An introduction to the Australian and New Zealand flux tower network - OzFlux

J Beringer; LB Hutley; I McHugh; SK Arndt; D Campbell; HA Cleugh; J Cleverly; VR De Dios; D Eamus; B Evans; C Ewenz; P Grace; A Griebel; V Haverd; N Hinko-Najera; A Huete; P Isaac; K Kanniah; R Leuning; MJ Liddell; C MacFarlane; W Meyer; C Moore; E Pendall; A Phillips; RL Phillips; SM Prober; N Restrepo-Coupe; S Rutledge; I Schroder; R Silberstein; P Southall; M Sun Yee; NJ Tapper; E Van Gorsel; C Vote; J Walker; T Wardlaw

Journal article

An introduction to the Australian and New Zealand flux tower network - OzFlux

J Beringer, LB Hutley, I McHugh, SK Arndt, D Campbell, HA Cleugh, J Cleverly, VR De Dios, D Eamus, B Evans, C Ewenz, P Grace, A Griebel, V Haverd, N Hinko-Najera, A Huete, P Isaac, K Kanniah, R Leuning, MJ Liddell Show all

Biogeosciences | COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-5895-2016

Abstract

OzFlux is the regional Australian and New Zealand flux tower network that aims to provide a continental-scale national research facility to monitor and assess trends, and improve predictions, of Australia's terrestrial biosphere and climate. This paper describes the evolution, design, and current status of OzFlux as well as provides an overview of data processing. We analyse measurements from all sites within the Australian portion of the OzFlux network and two sites from New Zealand. The response of the Australian biomes to climate was largely consistent with global studies except that Australian systems had a lower ecosystem water-use efficiency. Australian semi-arid/arid ecosystems are im..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work utilized data collected by grants funded by the Australian Research Council (DP0344744, DP0772981, DP120101735, DP130101566, LE0882936). Jason Beringer is funded under an ARC Future Fellowship (FT110100602). Support for OzFlux is provided through the Australia Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) (http://www.tern.org.au). Vanessa Haverd's contribution was supported by the Australian Climate Change Science Program.