Meyer, W., Ewenz, C., Koerber, G. & Lubcke, T. (2021). Calperum Chowilla Flux Data Collection. Version 1.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/bfcba630-a27a-426d-a931-f2c6ac785c48
Calperum Chowilla Flux Data Collection
Ver: 1.0
Status of Data: onGoing
Update Frequency: biannually
Security Classification: unclassified
Record Last Modified: 2025-12-02
Viewed 524 times
Accessed 63 times
Dataset Created: 2010-07-30
Dataset Published: 2021-09-20
Data can be accessed from the following links:
How to cite this collection:
This dataset consists of measurements of the exchange of energy and mass between the surface and the atmospheric boundary-layer in a semi-arid mallee ecosystem north of the River Murray near Chowilla using eddy covariance techniques.
The Calperum Chowilla site was established in July 2010 and is managed by the University of Adelaide (UA), coordinated by Prof Wayne Meyer and Prof David Chittleborough of the Landscape Futures Program as part of the Environment Institute. This is a former sheep grazing property that has been destocked and is being managed as a conservation area in this type of ecosystem. The landscape is flat with a series of low east–west sand dunes. The dunes are remnants of a previous dry era and are mostly now stabilised by mallee (multi-stemmed Eucalypt trees) and various shrubs. It is a semi-arid environment fringing the River Murray floodplains of the Riverland.
For additional site information, see http://www.landscapescience.org/.
This data is also available at http://data.ozflux.org.au .
The Calperum Chowilla site was established in July 2010 and is managed by the University of Adelaide (UA), coordinated by Prof Wayne Meyer and Prof David Chittleborough of the Landscape Futures Program as part of the Environment Institute. This is a former sheep grazing property that has been destocked and is being managed as a conservation area in this type of ecosystem. The landscape is flat with a series of low east–west sand dunes. The dunes are remnants of a previous dry era and are mostly now stabilised by mallee (multi-stemmed Eucalypt trees) and various shrubs. It is a semi-arid environment fringing the River Murray floodplains of the Riverland.
For additional site information, see http://www.landscapescience.org/.
This data is also available at http://data.ozflux.org.au .
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. The Calperum Mallee site is managed by the University of Adelaide (UA) and is funded by TERN. Calperum is a reserve managed by the Australian Landscape Trust, for the Australian Government.
Purpose
The purpose of the Calperum Chowilla flux station is to :
measure the energy, CO2 and H2O balance of mallee shrub land for short term (days) and long term (years)
link vegetation and ecosystem response to soil, atmosphere and local management conditions to explain daily and seasonal variation in exchange processes
use the site data to broaden environmental monitoring data for Ozflux and climate interpretation at the continental scale
use the measured data to develop and test predictive models of vegetation and related ecosystems that can be used to improve restorative actions in conservation of this type of ecosystem.
measure the energy, CO2 and H2O balance of mallee shrub land for short term (days) and long term (years)
link vegetation and ecosystem response to soil, atmosphere and local management conditions to explain daily and seasonal variation in exchange processes
use the site data to broaden environmental monitoring data for Ozflux and climate interpretation at the continental scale
use the measured data to develop and test predictive models of vegetation and related ecosystems that can be used to improve restorative actions in conservation of this type of ecosystem.
Lineage
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 .
Method DocumentationData not provided.
Procedure StepsData not provided.
The flux station is at north of Renmark in the South Australian Riverland.
Temporal Coverage
From 2010-07-30 to on going
Spatial Resolution
Data not provided.
Vertical Extent
Data not provided.
Data Quality Assessment Scope
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 CO2 and H2O 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.
For further information about the software (PyFluxPro) used to process and quality control the flux data, see https://github.com/OzFlux/PyFluxPro/wiki.
For further information about the software (PyFluxPro) used to process and quality control the flux data, see https://github.com/OzFlux/PyFluxPro/wiki.
Data Quality Report
Data not provided.
Data Quality Assessment Outcome
Data not provided.
ANZSRC - FOR
GCMD Sciences
Horizontal Resolution
Instruments
Parameters
Platforms
Temporal Resolution
User Defined
AU-Cpr
mallee woodland
Author
Contact Point
By Child records
Calperum Chowilla Flux Data Release 2022_v1Calperum Chowilla Flux Data Release 2022_v2Calperum Chowilla Flux Data Release 2023_v1Calperum Chowilla Flux Data Release 2023_v2Calperum Chowilla Flux Data Release 2024_v1Calperum Chowilla Flux Data Release 2024_v2Calperum Chowilla Flux Data Release 2025_v1Calperum Chowilla Flux Data Release 2025_v2
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, 4068, Australia.
Contact Us
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.
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.
Please advise any work or publications that use this data via the online form at https://www.tern.org.au/research-publications/#reporting
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.
Please advise any work or publications that use this data via the online form at https://www.tern.org.au/research-publications/#reporting