(2020) 7:225 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0534-3 | Gilberto Pastorello et al.
The FLUXNET2015 dataset provides comprehensive ecosystem-scale data on CO₂, water, and energy exchange between the biosphere and the atmosphere, along with other meteorological and biological measurements, from 212 sites globally (over 1500 site-years, up to and including 2014). These sites, independently managed and operated, voluntarily contributed their data to create a global dataset. The data were quality-controlled and processed using uniform methods to enhance consistency and intercomparability across sites. The dataset is already being used in various applications, including ecophysiology studies, remote sensing studies, and the development of ecosystem and Earth system models. FLUXNET2015 includes derived-data products such as gap-filled time series, ecosystem respiration and photosynthetic uptake estimates, uncertainty estimation, and metadata about the measurements. Additionally, 206 of these sites are distributed under a Creative Commons (CC-BY 4.0) license.
The data processing pipeline, detailed in this paper, uses well-established and published methods, with new code implemented for this release. The main products include thorough data quality control checks, calculation of friction velocity thresholds to filter low turbulence periods, gap-filling of meteorological and flux measurements, partitioning of CO₂ fluxes into respiration and photosynthesis components, and calculation of a correction factor for energy fluxes. The pipeline is available as an open-source code package called ONEFlux, which aims to make the dataset more accessible, transparent, and reproducible.
The data processing methods involve multiple steps, including data quality assurance and control, meteorological product processing, energy and water product processing, and CO2 product processing. Each step is designed to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the final dataset. The processing pipeline is modular, allowing for easy maintenance and change efforts, and is implemented using various programming languages such as Python, C, MATLAB, and IDL. The ONEFlux code collection replaces the PV-WAVE code with a re-implementation in Python and collates most of these steps into a cohesive pipeline.The FLUXNET2015 dataset provides comprehensive ecosystem-scale data on CO₂, water, and energy exchange between the biosphere and the atmosphere, along with other meteorological and biological measurements, from 212 sites globally (over 1500 site-years, up to and including 2014). These sites, independently managed and operated, voluntarily contributed their data to create a global dataset. The data were quality-controlled and processed using uniform methods to enhance consistency and intercomparability across sites. The dataset is already being used in various applications, including ecophysiology studies, remote sensing studies, and the development of ecosystem and Earth system models. FLUXNET2015 includes derived-data products such as gap-filled time series, ecosystem respiration and photosynthetic uptake estimates, uncertainty estimation, and metadata about the measurements. Additionally, 206 of these sites are distributed under a Creative Commons (CC-BY 4.0) license.
The data processing pipeline, detailed in this paper, uses well-established and published methods, with new code implemented for this release. The main products include thorough data quality control checks, calculation of friction velocity thresholds to filter low turbulence periods, gap-filling of meteorological and flux measurements, partitioning of CO₂ fluxes into respiration and photosynthesis components, and calculation of a correction factor for energy fluxes. The pipeline is available as an open-source code package called ONEFlux, which aims to make the dataset more accessible, transparent, and reproducible.
The data processing methods involve multiple steps, including data quality assurance and control, meteorological product processing, energy and water product processing, and CO2 product processing. Each step is designed to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the final dataset. The processing pipeline is modular, allowing for easy maintenance and change efforts, and is implemented using various programming languages such as Python, C, MATLAB, and IDL. The ONEFlux code collection replaces the PV-WAVE code with a re-implementation in Python and collates most of these steps into a cohesive pipeline.