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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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Mountain Permafrost Hydrology

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Education, culture and sport

This report was prepared as one of the synthesis report chapters of the Hydro-CH2018 project of the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). In earlier reports such as the...

Last updated: November 7, 2019
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- climate-change-impacts
- ice-rich-permafrost
- mass-movements
- monitoring-techniques
- mountain-permafrost-hydrology
- permafrost-degradation
Data reliability study: avalanche size estimates and outlines

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Education, culture and sport

This dataset contains the data used and collected to investigate the reliability of avalanche size estimates and avalanche outlines (see related publications). Namely this is

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Last updated: September 1, 2023
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- avalanche
- reliability
- avalanche-size-estimation
- remote-sensing
- avalanche-mapping
Number of avalanche fatalities per calendar year in Switzerland since 1937

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Education, culture and sport

Attention: this data is not updated after 2022 anymore. This dataset contains the statistics on the number of avalanche fatalities per calendar year in Switzerland. The data...

Last updated: June 14, 2023
- CSV
- fatalities-in-or-around-buildings
- fatalities-in-settlements
- fatalities-on-transportation-corridors
- fatalities-in-terrain-close-to-ski-areas
- fatalities-in-the-backcountry
- avalanche-accident-statistics
- avalanche-fatalities
Data set on snow instability

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Education, culture and sport

These data on snow instability include three data subsets that were analyzed and the results published by Reuter and Schweizer (2018) who suggest a novel framework on how to...

Last updated: February 2, 2020
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- CSV
- avalanche-forcasting
- weak-layer
- rutschblock
- snow-stability-evaluation
- crack-propagation
- propgatoin-saw-test
- slab-tensile-support
- failure-initiation
- slab
- snow-avalanche
SWE2HS model calibration and validation data

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Education, culture and sport

The data in this repository was used for the calibration and validation of the SWE2HS model in the following publication: Aschauer, J., Michel, A., Jonas, T., & Marty, C. (2023)....

Last updated: April 28, 2023
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- snow-water-equivalent
- model-validation-data
- model-calibration-data
- snow-depth
- snow-density
Glide-snow avalanche activity on Dorfberg, Davos, Switzerland

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This dataset includes the processed data of the glide-snow avalanche activity and dynamics on Dorfberg (Davos, Switzerland) covering seasons 2008/09 to 2021/22. This dataset was...

Last updated: April 17, 2023
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- snowpack-simulation
- time-lapse-photography
- glide-snow-avalanche
- avalanche-activity
- avalanche
WFJ_ICE_LAYERS: Multi-instrument data for monitoring deep ice layer formation in an alpine snowpack

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Education, culture and sport

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
- TXT
- ZIP
- water-front
- snow-stratigraphy
- snowmicropen
- ice-layers
- weissfluhjoch
- snow-temperature
Planning intentions in strategic plans of European urban regions

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Education, culture and sport

The present dataset is part of the report titled Gradinaru S.R., Hersperger A.M., Schmid F. (2021). Deriving Planning Intentions from written planning documents. Report on CONCUR...

Last updated: March 1, 2022
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- europe
- spatial-information
- strategic-plans
- development-priorities
- urban-region
Data Broedlin CNP

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Mircocosm experiment to identify the individual patterns and controls of C, N, and P mobilization in soils under beech forests. Organic and mineral horizons sampled along a...

Last updated: November 3, 2019
- XLS
- mineralization
- drying-rewetting
- forest
- soil
- dissolved-organic-matter
- phosphorus
- nitrogen
- stoichiometry
- carbon
LUSzoning: Land-use simulations integrating zoning regulations in Spanish functional urban areas

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Education, culture and sport

Table of Content: 1. General context of the data set "LUSzoning”; 2. Background and aims of the study using the data set LUSzoning; 3. The data set LUSzoning.
1. General context of...
Last updated: July 20, 2021
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- land-use-transformations
- spatial-planning
- land-use-simulations
- digital-zoning-plans
- land-use-change
Swiss FluxNet Site Davos

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Education, culture and sport

The Swiss FluxNet Site Davos is a managed subalpine evergreen forest, located on the Seehorn mountain near Davos in the Swiss Alps. The site is dominated by Norway spruce. The...

