| Fluxnet Information | |
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| Site Name: | Sturt Plains |
| Description: | The Sturt Plains flux station is located approximately 280km north of Tennant Creek, Northern Territory. The flux tower site is 280km north of Tennant Creek, amongst a low lying plain dominated by Mitchell Grass (gen. Astrebla). Elevation of the site is close to 250m and mean annual precipitation at a nearby Bureau of Meteorology site is 640mm. Maximum temperatures range from 28.4°C (in June/ July) to 39.1°C (in December), while minimum temperatures range from 11.2°C (in July) to 24.4°C (in December). The instrument mast is 5 meters tall. Heat, water vapour and carbon dioxide measurements are taken using the open-path eddy flux technique. Temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, rainfall and net radiation are measured. Soil heat fluxes are measured and soil moisture content is gathered using time domain reflectometry. Ancillary measurements taken at the site include LAI, leaf-scale physiological properties (gas exchange, leaf isotope ratios, N and chlorophyll concentrations), vegetation optical properties and soil physical properties. Airborne based remote sensing (Lidar and hyperspectral measurements) was carried out across the transect in September 2008. |
| Status: | Active, core measurements presently being made |
| Country: | Australia |
| Fluxnet Site Code: | AU-Stp |
| Location Information | |
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| Country: | Australia |
| Coordinates: (Lat, Long) | -17.1508, 133.3503 |
| Investigator Information | |
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| Investigator: | Jason Beringer (Website) jason.beringer@arts.monash.edu.au Monash University School of Geography and Environmental Science P.O. Box 11A Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3800 0061 3 99 05 9352 |
| Investigator: | Shaun Cunningham shaun.cunningham@sci.monash.edu.au Monash University Monash University, School of Biological Sciences Clayton, Victoria Australia, 3800 +61 3 9905 5613 |
| Affiliation Information | |
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| Affiliation Name: | OzFlux |
| Affiliation Site Page: | http://www.ozflux.org.au/monitoringsites/sturtplains/index.html |
| Site Information | |
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IGBP Land Use : | Grasslands |
| UMD Land Use: | Grasslands |
| NPP Land Cover: | Annual Grass Vegetation |
| KGCC: | BSh - Arid Steppe hot |
| LAI F/PAR Land Use: | Grasses/Cereal Crops |
| Plant Functional Type: | Grass |
| Data Repository Information | |
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| Data Collection Timeframe: | 2008-2012 |
| OzFlux: | http://ozflux.its.monash.edu.au/ecosystem/pub/listPubCollections.jspx |
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| Investigator Information | |
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| Investigator: | Jason Beringer (Website) jason.beringer@arts.monash.edu.au Monash University School of Geography and Environmental Science P.O. Box 11A Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3800 0061 3 99 05 9352 |
| Investigator: | Shaun Cunningham shaun.cunningham@sci.monash.edu.au Monash University Monash University, School of Biological Sciences Clayton, Victoria Australia, 3800 +61 3 9905 5613 |
| Location Information | |
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| Country: | Australia |
| Coordinates: (Lat, Long) | -17.1508, 133.3503 |
| Affiliation Information | |
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| Affiliation Name: | OzFlux |
| Affiliation Site Page: | http://www.ozflux.org.au/monitoringsites/sturtplains/index.html |
| Site Information | |
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| IGBP Land Use: | Grasslands |
| UMD Land Use: | Grasslands |
| NPP Land Cover: | Annual Grass Vegetation |
| KGCC: | BSh - Arid Steppe hot |
| LAI F/PAR Land Use: | Grasses/Cereal Crops |
| Plant Functional Type: | Grass |
| Data Repository Information | |
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| Data Collection Timeframe: | 2008-2012 |
| OzFlux: | http://ozflux.its.monash.edu.au/ecosystem/pub/listPubCollections.jspx |
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