ICOS

ICOS STATION
Svartberget

Combined Atmosphere and Ecosystem stations in a Swedish boreal forest providing the opportunity to observe how much carbon dioxide is taken up or released by the boreal forest.
Sweden
267 m
Altitude
1.8 °C
Mean annual temperature
614.0 mm
Mean annual precipitation
Subarctic (Dfc)
Climate zone

Detailed information

SE-Svb
SE
2
2019-05-22
1
The station Svartberget, with ICOS code SE-Svb, is located about 70 km west of the Gulf of Bothnia, NW of the city Umea. The site in a northern Sweden boreal forest in a landscape characterized by the ridges, valleys and lakes stretching from northwest to southeast, and the station is located within the Svartberget Experimental forest, about 1520 hectare forest land with forest research activities since 1909.
1.8 °C
614.0 mm
93.4 W/m2
64.25611, 19.7745
267 m

Acknowledgements

Funder Award number Award Start date End date Comment
Swedish Research Council 2015-06020 National Research Infrastructure ICOS Sweden 2016-04-01 2020-12-31 co-financed by Lund University, Gothenburg University, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, SLU, Stockholm University and Uppsala University
Swedish Research Council 2019-00205 National Research Infrastructure ICOS Sweden 2021-01-01 2024-12-31 co-financed by Lund University, SLU, Gothenburg University, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Uppsala University and SMHI

Current staff

Name Role (ICOS vocabulary) Start date
Fabio Boschetti Administrator 2024-10-01
Rowan Dignam Engineer 2018-10-19
Jutta Holst Data Manager 2017-06-13
Nataliia Kozii Engineer 2023-08-21
Eric Larmanou Engineer 2024-10-01
Pernilla Löfvenius Engineer 2017-06-13
Per Marklund Engineer 2020-05-01
Meelis Mölder Researcher 2017-06-13
Matthias Peichl Principal Investigator 2017-06-13

Former staff

Name Role (ICOS vocabulary) Start date End date
Tommy Andersson Engineer 2018-10-19 2021-11-05
Giuseppe De Simon Engineer 2017-06-13 2022-07-31
Eric Larmanou Engineer 2022-05-22 2023-06-06
Eric Larmanou Administrator 2023-06-07 2024-10-01
Maj-Lena Linderson Researcher 2017-01-01 2020-12-31
Kim Lindgren Data Manager 2017-06-13 2017-06-14
Per Marklund Administrator 2017-11-01 2020-04-30
Mats Nilsson Researcher 2017-06-13 2024-10-01
Mikaell Ottosson-Löfvenius Researcher 2018-11-01 2019-03-01
Paul Smith Engineer 2019-04-08 2020-04-30
Paul Smith Administrator 2020-05-01 2023-06-06
Paul Smith Data Manager 2023-06-15 2023-10-31