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40 datasets found

  • Long-term meteorological and snow station at 2090 m a.s.l., Stillberg, Davos, Switzerland (1975 - present)

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    This EnviDat entry is outdated. The most recent, usable version of the data can be found under the new EnviDat entry "Long-term meteorological station Stillberg, Davos,...

    Last updated: September 12, 2023

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    • precipitation
    • radiation
    • temperature-profiles
    • wind
    • atmospheric-conditions
  • Daily cycles in solar flux, snowmelt, transpiration, groundwater, and streamflow at Sagehen and Independence Creeks, Sierra Nevada, USA

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    Hydrometerological and ecohydrological time series from Sagehen Creek and Independence Creek, Sierra Nevada, USA, illustrating hydrological responses to daily cycles in snowmelt...

    Last updated: June 16, 2020

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    • sap-flow
    • diurnal-cycle
    • groundwater
    • diel-cycle
    • ecohydrology
    • evapotranspiration
    • streamflow
    • snowmelt
  • WFJ_ICE_LAYERS: Multi-instrument data for monitoring deep ice layer formation in an alpine snowpack

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    The WFJ_ICE_LAYERS dataset contains multi-instrument snowpack measurements at high temporal resolution, which enable to monitor the formation of deep ice layers due to preferential...

    Last updated: October 19, 2020

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    • weissfluhjoch
    • snow-temperature
    • snowmicropen
    • snow-stratigraphy
    • ice-layers
    • water-front
  • Wind crust formation: SnowMicroPen data

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    This dataset contains the SnowMicroPen (SMP) data from 38 wind tunnel experiments on wind-packing / wind crust formation. These experiments were performed in the winters 2015/16...

    Last updated: November 14, 2019

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    • wind-packing
    • snowmicropen
    • snow
    • smp
    • wind-crust
  • Grassland-use intensity maps for Switzerland

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    A rule-based algorithm (Schwieder et al., 2022) was used to produce annual maps for 2018–2021 of grassland-management events, i.e....

    Last updated: August 3, 2023

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    • remote-sensing
    • mowing
    • sentinel-2
    • landsat
    • management
    • use-intensity
    • grassland
    • land-use
  • Modeled Isotopic Composition of Water Vapour Along Air Parcel Trajectories in the Antarctic

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    Summary

    This data set contains Python programming code and modeled data discussed in a related research article. We developed a simple isotope model to study the drivers of the...

    Last updated: July 14, 2023

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    • antarctica
    • evaporation
    • isotopic-distillation
    • snow-sublimation
    • backward-trajectories
    • lagrangian-analysis
    • stable-water-isotopes
  • Wind crust formation: Microsoft Kinect data

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    This data sets contains the Microsoft Kinect data from 15 wind tunnel experiments on wind-packing / wind crust formation. These experiments were performed in the winter 2016/17....

    Last updated: November 14, 2019

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    • wind-crust
    • kinect
    • wind-tunnel
    • snow
    • wind-packing
  • Expedition to Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station, 2016/2017

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    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 14, 2019

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    • terrestrial-laser-scanning
    • mass-flux
    • antarctica
    • drifting-snow
    • meteorological-data
    • snowmicropen
  • Stable water isotopes in precipitation and streamflow at Plynlimon, Wales, UK

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    The data base contains timeseries of stable water isotopes in precipitation and streamflow at Plynlimon, Wales, UK. One data set contains weekly stable water isotope data from the...

    Last updated: May 27, 2020

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    • precipitation
    • streamflow
    • plynlimon
    • catchment
    • tracer
    • chloride
    • stable-water-isotopes
    • deuterium
  • Meteorological data used to develop and validate the bias-detecting ensemble (BDE)

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    These data were used to drive and evaluate Jules Investigation Model (JIM) snow simulations. The data provided are the forcing data used for the "deterministic" runs as described...

    Last updated: August 23, 2021

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    • jules-investigation-model
    • snow-depth
    • snow
    • snow-simulation
    • jim
  • Meteorological data for investigation of rain-on-snow events in 58 catchments in Switzerland

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    Meteorological data used to run SNOWPACK for 58 catchments in the Swiss Alps. The data consists of a 2 km grid of "virtual meteorological stations" for each catchment. It was used...

