ICOS Spain
The ICOS Spain network consists of seven stations distributed across the three ICOS domains: Atmosphere, Ocean and Ecosystem. Together, they extend ICOS coverage to south-western Europe and the subtropical North Atlantic, covering a wide range of environments representative of the region.
The Atmosphere domain includes three sites. The Izaña station is hosted at the historic high-mountain Izaña Observatory in Tenerife, which has been a key global reference site for free-tropospheric measurements for decades. El Arenosillo station (Huelva) provides observations from one of the southernmost parts of continental Europe, facing the Atlantic. CIBA station (Valladolid) represents a continental inland environment in central Spain.
In the Ocean domain, CanOA is a mobile station on a merchant vessel that regularly operates between Gran Canaria and Barcelona, collecting data across the subtropical North Atlantic and the western Mediterranean. ESTOC is a fixed site north of Gran Canaria with decades of continuous oceanic observations in the subtropical North Atlantic.
The Ecosystem domain is represented by Majadas de Tiétar (Cáceres), which monitors a Mediterranean oak savanna (dehesa), a characteristic ecosystem of the Iberian Peninsula, and by Aguamarga (Almería), which represents a semi-arid espartal ecosystem, characteristic of several areas across the western Mediterranean and located in one of Europe’s climatic extremes.
The ICOS Spain consortium brings together the following institutions: the State Meteorological Agency of Spain (AEMET, coordination); the Instituto de Oceanografía y Cambio Global at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC); the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), including the Arid Zones Experimental Station (EEZA), the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), and the Spectro-radiometry and Environmental Remote Sensing Laboratory (SpecLab); the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIU); the Spanish National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA); the Mediterranean Center for Environmental Studies (CEAM); the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN); the University of Valladolid (UVa); and the University of Granada (UGR).
Spain Station Network
ICOS Spain stations in the map. Hover over the stations and the ship lines for more details.
Contact ICOS Spain
ICOS Spain Focal Points
Carlos Torres-García, Director
Izaña Atmospheric Research Centre (IARC)
State Meteorological Agency of Spain (AEMET)
ctorresg (at) aemet.es
+34 922 151 718
Melchor González-Dávila, PhD Professor
Institute for Oceanography and Global Change (IOCAG)
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC)
melchor.gonzalez (at) ulpgc.es
+34 928 452 914
