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The visualization of marine data sets was recently updated with a new application. Now it is possible to preview detailed information on the data set, display the different variables in the dataset and zoom in spatially into subsets of the measurement series See and test an example here from the…

ICOS is participating in two major EU projects, RISCAPE and ENVRIplus. The results of these projects will be communicated, among others, to political decision makers, EU and governmental officials, and to officials in international organisations. To support the outreach to these people, we are…

The ENVRI week is a week dedicated to Environmental Research Infrastructures. The week will take part in Riga, Latvia. Registration is open until 22 October.

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…