A dataset of carbon and water fluxes in a Phragmites australis wetland in the Yellow River Delta during 2011-2018
Wetland ecosystems play an important role in mitigating global climate change.Long-term monitoring of carbon and water fluxes through eddy covariance(EC)proves helpful for better preservation and sustainable utilization of wetland ecosystem services.However,there is a shortage of data and studies focusing on carbon and water fluxes in wetland ecosystems.Hence,there is an urgent need to furnish researchers with more observational data.The Yellow River Delta Ecological Research Station of Coastal Wetland,Chinese Academy of Sciences(hereinafter referred to as the Yellow River Delta Station),established an open-path EC system in a Phragmites australis wetland in 2010 and accumulated large amounts of flux data to date.The EC-based dataset in this paper comprises ecosystem-scale carbon and water fluxes at the study site spanning from 2011 to 2018.Moreover,all the data are presented at four time scales,i.e.,half-hourly,daily,monthly,and yearly.This dataset is of great importance for estimating carbon and water fluxes in wetland ecosystems and examining flux variations at different time scales.
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