L'Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt, la neige et le paysage WSL

Cropland and grassland map of Switzerland based on Sentinel-2 data

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We developed a map of cropland and grassland allocation for Switzerland based on several indices dominantly derived from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery captured over multiple growing...

The Habitat Map of Switzerland v1

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Éducation, culture et sport

Lebensraumkarte der Schweiz/La carte des milieux naturels de Suisse The FOEN funded project ‘Developing a Habitat Map of Switzerland’ conducted at the WSL, has produced a map of...

Data reliability study: avalanche size estimates and outlines

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This dataset contains the data used and collected to investigate the reliability of avalanche size estimates and avalanche outlines (see related publications). Namely this is

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Forest Type NFI

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Two versions of the data are currently available: 2018 and 2016.

The 2018 version presents a remote sensing-based approach for a countrywide mapping of the dominant leave type...

Challenging the sustainability of urban beekeeping: evidence from Swiss cities

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Éducation, culture et sport

Data on: (1) spatial distribution of urban beekeeping (number of hives and number of beekeeping locations) in 14 Swiss cities (Geneva, Lausanne, Biel, Neuchatel, Basel, Zurich,...

Distribution maps of permanent grassland habitats for Switzerland

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We modelled the spatial distribution of 20 permanent grassland habitats at the level of phytosociological alliances according to the Swiss habitat typology (TypoCH; Delarze et al....

Grassland-use intensity maps for Switzerland

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A rule-based algorithm (Schwieder et al., 2022) was used to produce annual maps for 2018–2021 of grassland-management events, i.e....

UAS based snow depth maps Brämabüel, Davos, CH

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This snow depth map was generated 14 January 2015, close to peak of winter accumulation, applying Unmanned Aerial System digital surface models with a spatial resolution of 10 cm....