European Obspack compilation of atmospheric methane data from ICOS stations for the period 1984-2026; obspack_ch4_466_ICOSFT2026.1_20260123

Dataset

DOI

This data package contains high accuracy CH4 dry air mole fractions from 40 ICOS European observatories at in total 99 observation levels, collected by the ICOS Atmosphere Thematic Centre (ATC) and provided by the station contributors. The package includes the 2026.1 FastTrack update of the Globalview EU data product and is intended for use in carbon cycle inverse modeling, model evaluation, and satellite validation studies. Please report errors and send comments regarding this product to the ObsPack originators. Please read carefully the ObsPack Fair Use statement and cite appropriately. Please review the release notes for the associated Obspack product at www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/obspack/release_notes.html. Metadata for this product are available at https://commons.datacite.org/doi.org/10.18160/DWF8-16Z2. Please visit http://www.gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/obspack/ for more information on Obspack.

Identifier
DOI	https://doi.org/10.18160/DWF8-16Z2
Metadata Access	https://oai.datacite.org/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite&identifier=doi:10.18160/dwf8-16z2

Provenance
Creator	ICOS RI; Bergamaschi, Peter ; Colomb, Aurélie ; De Mazière, Martine ; Emmenegger, Lukas ; Harris, Eliza; Kubistin, Dagmar ; Lehner, Irene ; Lehtinen, Kari ; Leuenberger, Markus ; Lund Myhre, Cathrine ; Marek, Michal V. ; O'Doherty, Simon ; Platt, Stephen Matthew ; Plaß-Dülmer, Christian; Ramonet, Michel ; Schmidt, Martina (ORCID: 0000-0002-4648-769X); Stanley, Kieran ; Yela, Margarita; di Sarra, Alcide ; Adame-Carnero, José Antonio ; Apadula, Francesco ; Arnold, Sabrina ; Blessing, Cornelia; Charrondiere, Claudine; Chen, Huilin ; Conil, Sébastien (ORCID: 0000-0001-6767-821X); Couret, Cédric ; Cristofanelli, Paolo ; Di Iorio, Tatiana; Forster, Grant ; Frumau, Arnoud ; Haszpra, Laszlo; Hatakka, Juha; Heliasz, Michal ; Hensen, Arjan ; Hermansen, Ove (ORCID: 0000-0001-7353-057X); Hoheisel, Antje; Kneuer, Tobias ; Larmanou, Eric ; Laurila, Tuomas ; Leskinen, Ari ; Levula, Janne; Lindauer, Matthias ; Lopez, Morgan ; Lunder, Chris ; Mammarella, Ivan ; Manca, Giovanni ; Manning, Andrew ; Marklund, Per ; Meinhardt, Frank; Molder, Meelis ; Molnár, Mihály; Müller-Williams, Jennifer ; Ottosson-Löfvenius, Mikaell; Piacentino, Salvatore; Pitt, Joseph ; Rivas-Soriano, Pedro; Scheeren, Bert ; Schumacher, Marcus; Sha, Mahesh Kumar ; Smith, Paul ; Steinbacher, Martin ; Sørensen, Lise Lotte; Vermeulen, Alex ; Vítková, Gabriela ; Ylisirniö, Arttu; Yver-Kwok, Camille ; Zwerschke, Elena; Arriga, Nicola; Conen, Franz ; Kazan, Victor; Roulet, Yves-Alain; Biermann, Tobias ; Delmotte, Marc (ORCID: 0000-0003-3805-818X); Heltai, Daniela; Komínková, Kateřina ; Laurent, Olivier ; Miettinen, Pasi; Montaguti, Simonetta (ORCID: 0009-0003-1180-918X); Pichon, Jean-Marc; Sferlazzo, Damiano (ORCID: 0009-0000-2970-304X); Trisolino, Pamela ; Zazzeri, Giulia ; Blandin, Edouard; Bogeat Sanchez-Piqueras, Jose A; Bracci, Alessandro ; Busetto, Maurizio ; Bán, Sándor; Bäni, Lukas; Calzolari, Francescopiero ; Elsasser, Michael; Fratticioli, Cosimo ; Friedli, Julia; Fuente-Lastra, Marta; Gest, Léa; Grossmann, Julian; Hager, Monika; Hanuš, Vlastimil; Helle, Julie; Hermans, Christian; Hurtado, Ana Peñato; Keronen, Petri; Kolari, Pasi; Kumps, Nicolas; Laitinen, Antti ; Langrene, Laurent; Lanza, Andrea; Legendre, Virgile; Lopez, Dylan; Mandrick, Zineb; Metzger, Jean-Marc ; Rigouleau, Louis-Jeremy; Schreiber, Mirella; Steger, David; Taipale, Risto (ORCID: 0000-0002-4225-256X); Weyrauch, Dietmar; van den Bulk, Pim ; Álvarez Hernández, Ayoze ; ICOS Carbon Portal; ICOS Atmosphere Thematic Centre; ICOS Flask And Calibration Laboratory; ICOS Central Radiocarbon Laboratory
