LI-COR
LI-COR Biosciences makes the eddy-covariance instruments that serve as the reference standard for direct ecosystem carbon-flux measurement, used by networks like ICOS and NEON. Its Carbon Node packages that capability into a turnkey, cloud-connected flux solution.
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LI-COR builds eddy-covariance gas analysers and flux systems that directly measure ecosystem-scale CO2 and CH4 exchange, the independent physical ground truth against which modelled carbon fluxes are validated.
Its Carbon Node bundles the LI-720 sensor with an IoT module and cloud processing into a turnkey eddy-covariance carbon-flux solution, launched in 2025. LI-COR Cloud exposes a documented REST API with self-serve tokens.
The hardware is the long-standing standard across reference networks including ICOS and NEON, giving its data high independent trust.
Independent continuous carbon-flux measurement to validate modelled fluxes over forest, peatland and restoration sites, a high-trust physical check on remote-sensing and model-based estimates.
Recent developments
- Jan 2026Carbon Node won the IoT Breakthrough Internet of Environment Solution of the Year award.
- 2025Launched Carbon Node, a turnkey eddy-covariance carbon-flux solution (LI-720 sensor plus cloud processing).
Using LI-COR in a project
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