80 datasets found

  • Angle of repose experiments with natural and spherical snow

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    Angle of repose experiments were performed with different snow types at temperatures between -2 and -40°C. They were used to examine granular snow dynamics on the grain-scale with...

    Last updated: April 22, 2020

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    • fast-sintering
    • grain-shape
    • discrete-element-modelling
    • angle-of-repose
    • granular-snow
  • Wind crust formation: Microsoft Kinect data

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    This data sets contains the Microsoft Kinect data from 15 wind tunnel experiments on wind-packing / wind crust formation. These experiments were performed in the winter 2016/17....

    Last updated: November 14, 2019

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    • wind-packing
    • snow
    • kinect
    • wind-crust
    • wind-tunnel
  • Meteorology and snow transport at S17 near Syowa, Antarctica, in austral summer 2018/2019

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    This dataset contains measurement and simulation data. The measurements characterize the standard meteorology, turbulence, and snow transport at the S17 site near Syowa Station in...

    Last updated: August 13, 2021

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    • turbulence
    • antarctica
    • meteorological-data
    • blowing-snow
    • large-eddy-simulations
    • drifting-snow
    • eddy-covariance-measurements
    • micro-rain-radar
    • mass-flux
  • WFJ_ICE_LAYERS: Multi-instrument data for monitoring deep ice layer formation in an alpine snowpack

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    The WFJ_ICE_LAYERS dataset contains multi-instrument snowpack measurements at high temporal resolution, which enable to monitor the formation of deep ice layers due to preferential...

    Last updated: October 19, 2020

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    • water-front
    • snow-temperature
    • snow-stratigraphy
    • weissfluhjoch
    • snowmicropen
    • ice-layers
  • ATREE Q-methodology statement sorts on forest clearances offsetting in the forest

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    In Novdember 2019 about 19 experts on forest surface protection and forest clearances were invited to a workshop in order to discuss policy design and implementation problems...

    Last updated: February 9, 2022

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    • q-methodology
    • forest-clearances
    • atree
    • reafforestation
    • nature-conservation
    • offsetting
  • Hymenoptera

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    Hymenopteran data from all historic up to the recent projects (29.10.2019) of WSL, collected with various standardized methods in landscapes of different types.

    Data are provided...

    Last updated: February 8, 2021

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    • hymenoptera
    • forests
    • urban
    • arthropoda
    • hautfluger
    • agricultural
  • ASRB_DAV: Shortwave and longwave radiation measurements (2 min) in Davos Dorf

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    Incoming and outgoing shortwave and longwave 2 min radiation measurements in Davos Dorf, CH.

    References

    1. Marty, C., Philipona, R., Frohlich, C., Ohmura, A.. Altitude...

    Last updated: September 4, 2020

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    • outgoing
    • davos
    • incoming
    • longwave-radiation
    • shortwave-radiation
  • Unconfined compression experiments and 3D CT images of spherical model snow and RG snow samples

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    For the investigation of microstructural and mechanical properties of snow unconfined compression experiments and 3D computed tomography (CT) imaging were performed on sintered...

    Last updated: December 16, 2020

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    • unconfined-compression-experiments
    • spherical-model-snow
    • microstructure
    • snow-mechanics
    • discrete-element-modelling
    • 3d-ct-images
  • Data for: Understanding dominant controls on streamflow spatial variability to set-up a semi-distributed hydrological model: the case study of the Thur catchment

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    This study documents the development of a semi-distributed hydrological model aimed at reflecting the dominant controls on observed streamflow spatial variability. The process is...

    Last updated: April 22, 2020

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    • modeling
    • thur-catchment
    • spatial-variability
    • hydrology
    • streamflow
  • Plant-Orthoptera trophic networks (Lif3web projet)

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    The study of ecological networks along environmental gradients has so far been limited by the difficulty of collecting large-scale dataset of comparable interactions. Here, we...