Publisher	ICOS ERIC - Carbon Portal
Contributor	ICOS RI; Bergamaschi, Peter; Colomb, Aurélie; De Mazière, Martine; Emmenegger, Lukas; Harris, Eliza; Kubistin, Dagmar; Lehner, Irene; Lehtinen, Kari; Leuenberger, Markus; Lund Myhre, Cathrine; Marek, Michal V.; O'Doherty, Simon; Platt, Stephen Matthew; Plaß-Dülmer, Christian; Ramonet, Michel; Schmidt, Martina; Stanley, Kieran; Yela, Margarita; di Sarra, Alcide; Adame-Carnero, José Antonio; Apadula, Francesco; Arnold, Sabrina; Blessing, Cornelia; Charrondiere, Claudine; Chen, Huilin; Conil, Sébastien; Couret, Cédric; Cristofanelli, Paolo; Di Iorio, Tatiana; Forster, Grant; Frumau, Arnoud; Haszpra, Laszlo; Hatakka, Juha; Heliasz, Michal; Hensen, Arjan; Hermansen, Ove; Hoheisel, Antje; Kneuer, Tobias; Larmanou, Eric; Laurila, Tuomas; Leskinen, Ari; Levula, Janne; Lindauer, Matthias; Lopez, Morgan; Lunder, Chris; Mammarella, Ivan; Manca, Giovanni; Manning, Andrew; Marklund, Per; Meinhardt, Frank; Molder, Meelis; Molnár, Mihály; Müller-Williams, Jennifer; Ottosson-Löfvenius, Mikaell; Piacentino, Salvatore; Pitt, Joseph; Rivas-Soriano, Pedro; Scheeren, Bert; Schumacher, Marcus; Sha, Mahesh Kumar; Smith, Paul; Steinbacher, Martin; Sørensen, Lise Lotte; Vermeulen, Alex; Vítková, Gabriela; Ylisirniö, Arttu; Yver-Kwok, Camille; Zwerschke, Elena; Arriga, Nicola; Conen, Franz; Kazan, Victor; Roulet, Yves-Alain; Biermann, Tobias; Delmotte, Marc; Heltai, Daniela; Komínková, Kateřina; Laurent, Olivier; Miettinen, Pasi; Montaguti, Simonetta; Pichon, Jean-Marc; Sferlazzo, Damiano; Trisolino, Pamela; Zazzeri, Giulia; Blandin, Edouard; Bogeat Sanchez-Piqueras, Jose A; Bracci, Alessandro; Busetto, Maurizio; Bán, Sándor; Bäni, Lukas; Calzolari, Francescopiero; Elsasser, Michael; Fratticioli, Cosimo; Friedli, Julia; Fuente-Lastra, Marta; Gest, Léa; Grossmann, Julian; Hager, Monika; Hanuš, Vlastimil; Helle, Julie; Hermans, Christian; Hurtado, Ana Peñato; Keronen, Petri; Kolari, Pasi; Kumps, Nicolas; Laitinen, Antti; Langrene, Laurent; Lanza, Andrea; Legendre, Virgile; Lopez, Dylan; Mandrick, Zineb; Metzger, Jean-Marc; Rigouleau, Louis-Jeremy; Schreiber, Mirella; Steger, David; Taipale, Risto; Weyrauch, Dietmar; van den Bulk, Pim; Álvarez Hernández, Ayoze; ICOS Carbon Portal; ICOS Atmosphere Thematic Centre; ICOS Flask And Calibration Laboratory; ICOS Central Radiocarbon Laboratory
Publication Year	2026
Rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
OpenAccess	true

Representation
Resource Type	compressed ZIP archive; Dataset
Format	Compressed ZIP archive of netcdf and ASCII files with semicolon separated columns. Overview pictures of recent data and trend plots since 2010 are provided as bitmaps in png format.
Version	1.0
Discipline	Chemistry; Natural Sciences
Spatial Coverage	(-6.734 LON, 37.104 LAT); ARN; BIR; CBW; CMN; GAT; HEL; HPB; HTM; HUN; IPR; IZO; JFJ; JUE; KIT; KRE; LIN; LMP; LUT; NOR; OPE; OXK; PAL; PRS; PUI; PUY; RGL; RUN; SAC; SMR; SNO; SSL; STE; SVB; TOH; TRN; UTO; WAO; WES; ZEP; ZSF