maintainer: Athanasios Nenes

en: hygroscopicity supersaturation ccn raclets dmt-ccn-chamber sigma-w weissfluhjoch cloud-modeling cloud-droplets

en: Predicted cloud droplet number concentrations Weissfluhjoch

en:
In-situ measurements of aerosol size distributions along with updraft velocities collected from a wind Doppler Lidar are coupled with a state-of-the art droplet activation parameterization (Morales and Nenes, 2014) to determine the cloud droplet number and maximum in-cloud supersaturation that can potentially form over the Weissfluhjoch station between February 24 and March 8 2019. For this, a hygroscopicity parameter of 0.25 is assumed, according to the CCN-derived values. The data file contains:

* Date and time (DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm:ss) in UTC
* The wind-lidar derived standard deviation of updraft velocities (sigma-w) in m/s, used to apply the parameterization employing a single characteristic velocity (Morales and Nenes, 2010)
* The maximum predicted cloud parcel supersaturation (Smax%)
* The total in-situ aerosol number concentration (Naer) in cmˉ³, measured by the SMPS
* The predicted cloud droplet numbers (Nd) in cmˉ³
* The activation fraction (%)

en: Hygroscopicity parameter Weissfluhjoch

en:
The aerosol hygroscopicity parameter is derived combining the CCN and SMPS size distribution data collected between February 24 and March 8 2019 at Weissfluhjoch. The data file contains:

* Date and time (DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm:ss) in UTC
* The instrument supersaturation (SS%)
* The calculated hygroscopicity parameter (kappa)
* The calculated critical dry diameter of the particles (Dcr) in nm.

Missing values are indicated by "-999".

en: CCN data Weissfluhjoch

en:
In-situ CCN measurements were conducted between February 24 and March 8 2019 at Weissfluhjoch. The data file contains:

* Date and time (DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm:ss) in UTC
* Filtered CCN number concentrations (in cmˉ³) measured at 6 discrete supersaturations (SS) ranging from 0.09% to 0.74%. The name of each CCN column is indicative of the SS developed within the instrument.
* Instrument characteristics such as sample temperature (in °C) and pressure (in mbar)
* A code that refers to the reason of filtering.

Missing or filtered CCN values are indicated by "-999", while a declaration of each "Error_code" can be found in the following list:

_Error_code_:

0000: Measurements without error

1000: Period of transient operation after a supersaturation change

2000: Sharp change (decrease) in the room temperature housing the instrument, which induces a reset in column temperature

3000: Irregular values in the room temperature housing the instrument

9999: Missing data

en:
Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) data: A Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT) single-column continuous-flow streamwise thermal gradient chamber (CFSTGC; Roberts and Nenes, 2005) was deployed at the measurement site Weissfluhjoch (2700 m a.s.l., LON: 9.806475, LAT: 46.832964) to record the in-situ CCN number concentrations between February 24 and March 8 2019 for different supersaturations (SS). To account for the difference between the ambient (~735 mbar) and the calibration pressure (~800 mbar), the SS reported by the instrument is adjusted by a factor of 0.92. The CFSTGC was cycled between 6 discrete SS values ranging from 0.09% to 0.74%, producing a full CCN spectrum every hour. The raw CCN measurements are filtered to discount periods of transient operation and whenever the room temperature housing the instrument changed sufficiently to induce a reset in column temperature. Additional information can be found in Section 2.1.2 [here](https://acp.copernicus.org/preprints/acp-2020-1036/).

Hygroscopicity data: The CCN number concentration measurements were directly related to the size distribution and total aerosol concentration data measured by the Scanning Mobility Particle Size Spectrometer (SMPS) instrument at the same station (https://www.envidat.ch/dataset/aerosol-data-weissfluhjoch) to infer the particles hygroscopicity parameter (kappa). For each SMPS scan, the particles critical dry diameter (Dcr) is estimated by integrating backward the SMPS size distribution, until the aerosol number matches the CCN concentration observed for the same time period as the SMPS scan. Assuming the particle chemical composition is internally mixed, the kappa is determined from Dcr and SS, applying Köhler theory. Additional information can be found in Section 2.2 [here](https://acp.copernicus.org/preprints/acp-2020-1036/).

Predicted cloud droplet numbers: Droplet calculations are carried out with the physically based aerosol activation parameterization of Morales and Nenes (2014), employing the “characteristic velocity” approach of Morales and Nenes (2010). Aerosol size distribution observations required to predict the cloud droplet numbers and maximum in-cloud supersaturation are obtained from the SMPS instrument deployed at Weissfluhjoch. The required vertical velocity measurements are derived from the wind Doppler Lidar (https://www.envidat.ch/dataset/lidar-wind-profiler-data) deployed at Davos Wolfgang and are extracted for the altitude of interest, being 1100 m above ground level for Weissfluhjoch. Additional information can be found in Section 2.3 [here](https://acp.copernicus.org/preprints/acp-2020-1036/).

ccn

display_name: ccn

cloud-droplets

display_name: cloud-droplets

cloud-modeling

display_name: cloud-modeling

dmt-ccn-chamber

display_name: dmt-ccn-chamber

hygroscopicity

display_name: hygroscopicity

raclets

display_name: raclets

sigma-w

display_name: sigma-w

supersaturation

display_name: supersaturation

weissfluhjoch

display_name: weissfluhjoch

en: CCN, hygroscopicity, predicted cloud droplet numbers Weissfluhjoch


maintainer: EnviDat Support

en: urbanization switzerland land-use landscape-services land-use-change modeling statistical-model

state: active

type: dataset

en: Data for Assessing potential landscape service trade-offs driven by urbanization in Switzerland

media_type: application/zip

en:
The provided folder structure follows the set up of the scripts.
Data is only provided when it has been fully produced by us, otherwise dummies are given.
For data that will be produced by one of the scripts, no dummies are given.
The folders may contain sub-folders, which would be filled if the scripts were all run

 00_Analysis_Data
Data produced throughout the process of the calibration and projection that is later needed for analysis

 01_Raw_Data
Primary data from external sources that were used to compile the rasters and numbers used during the calibration and projection of landscape transitions as well as service calculation

 02_Prepared_Data
Data that will be prepared for further use by scripts are put in here
Additionally it contains the parameter sheets for the transition predictors that we compiled

 03_Model_Data
 Model outputs
Folder were the projection models statistics will be saved
 Models
Folder into which the actual transition models will be saved
 Residuals
Folder into which data on models residuals will be saved for future use

 04_Projected_Data
The output of the projections will be saved into this folder

 05_Service_Data
Any service calculations will be saved in here

 06_Results_Analysis
Any Analysis plots and tables as well as intermediate data will be saved here in the respective sub-folder

format: ZIP

mimetype: application/zip

en: Scripts for Assessing potential landscape service trade-offs driven by urbanization in Switzerland

en:
Scripts ordered by their main purpose within sequential folders in this ReadMe marked with

