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6 datasets found

  • Changes in climatology, snow cover and ground temperatures at high alpine locations in Switzerland (Bender et al. 2020)

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    Education, culture and sport

    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

    • ZIP
    • TXT
    • depth-of-snowfall
    • meteo-station
    • climate-change-impact
    • swiss-alps
    • ground-temperature
  • FORHYCS v. 1.0.0 model code

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    Education, culture and sport

    Model code, technical documentation and auxiliary files for the dynamic ecohydrological model FORHYCS (FORests and HYdrology under Climate change in Switzerland). FORHYCS combines...

    Last updated: October 28, 2019

    • ZIP
    • SERVICE
    • PDF
    • forest
    • climate-change-impact
    • hydrology
    • forest-dynamics
    • modeling
  • Multiple realizations of daily snow water equivalent, surface water input and liquid precipitation projections for mid- and late-century

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    Education, culture and sport

    The dataset contains for three variables (snow water equivalent, surface water input and liquid precipitation) 50 realizations of current and future climate periods for two time...

    Last updated: August 10, 2022

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    • climate-change-impact
    • snow-water-equivalent
    • rain-on-snow
    • cryosphere
    • uncertainty
    • natural-climate-variability
  • Factors slowing down upward shifts of trees’ upper elevation limits

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    Education, culture and sport

    Species range limits are expected to be dramatically altered under future climate change and many species are predicted to shift their distribution upslope to track their suitable...

    Last updated: June 13, 2020

    • CSV
    • ZIP
    • sdm
    • treeline
    • treemig
    • mountain-forest
    • climate-change-impact
  • MadCrypto – Bryophyte and macrolichen diversity in laurel forests of Madeira

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    This dataset includes species lists of bryophytes and macrolichens (presence/absence) sampled on the forest floor and on trees in disturbed and undisturbed plots along elevation...

    Last updated: May 5, 2022

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    • XLS
    • bryophyte
    • lichen
    • madeira-island
    • biodiversity
    • endemic
    • bryophyte-life-strategy
    • lichen-growthform
    • liverwort
    • climate-change
    • lichen-growth-form
    • photobiont
    • elevational-gradient
    • disturbance
    • functional-taxonomic-groups
    • moss
    • functional-taxonomic-group
    • climate-change-impact
    • endemic-species
  • Dataset for: Future water temperature of rivers in Switzerland under climate change investigated with physics-based models

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    Education, culture and sport

    This work presents the first extensive study of climate change impacts on rivers temperature in Switzerland. Results show that even for low emissions scenarios, water temperature...

    Last updated: May 12, 2022

    • SERVICE
    • water-temperature
    • hydrology
    • model
    • discharge
    • climate-change-impact