| BADM | AmeriFlux BASE | AmeriFlux FLUXNET | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What is it? | Biological, Ancillary, Disturbance, and Metadata | The Flux and meteorological time series data | |
| Includes gap-filled and partitioned fluxes (GPP, RECO) | No |
Maybe. Included if the site provides these variables. |
Yes |
| Temporal Aggregation | Variable | Half-hourly or Hourly | Half-hourly or Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Annual |
| Representativeness | Site-level aggregation | All levels of aggregation | Site-level aggregation |
| Format | BADM Standards | The FP Standard* | |
* Flux-Processing (FP) Standard: standardized variables and format supported by AmeriFlux, fluxnet.org, and other flux networks.