From monitoring sites and collecting data to processing fluxes and analyzing results, software is an essential part of every eddy covariance workflow. LI-COR software supports both traditional and next-generation eddy covariance systems with tools for on-site computation, flux processing, advanced data analysis, and more.
Your software workflow depends on the type of system you use: traditional or next-gen. Find your system below to see how your eddy covariance data can be collected, processed, accessed, and analyzed.
Step 1:
IoE Module
On-site hardware that connects next-gen eddy covariance systems to LI-COR Cloud. Carbon and Water Node instruments collect and process measurements on site, and the IoE Module securely sends computed fluxes to LI-COR Cloud for monitoring, visualization, and analysis.
Step 2:
LI-COR Cloud
Cloud-based platform for monitoring sites and accessing, visualizing, analyzing, and sharing data from connected LI-COR systems. It offers remote access to processed fluxes, site status, alerts, and analysis tools that help move data from routine monitoring to interpretation—including data cleaning, gap filling, footprint analysis, and more.
ExploreTraditional eddy covariance systems use SmartFlux Core to follow the latest supported software workflow and connect to LI-COR Cloud.
Step 1:
On-site hardware that connects traditional eddy covariance systems to LI-COR Cloud. It collects data from tower sensors, processes measurements, and securely sends processed fluxes to LI-COR Cloud.
Step 2:
LI-COR Cloud
Cloud-based platform for monitoring sites and accessing, visualizing, analyzing, and sharing data from connected LI-COR systems. It offers remote access to processed fluxes, site status, alerts, and analysis tools that help move data from routine monitoring to interpretation—including data cleaning, gap filling, footprint analysis, and more.
EddyPro is a free, open-source application for processing eddy covariance data into fully processed fluxes. Widely adopted by research networks, EddyPro is the only processing software developed in collaboration with FLUXNET, AmeriFlux, and the Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) to help you meet formatting standards for flux network submissions.
EddyPro can be used in two ways:
