Users of the ICOS Sweden research infrastructure divide into two partially overlapping classes, users of the physical station infrastructure and data users.
Research projects using ICOS Sweden RI data and on site
Users taking advantage of the physical access to the measurement stations benefit from station infrastructure, including laboratory space, technical support, power supply, internet and other services, and high-quality auxiliary data provided by ICOS Sweden. These users perform on site research consisting of measurement programs that are in addition to the ongoing ICOS measurement program. They, in turn, benefit directly from the context of the long term ICOS measurements - they use and process ICOS data while integrating it into their own scientific research topics.
See which projects make use of the ICOS Sweden RI with physical access.
Research projects using data from ICOS Sweden stations
The academic users of ICOS data can be divided into three main groups. 1) Modelers working with both bottom-up and top-down type models from different disciplines, e.g., soil science, ecophysiology, biogeochemistry, hydrology, meteorology, climate science, atmospheric science. 2) Remote sensing (RS) community that is interested in ground truth data for validation of different RS products. 3) Researchers synthesizing empirical data from different types of ecosystems and climatic regions to understand the processes regulating exchange of matter and energy between ecosystems and the climate system.
See which projects use data measured at ICOS Sweden stations