2.1.5. OzFlux Data

TERN OzFlux is a national ecosystem research network set up to provide the Australian and global ecosystem modelling communities with nationally consistent observations of energy, carbon, and water exchange between the atmosphere and key Australian ecosystems. TERN OzFlux is part of an international network (FluxNet) of over 500 flux stations that is designed to provide continuous, long-term micrometeorological measurements to monitor the state of ecosystems globally [17].

From the 40 sites in this network, we selected 5 sites for validation purposes according to data availability during the period analyzed (2013 to 2017). In these sites, a pair of pyranometers from Kipp & Zonen CNR4 measure energy balance between incoming and reflected short-wave radiation at different heights (Table 2). The surface albedo is estimated in the spectral range 300–2800 nm.


**Table 2.** Geolocation and brief description of the OzFlux sites considered in this study.
