TERN OzFlux Ridgefield Tower Site

The Ridgefield Flux Station is located approximately 12km west of Pingelly, near Perth, Western Australia. It was established in Jan 2015 and is managed by The University of Western Australia.The flux tower is located within an area of dryland agriculture. The surrounding area is dominated by broadacre farming practices. The vegetation cover is predominantly pasture.Elevation of the site is close to 330 m. Climate information comes from the nearby Pingelly BoM AWS station 010626 (1991 to 2016) and shows mean annual precipitation is approximately 445 mm with highest rainfall in June and July of 81 mm each month. Maximumum and minuimum annual rainfall is 775 and 217 mm, respectively. Maximum temperatures range from 31.9°C (in Jan) to 15.4°C (in July), while minimum temperatures range from 5.5°C (in July) to 16.0 °C (in Feb)
 
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Date ( Creation )
2016-04-27T11:07:36
Date ( Publication )
2016-04-27T11:07:36
Date ( Revision )
2018-03-23T09:00:00
Edition
2.0.0 
Citation identifier
http://hdl.handle.net / hdl: 102.100.100/33951

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Purpose
The purpose of the Ridgefield Flux Station is to: Monitor and determine the balance of environmental demands for water yields, agricultural productivity, GHG budgets and biodiversity within a catchment landscape. Provide information to establish a modelling tool for GHG and water fluxes across various land use types, in order to benefit land management practices in the wheatbelt of Western Australia. The tower is a crucial component of the UWA critical zone observatory which will be the site of a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the landscape dynamics. 
Credit
Jason Beringer (2016 ) Ridgefield OzFlux tower site OzFlux: Australian and New Zealand Flux Research and Monitoring hdl: 102.100.100/33951 
Status
On going  

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Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Description
Ridgefield OzFlux Site, Western Australia 
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Time period
2016-03-172017-02-04 
Minimum value
330 
Maximum value
340 
Maintenance and update frequency
Annually  
Title
NetCDF4 
Edition
CF 1.7 
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  • HEAT FLUX,
  • LAND PRODUCTIVITY,
  • SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT,
  • SHORTWAVE RADIATION,
  • AIR TEMPERATURE,
  • LONGWAVE RADIATION,
  • PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION,
  • SOIL TEMPERATURE,
  • CARBON DIOXIDE,
  • HUMIDITY,
  • BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES,
  • PRECIPITATION AMOUNT,
  • EVAPOTRANSPIRATION,
  • TURBULENCE,
  • TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES,
  • ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS,
  • INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION,
  • WIND SPEED/WIND DIRECTION,
  • CARBON,
  • TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
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  • inSituLandBasedPlatforms
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  • oneMinuteToOneHour
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  • Environmental Monitoring,
  • Ecosystem Function,
  • SOIL SCIENCES,
  • ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES,
  • EARTH SCIENCES,
  • ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES,
  • ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
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Jason Beringer (2016 ) Ridgefield OzFlux tower site OzFlux: Australian and New Zealand Flux Research and Monitoring hdl: 102.100.100/33951 
OnLine resource
An introduction to the Australian and New Zealand flux tower network – OzFlux

Journal article

OnLine resource
OzFlux data: network integration from collection to curation

Journal article...describes the data sets, along with their quality control and post-processing...

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Date info ( Revision )
2018-11-16T06:31:58
Date info ( Creation )
2016-04-27T11:20:35
Title
ISO 19115.1:2015 Geographic information - Metadata – Fundamentals 
Edition
1.0 
Title
ISO 19115-3:2016 
Edition
1.0 

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