b7c628ac-3b13-4dad-aa44-adbf8ddb8d57 urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-06-25T09:18:34 creation ISO 19115 2016 Alice Springs Mulga Flux Data Collection b7c628ac-3b13-4dad-aa44-adbf8ddb8d57 This dataset consists of measurements of the exchange of energy and mass between the surface and the atmospheric boundary-layer at Pine Hill cattle station in the Northern Territory using eddy covariance techniques. The Alice Springs Mulga flux station is located on Pine Hill cattle station, approx. 170&nbsp;km north of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. The woodland is characterised by a mixed <em>Acacia aneura</em> and <em>Acacia aptaneura</em> canopy, with a total standing biomass of 32.5 t/ha and median canopy height of 4.3&nbsp;m (tallest trees reach 8.9&nbsp;m height). Elevation of the site is 602&nbsp;m above sea level, and the terrain is flat. Mean annual precipitation at the nearby (45&nbsp;km distant) Bureau of Meteorology station is 311&nbsp;mm - 140&nbsp;mm (1986-2025), but has ranged between 33&nbsp;mm in the hydrological years of 2018/2019 to 712&nbsp;mm in 2016/2017 since the tower is operational. Predominant wind directions are from the southeast and east. The extent of the woodland is 11&nbsp;km to the east of the flux station and 16&nbsp;km to the south. The soil is characterised as a red kandosol (74:11:15 sand:silt:clay) overlying an approx. 50&nbsp;m deep water table. Pine Hill Station is a functioning cattle station that has been in operation for longer than 50 years. Fluxes of heat, water vapour and carbon are measured using the open-path eddy covariance technique at 11.6&nbsp;m. Supplementary measurements above the canopy include temperature and humidity (11.6&nbsp;m), downwelling and upwelling shortwave and longwave radiation (12.2&nbsp;m). Precipitation is monitored in a canopy gap near the tower (2&nbsp;m). Supplementary measurements below the canopy include barometric pressure (1&nbsp;m) and temperature and humidity (2&nbsp;m). Below ground soil measurements are made in bare soil, mulga, and understory habitats and include ground heat flux (0.08&nbsp;m), soil temperature (0.02&nbsp;m &ndash; 0.06&nbsp;m) and soil moisture (0 &ndash; 0.1&nbsp;m, 0.1 &ndash; 0.3&nbsp;m, 0.6 &ndash; 0.8&nbsp;m and 1.0 &ndash; 1.2&nbsp;m). For additional site information, see <a href="https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/alice-mulga-supersite/">https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/alice-mulga-supersite/</a> This data is also available at <a href="http://data.ozflux.org.au">http://data.ozflux.org.au</a>. AU-ASM Mulga woodlands Alice Springs Mulga SuperSite​ documentDigital Related documentation HTML Isaac, Peter et al., 2017. OzFlux data: network integration from collection to curation. Biogeosciences, 14(12). doi:10.5194/bg-14-2903-2017 documentDigital Related documentation HTML Beringer, Jason et al., 2016. An introduction to the Australian and New Zealand flux tower network – OzFlux. Biogeosciences, 13(21). doi:10.5194/bg-13-5895-2016 documentDigital Related documentation HTML Cleverly, J, N Boulain, R Villalobos-Vega, N Grant, R Faux, C Wood, PG Cook, Q Yu, A Leigh, and D Eamus, 2013. Dynamics of component carbon fluxes in a semi-arid Acacia woodland, central Australia. J. Geophys. Res.-Biogeosci., 118, 1168–1185. documentDigital Related documentation HTML Eamus, D, J Cleverly, N Boulain, N Grant, R Faux, and R Villalobos-Vega, 2013. Carbon and water fluxes in an arid-zone Acacia savanna woodland: An analyses of seasonal patterns and responses to rainfall events. Agric. For. Meteor., 182–183, 225–238. documentDigital Related documentation HTML Tarin, T., Nolan, R. H., Eamus, D., & Cleverly, J. (2020). Carbon and water fluxes in two adjacent Australian semi-arid ecosystems. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 281, Article 107853. documentDigital Related documentation HTML Catalog for NetCDF files documentDigital HTML Alice Springs Mulga SuperSite​ documentDigital Related documentation HTML Isaac, Peter et al., 2017. OzFlux data: network integration from collection to curation. Biogeosciences, 14(12). doi:10.5194/bg-14-2903-2017 documentDigital Related documentation HTML Beringer, Jason et al., 2016. An introduction to the Australian and New Zealand flux tower network – OzFlux. Biogeosciences, 13(21). doi:10.5194/bg-13-5895-2016 documentDigital Related documentation HTML Cleverly, J, N Boulain, R Villalobos-Vega, N Grant, R Faux, C Wood, PG Cook, Q Yu, A Leigh, and D Eamus, 2013. Dynamics of component carbon fluxes in a semi-arid Acacia woodland, central Australia. J. Geophys. Res.-Biogeosci., 118, 1168–1185. documentDigital Related documentation HTML Eamus, D, J Cleverly, N Boulain, N Grant, R Faux, and R Villalobos-Vega, 2013. Carbon and water fluxes in an arid-zone Acacia savanna woodland: An analyses of seasonal patterns and responses to rainfall events. Agric. For. Meteor., 182–183, 225–238. documentDigital Related documentation HTML Tarin, T., Nolan, R. H., Eamus, D., & Cleverly, J. (2020). Carbon and water fluxes in two adjacent Australian semi-arid ecosystems. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 281, Article 107853. documentDigital Related documentation HTML ro-crate-metadata.json documentDigital HTML Unnamed resource documentDigital PNG