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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-4993-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-4993-2023
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03 May 2023
Research article |  | 03 May 2023

A view of the European carbon flux landscape through the lens of the ICOS atmospheric observation network

Ida Storm, Ute Karstens, Claudio D'Onofrio, Alex Vermeulen, and Wouter Peters

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In this study, we evaluate what is in the influence regions of the ICOS atmospheric measurement stations to gain insight into what land cover types and land-cover-associated fluxes the network represents. Subsequently, insights about strengths, weaknesses, and potential gaps can assist in future network expansion decisions. The network is concentrated in central Europe, which leads to a general overrepresentation of coniferous forest and cropland and underrepresentation of grass and shrubland.
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