Dataset

Otway Flux Data Collection

This dataset consists of measurements of the exchange of energy and mass between the surface and the atmospheric boundary-layer in Nirranda South using eddy covariance techniques.
The Otway flux station was located at Narrinda South in south west Victoria, Australia.The pasture was grazed by dairy cattle with average grass height of 0.1m. Annual average rainfall at the site was around 800mm and was only moderately seasonal. Mean daily temperature ranged from 25°C in February to 12°C in July. The flux station was situated on a 10m tower. Fluxes of heat, water vapour and carbon dioxide were measured using the open-path eddy covariance technique. Supplementary measurements included temperature, humidity, rainfall, total solar, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and net radiation. Soil temperature and heat flux were also measured. The Otway flux station was established in February 2007 on private land at Nirranda South and managed by CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research staff as part of the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies.For additional site information, see http://www.ozflux.org.au/monitoringsites/otway/index.html . This data is also available at https://data.tern.org.au .

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Etheridge, D et al., 2011. Atmospheric monitoring of the CO2CRC Otway Project for large scale CO2 storage projects. Energy Procedia, 4(2011) 3666-3675. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.298
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Isaac, Peter et al., 2017. OzFlux data: network integration from collection to curation. Biogeosciences, 14(12). doi:10.5194/bg-14-2903-2017
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Beringer, Jason et al., 2016. An introduction to the Australian and New Zealand flux tower network – OzFlux. Biogeosciences, 13(21). doi:10.5194/bg-13-5895-2016
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Etheridge, D et al., 2011. Atmospheric monitoring of the CO2CRC Otway Project for large scale CO2 storage projects. Energy Procedia, 4(2011) 3666-3675. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.298
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Isaac, Peter et al., 2017. OzFlux data: network integration from collection to curation. Biogeosciences, 14(12). doi:10.5194/bg-14-2903-2017
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Beringer, Jason et al., 2016. An introduction to the Australian and New Zealand flux tower network – OzFlux. Biogeosciences, 13(21). doi:10.5194/bg-13-5895-2016
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Published (Metadata Record)	04/03/2026
Last updated	04/03/2026
Organisation	Australian Federal Government
License	License Not Specified
Update Frequency	Unknown