ABBA consists of 18 Member Countries, a Management Committee (MC) responsible for administrative decisions, and four Working Groups responsible for the scientific work. The MC meets usually twice a year in MC Meetings to decide on administrative matters. The Working Groups can meet in Workshops and smaller Working group meetings as needed. The Core Group is a smaller unit authorised to make quick decisions on smaller matters. The Core Group often discusses matters in Teleconferences.

Member Countries

A country becomes an Action Member when it signs the Memorandum of Understanding. See a list of current Member Countries here.

Management Committee (MC)

Each member country of the Action can have maximum two members and two substitute members in the MC. If an MC member cannot attend an MC meeting, one of the substitutes can replace him/her. See a list of MC Members here.

Working groups:

In order to achieve the objectives mentioned in the Memorandum of Understanding, the Action is structured along four Working Groups:

WG1: Analysis and synthesis of the current state of the flux monitoring sites, measurement techniques, data handling methods and storage of data in Europe. Leader: Dario Papale (darpap (a) unitus.it)

WG2: Work towards comprehensive multi-species flux monitoring sites. Leader: Klaus Butterbach-Bahl (klaus.butterbach-bahl (a) imkfzk.de)

WG3: Assess regional representativeness of the flux sites in different ecosystems. Leader: Laurens Ganzeveld (laurens.ganzeveld (a) wur.nl)
WG4: Training and capacity building. Leader: Janusz Olejnik (olejnikj (a) au.poznan.pl)

Core Group

Chair: Timo Vesala
Co-chair: Almut Arneth
WG1 Leader: Dario Papale
WG2 Leader: Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
WG3 Leader: Laurens Ganzeveld
WG4 Leader: Janusz Olejnik