Yarramundi Irrigated Flux Data Release 2024_v1
<br>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 (v3.4.17) as described by Isaac et al. (2017). PyFluxPro produces a final, gap-filled product with Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) partitioned into Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER).</br><br>
The Yarramundi Irrigated site is an improved, managed pasture on the Western Sydney University Hawkesbury campus. Original woodland vegetation was cleared prior to 1950. A mixture of native and exotic grasses and forbs dominate the site, which is used by cattle in an intensively managed grazing operation. The flux tower was established in October of 2019 and is managed by the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, with partial support from TERN and WSU Office of Estate and Commercial (Farm Production Unit).</br>
<br>The climate is warm-temperate, with annual rainfall averaging 728 mm, mean maximum temperature in January of 30.4°C and mean minimum temperature in July of 3.6°C (BOM station 067105). The elevation of the site is about 20 m asl and the topography is flat. The soil is sandy loam in texture, organic carbon content is <1%.</br>
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2024-04-17
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-12-13
- Date (Revision)
- 2024-12-13
- Edition
- 2024_v1
Publisher
Author
Western Sydney University - Pendall, Elise (Theme Leader Soil Biology and Genomics)
Bourke Street, Richmond, New South Wales, 2753, Australia
Richmond
New South Wales
2753
Australia
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- Purpose
- <p>The purpose of Yarramundi Irrigated Paddock flux station is to:</p> <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li>measure the exchange of carbon dioxide, water vapour and energy between a warm-temperature pasture ecosystem and the atmosphere using micrometeorological techniques</li> <li>support an understanding of forage dynamics on an actively grazed pasture</li> <li>support an understanding of environmental variability on ecosystem processes (such as photosynthesis, respiration or changes in plant structure and function)</li> <li>utilise the measurements for parameterising forage and grazing models</li> <li>utilise the measurements for parameterising and validating remote sensing measurements</li> <li>utilise the measurements for parameterising and validating the Earth System models to better understand the effects of climate change.</li></u> <br>
- Credit
- We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
- Credit
- <p>Yarramundi Irrigated Flux Tower station is managed by Western Sydney University. Infrastructure at the site was funded by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), a project of the Commonwealth’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). This site is part of OzFlux Australia.</p>
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
Western Sydney University - Pendall, Elise (Theme Leader Soil Biology and Genomics)
Bourke Street, Richmond, New South Wales, 2753, Australia
Bourke Street
Richmond
New South Wales
2753
Australia
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Environment
Extent
- Description
- Near Richmond, NSW about 3 km east of the Cumberland Plain Woodland flux tower.
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2019-11-01 2023-07-31
- Title
- Beringer J., Hutley L. B., McHugh I., Arndt S. K., Campbell D., Cleugh H. A., Cleverly J., Resco de Dios V., Eamus D., Evans B., Ewenz C., Grace P., Griebel A., Haverd V., Hinko-Najera N., Huete A., Isaac P., Kanniah K., Leuning R., Liddell M. J., Macfarlane C., Meyer W., Moore C., Pendall E., Phillips A., Phillips R. L., Prober S. M., Restrepo-Coupe N., Rutledge S., Schroder I., Silberstein R., Southall P., Yee M. S., Tapper N. J., van Gorsel E., Vote C., Walker J. and Wardlaw T. (2016). An introduction to the Australian and New Zealand flux tower network - OzFlux, Biogeosciences, 13: 5895-5916
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Biannually
- GCMD Science Keywords
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- BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
- LAND PRODUCTIVITY
- EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
- TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
- TURBULENCE
- WIND SPEED
- WIND DIRECTION
- TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES
- ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE
- PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
- HEAT FLUX
- AIR TEMPERATURE
- PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
- HUMIDITY
- SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT
- SOIL TEMPERATURE
- BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
- ANZSRC Fields of Research
- TERN Platform Vocabulary
- TERN Instrument Vocabulary
- TERN Parameter Vocabulary
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- specific humidity