Within the folders the capital letters refer to the parallel or sequential use of the scripts; scripts here in ReadMe are marked with

 00_Function Scripts
 Functions.r
Script containing several functions for analyzing statistical models: cohen.kappa, meva.table, D2, max-Tss, plot-TSS

 Service_functions.R
Script containing functions for calculating all services and returning sums (and median for bd and rec) as well as rasters

 01_Data Preparation
 A_AS_raster_preparation.R
Preparation of the land use rasters for the years 1985, 1997, and 2009 based on the original Arealstatistik (AS/ASCH); Assigning our categories and assining new values to all "construction sites" for calibrating the models
For model projection starting point (2009) and for service calculations (all ASCH years) the "other" categories were assigned to the land use categories based on dominant neighbor, so that there were no empty cells
Creation of water & mountainous area raster that stayed stable throughout the projections
Creation of MFH raster (2009), to have as base for all new projection years, as this category never becames any other

 B_Factors_preparation.R
Preparation of the factor rasters that were used to calculate service values per cell (see Table 2): LWfactor, Transportation, Vol, Rivers, Lakes, slope, TWW, Hazard_risk

 B_Predictors_preparation.R
Preparation of the raster of the predictors used for calibrating (ASCH years) and projecting (stable) the transition models that do not depend on the land use categories: Temperature (ASCH years), solar radiation (stable), Public transportation access (stable), Elevation (stable), Workers density (ASCH years), Population change (ASCH transitions)

 B_Regions_preparation.R
Preparation of bioregions as raster to be used to mask asxxxx later to calculated services and land use area just for one region

 C_Pred_proj.R
Projecting the dynamic predictors into the future for projecting the land use transitions with the model: Linear extrapolations for workers densities and population; more detailed extrapolation of temperature (based on data for all stations that matched between the temp table we used for the calibration period and the projections from CS2M, and then making a spatial interpolation for all years based on the interpolation of temperature for all years per station)

 02_Model calibration
 A_Bioreg_pred_corr.R
Calculating correlation between the predictors for each bioregion and land use category, Output are those with too high correlation so that one predictor can be removed from transitions were both predictors occur

 A_trans_numbers_bioreg.R
Calculate transition numbers for each bioregion to decide which transitions to primarily consider

 B_Bioreg_ext_eval.R
Calculating TSS based on the external evaluation for the bioregion transitions that happened often enough to try to model them (calibration data: 85-97, evaluation data: 97-09)

 B_Bioreg_int_eval.R
Calculating TSS based on the internal evaluation for the bioregion transitions that happened often enough to try to model them (calibration data: 70%, evaluation data: 30%)

 C_Bioreg_TSS_analysis.R
Extracting TSS numbers from internal and external evaluation, calculating mean and median for each transition for each region for each evaluation method and saving as csv per region to be able to select only the transitions with high enough model performance

 D_Bioreg_Models_for_prediction.R
Calibration of the models that were then used to project land use transitions into the future; calibrated separately for each bioregion

 E_Residuals_trans_models.R
Calculation of Moran's I statistics to analyze the residuals of the land use transition models

 03_Projections
 A_Bioreg_Projections_run.R
Master script for: Extrapolaitng into the future with the regional models and then assembling for each time step to calculate new AS predictors; Several Outputs: txt file to test for NAs in Predictors, txt file with random seed number for sampling, txt file with times for calculation steps (check progress of script while running), csv sheet with projected transition frequencies, tif-rasters for every region and time step, pdf with raster plot for every region and time step

 04_Service calculation
 A_Bioreg_as_services.R
Calculate services per bioregion for years 1985, 1997, 2009

 A_Service_calculation_bioregions.R
Extracting service numbers(sums) per bioregions for all projection runs and storing them in a list of matrixes to be available for further plotting; can be run for swiss wide projections or regional ones

 05_Analysis
 A_Bioreg_ASCH_development.R
Extracting the occurrence of each category per region for all runs (first part), then for ASCH years, and then plotting them nicely; only works for regional projections

 A_Bioreg_Predictors_importanceD2.R
Calculating D2 for each transition and each considered predictor from bivariate models to get value of importance

 B_Bioreg_Pred_imp_analysis.R
Using calculated D2 to sort Predictors according to their importance for each transition

 A_Bioreg_Spatial_results_analysis.R
Plotting randomly sampled runs for ASCH and services to analyses their spatial development

 A_Bioreg_Transition_numbers_check_v1.R
Analyzing the frequency for all transitions for all regions and producing the point plots for each transition separately

 A_Bioreg_Transition_numbers_check_v2.R
Analyzing percentage and numbers of all transitions but plotting them per region and originating ASCH category

 B_Transition_Analysis.R
Further Analysis of transition numbers

 A_Service_analysis.R
Plotting of the service development for bioregions in several ways for analyzing

en:
Data and scripts of publication:

Madleina Gerecke, Oskar Hagen, Janine Bolliger, Anna M. Hersperger, Felix Kienast, Bronwyn Price, Loïc Pellissier (2019) Assessing potential landscape service trade-offs driven by urbanization in Switzerland. Palgrave communications.

Contains land use projections for Switzerland and scripts and data for these projections as well as the calculation of landscape services.

Data Folder:
Contains sub-folder with the data necessary for this study (provided were no copyright issues, otherwise placeholders with descriptions), and folders where produced data may be stored

Scripts Folder:
Contains scripts organized into subfolders depending on their purpose

Note: Some abbreviations within the scripts and data are derived from German words and not English.

land-use

display_name: land-use

land-use-change

display_name: land-use-change

landscape-services

display_name: landscape-services

modeling

display_name: modeling

statistical-model

display_name: statistical-model

switzerland

display_name: switzerland

urbanization

display_name: urbanization

educ

fr: Éducation, culture et sport

de: Bildung, Kultur und Sport

en: Education, culture and sport

it: Istruzione, cultura e sport

envidat

fr: EnviDat: le portail de données environnementales

de: EnviDat: das Umwelt-Datenportal

en: EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal

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

capacity: public

type: organization

approval_status: approved

key: guid

key: uri

value: Envidat Harvester

en: Land use projections and services for Switzerland


maintainer: Tobias Wechsler

en: wasserkraft speed2zero schweiz datensatz kleinstwasserkraftwerke

en: .XLSX-Datei der 2’388 registrierten Wasserkraftanlagen in der Schweiz aus den beiden Datensätzen WASTA (> 300 kW) und CH-Kleinstwasserkraftwerke (≤ 300 kW).

format: XLS

en: Die 1'682 erfassten Kleinstwasserkraftwerke im Datensatz CH-Kleinstwasserkraftwerke

format: SERVICE

en: Shapefile von CH-Kleinstwasserkraftwerke: 1'682 Kleinstwasserkraftwerke (≤ 300 kW) in der Schweiz.

en: .XLSX-Datei von CH-Kleinstwasserkraftwerke: 1'682 Kleinstwasserkraftwerke (≤ 300 kW) in der Schweiz.

en: Shapefile der 2’388 registrierten Wasserkraftanlagen in der Schweiz aus den beiden Datensätzen WASTA (> 300 kW) und CH-Kleinstwasserkraftwerke (≤ 300 kW).

en: Shapefile der Einzugsgebiete (2 km² ), in denen sich die jeweiligen Kleinstwasserkraftwerke befinden (erstellt von Yasser Haddad. ETH).

media_type: application/pdf

format: PDF

en:
In der Schweiz werden Wasserkraftanlagen (WKA) mit einer Leistung von mehr als 300 kW systematisch erfasst und in der nationalen Wasserkraftstatistik (WASTA) zusammengetragen. Die WASTA bildet eine umfangreiche Datengrundlage für Analysen bezüglich Wasserkraft, auch im Kontext von Klimawandel, Biodiversitätsverlust und Energiewende. Nicht erfasst auf nationaler Ebene waren bis anhin die sogenannten Kleinstwasserkraftwerke, WKA mit einer Leistung von weniger als 300 kW. Kleinstwasserkraftwerke tragen zwar nicht wesentlich zur Schweizer Elektrizitätsversorgung bei, haben jedoch aufgrund ihrer hohen Anzahl Auswirkungen auf die Gewässerökologie, die mit den Klimawandel noch stärker unter Druck gerät.
Der neu erstellte Datensatz CH-Kleinstwasserkraftwerke umfasst 1'682 WKA mit einer Leistung von weniger als 300 kW. In den zwei Datensätzen WASTA (> 300 kW) und CH-Kleinstwasserkraftwerke (≤ 300 kW) sind zurzeit 2’388 WKA erfasst. Im Austausch mit den 26 Kantonen wurde jedoch klar, dass es sich nicht um eine vollständige Sammlung von Kleinstwasserkraftwerken handelt. Die 1'682 Kleinstwasserkraftwerke machen rund 70% aller erfassten WKA in der Schweiz aus, tragen jedoch mit weniger als 600 GWh/Jahr lediglich rund 1.5% zur schweizerischen Wasserkraftproduktion bei. In einem optimistischen Szenario, in dem die jährliche Produktionserwartung tendenziell überschätzt wird, liegt dieser Anteil um 0.3% höher. Von den erfassten 2’388 WKA erzeugen die 10% der grössten Anlagen über 90% der schweizerischen Wasserkraftproduktion. Der Datensatz CH-Kleinstwasserkraftwerke ist im Rahmen der ETH-Initiative SPEED2ZERO entstanden, die Klimadienstleistungen in den Bereichen Klimawandel, Biodiversitätsverlust und Energiewende erbringt (https://speed2zero.ethz.ch).
Hier verfügbare Datensätze:
- CH-Kleinstwasserkraftwerke - der hier vorgestellte Datensatz mit 1'682 Kleinstwasserkraftwerken
- EZG-Kleinstwasserkraftwerke - die Einzugsgebiete (2 km² ), in denen sich die 1'682 Kleinstwasserkraftwerke befinden (erstellt von Yasser Haddad. ETH)
- Metadaten - sämtliche Metadaten zum Datensatz CH-Kleinstwasserkraftwerke
- CH-WKA - eine Zusammenstellung sämtlicher 2'388 erfassten Wasserkraftanlagen in der Schweiz aus den beiden Datensätzen WASTA (> 300 kW) und CH-Kleinstwasserkraftwerke (≤ 300 kW)

datensatz

display_name: datensatz

kleinstwasserkraftwerke

display_name: kleinstwasserkraftwerke

schweiz

display_name: schweiz

wasserkraft

display_name: wasserkraft

en: CH-Kleinstwasserkraftwerke - ein schweizweiter Datensatz zu Kleinstwasserkraftwerken


en: birds biodiversity insects fungal-pathogen fungi urban-ecology urban urban-biodiversity

en: Data tables including individual bird data with biometry, prey species from faecal samples, and fungi species from swab samples.

en:
We captured birds in urban parks and peri-urban forests in the cities of Lugano and Zurich. The urban sites were located in an urban forest (Lugano) and in a cemetery (Zurich), and the bird assemblages were comparable with those of the surrounding forests.
We captured individual birds during sessions lasting multiple days using mist-nets, concentrating the activities within 3-4 hours after sunrise and before sunset. We extracted birds from nets using single-use nitrile gloves and gently wiped their body parts with a dry foam swab MW940 (Medical Wire & Equipment), which was then placed in a screw-capped tube (2 ml), which was previously filled with 1 ml ethanol puriss. (Sigma-Aldrich) under sterile conditions.Then, we marked each bird with an alphanumeric leg band, identified the species, determined the sex and age whenever possible, measured for relevant biometrics (e.g. wing chord), the amount of body fat and pectoral muscle (i.e. body condition), and weighed.
Afterwards, we placed each bird in a disposable paper bag within a cotton bag that ensured respiration and left it for few minutes in a safe and calm place to allow for defecation and the collection of faecal samples. The faecal sample was collected from insectivorous and omnivorous birds, and few granivorous birds that are known to occasionally eat invertebrates, such as the house sparrow Passer domesticus.
After releasing the bird, we stored the faecal sample in a screw-capped tube (2 ml), which was previously filled with 1 ml ethanol puriss. (Sigma-Aldrich) under sterile conditions. We wore single-use nitrile gloves and used sterile toothpicks to collect solid samples. The tubes were initially stored in the refrigerator during the field campaign and no later than seven days after collection at -20°C until prepared for DNA extraction.
DNA extraction and library preparation was performed at WSL Phytopathology facilites, Sequencing was performed at Lausanne Genomic Technologies Facility (University of Lausanne; [https://wp.unil.ch/gtf/](https://wp.unil.ch/gtf/)) on an AVITI benchtop sequencing system (Element Biosciences). Bioinformatics was performed at the Genetic Diversity Center (ETH Zurich) using a custom pipeline.

biodiversity

display_name: biodiversity

birds

display_name: birds

fungal-pathogen

display_name: fungal-pathogen

fungi

display_name: fungi

insects

display_name: insects

urban

display_name: urban

urban-biodiversity

display_name: urban-biodiversity

urban-ecology

display_name: urban-ecology

en: Urban bird capture data with prey species and fungal community


climarctic-seasons

maintainer: Aline Frossard

title_for_slug: climarctic-seasons

en: microbial-biodiversity greenhouse-gases soil arctic microbial-functions

en: Climarctic seasons dataset Envidat.xlsx

en:
Samples description
•	sample number: sample list number (S1 to S126)
•	season: season during which the samples were collected
•	location: one of the two location where the samples were collected in the vicinity of Ny Alesund on Svalbard
•	slope site: sites where the samples were collected along the toposequence (upslope = top of the slope, midslope = middle of the slope, downslope = bottom of the slope)
•	soil layer: depth layer where the sample were collected (biocrust = 0-2 cm and mineral soil = 5-10 cm)
•	replicate: replicated sampled (3 replicates per site)
Environmental variables
•	pH = pH value of the soil
•	sand = proportion of sand of the soil [%]
•	silt = proportion of silt of the soil [%]
•	clay = proportion of clay of the soil [%]
•	GWC = Gravimetric Water content in the soil [%]
•	OM = Organic Matter content in the soil [g]
•	N = Total Nitrogen content in soil [mg/g]
•	C = Total Carbon content in soil [mg/g]
•	C/N = ration of C content over N content [ratio]
•	NO3 = Nitrate content in soil [mg/kg]
•	NO2 = Nitrite content in soil [mg/kg]
•	NH4 = Ammonium content in soil [mg/kg]
•	Ptot = Total Phosphorus content in soil [mg/kg]
•	Pavail = Available Phosphorus content in soil [mg/kg]
•	PO4 = Phsphate content in soil [mg/kg]
•	CO2 = CO2 fluxes from soil [mmol CO2 m-2 d-1]
•	CH4 = CH4 fluxes from soil [umol CH4 m-2 d-1]
•	N2O = N2O fluxes from soil [umol CH4 m-2 d-1]
•	GPP = Gross Primary Production [mmol CO2 m-2 d-1]
•	ER = Ecosystem respiration [mmol CO2 m-2 d-1]
•	NEE = Net Ecosystem Exchange [mmol CO2 m-2 d-1]
•	glucoOM = glucosidase enzyme activity [mmol h-1 gOM-1]
•	23 xyloOM = xylosidase enzyme activity [mmol h-1 gOM-1]
•	chitOM = N-acetyl-glucosaminidase (chitinase) enzyme activity [mmol h-1 gOM-1]
•	phosOM = phosphatase enzyme activity [mmol h-1 gOM-1]
•	leuOM = leucine-aminopeptidase enzyme activity [mmol h-1 gOM-1]
•	PPOM = Polyphenol Peroxidase enzyme activity [mmol h-1 gOM-1]
•	POOM = Polyphenol Oxidase enzyme activity [mmol h-1 gOM-1]
•	30. Bac16SOM = Bacterial 16S gene abundance [copies gOM-1]
•	31. BacamoAOM = Bacterial amoA gene abundance [copies gOM-1]
•	32. ArchamoAOM = Archaeal 16S gene abundance [copies gOM-1]
•	33. nifHOM = nifH gene abundance [copies gOM-1]
•	34. nirSOM = nirS gene abundance [copies gOM-1]
•	35. nosZOM = nosZ gene abundance [copies gOM-1]
•	36. nxrBOM = nxrB gene abundance [copies gOM-1]
•	37. mcrAOM = mcrA gene abundance [copies gOM-1]
•	38. pmoAOM = pmoA gene abundance [copies gOM-1]

en: This dataset includes measurements of potential microbial functions (potential extracellular enzyme activities and microbial functional genes abundance) and soil physico-chemical properties (pH, nutrients, texture, etc) in biocrusts and underlying mineral soils in High-Arctic tundra near Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard) during each season along a toposequence.

arctic

display_name: arctic

greenhouse-gases

display_name: greenhouse-gases

microbial-biodiversity

display_name: microbial-biodiversity

microbial-functions

display_name: microbial-functions

soil

display_name: soil

educ

en: Education, culture and sport

en: Climarctic seasons


en: pmcamx-uf nucleation cloud-droplets total-number modeling

en: data_JRL_New particle formation events can reduce cloud droplets in boundary layer clouds at the continental scale.Paper_2023GL106182.zip

en: This repository contains PMCMx-UF model outputs used for the paper: D. Patoulias K. Florou S. N. Pandis and A. Nenes: New particle formation events can reduce cloud droplets in boundary layer clouds at the continental scale, Geophysical Research Letters, in review, 2023.

cloud-droplets

display_name: cloud-droplets

modeling

display_name: modeling

nucleation

display_name: nucleation

pmcamx-uf

display_name: pmcamx-uf

total-number

display_name: total-number

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: Dataset for the publication New particle formation events can reduce cloud droplets in boundary layer clouds at the continental scale


maintainer: Jokin Idoate-Lacasia

en: carbon-storage environmental-gradients biomass-dynamics forest-reserves forest-inventory

en: R markdown document used to download the data files, reproduce the analysis and plot generation.

format: OCTET

en: Climatic space covered by the Swiss National Forest Inventory (NFI) that will be used in Figure 5.

en:
This dataset documents the analyses and the plot generation for the manuscript **Long-term biomass dynamics in temperate forests in Europe after cessation of management**.
We analyse biomass development in an extensive network of 224 plots in 37 natural forest reserves (NFR) covering a wide environmental gradient with mean annual temperatures ranging from 1 to 10.4 °C and mean annual precipitation ranging from 901 to 2317 mm. Forest inventories have been conducted approximately every 10 years during the last 60 years.
It consists of the following files:
+ **Long_term_biomass_script.Rmd**: R markdown document to reproduce the analysis and the plot generation.
+ **dat_biomass.RDS**: Biomass values for each permanent plot at each inventory. This dataset is used for data exploration and for the Biomass model, and to create Figure 2 and Figure 3.
+ **dat_biomass_change.RDS**: Biomass change values between inventories for each permanent plot. It includes the explanatory variables as well. This dataset is used for the Biomass change model and to create Figure 4 and Figure 5.
+ **NFI_climspace_netCDF.RDS**: Climatic space covered by the Swiss National Forest Inventory (NFI) that is used in Figure 5.

biomass-dynamics

display_name: biomass-dynamics

carbon-storage

display_name: carbon-storage

environmental-gradients

display_name: environmental-gradients

forest-inventory

display_name: forest-inventory

forest-reserves

display_name: forest-reserves

en: Long-term biomass dynamics of temperate forests in Europe after cessation of management


maintainer: Martin Schneebeli

en: snow-cast depth-hoar snow weak-layer rounded-snow new-snow 3d-model 3d-print

en: Snow models in STL-format

en: The zipped file contains all data described in the file 3d_snow_models_metadata. The stl-files should be ready for additive manufacturing.

en: Description of snowtypes, filenames and other metadata

en: This file contains information about the stl-files of the different snow models. Snowtype (Schneeart), International Snow Classification, preview picture, notes about the origin of the snow, filename of the stl-data, and physical size of the model are given.

en: The dataset contains several snow models in the Standard Tesselated Geometry File Format (stl) for 3D visualization, printing and additive manufacturing. Different snow types are available (new snow, rounded snow, depth hoar, buried surface hoar, graupel).

depth-hoar

display_name: depth-hoar

new-snow

display_name: new-snow

rounded-snow

display_name: rounded-snow

snow

display_name: snow

snow-cast

display_name: snow-cast

weak-layer

display_name: weak-layer


maintainer: Michael Nobis

en: computer-vision plants biological-invasions artificial-intelligence invasive-species automatic-detection

en: Detected occurrences of Senecio inaequidens along highways on the Swiss Plateau. The number of image tiles in which the species was recognized is shown (Fig. 25 in the report). Image coordinates of the middle and side strips can be displayed separately in the interactive map.

en: Detected occurrences of Ailanthus altissima along highways on the Swiss Plateau. The number of image tiles in which the species was recognized is shown (Fig. 23 in the report). Image coordinates of the middle and side strips can be displayed separately in the interactive map.

en: Detected occurrences of Senecio inaequidens along highways on the Swiss Plateau. To reduce false-positives, only images in which the species was recognized in at least three of 16 image tiles are considered as occurrences (Fig. 40 in the report). Image coordinates of the middle and side strips can be displayed separately in the interactive map.

en: Detected occurrences of Ailanthus altissima along highways on the Swiss Plateau. To reduce false-positives, only images in which the species was recognized in at least three of 16 image tiles are considered as occurrences (Fig. 38 in the report). Image coordinates of the middle and side strips can be displayed separately in the interactive map.

en:
Transport infrastructure such as **highways** are important corridors for the spread of invasive species. In this project, an automated detection and mapping of **two invasive alien plant species** was developed and applied along highways in the **Swiss Central Plateau**, based on **artificial intelligence (AI, Deep Learning)**. The two target species are **tree of heaven *(Ailanthus altissima)*** and **narrow-leaved ragwort *(Senecio inaequidens)***.
The data is part of the project report and shows the mapping results in **interactive maps**. Technically speaking, these are **self-contained HTML files** that can be displayed with standard web browsers. To reduce the file size, the downloads are provided in zip format.
**Report**: [https://www.mobilityplatform.ch/de/research-data-shop/product/1690](https://www.mobilityplatform.ch/de/research-data-shop/product/1690)
**Project**: [https://www.wsl.ch/en/projects/automated-detection-of-invasive-alien-plants-along-highways/](https://www.wsl.ch/en/projects/automated-detection-of-invasive-alien-plants-along-highways/)

artificial-intelligence

display_name: artificial-intelligence

automatic-detection

display_name: automatic-detection

biological-invasions

display_name: biological-invasions

computer-vision

display_name: computer-vision

invasive-species

display_name: invasive-species

plants

display_name: plants

educ

en: Education, culture and sport

en: Automated detection of invasive alien plants along highways


en: arctic conservation collections biodiversity plastisphere permafrost biobank fungi glaciers swiss-alps bacteria active-layer extreme-habitat

en: Complete collection of bacterial and fungal isolates from Permafrost, active layer and glaciers in Switzerland, Svalbard, northern Greenland and Russia.

en:
The cold habitats of the Swiss Alps and the Arctic are undergoing change and are at risk of disappearing completely or partially in the future. Along with them, a poorly known diversity of microorganisms that have adapted to life in these supposedly hostile places. By cryopreserving microorganisms from these habitats, some of today's biodiversity can be preserved in biobanks.
The collection contains cryopreserved bacteria and fungi isolated from permafrost and active layer of Muot da Barba Peider and Val Lavirun, from the glacier forefield and glacier toe of the Damma glacier, from active layer in northern Greenland and from plastic waste in Svalbard, as well as isolates from plastic incubations in Muot da Barba Peider, northern Greenland and arctic Russian soils.
Project overview: https://www.wsl.ch/en/projects/life-at-chilly-temperatures-a-collection-of-microorganisms-from-extreme-habitats/

active-layer

display_name: active-layer

arctic

display_name: arctic

bacteria

display_name: bacteria

biobank

display_name: biobank

biodiversity

display_name: biodiversity

collections

display_name: collections

conservation

display_name: conservation

extreme-habitat

display_name: extreme-habitat

fungi

display_name: fungi

glaciers

display_name: glaciers

permafrost

display_name: permafrost

plastisphere

display_name: plastisphere

swiss-alps

display_name: swiss-alps

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: Life at chilly temperatures - A collection of microorganisms from extreme habitats


maintainer: Michael Eisenring

en: alan light-pollution european-beech phytochemistry insect-herbivores

en: Raw_data_Ceppi et al..xlsx

en: Raw data for the Publication Ceppi et al. 2025 in Journal of Applied Ecology: ARTIFICAL NIGHT LIGHT INTENSITY MODULATES HERBIVORY AND PHYTOCHEMISTRY IN EUROPEAN BEECH

en: Raw data on plant morphological traits, phytochemistry and herbivory that were analyzed in the study entitled: Artificial night light intensity modulates herbivory and phytochemistry in European beech

alan

display_name: alan

european-beech

display_name: european-beech

insect-herbivores

display_name: insect-herbivores

light-pollution

display_name: light-pollution

phytochemistry

display_name: phytochemistry

en: Raw data - Artificial night light intensity modulates herbivory and phytochemistry in European beech


en: norway-spruce climate-change drought european-beech douglas-fir

en: This file contains the growth data of the 8 plant species used in the Doch-WO experiment.

en: This data is related to the publication "Non-native Douglas fir seedlings outcompete native Norway spruce, silver fir and Scots pine under dry and nutrient-poor conditions". It contains growth and biomass data on Douglas fir seedlings in competition with three native conifers and four native broadleaf trees over three years und varying environmental conditions (i.e., water, nutrients and light availabilities).

climate-change

display_name: climate-change

douglas-fir

display_name: douglas-fir

drought

display_name: drought

norway-spruce

display_name: norway-spruce

en: Data on Douglas fir seedlings from the DOCH-WO experiment


maintainer: Izabela Bujak-Ozga

en: drainage-network precipitation channel catchment water-level drainage catchment-data dynamics

media_type: text/csv

en: The dataset consists of time series of measured surface and groundwater levels, calculated flowing drainage network lengths, and nearby precipitation data for two sub-catchments of the Haute-Mentue catchment, Switzerland (Summer-Autumn 2022). The details of the dataset are described in the provided documentation (short-term_drainage_density_dynamics_dataset_documentation_for_the_haute-mentue_catchment.pdf)

format: CSV

en: Documentation for the Short-term Drainage Density Dynamics Dataset for the Haute-Mentue Catchment (dataset_of_flowing_drainage_network_lengths_water_levels_and_precipitation_for_the_haute-mentue_catchment.csv). This document provides a detailed description of the collected data, the locations where it was recorded, the data format, and the curation process applied.

en: The dataset contains time series of water levels, precipitation measured in the two sub-catchments of the Haute-Mentue catchment and its vicinity during summer and autumn 2022, as well as flowing drainage network lengths calculated for these areas using the CEASE method developed by the authors. Detailed description of the dataset is provided in the documentation.

catchment

display_name: catchment

catchment-data

display_name: catchment-data

channel

display_name: channel

drainage

display_name: drainage

drainage-network

display_name: drainage-network

dynamics

display_name: dynamics

precipitation

display_name: precipitation

water-level

display_name: water-level

educ

en: Education, culture and sport


maintainer: Sofia Pagliarin

en: urban-atlas copernicus milan imperviousness soil-sealing barcelona

en: Shareable project in Esri ArcGIS format including the HRL IMD data in raster format for each of the territorial boundaries as specified in letter a)-h), see Dataset description

en: Information on data sources

en:
Dataset description

This dataset is a recalculation of the Copernicus 2015 high resolution layer (HRL) of imperviousness density data (IMD) at different spatial/territorial scales for the case studies of Barcelona and Milan. The selected spatial/territorial scales are the following:

 * a)	Barcelona city boundaries
 * b)	Barcelona metropolitan area, Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB)
 * c)	Barcelona greater city (Urban Atlas)
 * d)	Barcelona functional urban area (Urban Atlas)
 * e)	Milan city boundaries
 * f)	Milan metropolitan area, Piano Intercomunale Milanese (PIM)
 * g)	Milan greater city (Urban Atlas)
 * h)	Milan functional urban area (Urban Atlas)

In each of the spatial/territorial scales listed above, the number of 20x20mt cells corresponding to each of the 101 values of imperviousness (0-100% soil sealing: 0% means fully non-sealed area; 100% means fully sealed area) is provided, as well as the converted measure into squared kilometres (km2).

 Dataset composition

The dataset is provided in .csv format and is composed of:

_IMD15_BCN_MI_Sources.csv_: Information on data sources

 _IMD15_BCN.csv_: This file refers to the 2015 high resolution layer of imperviousness density (IMD) for the selected territorial/spatial scales in Barcelona:
 * a)	Barcelona city boundaries (label: bcn_city)
 * b)	Barcelona metropolitan area, Àrea metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB) (label: bcn_amb)
 * c)	Barcelona greater city (Urban Atlas) (label: bcn_grc)
 * d)	Barcelona functional urban area (Urban Atlas) (label: bcn_fua)

 _IMD15_MI.csv_: This file refers to the 2015 high resolution layer of imperviousness density (IMD) for the selected territorial/spatial scales in Milan:
 * e)	Milan city boundaries (label: mi_city)
 * f)	Milan metropolitan area, Piano intercomunale milanese (PIM) (label: mi_pim)
 * g)	Milan greater city (Urban Atlas) (label: mi_grc)
 * h)	Milan functional urban area (Urban Atlas) (label: mi_fua)

_IMD15_BCN_MI.mpk_: the shareable project in Esri ArcGIS format including the HRL IMD data in raster format for each of the territorial boundaries as specified in letter a)-h).

Regarding the territorial scale as per letter f), the list of municipalities included in the Milan metropolitan area in 2016 was provided to me in 2016 from a person working at the PIM.

In the IMD15_BCN.csv and IMD15_MI.csv, the following columns are included:

 * Level: the territorial level as defined above (a)-d) for Barcelona and e)-h) for Milan);
 * Value: the 101 values of imperviousness density expressed as a percentage of soil sealing (0-100%: 0% means fully non-sealed area; 100% means fully sealed area);
 * Count: the number of 20x20mt cells corresponding to a certain percentage of soil sealing or imperviousness;
 * Km2: the conversion of the 20x20mt cells into squared kilometres (km2) to facilitate the use of the dataset.

 Further information on the Dataset

This dataset is the result of a combination between different databases of different types and that have been downloaded from different sources. Below, I describe the main steps in data management that resulted in the production of the dataset in an Esri ArcGIS (ArcMap, Version 10.7) project.

 1. The high resolution layer (HRL) of the imperviousness density data (IMD) for 2015 has been downloaded from the official website of Copernicus. At the time of producing the dataset (April/May 2021), the 2018 version of the IMD HRL database was not yet validated, so the 2015 version was chosen instead. The type of this dataset is raster.

 2. For both Barcelona and Milan, shapefiles of their administrative boundaries have been downloaded from official sources, i.e. the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) and the ICGC (Catalan Institute for Cartography and Geology). These files have been reprojected to match the IMD HRL projection, i.e. ETRS 1989 LAEA.

 3. Urban Atlas (UA) boundaries for the Greater Cities (GRC) and Functional Urban Areas (FUA) of Barcelona and Milan have been checked and reconstructed in Esri ArcGIS from the administrative boundaries files by using a Eurostat correspondence table. This is because at the time of the dataset creation (April/May 2021), the 2018 Urban Atlas shapefiles for these two cities were not fully updated or validated on the Copernicus Urban Atlas website. Therefore, I had to re-create the GRC and FUA boundaries by using the Eurostat correspondence table as an alternative (but still official) data source. The use of the Eurostat correspondence table with the codes and names of municipalities was also useful to detect discrepancies, basically stemming from changes in municipality names and codes and that created inconsistent spatial features. When detected, these discrepancies have been checked with the ISTAT and ICGC offices in charge of producing Urban Atlas data before the final GRC and FUA boundaries were defined.

Steps 2) and 3) were the most time consuming, because they required other tools to be used in Esri ArcGIS, like spatial joins and geoprocessing tools for shapefiles (in particular dissolve and area re-calculator in editing sessions) for each of the spatial/territorial scales as indicated in letters a)-h).

Once the databases for both Barcelona and Milan as described in points 2) and 3) were ready (uploaded in Esri ArcGIS, reprojected and their correctness checked), they have been ‘crossed’ (i.e. clipped) with the IMD HRL as described in point 1) and a specific raster for each territorial level has been calculated. The procedure in Esri ArcGIS was the following:

 * Clipping: Arctoolbox > Data management tools > Raster > Raster Processing > Clip. The ‘input’ file is the HRL IMD raster file as described in point 1) and the ‘output’ file is each of the spatial/territorial files. The option "Use Input Features for Clipping Geometry (optional)” was selected for each of the clipping.
 * Delete and create raster attribute table: Once the clipping has been done, the raster has to be recalculated first through Arctoolbox > Data management tools > Raster > Raster properties > Delete Raster Attribute Table and then through Arctoolbox > Data management tools > Raster > Raster properties > Build Raster Attribute Table; the "overwrite" option has been selected.

 Other tools used for the raster files in Esri ArcGIS have been the spatial analyst tools (in particular, Zonal > Zonal Statistics). As an additional check, the colour scheme of each of the newly created raster for each of the spatial/territorial attributes as per letters a)-h) above has been changed to check the consistency of its overlay with the original HRL IMD file. However, a perfect match between the shapefiles as per letters a)-h) and the raster files could not be achieved since the raster files are composed of 20x20mt cells.

The newly created attribute tables of each of the raster files have been exported and saved as .txt files. These .txt files have then been copied in the excel corresponding to the final published dataset.

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copernicus

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imperviousness

display_name: imperviousness

milan

display_name: milan

soil-sealing

display_name: soil-sealing

urban-atlas

display_name: urban-atlas

envidat

en: EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal

en: Soil sealing Barcelona and Milan different territorial levels


greenland-shrubs-and-microclimate

maintainer: Nathalie Chardon

title_for_slug: greenland-shrubs-and-microclimate

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

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: GitLab Repository

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

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).

accessible-shrub-forest

display_name: accessible-shrub-forest

arctic

display_name: arctic

climate

display_name: climate

field-data

display_name: field-data

sdm

display_name: sdm

validation

display_name: validation

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: Greenland shrubs and microclimate


maintainer: Andrin Caviezel

en: deposition-points sensor-stream dem rockfall rockfall-runout stonenode natural-hazards stonenodedata rockfall-experiments induced-rockfall

en: Induced Rockfall Data, Tschamut, GR

en:
 Induced Rockfall Experimental Data, Tschamut, GR, Switzerland

The archive contains site specific geographical data as well as the deposition points of manually induced rockfall by releasing differently shaped boulders with 30–80 kg of mass. Additionally availabe are the StoneNode v1.0 sensor streams for the equipped rocks.

The _OverviewFigures_ file serves as quick representation of the included data. It also contains the overview table for the rock masses in order to set the dimensions accordingly in RAMMS::ROCKFALL.

The archive contains the following folders:
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* DEM: ArcGIS compatible DEM Tschamut_DEM_2m (grid resolution of 2 m) as well as the .asc grid used in RAMMS::ROCKFALL simulations
* _DepositionPoints_: containing two folders _RF Tschamut Frozen_ and _RF Tschamut WET_ containing each a shapefile with the complete deposition data of each series as well as deposition shapfiles for each rock shape.
* _DigitizedRocks_: Digitized point clouds of the used rocks as used for RAMMS::ROCKFALL simulations (.pts files) (dimensions have to be checked).
* _Orthofoto_: Orthophoto of the experimental site obtained via UAV with 5 cm resolution.

en: StoneNode v1.0 Data for equipped experimental Runs.

en: Corresponding StoneNode v1.0 data streams belonging to the deposition points.

en:
 Dataset of an experimental campaign of induced rockfall in Tschamut, Grisons, Switzerland.

The data archive contains site specific geographical data such as DEM and orthophoto as well as the deposition points of manually induced rockfall by releasing differently shaped boulders with 30–80 kg of mass. Additionally available are all the StoneNode data streams for rocks equipped with a sensor. The data set consists of

* Deposition points from two series (wet (27/10/2016) and frozen (08/12/2016) ground)
* Digital Elevation Model (grid resolution 2 m) obtained via UAV
* Orthophoto (5 cm resolution) obtained via UAV
* Digitized rock point clouds (.pts input files for RAMMS::ROCKFALL)
* StoneNode v1.0 raw data stream for equipped rocks.

Further information is found in

* A. Caviezel et al., _Design and Evaluation of a Low-Power Sensor Device for Induced Rockfall Experiments_, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2018, 67, 767-779, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8122020/
* P. Niklaus et al., _StoneNode: A low-power sensor device for induced rockfall experiments_, 2017 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), 2017, 1-6, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7894081/

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stonenodedata

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educ

en: Education, culture and sport

en: Induced Rockfall Dataset (Small Rock Experimental Campaign), Tschamut, Grisons, Switzerland


maintainer: Frank Hagedorn

en: forest plfa c13-labeling biogeochemical-cycling microbial-biomass drought

en: Gao_Frank_C13 pulse labeling.xlsx

en:
Data of manuscript by Gao t al. : Drought resistance and resilience of rhizosphere communities in forest soils from the cellular to ecosystem scale – insights from 13C pulse labeling
Inludes data on 13C pulse-labeling experiment in young beech model ecosystems and a mature pine forest. Data of soil climate, total PLFA, 13C label strength in PLFA of pulse-labeling carried out under drought and after rewetting

en: Data of 13C-pulselabeling experiments in a young beech model ecosystem and a mature pine forest exposed to drought and rewetting. Data include microclimate during the experiment, total PLFA contents, d13C signatures in PLFA , microbial biomass, soil-respired CO2 measure during 30 days following 3-4 hour long pulse labeling with highly 13C-enriched CO2.

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forest

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plfa

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envidat

en: EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal

en: Gao_Drought resistance and resilience of rhizosphere communities_13C-PLFA


disdrometer-data-davos-wolfgang

title_for_slug: disdrometer-data-davos-wolfgang

en: disdrometer precipitation raclets davos fall-velocity

en: Disdrometer Data Davos Wolfgang

en:
The zip folder contains one netCDF file per day for Davos Wolfgang from February 8 to March 19 2019 with a temporal resolution of 30 seconds (time in UTC) and includes:

- characteristics of hydrometeors (e.g. diameter, fall velocity, amount per diameter class,...)
- precipitation rate
- radar reflectivity
- visibility range
- weather codes
- instrument performance

en: The dataset contains information on precipitation amount and type for Davos Wolfgang (LON: 9.853594, LAT: 46.835577) from February 8 to March 19 2019. It includes: characteristics of hydrometeors (e.g. diameter, fall velocity, amount per diameter class,...), precipitation rate, radar reflectivity, visibility range, weather codes and instrument performance.

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

en: Data plot of the forest station (LEB)

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

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en: Forest station data (LEB)

en: Data file.

mimetype: text/csv

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: 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.

