Wedge Tail Flux Tower
The Wedge Tail flux tower (42°05'29"S, 147°04'46"E) is located on the traditional lands of the Lairmairrener people within the Silver Plains Reserve, a property managed by the Tasmanian Land Conservancy.
Installed on 29 July 2024 by the University of Tasmania, the Wedge Tail flux tower is situated approximately 550 meters from the adjacent Silver Plains Flux Tower. The site is supported by the Australian Mountain Research Facility (AMRF) and the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN).
The surrounding landscape is a gently south-southwest sloping, species-rich sedgeland and grassland, with a history of grazing. Positioned at an elevation of 860 meters, the site receives an average annual precipitation of approximately 900 mm. The soil at the site is organosol on a Jurassic dolerite geology. Average seasonal temperatures range from 16°C in summer to 6°C in winter.
Instrumentation
The flux tower mounted at a height of 2.5 meters and is equipped with an EC150 Open-Path Gas Analyzer and CSAT3A Sonic Anemometer as well as an EE181 Temperature and Relative Humidity Probe, two TDR Soil Moisture Sensors, a 0.2 mm Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge, a TCAV Soil Temperature Sensor and Soil Heat Flux Plate. The tower is supported by a Starlink satellite internet system for data transmission and remote access.
Site Personnel
Primary Investigator
Prof. Mark Hovenden
Email: mark.hovenden@utas.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 6226 7874
Site Contact
Bethany Yates
Room 267, Biological Sciences
School of Natural Sciences
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Tasmania
Installed on 29 July 2024 by the University of Tasmania, the Wedge Tail flux tower is situated approximately 550 meters from the adjacent Silver Plains Flux Tower. The site is supported by the Australian Mountain Research Facility (AMRF) and the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN).
The surrounding landscape is a gently south-southwest sloping, species-rich sedgeland and grassland, with a history of grazing. Positioned at an elevation of 860 meters, the site receives an average annual precipitation of approximately 900 mm. The soil at the site is organosol on a Jurassic dolerite geology. Average seasonal temperatures range from 16°C in summer to 6°C in winter.
Instrumentation
The flux tower mounted at a height of 2.5 meters and is equipped with an EC150 Open-Path Gas Analyzer and CSAT3A Sonic Anemometer as well as an EE181 Temperature and Relative Humidity Probe, two TDR Soil Moisture Sensors, a 0.2 mm Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge, a TCAV Soil Temperature Sensor and Soil Heat Flux Plate. The tower is supported by a Starlink satellite internet system for data transmission and remote access.
Site Personnel
Primary Investigator
Prof. Mark Hovenden
Email: mark.hovenden@utas.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 6226 7874
Site Contact
Bethany Yates
Room 267, Biological Sciences
School of Natural Sciences
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Tasmania
Created by Cacilia Ewenz,
Creation date: 2025-07-07 08:53,
Modified by Bethany Yates,
Modified date: 2025-08-25 02:13
Temporal Coverage:
2024-07-31 - 2025-07-07
Data Licence
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Citation Information
If you make use of this collection in your research, please
cite:
Cacilia Ewenz
(2025
) Wedge Tail Flux Tower
OzFlux: Australian and New Zealand Flux Research and Monitoring local: MONd46b55eb-6251-44a9-b861-ebd1b5ecc3ef
A total of
2
data file(s) in this collection
File Name:
WedgeTail_2025Q3_L3.nc
Site Name:
WedgeTail
Processing Level:
L3
File Name:
WedgeTail_2024_L3.nc
Site Name:
WedgeTail
Processing Level:
L3
