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The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research is concerned with the use, development and protection of natural and urban spaces. The focus of our research is on solving problems to do with the responsible use of landscapes and forests and a prudent approach to natural hazards, especially those common in mountainous countries. WSL occupies a leading position internationally in these research areas. We also provide groundwork for sustainable environmental policies in Switzerland.

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Simulated avalanche problem types and seismic avalanche activity around Weissfluhjoch

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Avalanche problem types were derived from snow cover simulations with the models Crocus and SNOWPACK at the Weissfluhjoch study plot, Davos, CH. The data include annual frequencies...

Last updated: December 14, 2021
- SERVICE
- avalanche-problem-type
- avalanche-activity
- snowpack
- avalanche
- crocus
- snow-instability
- snow-cover-modeling
- avalanche-danger
- weissfluhjoch
- snow
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: May 30, 2022
- SERVICE
- ZIP
- weissfluhjoch
- snow
- snow-depth
- snow-models
- esm-snowmip
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: June 10, 2020
- ZIP
- alpine-precipitation
- alpine3d
- snow-hydrology
- alpine3d-simulations
- snow-cover
- snow
- snow-distribution
SPOT6 Avalanche outlines 16 January 2019

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Education, culture and sport

Outlines of 6'041 avalanches mapped from SPOT6 satellite data over the Swiss Alps on 16 January 2019. The dataset was acquired following a period with very high avalanche danger....

Last updated: September 4, 2024
- SHP
- natural-hazard
- hazard-mapping
- snow
- satellite
- avalanche
Photogrammetric Drone Data Dorfberg

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Education, culture and sport

The data was collected with a Wingtra Gen II drone and a Sony RX1R II sensor. In total, 10 flights were conducted at different dates, both in summer and winter. A DSM, an...

Last updated: April 22, 2024
- SERVICE
- photogrammetry
- snow
- orthophoto
- uav
- drone-data
- snow-depth-mapping
- snow-distribution
- dsm
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: December 15, 2021
- ZIP
- shapefile
- observations
- alps
- avalanches
- snow
Multi-resolution CLM5 simulations across Switzerland

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Education, culture and sport

This dataset contains Community Land Model 5 (CLM5) simulation output over the spatial extent of Switzerland at different resolutions and based on a range of input datasets. It...

Last updated: July 16, 2024
- ZIP
- land-cover
- forest-productivity
- land-use
- oshd
- snow
- clm5
- evapotranspiration
- snow-simulation
- high-resolution
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
- PDF
- TXT
- SERVICE
- ice
- arctic
- sea-salt-aerosol
- antarctica
- snow
Wind crust formation: Microsoft Kinect data

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Education, culture and sport

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
- SERVICE
- TXT
- ZIP
- wind-packing
- kinect
- snow
- wind-crust
- wind-tunnel
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
- ZIP
- PDF
- rain
- mountain
- precipitation
- raclets
- radar
- snow
GPS-derived data of SWE, HS and LWC and corresponding validation data

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This data set includes GPS-derived snow water equivalent (SWE), snow depth (HS) and liquid water content (LWC) data for three entire snow-covered seasons (2015-2016, 2016-2017,...

Last updated: November 29, 2019
- PDF
- CSV
- snow-depth
- snow-cover
- gps
- snow
- liquid-water-content
How do stability corrections perform in the stable boundary layer over snow?

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Education, culture and sport

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: December 3, 2019
- ZIP
- atmospheric-turbulence
- stable-boundary-layer
- turbulent-sensible-heat-fluxes
- atmosphere
- snow
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
- SERVICE
- TXT
- snowpack
- terrestrial-laser-scanning
- snow
- snow-conservation
- snow-farming
- winter-tourism
Snow Drift Station - Snow and Air Data

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Snow and air data was monitored at Gotschnagrat (LON: 46.859 LAT: 9.849) by an infrarot radiometer (Campbell SI-111) for snow temperature (°C), a snow height sensor (Lufft SHM-31)...

Last updated: March 27, 2020
- XLS
- snow
- snow-height
- snow-depth
- temperature
- raclets
- snow-temperature
Simulation parameters and outputs for a rigorous approach to the specific surface area evolution in snow during temperature gradient metamorphism

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In the associated study [1], two time-lapse temperature gradient metamorphism series of three-dimensional micro-computed tomography images of snow (obtained by [2]) have been used...

Last updated: March 7, 2024
- ODS
- x-ray-tomography
- microstructure
- time-series
- metamorphism
- snow
- fem
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
- ZIP
- TXT
- stable-water-isotope
- advection
- 18o
- snow
- metamorphism
Snow water equivalent for reference date April 1 for Wägital catchment, starting 1943

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Education, culture and sport

Total water reserves of the snow cover [mio m3] for Wägital catchment, Switzerland, for reference date April 1. Data is separated in 2 elevation zones 900m-1500m asl and...

Last updated: April 22, 2024
- TXT
- wagital
- meteodat-gmbh
- snow
- snow-water-equivalent
- gcos
Saltation of cohesive granular materials

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The wind-driven saltation of sand and snow shapes dunes and ripples, generates dust emission, and erodes the surface of the Antarctic ice sheet. Here, we use a model based on the...

Last updated: May 31, 2022
- ZIP
- sand
- snow
- wind
- saltation
- cohesion
- sediment
WFJ_CAL: Calibration dataset for snow models

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During the development of DAISY, the snowpack model we realised that we did not have enough accurate calibration measurements. We needed more reliable measurements of snow...

Last updated: May 30, 2024
- TXT
- snow
- snow-temperatures
- snow-models
- snowpack
- snow-cover
Preferential deposition of snow and dust over hills: governing processes and relevant scales

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Preferential deposition of snow and dust over complex terrain is responsible for a wide range of environmental processes, and accounts for a significant source of uncertainty in...

Last updated: June 3, 2024
- ZIP
- deposition
- particles
- dust
- snow
- hill
- turbulence
- atmosphere

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