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Emerald 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 PyFluxPro as described by Isaac et al. (2017) 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.

The Arcturus flux station was located 48km southeast of Emerald, Queensland (GPS coordinates: -23.8587, 148.4746). It was established in April 2011, stopped measuring in early 2014, and was managed by Geoscience Australia. The Arcturus flux station was supported largely by CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research and was a voluntary member to TERN.

The land use in the surrounding area was largely cropping (predominantly chickpeas or wheat) and grazed pasture (cattle). Elevation of the site was approximately 170m asl and mean annual precipitation was 572mm. The tower was 5.6m tall with the instrument mast extending a further 1.1m above, totalling a height of 6.7m. Fluxes of water vapour, carbon dioxide and methane were measured using the open-path eddy flux technique. Supplementary measurements included temperature, humidity, windspeed, wind direction, rainfall, incoming and reflected shortwave and longwave radiation and net radiation. Soil moisture content and soil heat fluxes and temperature were also measured.

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Title Emerald FLUXNET Release 2026_r1
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/7b91d53d-728a-4c5b-8b5c-793628267506
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
andrew.feitz@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/2011 - 01/01/2014
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "Emerald 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/emerald-fluxnet-release-2026_r1