BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES | CARBON | CARBON DIOXIDE | Earth Sciences | Ecological Applications | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Sciences | EVAPOTRANSPIRATION | Ecosystem Function | Environmental Monitoring | HEAT FLUX | HUMIDITY | INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION | LAND PRODUCTIVITY | LONGWAVE RADIATION | PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION | PRECIPITATION AMOUNT | SHORTWAVE RADIATION | SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT | Soil Sciences | SOIL TEMPERATURE | TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS | TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES | TURBULENCE | WIND SPEED/WIND DIRECTION | climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere | inSituLandBasedPlatforms | oneMinuteToOneHour |

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Journal article (An introduction to the Australian and New Zealand flux tower network – OzFlux)

doi : https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5895-2016

Journal article...describes the data sets, along with their quality control and post-processing... (OzFlux data: network integration from collection to curation)

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

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