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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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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
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- snowpack
- snow-conservation
- snow-farming
- winter-tourism
- terrestrial-laser-scanning
- snow
Wind-Topo_model

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Wind-Topo is a statistical downscaling model for near surface wind fields especially suited for highly complex terrain.

It is based on deep learning and was trained (calibrated)...

Last updated: March 16, 2022
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- convolutional-neural-networks
- meteorology
- high-resolution
- surface-winds
- downscaling
- machine-learning
- topography
- complex-terrain
Nutrient addition experiment at the Alpine treeline site Stillberg, Switzerland

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Background information

The availability of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) is considered to be a major factor limiting growth and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems globally....

Last updated: April 17, 2023
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- PNG
- HTML
- treeline
- stillberg
- tree-rings
- fertilization
- nitrogen-isotope
- dwarf-shrubs
Angle of repose experiments with natural and spherical snow

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Angle of repose experiments were performed with different snow types at temperatures between -2 and -40°C. They were used to examine granular snow dynamics on the grain-scale with...

Last updated: April 22, 2020
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- TXT
- grain-shape
- granular-snow
- discrete-element-modelling
- angle-of-repose
- fast-sintering
Source code for: Climate change scenarios at hourly time-step over Switzerland from an enhanced temporal downscaling approach

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This repository contains the source code of the analysis presented in the related paper. The code can be found in the following github repository:...

Last updated: May 12, 2022
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- ZIP
- temporal-downscaling
- meteoswiss
- r-script
- alpine-regions
- quantile-mapping
- climate-change-scenarios
- delta-change
- python
- switzerland
- imis
Chironico, Switzerland: Long-term forest meteorological data from the Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research Programme (LWF), from 2000 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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- CSV
- climate-change
- meteorology
- par
- temperature
- precipitation
- swiss-forest-lab
- wind-speed
- meteo
- long-term
- relative-humidity
Yield

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Volume of stemwood with bark of all trees and shrubs starting at 12 cm dbh that were felled between two inventories. The correction for bias with the sample Tarif trees may be so...

Last updated: April 11, 2022
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- 56-classes
- net-increment
- landslide-mudflow-silvaprotect
- rockfall-silvaprotect
- ownership
- accessible-forest-without-shrub-forest-nfi1-nfi2-nfi3-nfi4
- conifers-broadleaves
- main-tree-species
- 14-x-14-km-grid
- accessible-forest-without-shrub-forest-nfi3-nfi4
- biogeographical-region
- stage-of-stand-development
- lower-higher-altitudinal-zones
- potential-cost-for-timber-harvesting
- accessible-forest-without-shrub-forest-nfi2-nfi3
- tree-species-woody-species
- economic-region
- altitudinal-vegetation-zone
- forest-type-12-classes
- avalanches-silvaprotect
- yield
- nfi3-nfi4b
- altitude-400-m-classes
- accessible-forest-without-shrub-forest-nfi2-nfi3-nfi4
- protection-forest-region
- grid-nfi4-2009-2013
- nfi2-nfi3
- production-region
- protection-forest-perimeter-silvaprotect
- processes-in-channels-silvaprotect
Total timber volume NFI1

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Volume of stemwood with bark of all living and dead trees and shrubs starting at 12 cm dbh recorded according to the NFI1 method. In NFI1 only those dead trees were recorded whose...

Last updated: April 11, 2022
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- canton
- main-tree-species
- protection-forest-region
- tree-species-5-classes
- altitudinal-vegetation-zone
- production-region
- diameter-at-breast-height-30-cm
- biogeographical-region
- accessible-forest-without-shrub-forest-nfi1-nfi2-nfi3-nfi4
- accessible-forest-without-shrub-forest
- lower-higher-altitudinal-zones
- tree-status
- forest-district-as-of-2013
- grid-nfi4-2009-2013
- ownership
- nfi1
- total-timber-volume-nfi1
- tree-state-alive-dead
- terrestrial-grid-nfi1
- conifers-broadleaves
- economic-region
Antarctic sea-ice freshwater fluxes associated with freezing, transport, and melting

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This data set provides estimates of annual fresh water fluxes related to sea-ice formation from ocean freezing and snow-ice formation, sea-ice melting, lateral transport of sea ice...