    Last updated: September 27, 2023

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    • trophic-networks
    • dna-metabarcoding
    • elevation
    • plant-insect-interaction
    • swiss-alps
  • Bats and nocturnal insects in urban green areas

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    Animal biodiversity in cities is generally expected to be uniformly reduced, but recent studies show that this is modulated by the composition and configuration of Urban Green...

    Last updated: December 6, 2021

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    • urban-biodiversity
    • flying-arthropods
    • antwerp
    • paris
    • zurich
    • chiroptera
    • nocturnal-fauna
    • urbanisation
  • ASRB_WFJ: Shortwave and longwave radiation measurements (2 min) at the Weissfluhjoch research site, Davos

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    Corrected incoming and outgoing shortwave and longwave 2 min radiation measurements at the Weissfluhjoch summit, Davos, CH.

    References

    1. Marty, C., Philipona, R., Frohlich, C.,...

    Last updated: July 15, 2020

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    • shortwave-radiation
    • weissfluhjoch
    • incoming
    • longwave-radiation
    • outgoing
  • Snowfarming data set Davos and Martell 2015

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    Two data sets obtained for snow farming projects (Fluela, Davos, CH and Martell, IT) in 2015.

    The data set contains for each site:

    • 10 cm GIS raster of snow depth calculated...

    Last updated: October 31, 2019

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    • terrestrial-laser-scanning
    • winter-tourism
    • snow-farming
    • snowpack
    • snow-conservation
    • snow
  • 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: January 5, 2023

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    • advection
    • metamorphism
    • snow
    • stable-water-isotope
    • 18o
  • G-TREE: Global Treeline Range Expansion Experiment Davos, Switzerland

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    Background information Climate change-induced range expansion of treeline populations depends on their successful recruitment, which requires dispersal of viable seeds followed by...

    Last updated: September 10, 2023

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    • picea-abies
    • treeline
    • g-tree
    • larix-decidua
    • forest
    • swiss-alps
    • stillberg
    • climate-change
    • seedling-recruitment
  • Changes in climatology, snow cover and ground temperatures at high alpine locations in Switzerland (Bender et al. 2020)

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    This dataset includes all data and simulation files presented in the publication: Bender et al. 2020. Changes in climatology, snow cover and ground temperatures at high alpine...

    Last updated: December 15, 2020

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    • depth-of-snowfall
    • swiss-alps
    • ground-temperature
    • meteo-station
    • climate-change-impact
  • Forest canopy structure data for radiation and snow modelling (CH/FIN)

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    This dataset contains forest canopy structure data acquired in a spruce forest at Laret, Switzerland, and a pine forest at Sodankylä, Finland. Data include:

    • Hemispherical...

    Last updated: August 23, 2021

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    • snow-modelling
    • energy-balance
    • mass-balance
    • upscaling
    • forest-canopy
  • Snow climate indicators derived from parallel manual snow measurements

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    Data set consisting of snow climate indicators derived from parallel manual snow measurements in Switzerland.

    Last updated: February 4, 2022

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    • CSV
    • climate-indicators
    • snow-onset-and-disappearance-dates
    • parallel-measurements
    • snow-height
    • snow-depth
  • Compressive stick slip and snow-micro-quakes

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    When snow is compressed with a certain speed, micro-snowquakes are triggered in the porous structure of bonded crystals. The present dataset covers uniaxial compression experiments...

    Last updated: February 5, 2020

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    • microstructure
    • snow-mechanics
    • compression-experiments
    • snow
    • x-ray-tomography
  • Data set on interfacial supercooling and the precipitation of hydrohalite in frozen NaCl solutions by X-ray absorption spectroscopy

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    Laboratory experiments are presented on the phase change at the surface of sodium chloride – water mixtures at temperatures between 259 K and 240 K. High selectivity to the upper...

    Last updated: July 17, 2020

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    • sea-salt-aerosol
    • snow
    • antarctica
    • arctic
    • ice