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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4 datasets found

  • Cropland and grassland map of Switzerland based on Sentinel-2 data

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    We developed a map of cropland and grassland allocation for Switzerland based on several indices dominantly derived from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery captured over multiple growing...

    Last updated: March 29, 2021

    • TIFF
    • SERVICE
    • GeoTIFF
    • sentinel-2
    • remote-sensing
    • cropland
    • phenology
    • machine-learning
    • vegetation-indices
    • agriculture
    • switzerland
    • grassland
    • habitat
  • CHELSA-TraCE21k: Downscaled transient temperature and precipitation data since the last glacial maximum

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    High resolution, downscaled climate model data are used in a wide variety of applications in environmental sciences. Here we present the CHELSA-TraCE21k downscaling algorithm to...

    Last updated: June 7, 2023

    • PDF
    • GeoTIFF
    • SERVICE
    • glaciers
    • last-glacial-maximum
    • precipitation
    • air-temperature
    • paleo-climate
    • orography
  • Vegetation Height Model NFI

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    A national vegetation height model was calculated for Switzerland using digital aerial images. We used the stereo aerial images acquired by the Federal Office of Topography...

    Last updated: September 12, 2023

    • GeoTIFF
    • PDF
    • SERVICE
    • point-cloud
    • 3d
    • photogrammety
    • forest
    • vegetation-height-model
  • Spatially explicit data to evaluate spatial planning outcomes in a coastal region in São Paulo State, Brazil

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    The present dataset is part of the published scientific paper entitled “The role of spatial planning in land change: An assessment of urban planning and nature conservation...

    Last updated: January 6, 2022

    • GeoTIFF
    • PDF
    • SHP
    • SERVICE
    • built-up-classification
    • urban-compactness
    • basic-services
    • urban-morphology
    • planning-outcome
    • forest-persistence
    • spatial-modelling
    • nature-conservation
    • forest-gain
    • topography
    • urban-sprawl
    • land-use-and-cover-change