maintainer: Dominique Weber

en: management sentinel-2 landsat grassland remote-sensing mowing land-use use-intensity

en: Preview number of grassland management events 2020

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en: Spatial distribution of the number of management events for Switzerland and for three zoomed-in regions (a, b, c). The three zoomed-in regions show different grassland-use intensities, which are reflected in the distribution of management frequency (Weber et al., 2023; IN REVIEW)

format: PNG

en: Grassland-use intensity map 2018

en: Raster stack with information on the number and timing of grassland-management events (i.e. mowing, grazing) at a spatial resolution of 10 m × 10 m for the whole of Switzerland for 2018. See readme file for more details.

format: GeoTIFF

en: Grassland-use intensity map 2020

en: Raster stack with information on the number and timing of grassland-management events (i.e. mowing, grazing) at a spatial resolution of 10 m × 10 m for the whole of Switzerland for 2020. See readme file for more details.

en: Preview time of 1st grassland management event 2020

en: Spatial distribution of the timing (day of year; DOY) of the first management event for Switzerland and for three zoomed-in regions (a, b, c). The three zoomed-in regions show different grassland-use intensities, which are reflected in the timing of the first event of the year (Weber et al., 2023; IN REVIEW)

en: Grassland-use intensity map 2021

en: Raster stack with information on the number and timing of grassland-management events (i.e. mowing, grazing) at a spatial resolution of 10 m × 10 m for the whole of Switzerland for 2021. See readme file for more details.

en: Readme

en: Metadata and description of the individual raster layers

en: Grassland-use intensity map 2019

en: Raster stack with information on the number and timing of grassland-management events (i.e. mowing, grazing) at a spatial resolution of 10 m × 10 m for the whole of Switzerland for 2019. See readme file for more details.

en:
A rule-based algorithm [(Schwieder et al., 2022)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112795) was used to produce annual maps for 2018–2021 of grassland-management events, i.e. mowing and/or grazing, for Switzerland using Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 satellite time series. All satellite images were processed with the [FORCE](https://force-eo.readthedocs.io) framework.

The resulting maps provide information on the number and timing of grassland-management events at a spatial resolution of 10 m × 10 m for the whole of Switzerland. For the final maps, permanent grasslands were masked using a variety of land-use layers, according to [Huber et al. (2022)](https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.298) but replacing the crop mask with the agricultural-use data from the cantons.

We assessed the detection of management events based on independent reference data, which we acquired from daily time series of publicly available webcams that are widely distributed across Switzerland. We further tested the ecological relevance of the generated intensity measures in relation to nationwide biodiversity data (see Weber et al., 2023; IN REVIEW).

grassland

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mowing

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use-intensity

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envidat

en: EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal

en: Grassland-use intensity maps for Switzerland


maintainer: Jana von Freyberg

en: ecohydrology root-zone plant-water-uptake review uncertainties endmember-mixing-models stable-water-isotopes

state: active

type: dataset

en: Data set of MEE-20-04-264 (CSV)

media_type: text/csv

format: CSV

en: Data set of MEE-20-04-264

media_type: application/pdf

en: The following two tables contain information about the data sources of the values reported in Table 1 and 2 in the paper “Plant and root-zone water isotopes are difficult to measure, explain, and predict: some practical recommendations for determining plant water sources” published in the journal ‘Methods in Ecology and Evolution’.

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en: The following two tables contain information about the data sources of the values reported in Table 1 and 2 in the paper “Plant and root-zone water isotopes are difficult to measure, explain, and predict: some practical recommendations for determining plant water sources” published in the journal 'Methods in Ecology and Evolution'.

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endmember-mixing-models

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plant-water-uptake

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root-zone

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stable-water-isotopes

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uncertainties

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educ

fr: Éducation, culture et sport

de: Bildung, Kultur und Sport

en: Education, culture and sport

it: Istruzione, cultura e sport

fr: EnviDat: le portail de données environnementales

de: EnviDat: das Umwelt-Datenportal

it: EnviDat: il portale dei dati ambientali

fr: EnviDat est le portail de données du WSL; il offre un accès uniformisé et réglementé aux données de surveillance et de recherche en matière d’environnement. Ce portail est capable d’héberger et de publier des ensembles de données précieuses et uniques, qui sont partagées aux quatre coins de la planète. Ce faisant, EnviDat favorise la recherche et contribue à l’avancement des sciences environnementales.

en: EnviDat is the WSL data portal providing unified and managed access to environmental monitoring and research data. The portal has the capability to host and publish data sets. Through the sharing of unique and high-value data sets worldwide, EnviDat fosters research and contributes to advancing environmental science.

de: EnviDat ist das Datenportal der WSL für einen einheitlichen und verwalteten Zugang zu Umweltdaten aus Monitoring- und Forschungsprojekten. Auf dem Portal können Datensätze gehostet und veröffentlicht werden. Durch die weltweite Bereitstellung einzigartiger und wertvoller Datensätze leistet EnviDat einen Beitrag zur Forschung im Bereich der Umweltwissenschaften.

it: EnviDat è il portale dati del WSL che fornisce un accesso unificato e gestito ai dati di monitoraggio ambientale e di ricerca. Il portale ha la capacità di ospitare e pubblicare serie di dati preziosi e unici che vengono condivisi in tutto il mondo. Così facendo, EnviDat promuove la ricerca e contribuisce al progresso della scienza ambientale.

political_level: other

wsl

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approval_status: approved

key: guid

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value: Envidat Harvester

en: Data set of: Plant and root-zone water isotopes are difficult to measure, explain, and predict: some practical recommendations for determining plant water sources


maintainer: Yohann Chauvier

en: functional-diversity soil phylogenetic-diversity climate grain-size taxonomic-diversity ecological-indicator-values

en: Data access

media_type: application/zip

format: ZIP

en:
This dataset comprises a large array of ecological data for the European Alps:

  (1) Current soil and climate predictors at various resolutions.
  (2) GBIF observations of the European Alps Flora (~4,000 species).
  (3) Species habitat suitability maps (1,109 species; based on species observations filtered at 40x40-km)
  at various resolutions used in the study to generate (4); except 'expert'...
  (4) Expert, Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of the study region at various resolutions
  (from 100-m to 40-km --> 100-m aggregated & mean to km + non-aggregated/predicted) for CLIM,
  SOIL and CLIM-SOIL models.
  (5) Ecological and altitudinal preferences of the European Alps Flora.
  (6) Data outputs of the related published article.
  (7) All scripts used for analyses.
  (8) Additional files used for analyses.
  (9) Improved set of species habitat suitability maps (~2,600 species; based on species observations
  filtered at 1x1-km) and related taxonomic diversity at 100-m resolution (aggregated to km +
  non-aggregated/predicted) for CLIM, SOIL and CLIM-SOIL models ---> not incorporated in the study.

climate

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ecological-indicator-values

display_name: ecological-indicator-values

functional-diversity

display_name: functional-diversity

grain-size

display_name: grain-size

phylogenetic-diversity

display_name: phylogenetic-diversity

soil

display_name: soil

taxonomic-diversity

display_name: taxonomic-diversity

en: Resolution in species distribution models shapes spatial patterns of plant multifaceted diversity


leaf-area-index-lai-lwf

title_for_slug: leaf-area-index-lai-lwf

en: leaf-area-index long-term-forest-ecosystem-research foliage icp-forests swiss-forest-lab

en: Data Request

format: SERVICE

en:
Leaf area index (LAI), defined as the total one-sided foliage area per unit ground surface area, is one of the most important characteristics of plant canopy structure. Leaves are the active interface between the atmosphere and the ecosystem. Thus, LAI affects many ecosystem processes, including light and precipitation interception, evapotranspiration, CO2 fluxes and dry deposition. LAI was measured repeatedly in the period 1996-2013 at 18 LWF plots using 1) a LAI-2000 plant canopy analyser (Licor, Inc) and 2) hemispherical photographs of the canopy. Measurements were performed above the 16 vegetation quadrats in the 43 m x 43 m intensive monitoring subplot. In 1996-2003, LAI measurements were usually carried out on the same day as the vegetation surveys. It is also planned to characterise the potential light conditions (diffuse and direct) using the hemispherical photographs of the canopy.

 Purpose:

1) To estimate an important structural parameter of the forest stand, which is needed as an input variable in most ecosystem process models simulating carbon and water cycles on a stand or regional scale; and 2) to document changes in the canopy structure, and thus in light conditions, which may be responsible for changes in ground vegetation

 Manual Citation:

 * Thimonier, A., 1997. Kapitel C6. Blattflächenindex (LAI), in: Brang, P. (Ed.), Aufnahmeanleitungen aller Forschungsprojekte auf Flächen der Langfristigen Waldökosystem-Forschung (LWF). Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL, Birmensdorf, pp. 1-5.

 * Thimonier, A., 1997. Kapitel C7. Lichtverhältnisse im Wald, in: Brang, P. (Ed.), Aufnahmeanleitungen aller Forschungsprojekte auf Flächen der Langfristigen Waldökosystem-Forschung (LWF). Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL, Birmensdorf, pp. 1-4.

