ICOS Atmospheric Thematic Centre
Coordinating observations and processing data
In ICOS, atmospheric measurements are coordinated via the Atmospheric Thematic Centre at LSCE that is composed of a data center and a Metrology Laboratory (MLab). This center is complemented by an in situ station quality control mobile unit based in Finland.
The MLab carries out regular measurement technology survey, test and analysis for GHG and isotope instruments of tomorrow. It facilitates development of new sensors through R&D programmes at the national and international level. In this mission it also maintains close link with the industry. The ATC MLab is the central European labellisation and training centre for ICOS atmospheric measurements.
The data center develops and maintains in house software to centrally process and quality control the data from the European atmospheric ICOS networks. Graphical applications are designed to provide near real time data products out of the underlying relational database. The data treatment is traceable to the international primary standard for GHG maintained in NOAA CMDL, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