Last updated: May 9, 2022
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- freezing
- physical-oceanography
- transport
- sea-ice-volume
- cryospheric-science
- mass-balance
- southern-ocean
- climate-change
- sea-ice-divergence
- forcing
- freshwater-flux
- salt
- sea-ice
- antartic
- polar
- satellite
- melting
- salinity
Snow and the water cycle in a changing climate

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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). An important feature of snow cover is...

Last updated: May 20, 2020
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- hydrology
- water-cycle
- climate-change-impacts
- snowfall
- snow
Manual circumference band measurement LWF

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Tree circumference change measurements from plastic girth bands

Purpose:

Assessment of annual tree stem growth

Manual Citation:
- Dobbertin M, Neumann M, 2016: Part V:...
Last updated: September 3, 2021
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- long-term-forest-ecosystem-research
- stem-diameter
- swiss-forest-lab
- tree-growth
- icp-forests
10-HS Pfynwald

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Continuous measurement of soil water content at 10 and 80 cm depth (3 replications) with 10-HS soil moisture probes (Decagon Incorporation, Pullman, WA, USA).

Purpose:...

Last updated: September 3, 2021
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- icp-forests
- swiss-forest-lab
- soil-water-content
- long-term-forest-ecosystem-research
- soil-moisture
Volume of bole wood (HG 2000)

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Wood volume of the stem without bark or stump at least 7 cm in diameter (limit of coarse wood) of all trees and shrubs starting at 12 cm dbh, based on the stem-form functions...

Last updated: April 11, 2022
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- timber-assortment-classes-hg-2000
- canton
- type-of-assortment
- economic-region
- accessible-forest-without-shrub-forest-nfi1-nfi2-nfi3-nfi4
- grid-nfi4-2009-2013
- accessible-forest-without-shrub-forest-nfi3-nfi4
- nfi3
- biogeographical-region
- production-region
- main-tree-species
- terrestrial-grid-nfi3
- volume-of-bole-wood-hg-2000
- conifers-broadleaves
- protection-forest-region
- accessible-forest-without-shrub-forest
- tree-species-5-classes
Dendrochronological analyses of tree core samples (CATS) adjacent to LWF sites

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There were 2 cores taken at 1.3 m height from each of 10 trees outside the LWF plot

Purpose:

influence of drought and nutrient availabiliy on tree growth

Paper Citation:

...

Last updated: September 3, 2021
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- swiss-forest-lab
- dendrochronology
- dominant-trees
- long-term-forest-ecosystem-research
- icp-forests
- tree-ring-width
Soil morphology LWF

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Description of several morphological soil properties at the beginning of the monitoring campaign. The properties were described for all genetic horizons in soil pits if possible...

Last updated: September 3, 2021
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- soil-classification
- texture
- swiss-forest-lab
- soil-matrix
- long-term-forest-ecosystem-research
- icp-forests
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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- CSV
- PDF
- wind-speed
- temperature
- swiss-forest-lab
- precipitation
- meteo
- meteorology
- climate-change
- par
- long-term
- relative-humidity
Turbulence in The Strongly Heterogeneous Near-Surface Boundary Layer over Patchy Snow

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Data and code for the publication. The data is raw data. Processed data can be obtained upon request.

Last updated: June 19, 2023
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- patchy-snow-cover
- surface-heat-exchange
- atmospheric-turbulence
- eddy-covariance-measurements
- snow-melt
Soil sealing Barcelona and Milan different territorial levels

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Dataset description
This dataset is a recalculation of the Copernicus 2015 high resolution layer (HRL) of imperviousness density data (IMD) at different spatial/territorial...

Last updated: May 11, 2022
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- CSV
- copernicus
- barcelona
- milan
- urban-atlas
- imperviousness
- soil-sealing
Induced Rockfall Dataset #2 (Chant Sura Experimental Campaign), Flüelapass, Grisons, Switzerland

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The data archive contains site specific geographical data such as DEM and orthophoto as well as the deposition points of manually induced rockfall by releasing differently shaped...

Last updated: October 21, 2021
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- rockfall-experiments
- stonenode
- induced-rockfall
- natural-hazard
- dem
- stonenodedata
- earth-surface-dynamics
- rockfall-runout
- rockfall
Arthropod biomass, abundance and species richness trends over 32 years in the agricultural Limpach valley, Switzerland

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Recent publications about declines in arthropod biomass, abundance and species diversity raise concerns and call for measures. Agricultural intensification is likely one cause for...

Last updated: December 12, 2022
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- insect-decline
- time-series
- biodiversity
- switzerland
- long-term

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