 * Fleck S, Raspe S, Cater M, Schleppi P, Ukonmaanaho L, Greve M, Hertel C, Weis W, Rumpf, S., Thimonier, A., Chianucci, F., Beckschäfer, P., 2016: Part XVII: Leaf Area Measurements. In: UNECE ICP Forests Programme Co-ordinating Centre (ed.): Manual on methods and criteria for harmonized sampling, assessment, monitoring and analysis of the effects of air pollution on forests. Thünen Institute  of  Forest  Ecosystems,  Eberswalde,  Germany,  34  p.  +  Annex  [http://icp-forests.net/page/icp-forests-manual](http://icp-forests.net/page/icp-forests-manual)

 Paper Citation:

 * Thimonier A, Kull P, Keller W, Moser B, Wohlgemuth T (2011) Ground vegetation monitoring in Swiss forests: comparison of survey methods and implications for trend assessments. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 174: 47-63. [doi: 10.1007/s10661-010-1759-y](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-010-1759-y)

 * Thimonier A, Sedivy I, Schleppi P (2010) Estimating leaf area index in different types of mature forest stands in Switzerland: a comparison of methods. European Journal of Forest Research, 129 (4): 543-562. [10.1007/s10342-009-0353-8](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-009-0353-8)

foliage

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icp-forests

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leaf-area-index

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long-term-forest-ecosystem-research

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swiss-forest-lab

display_name: swiss-forest-lab

en: Leaf area index (LAI) LWF


maintainer: EnviDat Support

en: climate-change hydrologic-and-hydrodynamic-modelling switzerland lake-level-regulation perialpine-lakes

en: Lake water level scenarios CH2018

en: Lake water level scenarios for Lake Walen, Lake Zurich, Lake Brienz and Lake Thun.

format: XLS

en: Lake characteristics

en: Lake characteristics: stage-area relation for Lake Walen, Lake Zurich, Lake Brienz and Lake Thun, stage-discharge relations for the unregulated Lake Walen and semi-regulated Lake Brienz and, lake level management rules for the two regulated lakes Zurich and Thun.

en: Lake outflow scenarios CH2018

en: Lake outflow scenarios for Lake Walen, Lake Zurich, Lake Brienz and Lake Thun.

en:
The dataset "Lake_climate_change_scenarios_CH2018" provides simulation-based climate change impact scenarios for perialpine lakes in Switzerland. These transient future scenarios were produced by combining the hydrologic model PREVAH with the hydrodynamic model MIKE11 to simulate daily lake water level (Lake_water_level_scenarios_CH2018.xls) and outflow scenarios (Lake_outflow_scenarios_CH2018.xls) from 1981 to 2099, using the Swiss Climate Change Scenarios CH2018. The future scenarios contain a total of 39 model members for three Representative Concentration Pathways, RCP2.6 (concerted mitigation efforts), RCP4.5 (limited climate mitigation) and RCP8.5 (no climate mitigation measures). These scenarios result from the study titled "Lower summer lake levels in regulated perialpine lakes, caused by climate change," authored by Wechsler et al. in 2023.

The dataset emphasizes four specific Swiss lakes, each subject to different degrees of lake level management: an unregulated lake (Lake Walen), a semi-regulated lake (Lake Brienz), and two regulated lakes (Lake Zurich and Lake Thun).

In addition, the file (Lake_characteristics.xlsx) includes data used in the modeling process, encompassing the stage-area relation for the four lakes, stage-discharge relations for the unregulated and semi-regulated lakes, and lake level management rules for the two regulated lakes.

climate-change

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hydrologic-and-hydrodynamic-modelling

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lake-level-regulation

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perialpine-lakes

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switzerland

display_name: switzerland

envidat

en: EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal


en: 3d photogrammety point-cloud image-matching digital-surface-model

en: Thumbnail (JPG)

en: 2016 Hillshade DSM for Vegetation Heigth Model (current)

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en: Hillshade of the digital surface model (DSM), calculated from digital aerial stereo images. The image data was acquired by the Federal Office of Topography swisstopo. The resolution of the DSM is 1 m x 1 m.

digital-surface-model

display_name: digital-surface-model

image-matching

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photogrammety

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point-cloud

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educ

en: Education, culture and sport

en: EnviDat is the WSL data portal providing unified and managed access to environmental monitoring and research data. The portal has the capability to host and publish data sets. Through the sharing of unique and high-value data sets worldwide, EnviDat fosters research and contributes to advancing environmental science.

en: Hillshade for Vegetation Height Model NFI


en: ambient-air-quality ammonia icp-forests passive-sampling nitrogen long-term-forest-ecosystem-research swiss-forest-lab

en: Data Request

en:
NH₃ concentrations were measured at 11 LWF plots (1999/2000) with Zürcher passive samplers (Palmes-type diffusion tubes with an acidic solution as absorbent) during one year. Three samplers per site and period (usually 14 days) were installed in the open area of the LWF plots and, at Beatenberg, Novaggio and Vordemwald, under the forest as well (weather station). In 2014, NH₃ concentrations were measured again at 14 plots, using two Radiello samplers per site and period (usually 28 days). At Lausanne and Vordemwald, concentrations were also measured below the canopy.

 Purpose:

To assess air concentrations of ammonia (NH₃) and, using deposition velocities available from the literature, to quantify the dry deposition of NH₃ (alternative method to the throughfall method). The LWF plots were part of a larger network covering the main regions of Switzerland. One objective of this larger network was to compare measured and modelled concentrations.

ambient-air-quality

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ammonia

display_name: ammonia

nitrogen

display_name: nitrogen

passive-sampling

display_name: passive-sampling

en: Passive sampling of NH3 LWF


swiss-municipal-spatial-planning-survey

title_for_slug: swiss-municipal-spatial-planning-survey

en: urban-sprawl densification policy-analysis settlement-development spatial-planning

en: Municipal Planning Survey

en: francais

en: Glossary

en: Municipal Planning Survey Data for SPSS

en: SPSS

en: german

en: Municipal Planning Survey Data for Stata

en: STATA 13

en: Survey of spatial planning instruments and the organization of land use planning in Swiss municipalities. In 2014, the survey was sent to all Swiss municipalities in letter and online form. The response rate of 69% (i.e. 1619 of 2352 municipalities at this time) results in a representative sample of Swiss municipalities. The survey contains questions on the implementation of 20 specific planning instruments and the decade they had been implemented at first, as well as details on the local planning regimes.

densification

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policy-analysis

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settlement-development

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spatial-planning

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urban-sprawl

display_name: urban-sprawl

en: Swiss Municipal Spatial Planning Survey


en: energy renewable-energy mixed-renewable-energy-landscapes landscape perceived-landscape-quality survey renewable-energy-meanings hybrid-choice-model landscape-technology-fit landscape-meanings stated-choice-model

en: ENERGYSCAPE base data variable description

en: This file contains descriptions (variable name, variable description, scale) of all variables of the base data.

en: Energyscape RAW data

en: This dataset contains the raw data of the questionnaire including headers (column names). One line represents one respondent. Details to each variable (including scales) can be found in an attached PDF file.

en: ENERGYSCAPE Landscape-technology fit example

en: This file contains an exemplary illustration on how the landscape-technology fit concept was measures within the survey.

en: ENERGYSCAPE Landscape attribute of choice model

en: This file illustrated the 7 landscapes applied in the choice model. The numbers appear are identical to the numbers in the base data.

en: ENERGYSCAPE choice model attributes and tasks

en: This data provides overview about the choice model design, the choice tasks and the choice attributes.

en: ENERGYSCAPE exemplary choice task

en: This file contains an exemplary choice task.

en: We present stated preference data based on a national representative Swiss online panel survey for the preference of renewable energy infrastructure in landscapes. The data was collected between November 2018 to March 2019 using an online questionnaire and resulted on 1026 responses. The online questionnaire consisted of two main parts – (1) questions covering meanings related to landscapes, nature and renewable energy infrastructure, including the “fit” of landscape/REI combinations and (2) online choice experiment. While in the first part of the questionnaire we asked respondents about their personal connection to certain landscapes, to nature and to specific renewable energy infrastructures, we also asked them to evaluate the fitting of seven different Swiss landscapes (near natural alpine areas, northern alps, touristic alpine areas, agricultural plateau, urban plateau, jura ridges, urban alpine valley) with five different REI (wind, PV ground, PV roof, power lines) combinations. In the second part of the questionnaire, the stated choice experiment confronted respondents with 15 consecutive choice tasks, with each task involving a choice between two “energy system transformation” options and an opt-out option (none). Each choice option (beside the opt-out option) included four unlabeled attributes (landscape, wind energy infrastructure, photovoltaic energy infrastructure, high voltage overhead power line infrastructure) with varying levels. Due to data cleaning procedures (item nonresponse) the number of responses used within hybrid choice modelling and analysis was n=844 (12660 choice observations). An analysis of the hybrid choice model and further insights are presented in the article “How landscape-technology fit affects public evaluations of renewable energy infrastructure scenarios. A hybrid choice model.”

energy

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hybrid-choice-model

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landscape

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landscape-meanings

display_name: landscape-meanings

landscape-technology-fit

display_name: landscape-technology-fit

mixed-renewable-energy-landscapes

display_name: mixed-renewable-energy-landscapes

perceived-landscape-quality

display_name: perceived-landscape-quality

renewable-energy

display_name: renewable-energy

renewable-energy-meanings

display_name: renewable-energy-meanings

stated-choice-model

display_name: stated-choice-model

survey

display_name: survey

educ

en: Education, culture and sport

envidat

en: EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal

en: EnviDat is the WSL data portal providing unified and managed access to environmental monitoring and research data. The portal has the capability to host and publish data sets. Through the sharing of unique and high-value data sets worldwide, EnviDat fosters research and contributes to advancing environmental science.

en: Hybrid choice modelling dataset for the effects of landscape-technology fit on public evaluations


litterfall-lwf

title_for_slug: litterfall-lwf

en: fruit-production swiss-forest-lab branches nutrient-content litterfall long-term-forest-ecosystem-research icp-forests foliage-production

en: Data Request

en:
Litterfall is a key parameter in the biogeochemical cycle of forest ecosystems, linking the tree part to the soil compartment. Litterfall has been collected on 15 LWF plots using 10 traps that are emptied every 4 to 8 weeks since 1996 or later. Both the biomass of the litter and its chemical content (including heavy metals) are measured, in order to quantify the annual return of nutrients and organic matter to the soil. Furthermore, the analysis of the temporal pattern of litterfall production gives insight into possible effects of anthropogenic and natural factors (e.g. severe drought) on the ecosystem and the vitality of the forest stand, provides information on the phenological development of the stand, and, in particular, allows mast years to be identified. At 7 broadleaved sites, litterfall was also used to estimate the leaf area index (LAI) of the forest stand.

 Purpose:

To quantify the annual return of nutrients and organic matter to the soil.

 Manual Citation:

 * Thimonier, A., Brang, P., Ottiger, A., 1997. Kapitel C5. Streufall, in: Brang, P. (Ed.), Aufnahmeanleitungen aller Forschungsprojekte auf Flächen der Langfristigen Waldökosystem-Forschung (LWF). Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL, Birmensdorf, pp. 1-18.