- Kilogram per Kilogram
- surface upward mole flux of carbon dioxide
- Micromoles per square metre second
- relative humidity
- Percent
- specific humidity saturation deficit in air
- Kilogram per Kilogram
- surface air pressure
- Kilopascal
- mole fraction of water vapor in air
- Millimoles per mole
- wind from direction
- Degree
- surface net downward radiative flux
- Watt per Square Meter
- Monin-Obukhov length
- Meter
- water vapor saturation deficit in air
- Kilopascal
- downward heat flux at ground level in soil
- Watt per Square Meter
- air temperature
- degree Celsius
- wind speed
- Meter per Second
- surface downwelling shortwave flux in air
- Watt per Square Meter
- surface upward sensible heat flux
- Watt per Square Meter
- volume fraction of condensed water in soil
- Cubic Meter per Cubic Meter
- water vapor partial pressure in air
- Kilopascal
- surface friction velocity
- Meter per Second
- soil temperature
- degree Celsius
- surface upward latent heat flux
- Watt per Square Meter
- thickness of rainfall amount
- Millimetre
- longitudinal component of wind speed
- Meter per Second
- mole fraction of carbon dioxide in air
- Micromoles per mole
- magnitude of surface downward stress
- Kilograms per metre per square second
- lateral component of wind speed
- Meter per Second
- ecosystem respiration
- Micromoles per square metre second
- vertical wind
- Meter per Second
- mass concentration of water vapor in air
- Gram per Cubic Meter
- net ecosystem productivity
- Micromoles per square metre second
- enhanced vegetation index
- Unitless
- net ecosystem exchange
- Micromoles per square metre second
- water evapotranspiration flux
- Kilograms per square metre per second
- gross primary productivity
- Micromoles per square metre second
- surface upward flux of available energy
- Watt per Square Meter
- QUDT Units of Measure
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- Kilogram per Kilogram
- Micromoles per square metre second
- Percent
- Kilogram per Kilogram
- Kilopascal
- Millimoles per mole
- Degree
- Watt per Square Meter
- Meter
- Kilopascal
- Watt per Square Meter
- degree Celsius
- Meter per Second
- Watt per Square Meter
- Watt per Square Meter
- Cubic Meter per Cubic Meter
- Kilopascal
- Meter per Second
- degree Celsius
- Watt per Square Meter
- Millimetre
- Meter per Second
- Micromoles per mole
- Kilograms per metre per square second
- Meter per Second
- Micromoles per square metre second
- Meter per Second
- Gram per Cubic Meter
- Micromoles per square metre second
- Unitless
- Micromoles per square metre second
- Kilograms per square metre per second
- Micromoles per square metre second
- Watt per Square Meter
- GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
- GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license allows others to copy, distribute, display, and create derivative works provided that they credit the original source and any other nominated parties. Details are provided at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- 88x31.png
- File description
- CCBy Logo from creativecommons.org
- File type
- png
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
- Alternate title
- CC-BY
- Edition
- 4.0
- Access constraints
- License
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- TERN services are provided on an “as-is” and “as available” basis. Users use any TERN services at their discretion and risk. They will be solely responsible for any damage or loss whatsoever that results from such use including use of any data obtained through TERN and any analysis performed using the TERN infrastructure. <br /><br />Web links to and from external, third party websites should not be construed as implying any relationships with and/or endorsement of the external site or its content by TERN.<br /><br />Please advise any work or publications that use this data via the online form at https://www.tern.org.au/research-publications/#reporting
- Other constraints
- Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Environment description
- <br>File naming convention</br> <br>The NetCDF files follow the naming convention below:</br> <br>SiteName_ProcessingLevel_FromDate_ToDate_Type.nc<ul style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li>SiteName: short name of the site</li> <li>ProcessingLevel: file processing level (L3, L4, L5, L6) </li> <li>FromDate: temporal interval (start), YYYYMMDD</li> <li>ToDate: temporal interval (end), YYYYMMDD</li> <li>Type (Level 6 only): Summary, Monthly, Daily, Cumulative, Annual</li></ul> For the NetCDF files at Level 6 (L6), there are several additional 'aggregated' files. For example: <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li>Summary: This file is a summary of the L6 data for daily, monthly, annual and cumulative data. The files Monthly to Annual below are combined together in one file.</li> <li>Monthly: This file shows L6 monthly averages of the respective variables, e.g. AH, Fc, NEE, <em>etc.</em></li> <li>Daily: same as Monthly but with daily averages.</li> <li>Cumulative: File showing cumulative values for ecosystem respiration, evapo-transpiration, gross primary product, net ecosystem exchange and production as well as precipitation.</li> <li>Annual: same as Monthly but with annual averages.</li></ul>
