Publikationsdatum:
2019-09-11
Beschreibung:
The European Research Infrastructure Consortium “Integrated Carbon Observation
System” (ICOS) aims at delivering high quality greenhouse gas (GHG) observations and
derived data products (e.g., regional GHG-flux maps) for constraining the GHG balance
on a European level, on a sustained long-term basis. The marine domain (ICOS-Oceans)
currently consists of 11 Ship of Opportunity lines (SOOP – Ship of Opportunity Program)
and 10 Fixed Ocean Stations (FOSs) spread across European waters, including the
North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and the Barents, North, Baltic, and Mediterranean
Seas. The stations operate in a harmonized and standardized way based on communityproven
protocols and methods for ocean GHG observations, improving operational
conformity as well as quality control and assurance of the data. This enables the network
to focus on long term research into the marine carbon cycle and the anthropogenic
carbon sink, while preparing the network to include other GHG fluxes. ICOS data are processed on a near real-time basis and will be published on the ICOS Carbon
Portal (CP), allowing monthly estimates of CO2 air-sea exchange to be quantified for
European waters. ICOS establishes transparent operational data management routines
following the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) guiding principles
allowing amongst others reproducibility, interoperability, and traceability. The ICOSOceans
network is actively integrating with the atmospheric (e.g., improved atmospheric
measurements onboard SOOP lines) and ecosystem (e.g., oceanic direct gas flux
measurements) domains of ICOS, and utilizes techniques developed by the ICOS
Central Facilities and the CP. There is a strong interaction with the international ocean
carbon cycle community to enhance interoperability and harmonize data flow. The future
vision of ICOS-Oceans includes ship-based ocean survey sections to obtain a threedimensional
understanding of marine carbon cycle processes and optimize the existing
network design.
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EPIC Alfred Wegener Institut
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