 * Ukonmaanaho L., Pitman R, Bastrup-Birk A, Breda N, Rautio P, 2016: Part XIII: Sampling and Analysis of Litterfall. In: UNECE ICP Forests Programme Co-ordinating Centre (ed.): Manual on methods and criteria for harmonized sampling, assessment, monitoring and analysis of the effects of air pollution on forests. Thünen Institute for Forests Ecosystems, Eberswalde, Germany, 14 p. + Annex [http://icp-forests.net/page/icp-forests-manual](http://icp-forests.net/page/icp-forests-manual)

 Paper Citation:

 * Thimonier A, Sedivy I, Schleppi P (2010) Estimating leaf area index in different types of mature forest stands in Switzerland: a comparison of methods. European Journal of Forest Research, 129 (4): 543-562. [doi: 10.1007/s10342-009-0353-8](http://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-009-0353-8 )

branches

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foliage-production

display_name: foliage-production

fruit-production

display_name: fruit-production

icp-forests

display_name: icp-forests

litterfall

display_name: litterfall

long-term-forest-ecosystem-research

display_name: long-term-forest-ecosystem-research

nutrient-content

display_name: nutrient-content

swiss-forest-lab

display_name: swiss-forest-lab

en: Litterfall LWF


en:
Wood volume of the trunk without bark or branches at least 7 cm in diameter (limit for coarse wool) of all trees and shrubs starting at 12 cm dbh, based on the stem-form function according to Kaufmann (2001). The definition of the assortment is based on the 2010 edition of the Trading Practices (Handelsgebräuchen Ausgabe 2010).

Citation:
 > _Abegg, M.; Brändli, U.-B.; Cioldi, F.; Fischer, C.; Herold-Bonardi, A.; Huber M.; Keller, M.; Meile, R.; Rösler, E.; Speich, S.; Traub, B.; Vidondo, B. (2014). Fourth national forest inventory - result tables and maps on the Internet for the NFI 2009-2013 (NFI4b). [Published online 06.11.2014] Available from World Wide Web http://www.lfi.ch/resultate/ Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. [doi:10.21258/1057112](https://doi.org/10.21258/1057112)_

accessible-forest-without-shrub-forest

display_name: accessible-forest-without-shrub-forest

biogeographical-region

display_name: biogeographical-region

canton

display_name: canton

conifers-broadleaves

display_name: conifers-broadleaves

economic-region

display_name: economic-region

main-tree-species

display_name: main-tree-species

production-region

display_name: production-region

protection-forest-region

display_name: protection-forest-region

type-of-assortment

display_name: type-of-assortment

en: Volume of bole wood (HG 2010)


maintainer: Axel Volkwein

en: rockfall-experiments experiments field-test field-data natural-hazard rockfall field-tests mass-movements impact-testing experiment

en: Acceleration measurements

en: The zip file contains five excel files, one for each test conducted. The first sheet contains the raw data and a data set that went through a low-pass filter. The sheet "Allgemein" contains calibration factors for the sensors and time details of a test. The sheets "DiaDaten" and "DiaDatenGefiltert" show the measurements over time. The block and slab kinetics are determined in the sheets "ZeitintegrationBlock" and "ZeitintegrationPlatte". The sheet "VergleichBeschleunigungen" shows the influence of the low-pass-filter and a running average filter on the block accelerations.

mimetype: application/zip

en: Raw data (high speed videos, acceleration measurements, laboratory tests)

en:
This file contains

* the high speed videos showing the concrete blocks impacting the gallery roof.
* the raw data of the acceleration measurements
* the data of Tiefbauamt Graubünden containg the tension tests of gallery reinforcment, ME-testing the cushion layer and the tests on concrete samples.

en: Video analysis

en: The zip contains five Excel-files that in turn contain the results of the performed video analyses. The sheet "Daten" contains the pixels of different positions on the blocks that were tracked by the software "Kinovea". The sheet "Auswertung" determines the block kinetics based on the pixel data over time.

en: Five full-scale field tests were conducted with concrete blocks weighting between 800 and 3200 kg being dropped onto the roof of a gallery structure made from reinforced concrete. The impacts were recorded using high-speed video and acceleration measurements at the falling blocks. The dataset contains the raw data as well as the analyses of the block trajectories, i.e. kinetics and dynamics. Setup of the measurements and the analyses conducted are published in Volkwein, A. "Durchführung und Auswertung von Steinschlagversuchen auf eine Stahlbetongalerie", WSL-Berichte, Heft 68, 2018.

experiment

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experiments

display_name: experiments

field-data

display_name: field-data

field-test

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field-tests

display_name: field-tests

impact-testing

display_name: impact-testing

mass-movements

display_name: mass-movements

natural-hazard

display_name: natural-hazard

rockfall

display_name: rockfall

rockfall-experiments

display_name: rockfall-experiments

en: Rockfall gallery testing Parde 2016


en: photogrammetry dischma davos snow-depth-distribution snow-hydrology avalanches

en: Snowdepth maps

en:
The available datasets are snow depth maps with a spatial resolution of 0.5 m derived from images of the survey camera Vexcel Ultracam mounted on a piloted airplane. Image acquisition was carried out during the approximately peak of winter (time when the thickest snowpack is expected) in spring. The snow depth maps are calculated by the subtraction of a summer-DTM from the processed winter- DSM of the corresponding date. The summer-DTM used was derived from a point cloud of an airborne laser scanner from 2020.

Due to the occurrence of inaccuracies of the calculated snow depth values caused by the photogrammetric method, we applied different masks to significantly increase the reliability of the snow depth maps. We masked out settled areas, high-frequented streets and technical constructions, pixels with high vegetation (height > 0.5 m) , outliers and unrealistic snow depth values. In addition, we modified the snow depth values of snow-free pixels to 0.
The information on buildings and infrastructure comes from the exactly classified ALS point cloud and the TLM dataset from Swisstopo (https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/de/geodata/landscape/tlm3d.html#links). High vegetation is also derived from the classification and the calculated object height from the point cloud.
Outliers and unrealistic snow depth values are defined as negative snow depth values and snow depths exceeding 10 m. The classification of each pixel of the corresponding orthophoto into snow-covered or snow-free is based on the application of a threshold of the NDSI or manually determined ratios of the RGB values.

An extensive accuracy assessment proves the high accuracy of the snow depth maps with a root mean square error of 0.25 m for the year 2017 and 0.15 m for the following snow depth maps.

The work is published in:

avalanches

display_name: avalanches

davos

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en: Snow depth mapping by airplane photogrammetry (2017 -  ongoing)


en: sublimation snow post-depositional-processes stable-water-isotopes natural-tracer weissfluhjoch latent-heat paleoclimate

en:
Details on the data collected during the different field campaigns and available in this dataset.
Information on the sampling procedure of the snow isotopes samples.

en: Stable water isotopes in snow

en: Stable water isotopes in snow measurements

en: Stable water isotopes in vapor

en:
Stable water isotopes in vapor measurements. Processed (calibrated) and raw data for February - June 2017. Raw data for January and February 2020.
For the time in between July 2017 and April 2020, raw vapor isotopic measurements are available, but no calibrations were performed during that time. For data delivery, please contact one of the authors.
This folder also contains the post-processing scripts for stable water isotopes in vapor measurements.

en: Details about the different folders

en: Folder containing the scripts and data used in "Surface snow isotopic composition: post-depositional processes in an alpine snowpack" (Sadowski et al., 2022)

en: Weather

en: Meteorological data, snow height measurement, and SNOWPACK simulations covering the different field campaigns.

en:
Notice: Changes to the dataset are still possible. Please do not use this dataset until the final publication with a DOI. Contact the authors if you have questions about this.

This dataset contains measurements of stable water isotopes in snow and vapor on the Weissfluhjoch from different field campaigns (Winter 2017 (Trachsel, 2019), January 2020, December 2020, and March 2021 (Sadowski et al., 2022).
Snow profiles and surface samples are available at different frequencies for each campaign. Please see "Data_description.pdf" for details.

Scripts and SNOWPACK simulations used in (Trachsel, 2019) and (Sadowski et al., 2022) are also provided.

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en: Stable Water Isotopes in snow and vapor on the Weissfluhjoch


mountain-permafrost-hydrology

maintainer: Jeannette Noetzli

title_for_slug: mountain-permafrost-hydrology

en: monitoring-techniques mass-movements ice-rich-permafrost permafrost-degradation mountain-permafrost-hydrology climate-change-impacts

en: DORA Persistent URL

en: Synthesis report chapter of the Hydro-CH2018 project of the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)

en: 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 CH2014-IMPACTS report (CH-Impacts 2014), the topic of mountain permafrost hydrology was not addressed. Here, we provide a baseline of the available knowledge of mountain permafrost in the Swiss Alps for future reference. We compile an overview of the current understanding of mountain permafrost in the Swiss Alps, its distribution and characteristics, observed and projected changes, and expected impacts on slope stability, infrastructure and hydrological aspects. We also briefly describe the measurement techniques and modelling approaches applied. The chapter closes with a summary of the most important open research questions. The literature cited mainly includes studies on mountain permafrost published in scientific journals and assessments of long-term observation data. We focus on permafrost hydrology interactions wherever information is available. However, systematic studies on permafrost hydrology in mountain areas are still limited.

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mountain-permafrost-hydrology

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en: Mountain Permafrost Hydrology


en: ash-dieback intraspecific-variation emerald-ash-borer cross-resistance defense-chemistry fraxinus invasive-species

en: Raw data-Publication cross-resistance in ash-New Phytologist

en:
What are the research data files about: Raw data on perfomance (dry weight, development and mortality) of emerald ash borer larvae used in published bioassays. Raw data on ash dieback leasion lenghts. Raw data on untargeted and targeted specialized ash metabolites.
Which methods were used: Bioassays in greenhouses and climate chambers to collect data on emerald ash borer and ash dieback perfomance. Phytochemical analyses on ash phloem for quantifiying specialized metabolites
When and where was the data created / extracted: Summer 2020-2021

en:
 What are the research data files about: Raw data on perfomance (dry weight, development and mortality) of emerald ash borer larvae used in published bioassays. Raw data on ash dieback leasion lenghts. Raw data on untargeted and targeted specialized ash metabolites.

Which methods were used: Bioassays in greenhouses and climate chambers to collect data on emerald ash borer and ash dieback perfomance. Phytochemical analyses on ash phloem for quantifiying specialized metabolites.

