Africa, Japan, global policies – how are these related to European in situ observations? The answer is science, and the research infrastructures that provide the observations and data. Systemising observations has become an important topic all over the world. It has also attracted interest…
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The European research infrastructure, Integrated Carbon Observation System ICOS, provides harmonised and high-precision scientific data on carbon cycle and greenhouse gas budget and perturbations. The backbone of ICOS is the more than 100 measurement stations in twelve European countries.…
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The ICOS Science Conference for Greenhouse Gases and Biogeochemical Cycles enticed several internationally renown scientists to visit Prague, Czech Republic, in early September. The conference gathered more than 300 participants from 30 different countries, including scientists from North…
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ICOS - Integrated Carbon Observation System has published its first Impact Assessment Report.
The report provides a comprehensive background on the evaluation of ICOS, and particularly develops a set of relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) which enable ICOS to evaluate and improve…
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Tilting the climate to a “hothouse Earth” state can only be prevented if we understand how the Earth is breathing, states ICOS, the Integrated Carbon Observation System. Standardised long-term observations on how greenhouse gases circulate between land, air and sea increase our knowledge on how…
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The first full Level 2 (final quality controlled observational) data from the atmospheric network has been released on 24 August 2018 by the ICOS Atmosphere Thematic Center. The data concerns the stations Gartow, Hohenpeißenberg, Hyltemossa, Jungfraujoch, Křešín u Pacova, Norunda…
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ICOS has a strong observational network producing reliable, high quality data. As a highly distributed research infrastructure, the operations and network coordination require continuous development of processes and best practices. At the same time a full management plan of ICOS research…
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Browse the third edition of the 2018 ICOS Newsletter here.
3/2018 Newsletter highlights include new ICOS stations certified for standardised data production, ICOS Science Conference, ENVRIplus summer school in data management, and HPCEuropa3 TNA call, etc.
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ICOS, Integrated Carbon Observation System, announces that 10 new greenhouse gas measurement stations have been certified for standardized data production. ICOS data help to reveal the carbon emissions and sinks on a European level, which is essential to predict climate change and to mitigate…
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Browse the second edition of the 2018 ICOS Newsletter here.
2/2018 Newsletter highlights include the 3rd ICOS Science Conference, SBSTA event, SEACRIFOG stakeholder meeting, ICOScapes photo campaign, etc.
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