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24 datasets found

  • Wildlife Passages

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    In einer ersten Phase hat das BAFU anhand der verfügbaren Daten die Wildtierpassagen auf dem Nationalstrassen- und Schienennetz erfasst. Berücksichtigt wurden Kunstbauten, die...

    Last updated: August 23, 2023

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    • API
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    • HTML
    • environment
    • wild-animal
    • fauna
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • biotope-network
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Precipitation sum April-August, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 2.6

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the precipitation sum (in mm) for the months April to August calculated for the period 2070-2099. The precipitation anomalies of the climate scenario were added to...

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

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    • forestry
    • storm-damage
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies 2 km²

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data set ‹sub-basins 2 km²› is the central element of the geodata set. It is made up of a comprehensive mosaic of over 22,000 topographically defined sub-basin areas that can...

    Last updated: July 1, 2010

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    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • hydrography
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Water status monitoring stations CH

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data set represents the monitoring stations where the water status is recorded. The cantons are responsible for water protection enforcement, as they are for other...

    Last updated: March 1, 2013

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • environment
    • human-health-and-safety
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • FOEN basic monitoring network for surfaces water

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data show the locations of the stations in the basic monitoring network of the Hydrology Division of the FOEN. It includes all stations currently listed on the FOEN’s home...

    Last updated: December 31, 2019

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • environment
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Mean daily temperature high in July, period 1981-2010

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The daily high of the air temperature in July in the diurnal cycle (1981-2010) (for detailed explanations see «Air temperature July 1961-1990»). The resulting map has a spatial...

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

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    • forestry
    • climate
    • air
    • climate
    • air
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies 40 km²

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The "40 km² catchment areas" data set is one of four possible aggregation levels for the "Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies" geodata set. It consists of a...

    Last updated: July 1, 2010

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    • API
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • hydrography
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Percentage of stocking along rivers

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Vegetation performs important functions. It provides shade for rivers, thus reducing peak water temperatures. In the context of global warming, this is increasingly important....

    Last updated: October 7, 2022

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • HTML
    • environment
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Precipitation sum April-August, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 8.5

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the precipitation sum (in mm) for the months April to August calculated for the period 2070-2099. The precipitation anomalies of the climate scenario were added to...

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • forestry
    • storm-damage
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Mean daily temperature high in July, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 8.5

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Mean daily temperature high in July (period 2070-2099). The temperature increase of the climate scenario was added to the map «Air temperature July 1981-2010». Among the...

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

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    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • forestry
    • climate
    • air
    • climate
    • air
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Precipitation sum June-August, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 2.6

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the precipitation sum (in mm) for the months June to August calculated for the period 2070-2099. The precipitation anomalies of the climate scenario were added to the...

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

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    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • forestry
    • storm-damage
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Precipitation sum June-August, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 4.5

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the precipitation sum (in mm) for the months June to August calculated for the period 2070-2099. The precipitation anomalies of the climate scenario were added to the...

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • forestry
    • storm-damage
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Stocking map along watercourses and lakeshores

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    For the creation of the Switzerland-wide map of riparian woody vegetation, calculations were made based on available geodata. Riparian woodland was defined as vegetation over 2.5 m...

    Last updated: October 7, 2022

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Precipitation sum April-August, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 4.5

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the precipitation sum (in mm) for the months April to August calculated for the period 2070-2099. The precipitation anomalies of the climate scenario were added to...

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • forestry
    • storm-damage
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Determination and modelling of the upper timberline for the standard periods 1961–1990 and 1981–2010, and the future period 2070–2099

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    This map shows the natural upper timberline (excluding anthropogenic influences and without considering shrub forest) modelled for the periods 1961–1990, 1981–2010 and 2070–2099....

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

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    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • forestry
    • storm-damage
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Precipitation sum June-August, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 8.5

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the precipitation sum (in mm) for the months June to August calculated for the period 2070-2099. The precipitation anomalies of the climate scenario were added to the...

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • forestry
    • storm-damage
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Mean daily temperature high in July, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 2.6

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Mean daily temperature high in July (period 2070-2099). The temperature increase of the climate scenario was added to the map «Air temperature July 1981-2010». Among the...

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • forestry
    • climate
    • air
    • climate
    • air
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Relative air humidity in July, period 1981-2010

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the mean relative air humidity at 13:30 in July for the period 1981-2010. For the area-wide calculation the climate stations of MeteoSwiss served as support points....

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

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    • forestry
    • storm-damage
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Thermal continentality at 1000 m a.s.l. in the year, period 1981-2010

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The thermal continentality in °C was calculated as the difference between the highest and lowest value of the daily variation of the temperature of the year in the period under...

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • forestry
    • storm-damage
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Frequency of Föhn in the year, period variable (maximum 1969-2013)

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the average frequency (in %) of the number of Föhn hours per year. A value of e.g. 12 % means that on 44 days in the year the Föhn blows, whereby the duration of the...

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

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    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • forestry
    • storm-damage
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure