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Silver Plains 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>Silver Plains Flux Station was established in 2019 in Interlaken, on the Tasmanian Central Plateau, on land owned and managed by the Tasmanian Land Conservancy.</br>

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2024-04-15
Date (Publication)
2024-04-18
Date (Revision)
2025-12-10
Edition
2024_v1

Identifier

Title
DataCite
Code
doi:10.25901/s86y-8v54
Codespace
http://dx.doi.org

Publisher

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

Author

University of Tasmania - Hovenden, Mark ()
Churchill Avenue, Hobart, Tasmania, 7005, Australia
Hobart
Tasmania
7005
Australia

Author

University of Tasmania - Nyberg, Marion ()
Churchill Avenue, Hobart, Tasmania, 7005, Australia
Hobart
Tasmania
7005
Australia
Website
https://www.tern.org.au/

Purpose
The purpose of the Silver Plains flux tower is to:<ul style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li>monitor exchanges of carbon dioxide, water vapour and energy in a high-altitude grassy peatland ecosystem on the Tasmanian Central Plateau</li> <li>quantify the carbon balance of the ecosystem, along with the key components of net ecosystem exchange, gross primary productivity and ecosystem respiration</li> <li>identify key environmental and climatic drivers of carbon, water and energy fluxes</li> <li>complement manual chamber measurements of net ecosystem CO<sub>2</sub> exchange in an adjacent climate change experiment</li> <li>utilise measurements alongside manual chamber measurements and ancillary environmental variables to model ecosystem carbon dynamics under a future climate</li> <li>utilise the measurements for parameterising forage and grazing models</li> <li>utilise the measurements for parameterising and validating remote sensing measurements over semi-arid savanna ecosystems</li> <li>utilise the measurements for parameterising and validating the Earth System models to better understand the effects of climate change.</li></ul>
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
<br></br> <p>Silver Plains flux station is part of the Australian Mountain Research Facility and ves grants from the Australian Rese. This site is part of OzFlux Australia.</p>
Status
Completed

Point of contact

University of Tasmania - Hovenden, Mark ()
Churchill Avenue, Hobart, Tasmania, 7005, Australia
Churchill Avenue
Hobart
Tasmania
7005
Australia
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Extent

Description
Silver Plains flux tower is located at Interlaken, on the Tasmanian Central Plateau.
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Temporal extent

Time period
2020-01-01 2023-03-29
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
Website
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

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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
  • PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION
  • 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
  • Silver Plain Flux Station
TERN Instrument Vocabulary
  • LI-COR LI-7500RS
  • Campbell Scientific CSAT3B
  • Campbell Scientific CS650
  • Observator RIM-7499-BOM
  • Vaisala HMP155A
  • Hukseflux HFP01
  • Campbell Scientific TCAV Averaging Soil Thermocouple Probe
  • Kipp&Zonen CNR4
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • surface friction velocity
  • Metre per Second
  • surface upwelling shortwave flux in air
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • surface downwelling longwave flux in air
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • surface downwelling shortwave flux in air
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • surface upward latent heat flux
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • surface upward flux of available energy
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • surface downwelling photosynthetic photon flux in air
  • Millimole per Square Metre Second
  • surface upward mole flux of carbon dioxide
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • water evapotranspiration flux
  • Kilograms per square metre per second
  • surface upward sensible heat flux
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • mole fraction of water vapor in air
  • Millimole per Mole
  • water vapor saturation deficit in air
  • Kilopascal
  • water vapor partial pressure in air
  • Kilopascal
  • mass concentration of water vapor in air
  • Gram per Cubic Metre
  • volume fraction of condensed water in soil
  • Cubic Metre per Cubic Metre
  • wind from direction
  • Degree
  • surface upwelling longwave flux in air
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • Monin-Obukhov length
  • Metre
  • net ecosystem productivity
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • surface air pressure
  • Kilopascal
  • soil temperature
  • Degree Celsius
  • specific humidity
  • Kilogram per Kilogram
  • ecosystem respiration
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • downward heat flux at ground level in soil
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • air temperature
  • Degree Celsius
  • mole fraction of carbon dioxide in air
  • Micromole per Mole
  • magnitude of surface downward stress
  • Kilograms per metre per square second
  • specific humidity saturation deficit in air
  • Kilogram per Kilogram
  • eastward wind
  • Metre per Second
  • northward wind
  • Metre per Second
  • net ecosystem exchange
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • gross primary productivity
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • vertical wind
  • Metre per Second
  • relative humidity
  • Percent
  • thickness of rainfall amount
  • Millimetre
  • surface net downward radiative flux
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • wind speed
  • Metre per Second
  • enhanced vegetation index
  • Unitless
  • dew point temperature
  • Degree Celsius
QUDT Units of Measure
  • Metre per Second
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • Millimole per Square Metre Second
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • Kilograms per square metre per second
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • Millimole per Mole
  • Kilopascal
  • Kilopascal
  • Gram per Cubic Metre
  • Cubic Metre per Cubic Metre
  • Degree
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • Metre
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • Kilopascal
  • Degree Celsius
  • Kilogram per Kilogram
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • Degree Celsius
  • Micromole per Mole
  • Kilograms per metre per square second
  • Kilogram per Kilogram
  • Metre per Second
  • Metre per Second
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • Micromole per Square Metre Second
  • Metre per Second
  • Percent
  • Millimetre
  • Watt per Square Metre
  • Metre per Second
  • Unitless
  • Degree Celsius
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • Point Resolution
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • 1 minute - < 1 hour
Keywords (Discipline)
  • Silver Plains

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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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Alternate title
CC-BY
Edition
4.0
Website
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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 productivity, 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

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>Silver Plains Flux Tower was established in 2020, and is currently active. The processed data release is currently ongoing, biannually.</br> <br></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
Website
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2903-2017

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
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2903-2017

Method documentation

Title
PyFluxPro
Website
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
urn:uuid/b3e76781-ccad-41b7-8def-fbcb85ec45b2

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
Silver Plains Flux Data Collection

Identifier

Code
e2927e51-05db-4f83-8e51-5a68a54139f6
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/b3e76781-ccad-41b7-8def-fbcb85ec45b2

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2021-08-06T00:00:00.000000+00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-12-10T10:38:29.623609+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 PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE 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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