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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Distributor
Distributor
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, 4068, Australia
Indooroopilly
Queensland
4068
Australia
- OnLine resource
- NetCDF files (2024_v1)
- OnLine resource
- ro-crate-metadata.json
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Other
- <br>Processing levels</br> <br>Under each of the data release directories, the netcdf files are organised by processing levels (L3, L4, L5 and L6):<ul style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li>L3 (Level 3) processing applies a range of quality assurance/quality control measures (QA/QC) to the L1 data. The variable names are mapped to the standard variable names (CF 1.8) as part of this step. The L3 netCDF file is then the starting point for all further processing stages.</li> <li>L4 (Level 4) processing fills gaps in the radiation, meteorological and soil quantities utilising AWS (automated weather station), ACCESS-G (Australian Community Climate and Earth-System Simulator) and ERA5 (the fifth generation ECMWF atmospheric reanalysis of the global climate).</li> <li>L5 (Level 5) processing fills gaps in the flux data employing the artificial neural network SOLO (self-organising linear output map).</li> <li>L6 (Level 6) processing partitions the gap-filled NEE into GPP and ER.</li></ul> Each processing level has two sub-folders ‘default’ and ‘site_pi’:<ul style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li>default: contains files processed using PyFluxPro</li> <li>site_pi: contains files processed by the principal investigators of the site.</li></ul> If the data quality is poor, the data is filled from alternative sources. Filled data can be identified by the Quality Controls flags in the dataset. Quality control checks include: <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li>range checks for plausible limits</li> <li>spike detection</li> <li>dependency on other variables</li> <li>manual rejection of date ranges</li></ul> Specific checks applied to the sonic and IRGA data include rejection of points based on the sonic and IRGA diagnostic values and on either automatic gain control (AGC) or CO<sub>2</sub> and H<sub>2</sub>O signal strength, depending upon the configuration of the IRGA.</br> <br>Yarramundi Irrigated Flux Tower was established in 2019, and is currently active. The processed data release is currently ongoing, biannually.</br>
- Title
- Isaac P., Cleverly J., McHugh I., van Gorsel E., Ewenz C. and Beringer, J. (2017). OzFlux data: network integration from collection to curation, Biogeosciences, 14: 2903-2928
- Abstract
- Isaac P., Cleverly J., McHugh I., van Gorsel E., Ewenz C. and Beringer, J. (2017). OzFlux data: network integration from collection to curation, Biogeosciences, 14: 2903-2928
Resource lineage
- Statement
- All flux raw data is subject to the quality control process OzFlux QA/QC to generate 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 Isaac et al. (2017).
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Title
- Isaac P., Cleverly J., McHugh I., van Gorsel E., Ewenz C. and Beringer, J. (2017). OzFlux data: network integration from collection to curation, Biogeosciences, 14: 2903-2928
- Website
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2903-2017
Method documentation
- Title
- PyFluxPro
- Website
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https://github.com/OzFlux/PyFluxPro/wiki
Method documentation
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/EPSG:4326
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/0a7ea459-2be1-4613-8789-c4786512c20b
- Title
- TERN GeoNetwork UUID
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Title
- Yarramundi Irrigated Flux Data Collection
Identifier
- Codespace
- https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/
- Description
- Parent Metadata Record
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/0a7ea459-2be1-4613-8789-c4786512c20b
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2021-08-06T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2024-12-13T00:00:00
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-1:2014/AMD 1:2018 Geographic information - Metadata - Fundamentals
- Edition
- 1
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO/TS 19115-3:2016
- Edition
- 1.0
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO/TS 19157-2:2016
- Edition
- 1.0
- Title
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-3:2016 and ISO 19157-2:2016
- Date (published)
- 2021
- Edition
- 1.0
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