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99 datasets found

  • 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...

    Last updated: September 10, 2021

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    • GeoTIFF
    • forest-inventory
    • forest
    • forest-type
    • remote-sensing
    • nfi
  • Implementing the energy transition at municipal level in Switzerland: A regional survey

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    The dataset contains data from a survey, which was conducted in a periurban region close to Berne, Switzerland. The survey was conducted in Fall 2018 and contained opinion...

    Last updated: January 18, 2023

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    • municipality
    • switzerland
    • participation
    • survey
    • energy-transition
  • Dataset on Cosmo-1 based Energy Potential in Swiss Alps

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    This dataset consist of simulated hourly power production from an Enercon E82 Turbine at 100 m hub-height. It describes the hourly power output a 1MW turbine would produce in each...

    Last updated: December 15, 2020

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    • wind-energy
    • cosmo-1
    • es2050
    • mountain-wind-potential
    • topography
  • Running COSMO-WRF on very-high resolution over complex terrain

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    This is a technical documentation of the procedure to run the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model over complex alpine terrain using Consortium for Small-Scale Modeling...

    Last updated: August 29, 2022

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    • cosmo-wrf
    • high-resolution
    • meteoswiss
    • numerical-simulation
    • complex-terrain
  • 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
    • outgoing
    • longwave-radiation
    • weissfluhjoch
    • incoming
  • Linking solar and biomass resources to generate renewable energy: can we find local complementarities in the agricultural setting?

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    Additional references to the article: Linking solar and biomass resources to generate renewable en-ergy: can we find local complementarities in the agricultural setting? Gillianne...

    Last updated: February 13, 2023

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    • gis
    • photovoltaic
    • bioenergy
    • complementarity
    • biomethane
  • Dataset for "Dynamic crack propagation in weak snowpack layers: Insights from high-resolution, high-speed photography"

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    This data set includes material and results described in the related research article:

    Bergfeld, B., van Herwijnen, A., Reuter, B., Bobillier, G., Dual, J., and Schweizer, J.:...

    Last updated: June 28, 2021

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    • snow
    • snow-avalanche
    • crack-propagation
    • snow-mechanics
    • experiment
  • Climatologies at high resolution for the earth’s land surface areas

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    High-resolution information on climatic conditions is essential to many applications in environmental and ecological sciences. Here we present the CHELSA (Climatologies at high...

    Last updated: September 10, 2021

    • GeoTIFF
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    • climatology
    • free-climate-data
    • climate-layers
    • climate-change
    • temperature
    • precipitation
    • climate
    • bioclim
  • FACE: Stillberg CO2 enrichment and soil warming study

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    Background information

    High elevation ecosystems are important in research about environmental change because shifts in climate associated with anthropogenic greenhouse gas...

    Last updated: September 8, 2023

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    • experiment
    • climate-change
    • carbon-dioxide
    • soil-temperature
    • vegetation
    • stillberg
  • Bryophytes of Europe Traits (BET) dataset

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    The Bryophytes of Europe Traits (BET) dataset includes values for 65 biological and ecological traits and 25 bioclimatic variables for all 1816 bryophytes included in the European...

    Last updated: March 3, 2023

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    • bioclimatic-variables
    • liverworts
    • indicator-values
    • mosses
    • hornworts
    • life-history-traits
    • red-list
    • iucn
  • Inventaire forestier national suisse. Résultats du quatrième inventaire 2009-2017

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    Swiss National Forest Inventory. Results of the fourth survey 2009–2017. The collection of data for the fourth National Forest Inventory (NFI) was carried out from 2009 to 2017, on...

    Last updated: August 24, 2021

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    • API
    • nfi
    • national-forest-inventory
    • lfi
    • forest
    • 2009-2017
  • Alpthal, Switzerland: Long-term forest meteorological data from the Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research Programme (LWF), from 1997 onwards

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    High quality meteorological data are needed for long-term forest ecosystem research, particularly in the light of global change. The long-term data series published here comprises...

    Last updated: September 28, 2020

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    • swiss-forest-lab
    • climate-change
    • long-term
    • wind-speed
    • meteo
    • relative-humidity
    • meteorology
    • temperature
    • precipitation
    • par
  • Jussy, Switzerland: Long-term forest meteorological data from the Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research Programme (LWF), from 1997 onwards

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    High quality meteorological data are needed for long-term forest ecosystem research, particularly in the light of global change. The long-term data series published here comprises...

    Last updated: December 3, 2019

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    • swiss-forest-lab
    • long-term
    • temperature
    • wind-speed
    • precipitation
    • climate-change
    • par
    • meteo
    • relative-humidity
    • meteorology
  • Herb layer biomass in Swiss forests

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    The purpose of this project was to develop a model to estimate herb layer biomass and carbon stock based on the categorical cover estimate on each NFI sample plot. To this end,...

    Last updated: August 20, 2021

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    • biomass
    • grasses
    • sedges
    • national-forest-inventory
    • herbs
    • ferns
    • shrubs
  • Mountain Permafrost Hydrology

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    This report was prepared as one of the synthesis report chapters of the Hydro-CH2018 project of the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). In earlier reports such as the...

    Last updated: November 7, 2019

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    • monitoring-techniques
    • mass-movements
    • ice-rich-permafrost
    • mountain-permafrost-hydrology
    • permafrost-degradation
    • climate-change-impacts
  • Snow Depth Mapping

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    The available datasets are snow depth maps with a spatial resolution of 2m generated from image matching of ADS 80/100 data. Image acquisition took place at peak of winter (time...

    Last updated: November 3, 2019

    • TIFF
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    • image-matching
    • dsm
    • aerial-imagery
    • snow-water-equivalent
    • snow-hydrology
    • snow-depth
    • avalanche
  • Data set of: Plant and root-zone water isotopes are difficult to measure, explain, and predict: some practical recommendations for determining plant water sources

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    The following two tables contain information about the data sources of the values reported in Table 1 and 2 in the paper “Plant and root-zone water isotopes are difficult to...

    Last updated: December 22, 2022

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    • plant-water-uptake
    • endmember-mixing-models
    • root-zone
    • uncertainties
    • review
    • ecohydrology
    • stable-water-isotopes
  • Hybrid choice modelling dataset for the effects of landscape-technology fit on public evaluations

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    We present stated preference data based on a national representative Swiss online panel survey for the preference of renewable energy infrastructure in landscapes. The data was...

    Last updated: February 3, 2021

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    • perceived-landscape-quality
    • landscape
    • landscape-meanings
    • landscape-technology-fit
    • energy
    • mixed-renewable-energy-landscapes
    • renewable-energy
    • hybrid-choice-model
    • stated-choice-model
    • renewable-energy-meanings
    • survey
  • Wood Mobilization Survey

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    Understanding the market behavior of forest owners and managers is important to identify effective and efficient policy instruments that enhance wood provisioning. We conducted a...

    Last updated: December 21, 2020

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    • trading-preferences
    • forest-owners
    • wood-harvest
    • distribution-channels
    • forest-managers
  • Snow Drift Station - Micro Rain Radar

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    The instrument (MRR, Metek) was mounted at Gotschnagrat (LON: 46.859 LAT: 9.849) at a height of 1 m above snow surface (at the beginning of the campaign) with an orientation of 22°...

    Last updated: October 29, 2020

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    • raclets
    • mountain
    • snow
    • radar
    • precipitation
    • rain