ICOS status report, Oct 2007

The current Carboeurope atmospheric network Stars = vertical profiles Blue circles = continuous observatories Yellow diamonds = tall tower observatories Small network (FP-5) Larger network (FP-6)

The current Carboeurope Ecosystem network Main and associated sites 17 Clusters of sites (different land uses/covers) 100 sites (51 sites for 5 years)

ICOS, the 2005 vision Atmospheric Co-ordination Centre Gas Standards Ecosystem Co-ordination Centre Data Centre ‚Carbon Portal‘ Council of Scientific Steering Institutions ICOS Centre Ecosystem Observation Network Data Quality control Training Instrument upgrades Atmospheric Observation Network DataCalibration Quality control Training Instrument upgrades Gas analysis Scientific Users Inventories, Assessments Global Observation Networks Elements

Oct 2006 What has been done… [Oct 2006]

For the first time, ecosystem and atmospheric observations will be integrated in a world class infrastructure

What has been done… [Oct 2007] Invitation by EU to start the Preparatory Phase of ICOS for , with seed funding for: –Selection of operational parameters –Selection of sites using network design (≈30 atmosphere ≈ 30 ecosystems) –Legal and economic organization –National lobbying and fund raising –Targeted research on new automatic sensors Proposal submitted in May 2007 Project accepted in Sep 2007 Preparatory Phase begins in March 2008 Start round-table negociations in 2008 for building the infrastructure after 2011

Pre-ICOS design studies Observing system operational Carboeurope-IP Other research projects National networks Month 30 : Start demonstration Experiment with few sites (deliv 5.2, 6.5, 6.6) Month 24: Select atmospheric and ecosystem sensors after testing (deliv 5.1) Month 36 : Obtain agreement on legal status & governance (deliv 2.3) Month 48 funding commitments endorsed (deliv 8.7) Month 48: List of main observing sites (network design) and their implementation plan Implementation Plan to build the facilities (deliv 5.2) Month 24 Decision on locations of: Atmospheric thematic Center, Ecosystem thematic center, Central analytical lab (deliv 5.1) Month 36: Expenditure and ressource plan (business plan) approved (deliv 3.5) Month 12 : User survey and requirement, data providers specifications, data handling strategy (D4.1, D6.1, D4.1) Preparatory Phase Construction

Partnership with CarboEurope Each Carboeurope PIs was contacted to organize a National Contact for ICOS in each country, with official endorsement from their Research Councils National Contacts with official support from : –Belgium - U. Antwerpen –Czech republic - ISBE –Denmark - RISEO –Finland - U. Helsinki –France - CEA LSCE –Germany - MPI-BGC, U. Heidelberg –Italy - U. Tuscia –The Netherlands - V.U. Amsterdam –Sweden - U. LUND –Spain - CEAM –UK- U. Edimburgh –Possibility to include additional contact points ICOS will not pay for the observation networks before Problem is identified ; discussions are underway to solve it

Link to other projects and initiatives Strong interest from CARBO-OCEAN project to evolve their systematic observation components into ICOS Link of pre-ICOS data to inverse modeling and ecosystem fluxes diagnostic initiatives (see ‘carbon tracker’ talk)

ICOS, the 2012 vision Ecosystem Thematic Centre Central Cordination Office Carbon Portal (data centre) Council of Scientific Steering Institutions ICOS Central facilities Data Quality control Training Instrument upgrades Atmospheric Observation Network DataCalibration External QC Scientific Users, Carbon accounting, Operational users, Assessments, International programs, (WMO, GEOSS ) Global Observation Networks Fossil fuel emission inventories Biomass and soil carbon inventories Data from relevant research projects Data from US, Japan networks External Advisory Board Ocean Thematic Centre Ocean ships and stations Data Ecosystem Observation Network Central Analytical Laboratory Atmospheric Thematic Centre

Forthcoming satellite instruments NASA OCO Expected uncertainty reduction provided by OCO for the estimation of CO 2 fluxes 1-sig(post)/sig(prior) Chevallier et al., 2007

Satellite 0 - ~ 100km Free Troposphere Stratosphere Boundary layer Tall tower (~500m) Aircraft (0-20km) Linking surface networks to upper air and space observations 100 altitude (km) Surface air sampling OCO GOSAT CO 2 column density from space & ground FTIR : GEOMON + IMECC