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Research article
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28 Jun 2021
Research article |
| 28 Jun 2021
| 28 Jun 2021
A comparison of gap-filling algorithms for eddy covariance fluxes and their drivers
School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western
Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
Jason Beringer
School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western
Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
Matthias Leopold
School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western
Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
Ian McHugh
School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of
Melbourne, Richmond, VIC, 3121, Australia
James Cleverly
School of Life Sciences University of Technology Sydney Broadway
Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
Peter Isaac
OzFlux Central Node, TERN Ecosystem Processes, Melbourne, VIC, 3159, Australia
Azizallah Izady
Water Research Center, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
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Short summary
We reviewed eight algorithms to estimate missing values of environmental drivers and three major fluxes in eddy covariance time series. Overall, machine-learning algorithms showed superiority over the rest. Among the top three models (feed-forward neural networks, eXtreme Gradient Boost, and random forest algorithms), the latter showed the most solid performance in different scenarios.
We reviewed eight algorithms to estimate missing values of environmental drivers and three major...
