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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3 datasets found

  • Data, Code Link and Metadata on Forward Scattering of Snow at Totalp

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    Overview We present GROUNDEYE, a new model of radiative transfer over mountainous terrain, which considers for the first time the forward scattering properties of snow. Embedded...

    Last updated: June 5, 2021

    • SERVICE
    • shortwave-radiation
    • albedo
    • photovoltaic
    • snow
    • winter-energy-production
  • IceCube_microCT_Snow_grainsize

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    The specific surface area (SSA) of different snow types were measured with the IceCube instrument and the Scanco Medical microCT 40. In addition, the snow particles created during...

    Last updated: February 19, 2023

    • SERVICE
    • XLS
    • ZIP
    • microct
    • snow
    • icecube
    • intercomparison
    • specific-surface-area
  • 3D_Snow_Models

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    The dataset contains several snow models in the Standard Tesselated Geometry File Format (stl) for 3D visualization, printing and additive manufacturing. Different snow types are...

    Last updated: January 5, 2023

    • ZIP
    • XLS
    • snow
    • 3d-model
    • 3d-print
    • snow-cast
    • weak-layer
    • new-snow
    • rounded-snow
    • depth-hoar