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Biomass of total dead wood

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Dry weight (mass) of all deadwood. This consists of the standing dead trees and shrubs starting at 12cm dbh and the lying deadwood starting at 7cm in diameter.

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Stem discs LWF

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Measurement of tree ring widts in tree stem disks according to 'Bräker O.U. (1993) Anleitung zur Entnahme von Stammscheiben auf Ertragskundeflächen'

Purpose:

tree growth

RIT1: Processed permafrost borehole data (2690 m asl), Ritigraben, Switzerland

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ENVIDAT NOTE: Data currently unvailable and measures are being taken to recover and restore the data files.

Processed ground temperature measurements at the Ritigraben...

Global species distributions for mammals, reptiles, and amphibians

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We modelled the global distribution of 730 amphibian, 1276 reptile, and 1961 mammal species globally as a function of current climate at a 0.5° spatial resolution using four...

Vegetation Height Model NFI

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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...

DISCHMEX - Observations and simulations of the close-ridge small-scale atmospheric flow field and snow accumulation at Sattelhorn, Dischma valley, Davos, Switzerland.

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The data presented here corresponds to the publication "A Close-Ridge Small-Scale Atmospheric Flow Field and its Influence on Snow Accumulation" (Gerber et al., 2017), which...

Large wood event database

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In the context of the WoodFlow project (https://woodflow.wsl.ch), an extensive database was developed which documents recruited and transported quantities of large wood (woody...

Biomass of live trees

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Dry weight (mass) of living trees and shrubs starting at 12 cm dbh. This consists of the tree parts: roots, stemwood, branch coarse wood, brushwood/twigs and needles/leaves. The...

Experts survey protective forest and combined extremes in Val Mesolcina

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This dataset contains the results of a case study analysing the potential impacts of a compound meteorological extreme event on the protective forest in the Val Mesolcina. These...

Volume

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Volume of stemwood with bark of living trees and shrubs (standing and lying) starting at 12 cm dbh. This corresponds internationally to the "growing stock". The correction for bias...

Processed permafrost borehole data (2394 m asl), Fluelapass A, Switzerland

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Processed ground temperature measurements at the Fluelapass permafrost borehole A (FLU_0102) in canton Graubunden, Switzerland. The borehole is located at 2394 m asl on a moderate...

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...

ATREE forest owners survey about forest clearances offsetting in the forest

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In April 2020, about 1700 forest owners of the plateau region of the Canton of Berne were invited to participate in a survey (virtually all of them received a conventional...

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....

Passive sampling of O3 LWF

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Measuring air pollutants in forests is important for evaluating the risk for vegetation in areas not covered by conventional air quality monitoring networks. Ozone measurements are...

Supplementary Data Sample Plot Inventory Sihlwald

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Supplementary Data Sample Plot Inventory Sihlwald

The Sihlwald is one of the largest contiguous beech forests in the Swiss Plateau region. In the year 2000, timber harvesting...

Biomass above ground of live trees

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Dry weight (mass) of the aboveground parts of living trees and shrubs starting at 12 cm dbh. This consists of the tree parts: stemwood, branch coarse wood, brushwood/twigs and...

Number of forest plots

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Number of forest sample plots (Plots).

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_Abegg, M.; Brändli, U.-B.; Cioldi, F.; Fischer, C.; Herold-Bonardi, A.; Huber M.; Keller, M.; Meile, R.; Rösler, E.; Speich,...

SPOT6 Avalanche outlines 16 January 2019

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Outlines of 6'041 avalanches mapped from SPOT6 satellite data over the Swiss Alps on 16 January 2019. The dataset was acquired following a period with very high avalanche danger....

Saltation of cohesive granular materials

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The wind-driven saltation of sand and snow shapes dunes and ripples, generates dust emission, and erodes the surface of the Antarctic ice sheet. Here, we use a model based on the...