ICOS information meeting in Uppsala Jan 31

ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System) is a new European research infrastructure of high priority within EU. The aim is to quantify and understand the greenhouse gas balance of the European continent and of adjacent regions. The infrastructure is built up as a collaboration of nationally operated measurement stations in 17 European countries. ICOS Sweden is the Swedish contribution to this European effort. The majority of the funding for ICOS Sweden comes from Vetenskapsrådet (the Swedish Science Research Council), but the participating universities also contribute substantially.

The infrastructure will be a platform for research and monitoring. There are six field sites included in ICOS Sweden, which will be fully equipped with advanced instruments to measure fluxes and concentrations of greenhouse gases as well as meteorological, ecological and hydrological variables. The stations are planned to run for 20 years and will have permanent staff. The stations will be served by a set of central facilities for quality control and the data will available for research.

External research groups are welcome to use the ICOS Sweden stations for their research, short term or long term. This may be research concerning climate and environment, water resources and hydrology, ecology and biodiversity, physics and meteorology and many other areas.

Read more:
www.ICOS-Sweden.se
 
For more information:
Achim.Grelle@slu.se, ph 018-67 25 55, 070-672 44 71