Dataset Downloads ICOS/FLUXNET
Download number were last updated on: 4 Jan 2026
Ecosystem fluxes and auxiliary data are shared within FLUXNET. Numbers given include downloads of ICOS, FLUXNET2015, Drought 2018, Warm Winter 2020, FLUXNET-CH4 datasets and the annually updated datasets from the ICOS Carbon Portal. Download numbers were taken from the page ICOS Data Usage Statistics and from FLUXNET.
Downloads per year and site
Download numbers for grasslands (CH-AWS, CH-CHA, CH-FRU), forests (CH-DAV ICOS, CH-LAE) and cropland (CH-OE2).
| wdt_ID | Year | CH-AWS | CH-CHA | CH-DAV | CH-FRU | CH-LAE | CH-OE2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 30 | 2016 | 0 | 381 | 91 | 379 | 89 | 119 |
| 31 | 2017 | 0 | 356 | 370 | 356 | 364 | 370 |
| 32 | 2018 | 0 | 369 | 377 | 365 | 372 | 391 |
| 33 | 2019 | 29 | 480 | 486 | 468 | 462 | 474 |
| 34 | 2020 | 72 | 606 | 639 | 554 | 583 | 609 |
| 35 | 2021 | 85 | 800 | 950 | 654 | 664 | 798 |
| 36 | 2022 | 307 | 1,087 | 1,302 | 927 | 960 | 1,096 |
| 37 | 2023 | 326 | 1,212 | 1,522 | 1,051 | 1,069 | 1,218 |
| 38 | 2024 | 430 | 1,494 | 2,286 | 1,277 | 1,341 | 1,506 |
| 39 | 2025 | 581 | 1,771 | 3,577 | 1,508 | 1,878 | 1,772 |
Download Report 2025: Data Sharing
The demand for open-access ecosystem data from Swiss FluxNet reached an all-time high in the past year. Our newest download statistics show that researchers and the public downloaded 11’087 datasets in 2025 (which equals to more than 30 downloads per day on average), representing an increase of 33% compared to 2024. Interest was well-distributed across sites and increased by 18% or more compared to 2024 for all sites. Check out the dataset downloads.
This increase in downloads confirms our group’s believe that environmental data should be a public good. Therefore, we openly share our datasets with the global community under the generous Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) license. By providing our datasets via open access through international networks like FLUXNET and ICOS, Swiss FluxNet ensures that local environmental insights contribute directly to global efforts in climate modeling, environmental policy and transparent scientific reproduction.
More details regarding the download numbers of the years can be found here:
Dataset Downloads ICOS/FLUXNET
Total downloads
- 45 872 downloads between 3 Nov 2016 and 31 Dec 2025
- 11 087 downloads in 2025 (+33% compared to 2024)
- 30.4 downloads per day in 2025, across all sites
Last Updated on 15 Jan 2026 13:53