    Last updated: March 24, 2022

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    • snow-hydrology
    • meteorological-data
    • snowpack
    • catchment-data
    • rain-on-snow
  • ASRB_WFJ: Shortwave and longwave radiation measurements (2 min) at the Weissfluhjoch research site, Davos

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    Corrected incoming and outgoing shortwave and longwave 2 min radiation measurements at the Weissfluhjoch summit, Davos, CH.

    References

    1. Marty, C., Philipona, R., Frohlich, C.,...

    Last updated: July 15, 2020

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    • weissfluhjoch
    • longwave-radiation
    • incoming
    • shortwave-radiation
    • outgoing
  • Avalanche fatalities in the European Alps (1969/1970 - 2014/2015)

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    During the last 45 years, about 100 people lost their lives in avalanches in the European Alps each year. Avalanche fatalities in settlements and on transportation corridors have...

    Last updated: November 3, 2020

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    • avalanche-accident-statistics
    • long-term-trends
    • avalanche-accident
    • avalanche-statistics
    • avalanche-fatalities
  • Unconfined compression experiments and 3D CT images of spherical model snow and RG snow samples

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    For the investigation of microstructural and mechanical properties of snow unconfined compression experiments and 3D computed tomography (CT) imaging were performed on sintered...

    Last updated: December 16, 2020

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    • unconfined-compression-experiments
    • 3d-ct-images
    • snow-mechanics
    • microstructure
    • spherical-model-snow
    • discrete-element-modelling
  • ASRB_WFJVF: Shortwave and longwave radiation measurements (2 min) at the Weissfluhjoch research site, Davos

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    Incoming and outgoing shortwave and longwave 2 min radiation measurements at the Weissfluhjoch research site, Davos, CH. The experimental site at the Weissfluhjoch (WFJ, 46.83 N,...

    Last updated: October 25, 2019

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    • weisfluhjoch
    • longwave-radiation
    • davos
    • radiation
    • shortwave-radiation
  • Non-Binary Environmental Archive Data (NEAD) format

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    Acknowledgement: The NEAD format includes NetCDF metadata and is proudly inspired by both SMET and NetCDF formats. NEAD is designed as a long-term data preservation and exchange...

    Last updated: February 28, 2023

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    • research-data-management
    • metadata-convention
    • csv
    • meteorological-data-format
    • nead
  • Shading by Trees and Fractional Snow Cover Control the Subcanopy Radiation Budget

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    This data set consists of incoming and outgoing short- and longwave radiation as well as sunlit-snow-view-fraction as described in the JGR-Atmospheres paper "Shading by trees and...

    Last updated: August 23, 2021

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    • shading
    • fractional-snow
    • longwave-radiation
    • shortwave-radiation
    • forest
  • lsUDPS Large-scale urban development projects in European urban regions

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    Table of Content: 1. General context of the data set "lsUDPs" ; 2. Background and aims of the study using the data set lsUDPs; 3. The data set lsUDPs: 3.1 Selection of cases and...

    Last updated: March 15, 2022

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    • europe
    • urban-transformations
    • strategic-spatial-planning
    • land-use-change
    • land-use-transformations
    • strategic-projects
    • spatial-planning
    • large-scale-urban-development-projects
  • Hydro-meteorological simulations for the period 1981-2018 for Switzerland

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    The dataset provides simulated 1) precipitation, 2) discharge, 3) soil moisture, and 4) low-flow simulations for 307 medium-sized catchments in Switzerland for the period...

    Last updated: November 3, 2019

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    • drought-2018
    • soil-moisture
    • low-flow
    • hydrological-simulations
    • prevah
    • precipitation
    • discharge
  • Four years of daily stable water isotope data in stream water and precipitation from three Swiss catchments

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    This dataset contains four years of daily measurements of the natural isotopic composition (2H, 18O) of precipitation and stream water at the Alp catchment (area 47 km2) in Central...

    Last updated: April 27, 2022

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    • alptal
    • stream-water
    • hydrology
    • stable-water-isotope
    • catchment
    • precipitation