ICOS Sweden – knowledge through observations

Description

The Integrated Carbon Observation System ICOS) is a European research infrastructure for quantifying and understanding the greenhouse gas (GHG) balance of the European continent and adjacent regions. The infrastructure is built up as a collaboration of nationally operated measurement stations. ICOS Sweden is the Swedish contribution to this European effort. High-precision, standardized observations of the exchange of greenhouse gases and heat between the Earth's surface and its atmosphere form an essential basis for understanding not only our planet's present climate, but also past and future developments. It has also become clear that these studies must be secured beyond the lifetime of a typical research project. The aim of ICOS is therefore to construct, equip, and operate a network of standardized, long-term, high precision integrated monitoring stations for atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and fluxes.
ICOS Sweden has been providing data to compile information on GHG exchange of typical northern ecosystems from three Atmosphere Stations (measurements of concentrations of GHGs in the atmospheric boundary layer), six Ecosystem Stations (measurements of exchanges of GHGs between ecosystems and the atmosphere), one fixed Ocean Station (observations of the coastal Baltic Sea), and one ship-based Ocean Station (measurements of the surface ocean).

Period	2022 May 16
Event title	Swedish Climate Symposium 2022
Event type	Conference
Location	Norrköping, SwedenShow on map