Co-location with other Environmental Research Infrastructures
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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 soon.
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
Collaborative data initiatives
Phenocam.se provides a gallery of image examples from the phenocam networks in Sweden and information how to access the data. The images provide snapshots of the status of vegetation through the growing seasons. phenocam.se was initiated by the Swedish phenology network (SLU), SITES and ICOS Sweden. | Researchdata.se is a platform where you can find, share, and reuse research data from a wide range of disciplines. You will also find links to the data from the Swedish ICOS and SITES stations, when you search for the respective station name (e.g. Abisko). Researchdata.se was initiated by the National Research infrastructure SND. |