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Beacon Farm Unmanaged FLUXNET Release 2026_r1

Created 14/04/2026

Updated 14/04/2026

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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 standard micrometeorological methods for the quality control and post-processing steps. The final, gap-filled product containing Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) has been produced using the ONEFlux software as described in Pastorello et al. (2020). This data set has been produced as part of the FLUXNET Shuttle project.

Two micrometeorological EC flux towers were installed approximately 300 m apart. One tower was located in an adjacent unirrigated, winter-grazed paddock. The Beacon Farm site in Mid-Canterbury, New Zealand (204 m elevation) receives around 900 mm of annual rainfall and has a mean temperature of 10.9°C. Formerly a deer farm, it was converted to intensive dairy farming in 2008/09, supporting about 850 cows under rotational grazing. The two towers monitored irrigated and non-irrigated paddocks, alongside additional measurements of greenhouse gases and meteorological conditions.

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Title Beacon Farm Unmanaged FLUXNET Release 2026_r1
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/c6f64d30-6e9e-4a4c-b31f-c3c8d1d34f5b
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
HuntJ@landcareresearch.co.nz
Reference Period 01/01/2012 - 01/01/2015
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "Beacon Farm Unmanaged FLUXNET Release 2026_r1". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/beacon-farm-unmanaged-fluxnet-release-2026_r1