The ICOS Spain network consists of six 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.
The ICOS Spain consortium includes seven institutions: the State Meteorological Agency of Spain (AEMET, coordination), the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA), the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN), the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC), the Mediterranean Center for Environmental Studies (CEAM), and the University of Valladolid (UVa).
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), Spain,
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)
Spain
melchor.gonzalez (at) ulpgc.es
+34 928 452 914
