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Where every molecule meets its map.

Direct measurement of heat, water, and carbon, mapped to the fields, forests, and neighborhoods that produced it. Built in Colorado and deployed worldwide.

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From one station to a map

FluxMapper™ brings eddy covariance into the 21st century.

A flux station, an eddy covariance system in the scientific literature, measures the heat, water, and carbon that land and atmosphere exchange. Ordinary weather stations cannot. Traditional processing reports one wind-averaged value for the station's surroundings. FluxMapper turns those same readings into FluxMaps™: field-scale maps that show which fields, forests, and practices produced the exchange.

A flux station in a farm landscape, and the FluxMap it produces on a laptopA flux station in a farm landscape, and the FluxMap it produces
One flux station, one map: FluxMapper resolves the surroundings of a single station into roughly 90,000 measurement-backed pixels.

Direct measurement first

Flux stations count molecules as they move between land and atmosphere. FluxMaps stay tied to those measurements, so every map can be traced back to what was actually observed.

Sensor fusion at ownership scale

Like the navigation in a mobile phone, FluxMapper unites the station’s measurements with satellite imagery and traces the exchange back to its geographic sources and sinks, at decameter detail and sub-hourly time steps.

Maps people can act on

A FluxMap speaks to scientists, land managers, and markets alike. Gas exchange lands directly on property boundaries, so environmental claims can rest on measured reality.

Explore the technology

From towers to terrain.

High-resolution flux mapping made simple, from the station in the field to the map on your desk.

Who it serves

Made for the people who answer for the land

One engine accounts for fluxes the same way across environments, so insight is comparable from a rice paddy to a city park. Today we map terrestrial carbon, water, and heat; further gas species, environments, and higher resolution are on the roadmap.

Aerial view of green farm fields

Farms

Compare practices field by field. Growers and agronomists see how irrigation, tillage, and cover crops change water use and carbon exchange, plot by plot and season by season.

Sagebrush rangeland below forested mountains

Ranches and rangelands

Grazing decisions show up on the map. Ranchers and land trusts can watch how pastures respond to rest, rotation, and drought, and document the stewardship value they create.

Research tower rising above a spruce forest

Forests and research

From research plots to working forests. Scientists and conservation groups track which stands store carbon and how ecosystems respond to disturbance and restoration.

Prairie sunflowers in front of the Denver skyline and Front Range

Cities and communities

Heat and carbon at neighborhood scale. Planners can measure how parks, greenways, and development change urban heat and emissions where people live.

Photos: USDA NRCS and USFWS Mountain-Prairie (public domain and CC BY 2.0), Frank Schulenburg (CC BY-SA 4.0), Mbdfar (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Our mission

AtmoFacts makes land-atmosphere exchange visible, attributable, and actionable at the scale where land is managed.

We bring flux mapping out of the research lab to the people who manage land, run experiments, and answer for environmental outcomes. Our work narrows the gap between environmental claims and measured reality, and we favor careful science and durable relationships over speed and hype.

Access

Flux mapping recovers spatial detail that traditional processing discards. We offer it at lower cost, with predictable quality and time to value, so direct measurement becomes the status quo rather than the exception.

Attribution

Land-atmosphere exchange is measured by the station and attributed to the parcels and practices that produced it. That is the missing link between environmental claims and the stewardship rights that depend on them.

Accountability

As the societal cost of heat, water, and carbon grows, continuous measurement of how well solutions work becomes necessary. Better attribution makes greenwashing harder and fair compensation more possible.

Our story

Common ground for climate data

AtmoFacts was founded to unite the climate community through the power of direct molecule-counting flux measurements. Direct measurement offers a universal benchmark for climate data and creates common ground across industries. Mapping those measurements onto the land brings out the full potential of eddy covariance and delivers on-the-ground intelligence for climate action.

FluxMapper connecting measurements across sectors
2013

Founder Dr. Stefan Metzger invents the FluxMapper software to address the need for accurate greenhouse gas measurements from aerial platforms.

2017

FluxMapper is extended to tower-based flux stations to act as a force multiplier.

2017-2024

Researchers continuously refine and validate the FluxMapper software through extensive field campaigns across diverse ecosystems worldwide.

2023-present

AtmoFacts is founded, FluxMapper is patented, and commercial services are launched to bring direct measurement to a broader market.

The team

Scientists and builders, close to the ground

Built in the Colorado Front Range, our team unites micrometeorology, geospatial engineering, software, and design. Reach out to info@atmofacts.com to inquire about careers.

Dr. Stefan Metzger

Dr. Stefan Metzger

Founder & CEO

Stefan spent the last decade leading the surface-atmosphere component of the US NSF National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). He serves on AmeriFlux and FLUXNET committees and built FluxMapper from his PhD work to bring eddy covariance into everyday environmental intelligence.

Samuel J. Bower

Samuel J. Bower

Product Lead

Sam brings geospatial experience from Colorado College and West Virginia University. He has published on environmental impacts of surface mining and now leads the FluxMapper pipeline, data visualization, and operational deployments.

Allen Kaplan, M.S.

Allen Kaplan, M.S.

Research Scientist

Allen studied the relationships between forest canopy plant traits and carbon fluxes mapped with FluxMaps, work that became his master’s thesis. At AtmoFacts he analyzes, interprets, and communicates FluxMap data for clients and leads fluxmapPy, our Python package and its tutorials. His background is in environmental science, GIS, and education.

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