The Loobos ecosystem first tower dataset: meteorology, turbulent fluxes and net ecosystem exchange  (1996 to 2021)

Zhao, Hong; Dolman, Han; Elbers, Jan; Jans, Wilma; Kruijt, Bart; Moors, Eddy; Snellen, Henk; Vila-Guerau de Arellano, Jordi; Peters, Wouter; Krol, Maarten C.; Hutjes, Ronald; van der Molen, Michiel

doi:10.5194/essd-18-2023-2026

Articles | Volume 18, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-2023-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-2023-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 3

Data description article

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17 Mar 2026

Data description article |

| 17 Mar 2026

The Loobos ecosystem first tower dataset: meteorology, turbulent fluxes and net ecosystem exchange (1996 to 2021)

Hong Zhao, Han Dolman, Jan Elbers, Wilma Jans, Bart Kruijt, Eddy Moors, Henk Snellen, Jordi Vila-Guerau de Arellano, Wouter Peters, Maarten C. Krol, Ronald Hutjes, and Michiel van der Molen

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-2023-2026-supplement

Data sets

The Loobos ecosystem first tower dataset: meteorology, turbulent fluxes and net ecosystem exchange (1996 to 2021) Hong Zhao et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15721310

Model code and software

NL-Loo_first_tower_project Hong Zhao https://git.wur.nl/zhao133/nl-loo_first_tower_project

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Under the Kyoto Protocol the carbon dioxide (CO₂) balance for forest ecosystems was required to be measured. Consequently, CO₂ flux measurements have been conducted in Loobos site in the Netherlands since 1996, becoming one of the 17 first FLUXNET sites globally. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the instrumentation, data processing and the resulting data archive, enabling its further use in data analysis, model development and validation of satellite data retrievals.