Last updated: August 24, 2023
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- icos
- eddy-covariance
- meteorological-measurements
- forest
- greenhouse-gas
- flux
- swiss-forest-lab
- swiss-fluxnet
RADAR Wind profiler Davos Wolfgang

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The RADAR wind profiler from Meteoswiss was installed at Davos Wolfgang (LON: 9.853594, LAT: 46.835577) and measured from 2171 m above sea level to 11079 m, with a temporal...

Last updated: March 27, 2020
- ZIP
- wolfgangpass
- wind-direction
- raclets
- radar
- wind-speed
Seilaplan Tutorial: Load WMS layers as background maps

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Education, culture and sport

In order to digitally plan a cable line using the QGIS plugin ‘Seilaplan’, maps with various background information are helpful. In this tutorial we show you how to obtain maps...

Last updated: August 30, 2022
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- cable-yarding
- swiss-geodata
- seilaplan
- geoinformation-system
- digital-elevation-model
- digital-planning
- wms-data
- qgis-plugin
- open-source
Biogeochemical data from a transplantation experiment of monolith soil turfs along an altitudinal gradient to simulate climate change scenarios

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Education, culture and sport

Silvopastoral systems are highly productive and combine long-term wood production with annual provision of forage for livestock. In the Swiss Jura Mountains these systems are a key...

Last updated: December 15, 2020
- ZIP
- soil
- climate-change
- silvopastoral-systems
- transplantation-experiment
- biogeochemisty
Preferential deposition of snow and dust over hills: governing processes and relevant scales

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Education, culture and sport

Preferential deposition of snow and dust over complex terrain is responsible for a wide range of environmental processes, and accounts for a significant source of uncertainty in...

Last updated: October 25, 2019
- ZIP
- turbulence
- atmosphere
- particles
- snow
- deposition
- dust
- hill
Dataset for OGRS 2018 publication

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Education, culture and sport

This dataset contains the road and plot data used for the geospatial analysis example showcased in "Fostering Open Science at WSL with the EnviDat Environmental Data Portal", a...

Last updated: October 28, 2019
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- ZIP
- roads
- density
- gis
- jupyter
- geospatial
- buffer
Meteorological data for investigation of rain-on-snow events in 58 catchments in Switzerland

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Education, culture and sport

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
- ZIP
- TXT
- catchment-data
- rain-on-snow
- snow-hydrology
- snowpack
- meteorological-data
Soil respiration - exclosure experiment

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Education, culture and sport

Location of data collection The Swiss National Park (SNP) is located in the southeastern part of Switzerland, and covers an area of 170 km2, 50 km2 of which is forested, 33 km2 is...

Last updated: December 3, 2019
- XLS
- grazing
- soil-respiration
- ungulates
- grassland
- subalpine
Seilaplan Tutorial: DTM download from swisstopo website

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Education, culture and sport

In order to use the QGIS plugin ‘Seilaplan’ for digital cable line planning, a digital terrain model (DTM) is required. As an alternative to using the ‘Swiss Geo Downloader’...

Last updated: August 30, 2022
- SERVICE
- swisstopo
- open-source
- swiss-geodata
- digital-elevation-model
- qgis-plugin
- digital-planning
- cable-yarding
- seilaplan
- geoinformation-software
Data from: Does one model fit all? patterns of beech mortality in natural forests of three European regions

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The datasets comprise nearly 19’000 trees of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) from unmanaged forests in Switzerland, Germany / Lower Saxony and Ukraine. Tree death was...

Last updated: December 3, 2019
- CSV
- forest-inventory
- tree-mortality
- forest-reserves
- primeval-forests
- mortality-models
- fagus-sylvatica

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