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Myall Vale A (Dryland) Flux Data Release 2025_v1

This dataset consists of flux tower measurements of the exchange of energy and mass between the surface and the atmospheric boundary-layer in a farming area using eddy covariance techniques. The data were processed using PyFluxPro (v3.4.18) 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 Myall Vale A site is located on a privately owned dryland field near Boggabri, New South Wales. The terrain is flat and elevation of the site is close to 240 meters above mean sea level.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2023-11-29
Date (Publication)
2025-07-17
Date (Revision)
2025-12-10
Edition
2025_v1

Identifier

Title
DataCite
Code
doi:10.25901/05zs-hm14
Codespace
http://dx.doi.org

Publisher

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097

Principal investigator

CSIRO Agriculture and Food - Macdonald, Ben ()
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia

Author

CSIRO Agriculture and Food - Macdonald, Ben ()
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia

Author

CSIRO Environment - Stenson, Matt (Team Leader, Environmental Informatics)
Clunies Ross Street, Black Mountain, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Black Mountain
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia

Co-author

CSIRO Agriculture and Food - Antille, Dio ()
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia

Co-author

CSIRO Environment - Kitchen, Mark (Technical Contact)
Clunies Ross Street, Black Mountain, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Black Mountain
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia

Co-author

CSIRO Agriculture and Food - Brown, Zachary ()
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia

Co-author

CSIRO Environment - Nadelko, Anthony ()
Clunies Ross Street, Black Mountain, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Black Mountain
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia
Website
https://www.tern.org.au/

Purpose
The purpose of the Myall Vale A Flux Station is to:<ul style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li>Develop and ground-truth the APSIM model.</li> <li>Develop and ground-truth satellite based evapotranspiration models at pixel to catchment scale.</li> <li>Complement and infill gaps in agricultural flux datasets in the treatments and locations being measured</li> <li>Along with soil carbon and plant biomass data provide input for carbon balance research.</li></ul> The station was commissioned on 15 November 2023 and is managed by CSIRO Environment.
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
The site is managed by the CSIRO.
Status
Completed

Point of contact

CSIRO Agriculture and Food - Macdonald, Ben ()
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite Road
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia

Point of contact

CSIRO Agriculture and Food - Brown, Zachary ()
Waite Road, Waite, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Waite Road
Waite
South Australia
5064
Australia
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Farming
  • Environment

Extent

Description
The Myall Vale A (Dryland) site is located on a dryland field near Boggabri New South Wales.
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Temporal extent

Time period
2023-11-29 2025-01-17
Title
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
Website
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

Related documentation

Title
Isaac, Peter et al., 2017. OzFlux data: network integration from collection to curation. Biogeosciences, 14(12). doi:10.5194/bg-14-2903-2017
Website
Isaac, Peter et al., 2017. OzFlux data: network integration from collection to curation. Biogeosciences, 14(12). doi:10.5194/bg-14-2903-2017

