418 datasets found

  • Tree measurements 2002-2016 from the long-term irrigation experiment Pfynwald, Switzerland

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    To study the performance of mature Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) under chronic drought conditions in comparison to their immediate physiological response to drought release, a...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

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    • crown-condition
    • dbh
    • diameter-at-breast-height
    • drought
    • forest
    • irrigation
    • lwf
    • scots-pine
    • swiss-forest-lab
    • tree
    • tree-species
  • Avalanche fatalities in the European Alps (1969/1970 - 2014/2015)

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    During the last 45 years, about 100 people lost their lives in avalanches in the European Alps each year. Avalanche fatalities in settlements and on transportation corridors have...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

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    • avalanche-accident
    • avalanche-accident-statistics
    • avalanche-fatalities
    • avalanche-statistics
    • long-term-trends
  • Precipitation Scaling Data Set (Vögeli et al., Frontiers)

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    Dataset (Model input, snow distribution and validation) for the precipitation scaling paper, which should be cited along with the data set citation.

    This data is useful for...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

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    • alpine-precipitation
    • alpine3d
    • alpine3d-simulations
    • snow
    • snow-cover
    • snow-distribution
    • snow-hydrology
  • Wind tunnel measurement data of drifting snow and turbulent wind fluctuations

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    The data correspond to the experiments presented and discussed in a paper regarding the interaction between turbulent wind fluctuations and snow saltation mass-fluxes (Paterna,...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

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    • boundary-layer-winds
    • saltation
    • snow-cover
    • snow-depth
    • vertical-wind-motion
  • How do stability corrections perform in the stable boundary layer over snow?

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    We used five different atmospheric turbulence datasets from four test sites, with these sites showing differences in their topographical characteristics. We chose one typical...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

    • ZIP
    • atmosphere
    • atmospheric-turbulence
    • snow
    • stable-boundary-layer
    • turbulent-sensible-heat-fluxes
  • DISCHMEX - Impact of extreme land-surface heterogeneity on micrometeorology over spring snow-cover

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    This dataset contains eddy-covariance measurements in the ablation period of 2014-2016. Measurements were taken from two turbulence towers over a long-lasting snow patch, which are...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

    • ZIP
    • XLS
    • PNG
    • dischmex
    • eddy-covariance-measurements
    • patchy-snow-covers
    • snow-patch
    • turbulent-sensible-heat-fluxes
  • WFJ_MOD: Meteorological and snowpack measurements from Weissfluhjoch, Davos, Switzerland

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    Dataset of meteorological and snowpack measurements from the automatic weather station at Weissfluhjoch, Davos, Switzerland, suitable for driving snowpack models. The dataset...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

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    • air-temperature
    • humidity
    • longwave-radiation
    • precipitation-amount
    • shortwave-radiation
    • snow-depth
    • snow-ice-temperature
    • wind-direction
    • wind-speed
  • Experiments on stable water isotopes, snow metamorphism, and advection

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    Stable water isotopes (δ18O) obtained from snow and ice samples of polar regions are used to reconstruct past climate variability, but heat and mass transport processes can affect...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

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    • ZIP
    • advection
    • metamorphism
    • snow
    • stable-water-isotope
    • 18o
  • DISCHMEX - High-resolution daily snow ablation rates in an Alpine environment

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    We recorded snow ablation maps with a terrestrial laser scanner (TLS, Riegl-VZ6000) at the Gletschboden area. The TLS position is located approximately 30 vertical meters above the...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

    • ZIP
    • PDF
    • patchy-snow-covers
    • riegl-vz6000
    • snow-ablation-rates
    • terrestrial-laser-scanning
    • tls
  • Weissfluhjoch dataset for ESM-SnowMIP

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    This Weissfluhjoch dataset is a processed version of the Weissfluhjoch dataset version 6 from https://doi.org/10.16904/6. This dataset was specially created for the ESM-SnowMIP...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

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    • ZIP
    • esm-snowmip
    • snow
    • snow-depth
    • snow-models
    • weissfluhjoch
  • Calibration data for empirical mortality models of 18 European tree species

