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ICOS Overview Article Published

ICOS, the Integrated Carbon Observation System, is a European research infrastructure for the observation of greenhouse gases in terrestrial ecosystems, atmosphere, and oceans. The German contribution is coordinated at Thünen Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture (AK). A concise overview article illustrates the development of the network and the current station distribution.

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It is further described how

  • standardization of the measurements is achieved
  • funding of the network is being organized
  • access to data and measurement protocols is provided
  • data products for policy and society are generated.

The article has been published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society and can be accessed through the following link:
https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/103/3/BAMS-D-19-0364.1.xml?tab_body=pdf

A related press release can be found on the European ICOS website:
https://www.icos-cp.eu/event/1085

A more detailed description of ICOS is given in the Handbook.
https://www.icos-cp.eu/event/1140

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