All posts by Lukas Hörtnagl

Now Available: new FLUXNET / ICOS datasets

New FLUXNET datasets are available for 6 Swiss FluxNet sites and shared under the CC-BY-4.0 license. Datasets include flux and meteo data until 2023. All datasets can be downloaded from the ICOS data portal, the direct link to the respective site data is given below. New FLUXNET datasets are available . . . Read more

New young forest site CH-HON

The young forest site CH-HON, Hoenggerberg is now part of our measurement network. This area in the Zurich forest laboratory (Waldlabor Zürich) is a test plantation with coniferous and deciduous tree species from different places of origin, research is being carried out into what the forest of tomorrow could look like. . . . Read more

New cropland site CH-FOR

The cropland site CH-FOR, Forel is now part of our measurement network. This is the cropland of a dairy farm with a forage crop rotation with two years of temporary grassland followed by maize and winter wheat. Flux measurements started in March 2024 and are expected to last until 2027. The . . . Read more

New cropland site CH-TAN

The cropland site CH-TAN, Taenikon is now part of our measurement network. The site is part of Swiss Future Farm, a project of the canton of Thurgau in partnership AGCO and GVS Agrar AG where Agroscope is conducting independent research into Smart Farming technologies. More info about CH-TAN can be found . . . Read more

Updated dataset download numbers

In 2023, our datasets were downloaded (at least) 6645 times, which corresponds to 18.2 downloads per day. Most downloaded sites were CH-DAV, Davos, CH-OE2, Oensingen and CH-CHA, Chamau with more than 1300 downloads each. More details including a plot and table can be found on FLUXNET Number Of Downloads.