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    The dataset comprises > 90 000 records from inventories in 54 strict forest reserves in...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

    • CSV
    • empirical-mortality-models
    • forest-reserves
    • inventory-data
    • tree-growth
    • tree-mortality
  • Number of avalanche fatalities per hydrological year in Switzerland since 1936-1937

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    Attention: this data is not updated after 2022 anymore. This dataset contains the statistics on the number of avalanche fatalities per hydrological year in Switzerland. The data...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

    • CSV
    • avalanche-accident-statistics
    • avalanche-accidents
    • avalanche-fatalities
    • fatalities-in-or-around-buildings
    • fatalities-in-settlements
    • fatalities-in-terrain-close-to-ski-areas
    • fatalities-in-the-backcountry
    • fatalities-on-transportation-corridors
  • Number of avalanche fatalities per calendar year in Switzerland since 1937

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    Attention: this data is not updated after 2022 anymore. This dataset contains the statistics on the number of avalanche fatalities per calendar year in Switzerland. The data...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

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    • avalanche-accident-statistics
    • avalanche-fatalities
    • fatalities-in-or-around-buildings
    • fatalities-in-settlements
    • fatalities-in-terrain-close-to-ski-areas
    • fatalities-in-the-backcountry
    • fatalities-on-transportation-corridors
  • Fatal avalanche accidents in Switzerland since 1995-1996

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    Attention: this data is not updated after 2022 anymore. This data collection contains information concerning all accidents by snow avalanches causing at least one fatality in...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

    • CSV
    • avalanche-accident-statistics
    • avalanche-accidents
    • avalanche-fatalities
    • number-of-caught-persons
    • number-of-dead-persons
  • Repetitive trajectory testing in Tschamut 2014

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    In summer 2014, 6 rock blocks between 20 and 80kg have been thrown in total 111 times down a slope at the Swiss Oberalppass close to the village Tschamut. The slope was mainly...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

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    • experiment
    • experiments
    • field-data
    • field-test
    • field-tests
    • mass-movements
    • natural-hazards
    • rockfall
    • trajectory
  • LWF-Tea bag sites

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    Decomposition of plant litter is a key process for the transfer of carbon and nutrients in ecosystems. Carbon contained in the decaying biomass is released to the atmosphere as...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

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    • carbon
    • decomposition
    • forest
    • green-tea
    • litter
    • modeling
    • roiboos
    • tea-bag
    • verification
  • Selected wet snow avalanche activity data Davos, Switzerland (2011-2014)

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    Polygons of wet snow avalanches in the Davos area, as documented by the Swiss avalanche warning service. The georeferenced outlines of the avalanches contain both the release as...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

    • ZIP
    • alps
    • avalanches
    • observations
    • shapefile
    • snow
  • Induced Rockfall Dataset (Small Rock Experimental Campaign), Tschamut, Grisons, Switzerland

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    Dataset of an experimental campaign of induced rockfall in Tschamut, Grisons, Switzerland.

    The data archive contains site specific geographical data such as DEM and orthophoto...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

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    • dem
    • deposition-points
    • induced-rockfall
    • natural-hazards
    • rockfall
    • rockfall-experiments
    • rockfall-runout
    • sensor-stream
    • stonenode
    • stonenodedata
  • Soil respiration - exclosure experiment

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    Location of data collection The Swiss National Park (SNP) is located in the southeastern part of Switzerland, and covers an area of 170 km2, 50 km2 of which is forested, 33 km2 is...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

    • XLS
    • grassland
    • grazing
    • soil-respiration
    • subalpine
    • ungulates
  • Ecosystem coupling and multifunctionality - exclosure experiment

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    This dataset contains all data on which the following publication below is based.

    Paper Citation:

    Risch AC, Ochoa-Hueso R, van der Putten WH, Bump JK, Busse MD, Frey B,...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

    • XLS
    • ecosystem-coupling
    • ecosystem-functions
    • ecosystem-multifunctionality
    • exclusion
    • grassland
    • grazing
    • invertebrates
    • subalpine
    • swiss-national-park
    • vertebrates