When and where was the data created / extracted: Summer 2020-2021

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en: EnviDat is the WSL data portal providing unified and managed access to environmental monitoring and research data. The portal has the capability to host and publish data sets. Through the sharing of unique and high-value data sets worldwide, EnviDat fosters research and contributes to advancing environmental science.

en: Raw data-Publication cross-resistance in ash - New Phytologist


en: climatic-water-balance dendrochronology swiss-forest-lab tree-phenology frost-risk climate-warming extreme-climatic-events

en: Tree ring width Fagus sylvatica Switzerland

en: Tree ring width Quercus petraea/robur Switzerland

en: Tree ring width Larix decidua Switzerland

en: Tree ring width Picea abies Switzerland

en: Climate data of the corresponding sites

en: Climate data at daily resolution using DAYMET 100m resolution of the corresponding sites

en: Tree rings width Abies alba Switzerland

en:
Raw tree ring data and climate used in the following paper:
Vitasse Y, Bottero A, Cailleret M et al. (2019) Contrasting resistance and resilience to extreme drought and late spring frost in five major European tree species. Glob Chang Biol, 25, 3781-3792.

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climatic-water-balance

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extreme-climatic-events

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frost-risk

display_name: frost-risk

swiss-forest-lab

display_name: swiss-forest-lab

tree-phenology

display_name: tree-phenology

en: Tree rings and climate data of four tree species in Switzerland


stem-discs-lwf

title_for_slug: stem-discs-lwf

en: long-term-forest-ecosystem-research icp-forests tree-ring-width stem-disc swiss-forest-lab dendrochronology

en: Data Request

en:
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

icp-forests

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long-term-forest-ecosystem-research

display_name: long-term-forest-ecosystem-research

stem-disc

display_name: stem-disc

tree-ring-width

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en: Stem discs LWF


en: moss lichen-growthform madeira-island bryophyte photobiont endemic-species lichen-growth-form functional-taxonomic-groups functional-taxonomic-group climate-change bryophyte-life-strategy lichen disturbance elevational-gradient biodiversity climate-change-impact endemic liverwort

en: MadCrypto – Bryophyte and macrolichen diversity in laurel forests of Madeira

en:
This dataset includes species lists of bryophytes and macrolichens (presence/absence) sampled on the forest floor and on trees in disturbed and undisturbed plots along elevation gradients in the laurel forests of Madeira island. It also contains species specific information (bryophytes: red list status, endemic status, taxonomic group, life strategy; macrolichens: photobiont type, growth form) as well as plot information (Plot_ID, sampling date, coordinates, elevation a.s.l. (m), disturbance type, sampled host tree species).

The dataset was used for the paper
Boch S, Martins A, Ruas S, Fontinha S, Carvalho P, Reis F, Bergamini A, Sim-Sim M (2019) Bryophyte and macrolichen diversity show contrasting elevation relationships and are negatively affected by disturbances in laurel forests of Madeira island. Journal of Vegetation Science.

en:
This dataset includes species lists of bryophytes and macrolichens (presence/absence) sampled on the forest floor and on trees in disturbed and undisturbed plots along elevation gradients in the laurel forests of Madeira island. It also contains species specific information (bryophytes: red list status, endemic status, taxonomic group, life strategy; macrolichens: photobiont type, growth form) as well as plot information (Plot_ID, sampling date, coordinates, elevation a.s.l. (m), disturbance type, sampled host tree species).

The dataset was used for the paper
Boch S, Martins A, Ruas S, Fontinha S, Carvalho P, Reis F, Bergamini A, Sim-Sim M (2019) Bryophyte and macrolichen diversity show contrasting elevation relationships and are negatively affected by disturbances in laurel forests of Madeira island. Journal of Vegetation Science 30: 1122–1133.

The excel file contains 5 sheets:
1) Plot information
2) Bryophyte data with species specific information, separated per substrate
3) Macrolichen data with species specific information, separated per substrate
4) Bryophyte data with species specific information (plot level data). Species lists of the two substrates were merged; if one substrate in a plot hosted a species identified only to genus level (genus spec.) but the second investigated substrate hosted an identified species of the same genus, we removed the genus spec. entry in the particular plot. The species list of sheet 2 and 4 might therefore differ slightly.
5) Macrolichen data with species specific information (plot level data). Species lists of the two substrates were merged; if one substrate in a plot hosted a species identified only to genus level (genus spec.) but the second investigated substrate hosted an identified species of the same genus, we removed the genus spec. entry in the particular plot. The species list of sheet 3 and 5 might therefore differ slightly.

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bryophyte

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bryophyte-life-strategy

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climate-change

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climate-change-impact

display_name: climate-change-impact

disturbance

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elevational-gradient

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endemic

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endemic-species

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functional-taxonomic-group

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functional-taxonomic-groups

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lichen

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lichen-growth-form

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lichen-growthform

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liverwort

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moss

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photobiont

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educ

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en: solar-radiation growing-season-length precipitation temperature growing-degree-days soil-water-balance relative-humidity

en: CHELSA-BIOCLIM+

en: Global extented set of bioclimatic variables at different temporal (e.g. monthly, annual, long term normals) resolution in Geotiff format.

en: CHELSA-BIOCLIM+ Technical Documentation

en: Technical documentation document including the variable names, units, scaling, offset, and background.

en: A multitude of physical and biological processes on which ecosystems and human societies depend are governed by climatic conditions. Understanding how these processes are altered by climate change is central to mitigation efforts. Based on mechanistically downscaled climate data, we developed a set of climate-related variables at yet unprecedented spatiotemporal detail as a basis for environmental and ecological analyses. We created gridded data for near-surface relative humidity (hurs), cloud area fraction (clt), near-surface wind speed (sfcWind), vapour pressure deficit (vpd), surface downwelling shortwave radiation (rsds), potential evapotranspiration (pet), climate moisture index (cmi), and site water balance (swb), at a monthly temporal and 30 arcsec spatial resolution globally starting 1980 until 2018. At the same spatial resolution, we further estimated climatological normals of frost change frequency (fcf), snow cover days (scd), potential net primary productivity (npp), growing degree days (gdd), and growing season characteristics for the periods 1981-2010, 2011-2040, 2041-2070, and 2071-2100, considering three shared socioeconomic pathways (SSP126, SSP370, SSP585) and five Earth system models. Time-series variables showed high accuracy when validated against observations from meteorological stations. Climatological normals were also highly correlated to observations although some variables showed notable biases, e.g., snow cover days (scd). Together, the data sets presented here allow improving our understanding of patterns and processes that are governed by climate, including the impact of recent and future climate changes on the world’s ecosystems and associated services to societies.

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growing-season-length

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relative-humidity

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display_name: soil-water-balance

solar-radiation

display_name: solar-radiation

temperature

display_name: temperature

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en: CHELSA-BIOCLIM+ A novel set of global climate-related predictors at kilometre-resolution


en: southern-switzerland scaphoideus-titanus insect-vectors orientus-ishidae vitis grapevine-yellows egg-development

en: Nymph hatching raw data.

en: Nymph hatching raw data used for the inversed Kaplan-Meier.

en: Primer sequences used for internal control of amplification of the insects (Cytochrome Oxydase I).

en: Table 2. Embryonic development time.

en: Embryonic development time expressed as degree-days and days for gone-wild grapevines (GWGV) and the control. N = number of hatched nymphs; EDdd_min and EDdd_max = degree-days accumulated at the first and last hatching, respectively; EDdd_mean = mean accumulated degree-days; DDA = degree-days accumulated between first and last hatching; EDt_min and EDt_max = minimal and maximal time (days) of embryonic development, respectively; EDt_mean = mean time (days) of embryonic development; SE = standard error; HD = hatching period duration in days.

en: Results of molecular analysis on sampled leaf material.

en: Table 1. Plot characteristics and results of molecular analysis, trap captures, and total hatchings.

en: Plot characteristics in terms of type of experiment (M = molecular analysis; T = traps for adult insects; H = hatching experiment), coordinates, region, mean slope, distance from nearest vineyard (DV), last year in which plot was registered as vineyard (Last_T); symptomatic expression of Grapevine Yellows (GY); result of molecular analysis for FDp detection on gone-wild grapevines (pos = positive detection with Cq < 35; neg = negative detection); number (nr.) of yellow sticky traps (if applicable) and Scaphoideus titanus and Orientus ishidae captures per single trap; absolute (N) and specific (N / kg wood) hatching events of S. titanus and O. ishidae per plot.

en:
Dataset used to test the potential role of gone-wild grapevines (GWGV) in forests of Southern Switzerland as a source of Flavescence dorée phytoplasma (FDp) inoculum and as a habitat for its main and alternative vectors, Scaphoideus titanus and Orientus ishidae. In the first phase, GWGV were located and sampled to test their FDp status. In addition, a set of chromotropic traps were placed to monitor the presence and abundance of FDp vectors. In the second phase, wood from GWGV in forests was collected and placed in cages to test the potential oviposition activity by FDp vectors.
The results showed that GWGV in forests are a reservoir of FDp and that they can sustain the whole life cycle of both S.titanus and O.ishidae. Eventually, the need to adapt the current FD management strategies are highlighted.

egg-development

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grapevine-yellows

display_name: grapevine-yellows

insect-vectors

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orientus-ishidae

display_name: orientus-ishidae

scaphoideus-titanus

display_name: scaphoideus-titanus

southern-switzerland

display_name: southern-switzerland

vitis

display_name: vitis

en: Gone-wild grapevines in forests may act as a potential habitat for “Flavescence dorée” phytoplasma vectors and inoculum


en:
Volume of stemwood with bark of all trees and shrubs starting at 12 cm dbh removed from the forest due to damage occurring (e.g. windthrow, avalanches, insects or rockfall), and not as the result of management planning. This feature is derived on the level of a sample plot from the cuttings of the sample trees and the salvage cut proportion (according to information from the forester).  The correction for bias with the sample Tarif trees may be so drastic that it results in negative values with small numbers of trees.