Related documentation

Maintenance and update frequency
Biannually
GCMD Science Keywords
  • BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
  • LAND PRODUCTIVITY
  • EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
  • TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
  • ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
  • TURBULENCE
  • WIND SPEED
  • WIND DIRECTION
  • TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES
  • ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE
  • LONGWAVE RADIATION
  • SHORTWAVE RADIATION
  • INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
  • HEAT FLUX
  • AIR TEMPERATURE
  • PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
  • HUMIDITY
  • SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT
  • SOIL TEMPERATURE
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Atmospheric sciences
  • Climate change impacts and adaptation
  • Ecosystem function
  • Environmental management
  • Soil sciences
TERN Platform Vocabulary
  • Myall Vale A Flux Station
TERN Instrument Vocabulary
  • Campbell Scientific IRGASON
  • Kipp&Zonen CNR4
  • Campbell Scientific CS650
  • Campbell Scientific TCAV Averaging Soil Thermocouple Probe
  • Hukseflux HFP01
  • Vaisala HMP155
  • Young 52203
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • specific humidity
  • Kilogram per Kilogram
  • water vapor saturation deficit in air
  • Kilopascal
  • specific humidity saturation deficit in air
  • Kilogram per Kilogram
  • surface upward flux of available energy
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • enhanced vegetation index
  • Unitless
  • water evapotranspiration flux
  • Kilogram per Square Metre Square Second
  • surface upwelling longwave flux in air
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • wind speed
  • Metre per Second
  • surface upwelling shortwave flux in air
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • air temperature
  • Degree Celsius
  • Monin-Obukhov length
  • Metre
  • surface friction velocity
  • Metre per Second
  • surface downwelling longwave flux in air
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • net ecosystem exchange
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • surface upward latent heat flux
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • surface upward sensible heat flux
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • mole fraction of water vapor in air
  • Millimole per Mole
  • mole fraction of carbon dioxide in air
  • Micromole per Mole
  • thickness of rainfall amount
  • Millimetre
  • surface air pressure
  • Kilopascal
  • gross primary productivity
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • downward heat flux at ground level in soil
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • net ecosystem productivity
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • mass concentration of water vapor in air
  • Gram per Cubic Metre
  • magnitude of surface downward stress
  • Kilograms per metre per square second
  • scaling temperature
  • Degree Celsius
  • relative humidity
  • Percent
  • water vapor partial pressure in air
  • Kilopascal
  • surface downwelling shortwave flux in air
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • soil temperature
  • Degree Celsius
  • volume fraction of condensed water in soil
  • Cubic Metre per Cubic Metre
  • surface upward mole flux of carbon dioxide
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • ecosystem respiration
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • wind from direction
  • Degree
  • surface net downward radiative flux
  • Watt per Square Metre
QUDT Units of Measure
  • Kilogram per Kilogram
  • Kilopascal
  • Kilogram per Kilogram
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • Unitless
  • Kilogram per Square Metre Square Second
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • Metre per Second
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • Degree Celsius
  • Metre
  • Metre per Second
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • Millimole per Mole
  • Micromole per Mole
  • Millimetre
  • Kilopascal
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • Gram per Cubic Metre
  • Kilograms per metre per square second
  • Degree Celsius
  • Percent
  • Kilopascal
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • Degree Celsius
  • Cubic Metre per Cubic Metre
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • Degree
  • Watt per Square Metre
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • Point Resolution
GCMD Vertical Resolution Ranges
  • 1 meter - < 10 meters
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • 1 minute - < 1 hour
Keywords (Discipline)
  • Eddy Covariance
  • dryland agriculture
  • AU-MvA
  • crop

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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File description
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File type
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Linkage
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Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
Alternate title
CC-BY
Edition
4.0
Website
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/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
This data was created with an automated process and may not closely represent the real situation at the site for certain parameters due to lack of input from someone with detailed site knowledge.

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Distribution Information

Distribution format

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, 4068, Australia
Indooroopilly
Queensland
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
NetCDF files (2025_v1)

OnLine resource
ro-crate-metadata.json

Data quality info

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Other
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 (i) range checks for plausible limits, (ii) spike detection, (iii) dependency on other variables and (iv) manual rejection of date ranges. 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. For more details, refer to Isaac et al (2017) in the Publications section, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2903-2017. <br></br> For further information about the software (PyFluxPro) used to process and quality control the flux data, see https://github.com/OzFlux/PyFluxPro/wiki.

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) in the Publications section, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2903-2017.<br></br> Data from the site was collected from 15/11/2023, and the missing timestamps in this version may become available in a future version
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/2d705dcb-1ec3-4f55-9aca-842a0b644e8d

Title
TERN GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097
Title
Myall Vale A (Dryland) Flux Data Collection

Identifier

Code
a466d85c-3fac-47ca-81e0-d4b3bb25cbcc
Codespace
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/
Description
Parent Metadata Record

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/2d705dcb-1ec3-4f55-9aca-842a0b644e8d

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2025-07-17T02:46:47.534922+00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-12-10T09:45:23.689943+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

Identifier

Code
10.5281/zenodo.5652221
Website
https://github.com/ternaustralia/TERN-ISO19115/releases/tag/v1.0

 
 

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Keywords

ANZSRC Fields of Research
Atmospheric sciences Climate change impacts and adaptation Ecosystem function Environmental management Soil sciences
GCMD Science Keywords
AIR TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES EVAPOTRANSPIRATION HEAT FLUX HUMIDITY INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION LAND PRODUCTIVITY LONGWAVE RADIATION PRECIPITATION AMOUNT SHORTWAVE RADIATION SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT SOIL TEMPERATURE TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES TURBULENCE WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED

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