Towards long-term standardised carbon and greenhouse gas observations for monitoring Europe´s terrestrial ecosystems: a review

Franz, Daniela; Acosta, Manuel; Altimir, Núria; Arriga, Nicola; Arrouays, Dominique; Aubinet, Marc; Aurela, Mika; Ayres, Edward; Lopez-Ballesteros, Ana; Barbaste, Mireille; Berveiller, Daniel; Biraud, Sébastien; Boukir, Hakima; Brown, Timothy; Brümmer, Christian; Buchmann, Nina; Burba, George; Carrara, Arnaud; Cescatti, Allessandro; Ceschia, Eric; Clement, Robert; Cremonese, Edoardo; Crill, Patrick; Darenova, Eva; Dengel, Sigrid; D'Odorico, Petra; Filippa, Gianluca; Fleck, Stefan; Fratini, Gerardo; Fuss, Roland; Gielen, Bert; Gogo, Sébastien; Grace, John; Graf, Alexander; Grelle, Achim; Gross, Patrick; Grünwald, Thomas; Haapanala, Sami; Hehn, Markus; Heinesch, Bernard; Heiskanen, Jouni; Herbst, Mathias; Herschlein, Christine; Hörtnagl, Lukas; Hufkens, Koen; Ibrom, Andreas; Jolivet, Claudy; Joly, Lilian; Jones, Michael; Kiese, Ralf; Klemedtsson, Leif; Kljun, Natascha; Klumpp, Katja; Kolari, Pasi; Kolle, Olaf; Kowalski, Andrew; Kutsch, Werner; Laurila, Tuomas; De Ligne, Anne; Linder, Sune; Lindroth, Anders; Lohila, Annalea; Longdoz, Bernhard; Mammarella, Ivan; Manise, Tanguy; Maraňón Jiménez, Sara; Matteucci, Giorgio; Mauder, Matthias; Meier, Philip; Merbold, Lutz; Mereu, Simone; Metzger, Stefan; Migliavacca, Mirco; Mölder, Meelis; Montagnani, Leonardo; Moureaux, Christine; Nelson, David; Nemitz, Eiko ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1765-6298; Nicolini, Giacomo; Nilsson, Mats B.; Op de Beeck, Maarten; Osborne, Bruce; Ottosson Löfvenius, Mikaell; Pavelka, Marian; Peichl, Matthias; Peltola, Olli; Pihlatie, Mari; Pitacco, Andrea; Pokorný, Radek; Pumpanen, Jukka; Ratié, Céline; Rebmann, Corinna; Roland, Marilyn; Sabbatini, Simone; Saby, Nicolas P.A.; Saunders, Matthew; Schmid, Hans Peter; Schrumpf, Marion; Sedlak, Pavel; Serrano Ortiz, Penelope; Siebicke, Lukas; Šigut, Ladislav; Silvennoinen, Hanna; Simioni, Guillaume; Skiba, Ute ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8659-6092; Sonnentag, Oliver; Soudani, Kamel; Soulé, Patrice; Steinbrecher, Rainer; Tallec, Tiphaine; Thimonier, Anne; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina; Tuovinen, Juha-Pekka; Vestin, Patrik; Vincent, Gaëlle; Vincke, Caroline; Vitale, Domenico; Waldner, Peter; Weslien, Per; Wingate, Lisa; Wohlfahrt, Georg; Zahniser, Mark; Vesala, Timo. 2018 Towards long-term standardised carbon and greenhouse gas observations for monitoring Europe´s terrestrial ecosystems: a review. International Agrophysics, 32 (4). 439-455. https://doi.org/10.1515/intag-2017-0039

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/intag-2017-0039

Abstract/Summary

Research infrastructures play a key role in launching a new generation of integrated long-term, geographically distributed observation programmes designed to monitor climate change, better understand its impacts on global ecosystems, and evaluate possible mitigation and adaptation strategies. The pan-European Integrated Carbon Observation System combines carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG; CO2, CH4, N2O, H2O) observations within the atmosphere, terrestrial ecosystems and oceans. High-precision measurements are obtained using standardised methodologies, are centrally processed and openly available in a traceable and verifiable fashion in combination with detailed metadata. The Integrated Carbon Observation System ecosystem station network aims to sample climate and land-cover variability across Europe. In addition to GHG flux measurements, a large set of complementary data (including management practices, vegetation and soil characteristics) is collected to support the interpretation, spatial upscaling and modelling of observed ecosystem carbon and GHG dynamics. The applied sampling design was developed and formulated in protocols by the scientific community, representing a trade-off between an ideal dataset and practical feasibility. The use of open-access, high-quality and multi-level data products by different user communities is crucial for the Integrated Carbon Observation System in order to achieve its scientific potential and societal value.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1515/intag-2017-0039
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Atmospheric Chemistry and Effects (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	0236-8722
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	ICOS, GHG exchange, carbon cycle, standardised monitoring, observational network
NORA Subject Terms:	Atmospheric Sciences
Date made live:	18 Dec 2018 16:34 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521850

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1515/intag-2017-0039

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Atmospheric Chemistry and Effects (Science Area 2017-)

ISSN:

0236-8722

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.

Additional Keywords:

ICOS, GHG exchange, carbon cycle, standardised monitoring, observational network