Citation:
 > _Abegg, M.; Brändli, U.-B.; Cioldi, F.; Fischer, C.; Herold-Bonardi, A.; Huber M.; Keller, M.; Meile, R.; Rösler, E.; Speich, S.; Traub, B.; Vidondo, B. (2014). Fourth national forest inventory - result tables and maps on the Internet for the NFI 2009-2013 (NFI4b). [Published online 06.11.2014] Available from World Wide Web http://www.lfi.ch/resultate/ Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. [doi:10.21258/1057112](https://doi.org/10.21258/1057112)_

avalanches-silvaprotect

display_name: avalanches-silvaprotect

biogeographical-region

display_name: biogeographical-region

cause-of-salvage-logging

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economic-region

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landslide-mudflow-silvaprotect

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main-type-of-harvest

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potential-cost-for-timber-harvesting

display_name: potential-cost-for-timber-harvesting

processes-in-channels-silvaprotect

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production-region

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protection-forest-region

display_name: protection-forest-region

rockfall-silvaprotect

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salvage-logging

display_name: salvage-logging

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en: Salvage logging


en: long-term-experiment treeline stillberg afforestation mountain-forest

en: Documentation

en: This data documentation is outdated and has been replaced with an updated version (see description).

mimetype: application/msword

en: Dataset V1

en: This dataset is outdated and has been replaced with an updated version (see description).

format: GDB

en: Site photo

en: This site photo is outdated and has been replaced with an updated version (see description).

en:
 Important
This EnviDat entry is outdated. The most recent, usable version of the data can be found under the new EnviDat entry "Long-term afforestation experiment at the Alpine treeline site Stillberg, Switzerland." The entry can be found under this link <https://www.envidat.ch/dataset/afforestation-stillberg> and with this DOI 10.16904/envidat.397.

afforestation

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long-term-experiment

display_name: long-term-experiment

mountain-forest

display_name: mountain-forest

stillberg

display_name: stillberg

treeline

display_name: treeline

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en: Long-term treeline research dataset at Stillberg, Davos


en: plant-available-water-storage-capacity root-water-uptake water-balance european-summer-drought physiological-drought

en: Gravitational water capacity (mm)

en: Calculated for 1m soil depth and the potential rooting depth at 500m spatial resolution.

en: Soil water pools with soil depth

en: Average plant available - (AWC), gravitational (GWC) and residual (RES) water capacity per soil depth layer of the Swiss forest.

en: monthly covariance measurements

en: Data from Davos and Lägeren from 2013-2019

en: water balance fluxes

en: Average yearly simulated water fluxes (mm) for the Swiss forest at 500m spatial resolution.

en: available water storage capacity (AWC)

en: Soil matric potential (kPa)

en: Mean simulated values for August 2018 with 500m spatial resolution.

en: Posterior LWF-Brook90 model parameters

en: Sensitive above and belowground parameters of LWF-Brook90 model are provided for best runs of the calibration against soil matric potential data.

en: Uncertainties of the available water storage capacity (mm)

en: Calculated for 1m soil depth and the potential rooting depth (mrd).

en: measured soil matric potential

en: In daily resolution for a site near Neunkirch and Hohtenn from 2014 to 2018.

en: Root distribution and root water uptake

en: Root density distribution derived from 44 soil profiles and simulated daily root water uptake (mm) aggregated for deciduous and coniferous trees across Switzerland.

en: Ratio of actual to potential transpiration

en: Simulated monthly values at 500m spatial resolution.

en:
The Swiss forests' water availability during the 2015 and 2018 droughts was modelled by implementing the mechanistic Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Transport (SVAT) model LWF-Brook90 taking advantage of regionalized depth-resolved soil information and measured soil matric potential and eddy covariance data. Data include
1) csv of soil matrix potential and eddy covariance data, 2) csv of posterior model parameters, 3) geotiffs of plant-available water storage capacity until 1m soil depth and the potential rooting depth, 4) geotiffs of yearly average (2014-2019) of precipitation (P), actual evapotranspiration (ETa), evaporation as the sum of soil, snow and interception evaporation (E), actual transpiration (Ta), runoff (F) and total soil water storage (SWAT), 5) csv of simulated root water uptake aggregated for different soil depths per deciduous and coniferous trees across Switzerland at daily resolution and cumulative root fraction per soil depth for coniferous and deciduous sites, 6) geotiffs of the ratio of actual to potential transpiration (-) as mean of non-drought years 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2015 and 2018 for the month June, July, August, September and October, 7) geotiff of mean soil matric potential in the rooting zone in August 2018, 8) geotiffs of gravitational water capacity (mm) until 1 m soil depth and the maximum rooting depth (mrd), 9) geotiffs of uncertainties of the available water storage capacity (AWC) until 1m soil depth and the mean maximum rooting depth (mrd), 10) csv of average plant available - (AWC), gravitational (GWC) and residual (RES) water capacity per soil depth layer of the Swiss forest.

european-summer-drought

display_name: european-summer-drought

physiological-drought

display_name: physiological-drought

plant-available-water-storage-capacity

display_name: plant-available-water-storage-capacity

root-water-uptake

display_name: root-water-uptake

water-balance

display_name: water-balance

en: Water availability of Swiss forests during the 2015 and 2018 droughts


en: snow microwave l-band davos-laret radiometer

en: Davos-Laret Data 2018-2019 Winter

en: Davos-Laret Data 2019-2020 Winter

en: Davos-Laret Data 2017-2018 Winter

en: Snowpit data from SLF

en: In-situ characterization data from Davos-Laret snowpits.

en: Davos-Laret Data 2016-2017 Winter

en: Publications

en:
Dataset from the publication "L-Band Radiometry of Alpine Seasonal Snow Cover: 4 Years at the Davos-Laret Remote Sensing Field Laboratory", under review in IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATIONS AND REMOTE SENSING. volume and issue TBD.

Dataset specifics are described in the publication.

davos-laret

display_name: davos-laret

l-band

display_name: l-band

microwave

display_name: microwave

radiometer

display_name: radiometer

snow

display_name: snow

educ

en: Education, culture and sport

envidat

en: EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal

en: EnviDat is the WSL data portal providing unified and managed access to environmental monitoring and research data. The portal has the capability to host and publish data sets. Through the sharing of unique and high-value data sets worldwide, EnviDat fosters research and contributes to advancing environmental science.


en: avalanche avalanche-forecasting snow avalanche-danger danger-level snow-instability

en: Read-me file

en: This read-me file contains the descriptions of the variables.

en: Field observations of snow instabilities

en:
This data set includes 589 snow profile observations including a rutschblock test, observations of signs of instability and an assessment of the local avalanche danger level, mainly recorded in the region of Davos (eastern Swiss Alps) during the winter seasons 2001-2002 to 2018-2019.

These data were analyzed and results published by Schweizer et al. (2021). They characterized the avalanche danger levels based on signs of instability (whumpfs, shooting cracks, recent avalanches), snow stability class and new snow height.

The data are provided in a csv file (589 records); the variables are described in the corresponding read-me file.

These data are the basis of the following publication: Schweizer, J., Mitterer, C., Reuter, B., and Techel, F.: Avalanche danger level characteristics from field observations of snow instability, Cryosphere, 15, 3293-3315, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3293-2021, 2021.

 Acknowlegements
Many of the data were recorded by SLF observers and staff members, among those Roland Meister, Stephan Harvey, Lukas Dürr, Marcia Phillips, Christine Pielmeier and Thomas Stucki. Their contribution is gratefully acknowledged.

avalanche

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avalanche-danger

display_name: avalanche-danger

avalanche-forecasting

display_name: avalanche-forecasting

danger-level

display_name: danger-level

snow-instability

display_name: snow-instability


en: long-term-forest-ecosystem-research soil-water-matrix-potential water-cycle swiss-forest-lab icp-forests

en: Data Request

en:
Continuous measurement of soil matrix potential at 15, 50 and 80 cm depth with Decagon MPS-2 sensors

 Purpose:

Improve the available data for the calibration or validation of the water cycle modells, i.e. the determination of the water flux needed for calculating the leaching fluxes.

icp-forests

display_name: icp-forests

long-term-forest-ecosystem-research

display_name: long-term-forest-ecosystem-research

soil-water-matrix-potential

display_name: soil-water-matrix-potential

swiss-forest-lab

display_name: swiss-forest-lab

water-cycle

display_name: water-cycle

en: MPS-2 soil water matric potential LWF


en: long-term-forest-ecosystem-research icp-forests tree-ring-width swiss-forest-lab dendrochronology dominant-trees stable-isotopes

en:
Two stem core samples of 10 trees outside the plot of each main species in the plot were taken at breast height (1.3 m above ground) with a SUUNTO corer. Tree ring width and density were determined with the instruments CATRAS and TSAP, the Densitometer DENDRO 2003 and a stereo-microscope. The selected trees included at least 10 pre-dominant or dominant trees.

 Purpose:

N and C stable isotope signals

 Paper Citation:

 * Tomlinson, G., Siegwolf, R.T.W., Buchmann, N., Schleppi, P., Waldner, P., Weber, P., 2014. The mobility of nitrogen across tree-rings of Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) and the effect of extraction method on tree-ring d15N and d13C values. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 28, 1258-1264.

dendrochronology

display_name: dendrochronology

dominant-trees

display_name: dominant-trees

stable-isotopes

display_name: stable-isotopes

tree-ring-width

display_name: tree-ring-width

en: Dendrochronological analyses of tree core samples (IsoN) adjacent to LWF sites


en: governance analytical-hierarchy-process strategic-planning planning-efficacy land-use-planning

en: The present content is part of the published paper Palka, G., Oliveira, E., Pagliarin, S., & Hersperger, A. M. (2021). Strategic spatial planning and efficacy: an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach in Lyon and Copenhagen. European planning studies, 29(6), 1174-1192. It contains the interviews, the survey, the report explaining survey and a xlxs table to save results.

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governance

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land-use-planning

display_name: land-use-planning

planning-efficacy

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strategic-planning

display_name: strategic-planning

en: Planning efficacy - questionnaire and interviews


en: precipitation swiss-forest-lab meteo wind-speed long-term relative-humidity climate-change meteorology par temperature

en: Further details on the data repository

en: Meta data documentation.

en: Data plot of the field station (SCF)

en: Data overview for air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, PAR, wind speed.

en: Forest station data (SCB)

en: Data file.

en: Field station data (SCF)

mimetype: text/csv

en: Site photo of the field station (SCF)

en: Site photo of the field station from above (viewing downwards the slope).

en: Data plot of the forest station (SCB)

en: Site photo of the forest station (SCB)

en: Site photo of the forest station from below (viewing upwards the slope).

en: Site aerial photo (Schänis)

en: Site aerial photo from both Schänis stations. Source: Google. 2016. Site aerial photo from both Schänis stations. Retrieved November 11, 2016, from https://www.google.ch/maps

en: 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 almost 20 years of measurements for two meteorological stations in Schänis in Switzerland where one station is located within a natural mixed forest stand (SCB) with European beech (_Fagus sylvatica_; 130-150 yrs), European silver fir (_Abies alba_; 130-150 yrs) and European ash (_Fraxinus excelsior_; 130-150 yrs) as dominant tree species. A second station is situated in the very vicinity outside of the forest (field station, SCF). The meteorological time series are presented in hourly time resolution of air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and wind speed. Schänis is part of the Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research Programme (LWF) established and maintained by the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL.

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meteo

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meteorology

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par

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precipitation

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relative-humidity

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temperature

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wind-speed

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educ

en: Education, culture and sport

envidat

en: EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal

en: Schänis, Switzerland: Long-term forest meteorological data from the Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research Programme (LWF), from 1998 onwards


maintainer: Merin Reji Chacko

en: biomonitoring biodiversity-assessment environmental-dna dna-metabarcoding spatial-ecology

en: Analysis and Figures

en: This zipped file includes R scripts and the datasets required to run the analyses. A README describes the columns in each dataset.

en: Genomic data

en: Fastq files, primer descriptions and the final output dataset.

en: Field Metadata

en: Information concerning the locations and times of sampling, as well as the identity of the samplers and relevant comments.

en: This dataset contains the results of a five-day field excursion which the extent to which eDNA sampling can capture the diversity of a region with highly heterogeneous habitat patches across a wide elevation gradient through multiple hydrological catchments of the Swiss Alps. Using peristaltic pumps, we filtered 60 L of water at five sites per catchment for a total volume of 1 800 L. Using an eDNA metabarcoding approach focusing on vertebrates and plants, we detected 86 vertebrate taxa spanning 41 families and 263 plant taxa spanning 79 families across ten catchments. This dataset includes two sets of data. The first (Genomic data) includes all the necessary data for the bioinformatic pipeline, whereas the second (Analysis Figures) contains tidied data and scripts for the reproduction of all figures/analyses in the article describing this study.

biodiversity-assessment

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biomonitoring

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dna-metabarcoding

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environmental-dna

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spatial-ecology

display_name: spatial-ecology

en: EnviDat is the WSL data portal providing unified and managed access to environmental monitoring and research data. The portal has the capability to host and publish data sets. Through the sharing of unique and high-value data sets worldwide, EnviDat fosters research and contributes to advancing environmental science.

en: Vertebrate and plant taxa recovered from 10 catchments in Vaud using an eDNA-metabarcoding approach


wind-lidar-davos-wolfgang

title_for_slug: wind-lidar-davos-wolfgang

en: raclets profiles wolfgangpass wind lidar

en: Wind LIDAR data Wolfgang

en: A Leosphere WidCube 100S was deployed at Davos Wolfang, measuring wind profiles as well as performing PPI and RHI scans. Time format is in UTC with highest time resolution of 5 seconds.

en: Scanning wind Lidar from Meteoswiss was installed at Davos Wolfgang (LON: 9.853594, LAT: 46.835577) and measured from 200 m above ground to 8100 m. The time resolution is up to 5 seconds. The Lidar was measuring wind profiles but also performed plan position indicator (PPI) and range height indicator (RHI) scans.

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en: Wind LIDAR Davos Wolfgang


en: scaling surveying bedload-transport bedrock-erosion mountain-stream modelling

en: Mean bedrock slab erosion

en: This is the mean bedrock slab erosion data (MSE in [m]) for all 5 surveying epochs, based on millions of individual surface point surveys.

en: Linked discharge, bedload and erosion data

en: This is the synchronized water discharge [m3/s], bedload transport [kg/min] and vertical bedrock erosion of 3 sensors [mm] data in 1min resolution

en:
This data set includes synchronized and independently measured water discharge, bedload transport and at-a-point bedrock erosion data in 1 minute resolution and over more than 1.5 years from the Erlenbach stream hydrological observatory, a small (first-order) catchment in the pre-alpine valley Alptal in central Switzerland. These measurements are of high accuracy, which have been assessed in Beer, A.R. et al. 2015. Earth Surf. Proc., 40, 530-541. doi: 10.1002/esp.3652. For the artificial bedrock (a slab of weak concrete, fixed flush with the streambed) 6 additional consecutive spatial elevation data sets of 1 mm resolution have been surveyed that allow the local continuous erosion measurements to be extended to the patch scale.

This unique data set has been used to validate and calibrate bedrock erosion models for the process to intermediate scales of time (and space), whose performance then was assessed over extended time (up to bicentennial floods), based on available longer data sets of linked discharge and bedload transport (see related datasets).

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educ

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en: Linked water discharge, bedload transport and bedrock erosion data set in 1minute resolution


en: rhizosphere drought soil forest allocation microbial-biomass pfynwald

en:
Data of 13C pulselabelling experiment
1. Climate and soil respiration in the year following pulse labelling
2. Temporal patterns in 13C signal (D13C) and 13Cexcess
3. Spatial distribution of 13C in the soil

en: Data from pulse-labelling experiment with 100-year old trees of a naturally dry pine forest exposed to a 15-year-long irrigation experiment. Canopies of 10 trees were labelled for 3 hours with 13CO2 and the fate of this label was traced for one year in stem and soil respiration and in microbial biomass around these trees. Data include (1) microclimatic data and soil respiration rates of the year following pulse labelling. (2) Temporal patterns of the 13C signal and 13C excess in soil respired CO2 and microbial biomass. (3) Spatial distribution of 13C signal in the soil.

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forest

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soil

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en: Drought alters C footprint of trees in soil: tracking the spatio-temporal fate of 13C labelled assimilates in the soil


yield-of-merchantable-branches

title_for_slug: yield-of-merchantable-branches

en:
Wood volume of branches with bark at least 7 cm in diameter (limit for coarse wood) of all living trees and shrubs starting at 12 cm dbh that were present in the pre-inventory and cut meanwhile.

Citation:
 > _Abegg, M.; Brändli, U.-B.; Cioldi, F.; Fischer, C.; Herold-Bonardi, A.; Huber M.; Keller, M.; Meile, R.; Rösler, E.; Speich, S.; Traub, B.; Vidondo, B. (2014). Fourth national forest inventory - result tables and maps on the Internet for the NFI 2009-2013 (NFI4b). [Published online 06.11.2014] Available from World Wide Web http://www.lfi.ch/resultate/ Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. [doi:10.21258/1057112](https://doi.org/10.21258/1057112)_

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economic-region

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production-region

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protection-forest-region

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yield-of-merchantable-branches

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envidat

en: EnviDat is the WSL data portal providing unified and managed access to environmental monitoring and research data. The portal has the capability to host and publish data sets. Through the sharing of unique and high-value data sets worldwide, EnviDat fosters research and contributes to advancing environmental science.

en: Yield of merchantable branches


automatic-classification-of-avalanches

maintainer: Alec van Herwijnen

title_for_slug: automatic-classification-of-avalanches

en: avalanche machine-learning seismic monitoring localization

en:
This tar file contains classification results for two seismic geophone arrays deployed above Davos, Switzerland. The of the first array located at the Dischma Valley was used to automatically identify all seismic events produced by avalanches, whereas the classification perfomed at the second array located at the Wannengrat field site was used to identify airplanes and earthquakes.
Furthermore, this tar file also contains the median back-azimuth of all classified events at the Dischma field site.

mimetype: application/x-tar

en: This dataset contains the classification and localization results obtained during the automatic classification of avalanches during the winter season 2017.

avalanche

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localization

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machine-learning

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monitoring

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seismic

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en: Automatic Classification of Avalanches


causal-effect-of-lup

title_for_slug: causal-effect-of-lup

en: land-use-change land-use-planning psm-did plan-evaluation annual-effect

en: causal-effect-of-lup

en:
Data.dbf contains the varibles of 1662 villages in Zhangzhou Cities
PSM_DID.R can re-produce the results

en:
Title: Does zoning contain built-up land expansion? Causal evidence from Zhangzhou City, China.

Research objective: Built-up land zoning is an imporatant policy measure of land use planning (LUP) to contain built-up land expansion in China. We used a difference-indifference model with propensity score matching to estimate the average and annual effect of built-up land zoning on built-up land expansion in Zhangzhou City, China between 2010 and 2020.

Data: Data.dbf contains the varibles of 1662 villages in Zhangzhou Cities in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2018, and 2020.
XZQDM2 is villages' unique administrative ID;
Area is the land area of village i;
Dis2water is the Euclidean distance from village i to the nearest waterbody;
Dis2coastl is the Euclidean distance from village i to the nearest coastline;
Dis2city is the the Euclidean distance from village i to the city center;
Dis2county is the the Euclidean distance from village i to the nearest county center;
Elevation is the the average elevation within village i;
Dis2road is the the Euclidean distance from village i to the nearest road;
Nei_Built_ is the the area of built-up land (Nei Built.upit) in the neighboring villages of village i in year t;
Treated is a binary variable, Treated = 1 to the villages that were partially or entirely located inside the development-permitted zones, and Treated = 0 to the villages that were entirely located outside the development-permitted zones;
Intensity is the percentage of land that was assigned to the development-permitted zones in village i;
Year represent the year in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2018, and 2020;
BuLE is the dependent variable, representing built-up land expansion in village i in year t;
Town is town' unique administrative ID.

Method: First, we employed propensity score matching to overcome the selection bias and satisfy the parallel trend
assumption. Second, we built four Difference-in-Difference models to estimate the average and annual effect.

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land-use-change

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land-use-planning

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plan-evaluation

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psm-did

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en: Causal effect of LUP


en: ambient-air-quality long-term-forest-ecosystem-research swiss-forest-lab nitrogen-dioxide icp-forests

en: Data Request

en:
NO₂ concentrations were measured at 11 LWF plots (1999/2000) with passive samplers (Palmes-type diffusion tubes) during one year. Three samplers per site and period (usually 14 days) were installed in the open area of the LWF plots and, at Beatenberg, Novaggio and Vordemwald, under the forest as well (weather station). In 2014, NO2 concentrations were measured again at 14 plots, using two samplers per site and period (usually 28 days). At Lausanne and Vordemwald, concentrations were also measured below the canopy.

 Purpose:

To assess air concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and, using deposition velocities available from the literature, to quantify the dry deposition of NO2 (alternative method to the throughfall method).

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educ

en: Education, culture and sport

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en: EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal

en: Passive sampling of NO2 LWF


en: landscape-planning concur land-change urban-planning urban-landscape

en:
Book of abstracts from the virtual conference "From Plans to Land Change: Dynamics of Urban Regions"

Cities and urban regions are among the most dynamic land-use systems in the world, with dramatic consequences for the provision of ecosystem services and the livelihood of people. Planning is a multifaceted activity with extensive experience in the management of these urbanization processes. However, our understanding of planning’s contribution to shaping urban land use, form and structure is still incomplete, with serious consequences for the efficacy of urban planning and land change models.

This international conference aims to bring together the community of scholars working on planning evaluation and urban modelling. The participants are offered the opportunity to present their current research and to discuss how theoretical developments, data sources, comparative studies and modelling approaches might advance the field.

The conference was financially supported by the CONCUR project and sustained by Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL.

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landscape-planning

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urban-landscape

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urban-planning

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en: EnviDat is the WSL data portal providing unified and managed access to environmental monitoring and research data. The portal has the capability to host and publish data sets. Through the sharing of unique and high-value data sets worldwide, EnviDat fosters research and contributes to advancing environmental science.

en: From Plans to Land Change: Dynamics of Urban Regions. Book of Abstracts


greenland-shrubs-and-microclimate

maintainer: Nathalie Chardon

title_for_slug: greenland-shrubs-and-microclimate

en: arctic validation accessible-shrub-forest field-data sdm climate

en: GitLab Repository

en: Zip drive of GitLab repository contents (https://gitlab.com/nathaliechardon/gl_microclim).

en: Kangerluarsunnguaq

en:
 Collected August 2020 (PI: Nathalie Isabelle Chardon)

These data collected August 2020 (PI: Nathalie Isabelle Chardon). Please contact N. I. Chardon (nathalie.chardon_at_gmail.com) for individual quadrat (i.e. 1 m x 1 m) data, which are averaged at the 90 m spatial grid here.

 COLUMN ABBREVIATIONS

 Metadata for 90 m spatial grid

id: sampling zone and unique 90 m grid identifier

long: WGS84 longitude

lat: WGS84 latitude

x_stere: longitude in Polar Stereographic (EPSG 4326)

y_stere: latitude in Polar Stereographic (EPSG 4326)

date: sampling day.month.year

 Species presence [1] or absence [0] at grid level

alcr: _Alnus crispa_

bena: _Betula nana_

dila: _Diapensia lapponica_

emni: _Empetrum nigrum_

hahy: _Harimanella hypoides_

lopr: _Loiseleuria procumbens_

oxpa: _Oxycoccus palustre_

phca: _Phyllodoce caerulea_

rhod: _Rhododendron_ sp.

saar: _Salix arctica_

sagl: _Salix glauca_

sahe: _Salix herbacea_

vaul: _Vaccinium uliginosum_

drin: _Dryas integrifolia_

thpr: _Thymus praecox_

 Habitat characteristics [% cover]

shrub: all shrub species

gram: graminoids

forb: forbs

bryo: bryophytes

lich: lichens

litt: litter

bare: bare ground

stone: stones (> 2 cm)

org: organic crust

 Shrub species height (maximum vegetative height) [mm] and cover (estimated in 1x1 m quadrat) [%]

alcr_c: _Alnus crispa_ cover

alcr_h: _Alnus crispa_ height

bena_c: _Betula nana_ cover

bena_h: _Betula nana_ height

dila_c: _Diapensia lapponica_ cover

dila_h: _Diapensia lapponica_ height

emni_c: _Empetrum nigrum_ cover

emni_h: _Empetrum nigrum_ height

hahy_c: _Harimanella hypoides_ cover

hahy_h: _Harimanella hypoides_ height

lopr_c: _Loiseleuria procumbens_ cover

lopr_h: _Loiseleuria procumbens_ height

oxpa_c: _Oxycoccus palustre_ cover

oxpa_h: _Oxycoccus palustre_ height

phca_c: _Phyllodoce caerulea_ cover

phca_height: _Phyllodoce caerulea_ height

rhod_c: _Rhododendron_ sp. cover

rhod_h: _Rhododendron_ sp. height

saar_c: _Salix arctica_ cover

saar_h: _Salix arctica_ height

sagl_c: _Salix glauca_ cover

sagl_h: _Salix glauca_ height

sahe_c: _Salix herbacea_ cover

sahe_h: _Salix herbacea_ height

vaul_c: _Vaccinium uliginosum_ cover

vaul_h: _Vaccinium uliginosum_ height

drin_c: _Dryas integrifolia_ cover

drin_h: _Dryas integrifolia_ height

 Community characteristics

rich_pa: shrub species richness at grid level

rich: shrub species richness averaged across 3 1x1 m sampling quadrats per grid

shan: Shannon diversity (‘vegan’ package; Oksanen et al. 2019)

comp_bena: shrub competition on _Betula nana_ (i.e. summed cover of non-_B. nana_ species) [% cover]

comp_sagl: shrub competition on _Salix glauca_ (i.e. summed cover of non-_S. glauca_ species) [% cover]

ht_cwm: maximum shrub canopy height (i.e. community weighted mean by abundance of maximum shrub height) [mm]

 Topography and terrain wetness (calculated from)

tcws: Tasseled Cap Wetness component (Sentinal images)

slope: slope angle (MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Mapping Project Digital Elevation Model v. 1; Howat et al., 2014, 2015) [º]

twi: SAGA wetness index (MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Mapping Project Digital Elevation Model v. 1; Howat et al., 2014, 2015)

asp: aspect (MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Mapping Project Digital Elevation Model v. 1; Howat et al., 2014, 2015) [º]

 Downscaled climate (time series 1984 – 2013)

insoljja: average June-August insolation [MJ cm-2 yr-1]

precipmam: cumulative March-May precipitation [mm]

tempcont: yearly maximum – minimum temperature [ºC]

tempmin: yearly minimum temperature [ºC]

precipjja: cumulative June-August precipitation [mm]

tempjja: average maximum June-August temperature [ºC]

tempmax: yearly maximum temperature [ºC]

en: Nuup Kangerlua

en:
 Collected July-August 2011-2013 (PI: Jacob Nabe-Nielsen)

These data collected July-August 2011-2013 (PI: Jacob Nabe-Nielsen). Please contact J. Nabe-Nielsen (jnn_at_ecos.au.dk) to request access to data on all surveyed shrub species. Available here are only data used in Chardon et al. 2022.

 COLUMN ABBREVIATIONS

 Metadata for 90 m spatial grid

year: sampling year

alt: average altitude of grid as recorded during field surveys [m]

long: WGS84 longitude

lat: WGS84 latitude

x_stere: longitude in Polar Stereographic (EPSG 4326)

y_stere: latitude in Polar Stereographic (EPSG 4326)

 Species presence [1] or absence [0] at grid level

pa_bena: _Betula nana_

pa_sagl: _Salix glauca_

 Shrub species cover (calculated from pin hits in 0.7 x 0.7 m frame, based on total of 25 hits) [%]

cov_bena: _Betula nana_ cover

cov_sagl: _Salix glauca_ cover

 Downscaled climate (time series 1984 – 2013)

tempjja: average maximum June-August temperature [ºC]

tempmax: yearly maximum temperature [ºC]

tempmin: yearly minimum temperature [ºC]

tempcont: yearly maximum – minimum temperature [ºC]

precipmam: cumulative March-May precipitation [mm]

precipjja: cumulative June-August precipitation [mm]

insoljja: average June-August insolation [MJ cm-2 yr-1]

 Topography and terrain wetness (calculated from)

twi: SAGA wetness index (MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Mapping Project Digital Elevation Model v. 1; Howat et al., 2014, 2015)

slope: slope angle (MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Mapping Project Digital Elevation Model v. 1; Howat et al., 2014, 2015) [º]

asp: aspect (MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Mapping Project Digital Elevation Model v. 1; Howat et al., 2014, 2015) [º]

tcws: Tasseled Cap Wetness component (Sentinal images)

 Community characteristics

rich: shrub species richness averaged across pin-point frames per grid

shan: Shannon diversity (‘vegan’ package; Oksanen et al. 2019)

comp_bena: shrub competition on Betula nana (i.e. summed cover of non-_B. nana_ species) [% cover]

comp_sagl: shrub competition on Salix glauca (i.e. summed cover of non-_S. glauca_ species) [% cover]

en:
 Study Aim

We collected these data to alternatively train and validate high resolution (~ 90 m) Species Distribution Models (SDMs) and Species Abundance Models (SAMs) for _Betula nana_ L. (dwarf birch, Betulaceae) and _Salix glauca_ L. (grey willow, Salicaceae) in Southwest Greenland to assess how well such models can predict local-scale patterns.

 Data Description

Individual (presence-absence, abundance, maximum vegetative height) and community (species composition, maximum canopy height) shrub data for two fjords near Nuuk, Southwest Greenland. Also provided are corresponding downscaled climate data as well as calculated topographic and terrain wetness indicator variables.

 Nuup Kangerlua (Godthåbsfjord)

_Betula nana_ and _Salix glauca_ presence-absence, abundance, community species richness

 Kangerluarsunnguaq (Kobbefjord)

Shrub presence-absence, abundance, maximum vegetative height, community composition, maximum shrub canopy height

 Methods

 Field survey in Nuup Kangerlua

We conducted a stratified systematic plant survey along the length of Nuup Kangerlua (NK) fjord in Soutwesth Greenland (Fig. 1 in Chardon et al. 2022; following Nabe-Nielsen et al., 2017). At five distinct sites, we sampled along elevational gradients to collect data on presences, absences, abundance, and species composition of all woody species using a 0.7 x 0.7 m pin-point frame (Fig. 1e in Chardon et al. 2022). For model training, we converted these pin-point data to percent cover estimates based on the number of pins dropped (n = 25 per plot) and averaged them across the 119 spatio-climatic grids (see next section) corresponding to the plot locations (for details see Appendix S2 in Chardon et al. 2022).

 Field survey in Kangerluarsunnguaq

We conducted a random stratified plant survey in Kangerluarsunnguaq (K) fjord in Southwest Greenland. We used a preliminary Species Abundance Model trained with summed pin counts of _Betula nana_ in NK fjord (see Fig. S1.3 in Chardon et al. 2022) to stratify the ~ 27 x 17 km fjord landscape into low, medium, and high abundances classes. We randomly selected 90 x 90 m spatio-climatic grids to survey in each class for a total of 200 grids, ensuring that they were accessible by foot or boat (for details see Appendix S2 in Chardon et al. 2022). Within each grid, we sampled within three 1 m2 quadrats arranged in a randomly rotated equilateral triangle centered on the mid-point of the cell. We used a gridded sampling quadrat with 1% delineations (Fig. 1h in Chardon et al. 2022) to record woody species presences, absences, and composition, estimated percent cover, and measured maximum shrub species vegetatitve height. At every plot, we also visually scanned the area in a 20 m radius from the plot and recorded the presence of any additional shrub species to estimate grid-level species richness. As in NK fjord, we averaged these data at the grid level (for details see Appendix S2 in Chardon et al. 2022).

 Biotic variables

We calculated biotic microscale variables from the plant survey data collected in NK and K fjords. We calculated shrub species richness, diversity, and competition (i.e. sum of non-B. nana or non-S. glauca pin hits or percent cover). In K fjord, we also calculated canopy height as the community weighted mean (by abundance) of maximum vegetative shrub height.

 Climate variables

We computed high resolution temperature, precipitation, and insolation for local scale data for the study area by statistically downscaling climate time series (1982 - 2013) from the monthly CHELSA data (Karger et al. 2017). We downscaled these data from 30 arc sec (~ 400 m at the latitude of our study) to our target grid size of ~ 90 m with geographic weighted regression and using the MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GIMP) Digital Elevation Model (DEM) v. 1 (Howat et al., 2014, 2015). We then calculated 30-year averages of the climate parameters: average summer (June – August) maximum temperature, yearly maximum temperature, yearly minimum temperature, temperature continentality (yearly max. - min. temperatures), cumulative Spring (March – May) precipitation, cumulative summer precipitation, and average summer incident solar radiation (henceforth, insolation) (for calculation details see Appendices S2, S3 in Chardon et al. 2022 and Appendix S2 in von Oppen et al. 2021).

 Topography and terrain wetness indicator variables

We calculated several topographic and terrain wetness indices at a local scale. We derived slope, aspect, and the SAGA wetness index (hereafter TWI; Boehner et al., 2002; Boehner and Selige, 2006) from the GIMP DEM. TWI is a measure of how ‘wet’ an area is, based on water drainage from the surrounding landscape. We also calculated the tasseled cap wetness component (hereafter TCW, Crist and Cicone 1984) from satellite images (for details see Appendices S2, S3 in Chardon et al. 2022) as an alternative measure of wetness.

 Computer code

Attached as zip file and available on GitLab (https://gitlab.com/nathaliechardon/gl_microclim)

 Third-party data

Data used to calculate climate, topography, and terrain wetness indicator variables are publicly available (see Appendix S2 in Chardon et al. 2022 for all data references).

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arctic

display_name: arctic

climate

display_name: climate

field-data

display_name: field-data

sdm

display_name: sdm

validation

display_name: validation

en: Greenland shrubs and microclimate


en: relative-humidity precipitation meteorology meteo wind-speed temperature swiss-forest-lab long-term par climate-change

en: Forest station data (LEB)

en: Data file.

en: Site photo of the forest station (LEB)

en: Site photo of the forest station from below (viewing upwards the slope)

mimetype: image/jpeg

en: Data plot of the forest station (LEB)

en: Data overview for air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, PAR, wind speed.

en: 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 almost 20 years of measurements for one meteorological station in Lens in Switzerland which is located within a natural coniferous forest with Scots pine (_Pinus sylvestris_; 150-170 yrs)) as dominant tree species. The meteorological time series are presented in hourly time resolution of air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and wind speed. Lens is part of the Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research Programme (LWF) established and maintained by the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL.

climate-change

display_name: climate-change

long-term

display_name: long-term

meteo

display_name: meteo

meteorology

display_name: meteorology

par

display_name: par

precipitation

display_name: precipitation

relative-humidity

display_name: relative-humidity

temperature

display_name: temperature

wind-speed

display_name: wind-speed

en: Lens, Switzerland: Long-term forest meteorological data from the Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research Programme (LWF), from 1997 onwards


en: national-forest-inventory forest nfi 2009-2017 lfi

en: Corrigendum / Erratum

en: Registration in DORA

format: API

en:
Swiss National Forest Inventory. Results of the fourth survey 2009–2017.
The collection of data for the fourth National Forest Inventory (NFI) was carried out from 2009 to 2017, on average eight years after the third survey. The findings about state and development of Swiss forests are described and explained in detail. The report is structured according to the European criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management, namely: forest resources, health and vitality, wood production, biological diversity, protection forest and social economy. Finally, conclusions about sustainability are drawn based on the NFI findings.
Keywords: forest area, growing stock, increment, yield, forest structure, forest condition, timber production, biodiversity, protection forest, recreation, sustainability, results National Forest Inventory, Switzerland

Inventaire forestier national suisse. Résultats du quatrième inventaire 2009-2017.
Les relevés du quatrième inventaire forestier national suisse (IFN) ont eu lieu entre 2009 et 2017, en moyenne huit ans après le troisième inventaire. Les résultats sur l’état et l’évolution de la forêt suisse sont présentés et expliqués en détail. Le rapport est structuré thématiquement selon les critères et indicateurs européens pour la gestion durable des forêts : ressources forestières, santé et vitalité, production de bois, diversité biologique, forêt protectrice et socio-économie. L’ouvrage s’achève par un bilan de la durabilité basé sur les résultats de l’IFN.
Mots-clés : surface forestière, volume de bois, accroissement, exploitation, structure de la forêt, état de la forêt, production de bois, biodiversité, forêt protectrice, récréation, durabilité, résultats de l’inventaire forestier national, Suisse

Content license: All rights reserved. Copyright © 2020 by WSL, Birmensdorf.

forest

display_name: forest

lfi

display_name: lfi

national-forest-inventory

display_name: national-forest-inventory

nfi

display_name: nfi

educ

en: Education, culture and sport

envidat

en: EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal

en: EnviDat is the WSL data portal providing unified and managed access to environmental monitoring and research data. The portal has the capability to host and publish data sets. Through the sharing of unique and high-value data sets worldwide, EnviDat fosters research and contributes to advancing environmental science.


phosphatase-leaching

title_for_slug: phosphatase-leaching

en: phosphate phosphomonoesterase-activity phoshporus-forms dissolved-organic-phosphorus forest-topsoil

en:
Data on phosphomonoesterase activity in forest topsoil leachates and soil extracts as well as P forms in the leachate.
Leachate samples were taken in Feb./Mar. and July 2019 with zero-tension lysimeters at two sites in Germany
of contrasting phosphorus availability from the litter, the Oe/Oa, and the A horizon in beech forest.
Soil samples were taken in July 2020. For methods see publication.

en:
Data on phosphomonoesterase activity in forest topsoil leachates and soil extracts as well as P forms in the leachate.
Leachate samples were taken in Feb./Mar. and July 2019 with zero-tension lysimeters at two sites in Germany
of contrasting phosphorus availability from the litter, the Oe/Oa, and the A horizon in beech forest.
Soil samples were taken in July 2019. For methods see publication.

dissolved-organic-phosphorus

display_name: dissolved-organic-phosphorus

forest-topsoil

display_name: forest-topsoil

phoshporus-forms

display_name: phoshporus-forms

phosphate

display_name: phosphate

phosphomonoesterase-activity

display_name: phosphomonoesterase-activity

en: Phosphatase leaching


wood-mobilization-survey

title_for_slug: wood-mobilization-survey

en: forest-managers trading-preferences distribution-channels wood-harvest forest-owners

en: Survey in German

en: CE Aargau

en: Survey in English

en: CE Lower Franconia

en: CE CH

en: CE Upper Bavaria

en: CE Grisons

en: CE GER

en:
Understanding the market behavior of forest owners and managers is important to identify effective and efficient policy instruments that enhance wood provisioning. We conducted a choice experiment (CE) at two study sites in south-eastern Germany (Upper Bavaria and Lower Franconia) and two in north-eastern Switzerland (Grisons and Aargau) to elicit foresters’ preferences for different supply channels, contract lengths, wood prices and duration of business relations.
CE belong to the stated preference methods to analyze individual decision making. Respondents had to choose among three options based on different attribute levels in 12 consecutive choice sets.
Our study site comparison identified regional differences and particularities, which should be taken into account when promoting wood mobilization. The success of policy instruments, such as the promotion of bundling organizations and long-term contracts, can vary depending on the specific structural and institutional conditions, like existing marketing channels, as well as on behavioral aspects of the particular public and private decision makers.

distribution-channels

display_name: distribution-channels

forest-managers

display_name: forest-managers

forest-owners

display_name: forest-owners

trading-preferences

display_name: trading-preferences

wood-harvest

display_name: wood-harvest

en: Wood Mobilization Survey


yield-of-merchantable-timber

title_for_slug: yield-of-merchantable-timber

en:
Wood volume of the stem (without bark and stump) and the branches (with bark) at least 7 cm in diameter (limit for coarse wood) from trees and shrubs starting at 12 cm dbh that were living in the pre-inventory and were cut between the two inventories.

Citation:
 > _Abegg, M.; Brändli, U.-B.; Cioldi, F.; Fischer, C.; Herold-Bonardi, A.; Huber M.; Keller, M.; Meile, R.; Rösler, E.; Speich, S.; Traub, B.; Vidondo, B. (2014). Fourth national forest inventory - result tables and maps on the Internet for the NFI 2009-2013 (NFI4b). [Published online 06.11.2014] Available from World Wide Web http://www.lfi.ch/resultate/ Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. [doi:10.21258/1057112](https://doi.org/10.21258/1057112)_

biogeographical-region

display_name: biogeographical-region

conifers-broadleaves

display_name: conifers-broadleaves

economic-region

display_name: economic-region

ownership

display_name: ownership

production-region

display_name: production-region

protection-forest-region

display_name: protection-forest-region

yield-of-merchantable-timber

display_name: yield-of-merchantable-timber

educ

en: Education, culture and sport

envidat

en: EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal

en: Yield of merchantable timber