ATMO-ACCESS
ATMO-ACCESS is the organized response of distributed atmospheric research facilities ACTRIS, ICOS and IAGOS for developing a pilot for a new model of Integrating Activities. The project will deliver a series of recommendations for establishing a comprehensive and sustainable framework for access to distributed atmospheric Research Infrastructures (RI), ensuring integrated access to and optimised use of the services they provide.
ATMO-ACCESS will open physical and remote access to 43 operational European atmospheric research facilities, including ground-based observation stations, simulation chambers, but also mobile facilities and central laboratories that are fundamental elements in distributed RIs. The research station Hyltemossa is one of the field stations, comprising both the ACTRIS station at the site and our ICOS Atmosphere and Ecosystem stations.
Co-location with other Environmental Research Infrastructures
The national research infrastructures ICOS, ACTRIS and SITES focus on advancing our understanding of ecosystem-atmosphere interactions and associated climate feedback through observations by the RIs and their users (scientific and commercial) and research emerging from these. Each of the complementary RIs has a specific focus: ACTRIS Sweden is dedicated to high quality observations of aerosols, clouds, short-lived trace gases and exploration of their interactions. It delivers precision data, services and procedures regarding the 4D variability of clouds, short lived atmospheric species, and the physical, optical, and chemical properties of aerosols to improve capacity, in understanding the past, current, and future evolution of the atmospheric environment. ACTRIS Sweden is the Swedish node of the European ACTRIS RI. The EU comission established ACTRIS ERIC on 25 April 2023. ACTRIS Sweden strictly co-located its measurement stations with existing ICOS stations: preparatory ACTRIS measurements have been ongoing since 2017 at HTM (LU), resp. 2016 at NOR (Stockholm University). ACTRIS measurements at Svartberget and Östergarnsholm will start during 2024.
The Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Sciences (SITES) promotes a network of stations for terrestrial and aquatic field research. Long-term, standardised monitoring data, comprehensive documentation and stakeholder involvement provides a context for cutting-edge research on how ecosystems function in response to anthropogenic pressures, natural variability and management efforts to achieve specific goals. Four of the six ICOS Sweden Ecosystem stations are co-located with research stations which are part of SITES (SE-Sto, SE-Deg, SE-Svb, SE-Myc). The two Ecosystem stations not being part of SITES (SE-Htm, SE-Nor) already now host spectral measurements for ecosystem monitoring as part of the SITES-affiliated research network NordSpec. NordSpec as well as SITES Spectral measurements act as ground reference information for remotely sensed observation products from satellites, and for understanding the shifting dynamics of vegetation in a warming climate.
ICOS Sweden, ACTRIS Sweden and SITES collaborate for better science and efficient operation of the field stations. Please, visit also the collaboration website on the SITES webspace to stay updated about the process: https://www.fieldsites.se/ecosystem-themes/atmospheric/sites-icos-actris
