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Site Description

The Hamersley Station flux site was situated in native C4 Themeda grassland in the Pilbara region of Western Australia (GPS coordinates: -22.29, 117.69; elevation: 600m).

The site is a naturally occurring C4 Themeda grassland and forms part of the Hamersley Station cattle grazing enterprise.

The instrument tripod was 5m tall with a supplemental 5m guyed mast for radiation sensors. Fluxes of carbon dioxide, water vapour and heat were quantified with open-path eddy covariance instrumentation.

Ancillary measurements included temperature, air humidity, wind speed and direction, precipitation, incoming and outgoing shortwave radiation, incoming and outgoing long wave radiation, incoming total and diffuse PAR and reflected PAR.

Soil water content and temperature were measured at six soil depths. Surface soil heat fluxes were also measured.