Announcing the FLUXNET Shuttle: A new system with access to data from regional networks

We are thrilled to announce the full launch of the FLUXNET Shuttle, a new system that streamlines access to eddy covariance data. This platform serves as a central gateway for researchers to obtain data that quantify ecosystem productivity, energy balance, and water exchange between the land surface and the atmosphere.

Alongside this new access comes a new wave of FLUXNET data: many more sites, improved gapfilling, expanded metadata, and high quality partitioning (to primary production and ecosystem respiration) and uncertainty quantification.

Furthermore, this is not a static data release. Data for additional sites and site-years will be released as it is processed throughout the year.

Global Reach, Local Insight

The Shuttle provides access to data from over 700 sites worldwide today, with more data all the time. Within the AmeriFlux network alone, researchers can explore more than 340 sites spanning a latitudinal gradient from the arctic tundra of Northern Alaska to the southern reaches of Argentina, searchable and accessible to you via the Shuttle, with additional sites available at ameriflux.lbl.gov.

Comprehensive Data: Access nearly 6,000 site-years of data.
Historical Depth: Includes the world’s longest continuous record: 35 years of flux data from Harvard Forest.
Diverse Biomes: Data coverage ranges from tropical rainforests to deserts, agricultural fields to boreal peatlands.

Simple Access, Sophisticated Processing

The Shuttle operates as a powerful interface that “visits” regional networks and aggregates metadata on their data holdings to provide a one-stop shop for finding or downloading FLUXNET data. Whether you prefer using a graphical user interface (GUI) or automating your workflow via scripts, the system is built to usher in a new era of open-source data sharing.

The data product is powered by ONEFlux, an open-access processing pipeline developed through years of international collaboration. ONEFlux continues to be improved, with better downscaled ERA data for gap filling and more flexible handling of partitioning, USTAR and of long data gaps. (The current FLUXNET product is compatible with FLUXNET2015). The new product also has augmented metadata. The result is standardized, analysis-ready products from all types of ecosystems and environments (urban coming soon), fit for all kinds of research.

A Community Achievement

This milestone is the result of partnership among regional networks. We extend our appreciation to Dario Papale for his vision, as well as the AmeriFlux Management Project team, our data-hub partners at ICOS and TERN, and the FLUXNET Co-op Data Initiative. Most importantly, we thank the individual site teams whose meticulous field observations and data-sharing ethos make this global advancement possible.

Get Started

We invite everyone to explore these continuous, standardized datasets to accelerate our collective understanding of ecosystem function and biogeochemical cycles.