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Purpose

The purpose of the Robson Creek flux station is:

• to measure exchanges of carbon dioxide, water vapour and energy between the tropical upland rainforest in Far North Queensland and the atmosphere using micrometeorological techniques

• to quantify the changes in carbon and water balances of an Australian tropical rainforest on a long term basis in the face of climate change

• to present the results from the study in real time to the public and inform the public on what these results mean.

This flux station provides primary site meteorological and radiometric data for Robson Creek, a reference calibration site (GEOTREES) with a 25 Ha Census vegetation plot.