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4 datasets found

  • DISCHMEX - High-resolution daily snow ablation rates in an Alpine environment

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    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

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    • patchy-snow-covers
    • riegl-vz6000
    • snow-ablation-rates
    • terrestrial-laser-scanning
    • tls
  • Snowfarming data set Davos and Martell 2015

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    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: February 13, 2025

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    • snow
    • snow-conservation
    • snow-farming
    • snowpack
    • terrestrial-laser-scanning
    • winter-tourism
  • Ramerenwald Close Range Remote Sensing Benchmark

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    Close Range Remote Sensing Benchmark for different LiDAR and photogrammetric Sensors in a mixed temperate forest. Benchmarks are needed to evaluate the performance of different...

    Last updated: October 30, 2025

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    • 3d-point-cloud
    • forest-inventory
    • lidar
    • mobile-laser-scanning
    • structure-from-motion
    • terrestrial-laser-scanning
    • terrestrial-photogrammetry
    • unmanned-aerial-vehicle-laser-scanning
  • Expedition to Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station, 2016/2017

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    This dataset contains the data acquired during the expedition to Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station in December 2016 and January 2017. The dataset consits of meterorological...

    Last updated: November 7, 2025

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    • antarctica
    • drifting-snow
    • mass-flux
    • meteorological-data
    • snowmicropen
    • terrestrial-laser-scanning