InGOS is an EU funded IA (Integrating Activities) project targeted at improving and extending the European observation capacity for non-CO2 greenhouse gases. The project will run from October 2011 to September 2015. InGOS is coordinated by ECN and involves 34 partners from 15 countries.
There is a big need to support and integrate the observing capacity of Europe on non-CO2 greenhouse gases. The emissions of these gases are very uncertain and it is unknown how future climate change will feedback into these (mainly land use coupled) emissions. The infrastructure project will work on standardizing the measurements, strengthen the existing observation sites into supersites, capacity building in new member states, and prepare for integration of the network with other networks already in place or currently being set up (e.g. ICOS). Attribution of source categories by using advanced isotope techniques and data-assimilation methods using high resolution transport model will be an integral part of the network to allow design and evaluation of the measurements and will link the 
network to remote sensing data and bottom up inventory developments.
News:
InGOS has succesfully finished the negotiation phase and started on 1 October 2011. Our kickoff meeting was held at November 21+22, 2011 in Haarlem, Netherlands. Read the latest info at the Kick-Off information page.
Want to know more?
An information folder about InGOS can be downloaded from this page:
InGOS handout leaflet
