FLUXNET offers several resources and guidelines for compiling and submitting flux and site characteristics data.
We request that you also review the Best Practices for Submitting Data and the Parameter Definitions pages for information about how to construct data files that are most useful for the FLUXNET community.
A group of researchers led by Bev Law has prepared a manual of protocols and guidelines for biological sample collection and analysis and for compiling and submitting biological data. The manual contains detailed guidelines for making biological measurements in forests (biomass, primary production, ecosystem processes, etc.) and other vegetation types (such as crops) and for submission of biological data to a database. It has been developed specifically for North America forests and crops; however it may serve as guidelines for consistency in measurements for other biomes at the global level, and it can be easily modified for region-specific biome characteristics.