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meteorology

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par

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wind-speed

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


en: snowpack avalanche-forecast snow-stability-evaluation avalanche snow

en: Extracted data

en: Extracted data contain validation and results published in Richter et al. (2019).

en: README

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en: README file explaining data structure and content

format: TXT

mimetype: text/plain

en: SNOWPACK simulations

en: This dataset contains all SNOWPACK simulations, including input files, setup and output files.

en: Stability tests

en: Stability tests including csv-files with CT, ECT and PST experiments for each year and each field site.

en: Manually observed snow profiles

en: Manually observed snow profiles as csv-files containing depth [cm], thickness [cm], density [kg m-3], hand hardness, first grain type, second grain type, first grain size [mm], and second grain size [mm] of each layer.

en:
To validate the critical crack length as implemented in the snow cover model SNOWPACK, PST experiments were conducted for three winter seasons (2015-2017) at two field site above Davos, Switzerland. This dataset contains manually observed snow profiles and stability tests. Furthermore, corresponding SNOWPACK simulations are included.
These data were analyzed and results were published in Richter et al. (2019).

Please refer to the Readme file for further details on the data.

These data are the basis of the following publication:
Richter, B., Schweizer, J., Rotach, M. W., and van Herwijnen, A.: Validating modeled critical crack length for crack propagation in the snow cover model SNOWPACK, The Cryosphere, 13, 3353–3366, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3353-2019, 2019.

avalanche

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avalanche-forecast

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snow

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snow-stability-evaluation

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snowpack

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educ

en: Education, culture and sport

en: Validating and improving the critical crack length in SNOWPACK


photogrammetric-drone-data-dorfberg

maintainer: Yves Bühler

title_for_slug: photogrammetric-drone-data-dorfberg

en: snow-depth-mapping orthophoto snow-distribution photogrammetry dsm snow uav drone-data

en: Data Access

en:
- 3cm-resolution Orthophoto
- 10cm-resolution DSM
- 10cm-resolution snow depth raster
- original RGB images
- Agisoft Metashape Report

All products are also available as a cloud optimized geotiff.

en: The data was collected with a Wingtra Gen II drone and a Sony RX1R II sensor. In total, 10 flights were conducted at different dates, both in summer and winter. A DSM, an orthophoto, a snow depth raster and the original drone images from every flight are available at a high resolution (10cm and 3cm, respectively).

drone-data

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dsm

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photogrammetry

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snow-distribution

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envidat

en: EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal

en: Photogrammetric Drone Data Dorfberg


en: marine marseille mediterraneaen fish-composition edna teleo

en: Data access

en:
Description: Fish environmental DNA data set collected in 2021 in the Calanques National Park
The eDNA samples were collected in 2021 in two locations (Moyades, M−FPA and “Impérial du large”, I-LPA), during the summer (June to August)and fall (mid-September to November) seasons, with the sampling dates depending on the weather conditions. For the M−FPA, samples were collected between Moyades island and Riou island, while for the I-LPA, they were collected on the south side of the “Impérial du large” island. To take into account the existing bathymetry, in the M−FPA the samples were taken at two sampling sites with depths of 20 and 40 m, while in the I-LPA they were taken at two sites with depths of 20 and 80 m.
At each site, in-situ filtration of seawater was performed using a double-head submersible pump (Subspace, Geneva, Switzerland; nominal flow of ca. 1 L/min) strapped to an underwater scooter with 2 VigiDNA 0.20 µm filtration capsules (SPYGEN, le Bourget du Lac, France), along with disposable sterile tubing. The samples were collected along two horizontal transects (up to 400 m in length) during each closed-circuit rebreather dive, enabling the filtration of a water volume of 15 L/filter per depth, as close as possible to the substrate. Two filter replicates were collected by two divers at each sampling site, except in two cases where bad weather conditions or logistical issues meant that only one replicate was sampled.
After the filtration, the remaining seawater was emptied from the capsule back on the boat and replaced by a 80 mL CL1 conservation buffer (SPYGEN, le Bourget du Lac, France). To prevent any contamination, a strict protocol was followed during the entire process, requiring disposable gloves and single-use filtration equipment. Finally, the samples were stored at room temperature. We followed a strict contamination control protocol in both field and laboratory stages. Each water sample processing included the use of disposable gloves and single-use filtration equipment to avoid any risk of contamination. Libraries were prepared with ligation using the MetaFast protocol (Fasteris).
Data content:
	* rawdata/: contains the raw reads for each individual sample. One archive contains the paired-end reads specified by the _R1 or _R2 suffix as well as individually tagged PCR replicates (if available) together with an archive containing all extraction and PCR blank samples of the library. Reads have been demultiplexed using cutadapt but not trimmed, individual demultiplexing tags and primers remain present in the sequences.
	* taxadata/: contains the table with all detected taxonomy for each sample after bioinformatic processing (see Polanco et al. 2020 for details; https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.140) and associated field metadata.
	* metadata/: contains two metadata files, one related to the data collected in the field for each filter, and the second related to the sequencing process in the lab (including the tag sequence, library name, and marker information for each sample)

edna

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fish-composition

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marseille

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mediterraneaen

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teleo

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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: Environmental DNA Marine France Calanques 2021


en: land-use-simulations land-use-change digital-zoning-plans spatial-planning land-use-transformations

en: Legend simulated maps

en:
Table of Content: 1. General context of the data set "LUSzoning”; 2. Background and aims of the study using the data set LUSzoning; 3. The data set LUSzoning.
1. General context of the data set "LUSzoning".
The data set "LUSzoning" stands for Land-use simulations integrating zoning regulations in Spanish functional urban areas. The data set has been generated as part of the CONCUR research project (https://www.wsl.ch/en/projects/concur.html) led by Dr. Anna M. Hersperger and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (ERC TBS Consolidator Grant (ID: BSCGIO 157789) for the period 2016-2021. The CONCUR research project is interdisciplinary and aims to develop a scientific basis for adequately integrating spatial policies (in this case, digital zoning plans) into quantitative land-change modelling approaches at the urban regional level.
2.	Background and aims of the study using the data set “LUSzoning”.
As part of the CONCUR project, a specific task was to integrate planning spatial policies in land-change modelling. Planning can be implemented in modelling using either hard or gradual restrictions. Different studies have addressed the inclusion of spatial planning policies in land-use change modelling. However, the integration of zoning constraints is generally established as hard or Boolean-based restrictions (e.g., whether urban development is allowed or not), while not accounting for the spatial heterogeneity or gradual characteristics within planning zones (e.g., whether planning regulations allow low, medium or high urban density), though these could improve real patterns simulations in urban areas. We assume Spanish General Zoning plans were suitable to explore the integration of planning into land-change modelling as soft constrains because they define land-use intensities in the buildable zoning areas. In light of the above considerations, the overall aim of the study was to model urban land-use changes using a multi-scenario approach that integrates digitized zoning plans for the Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and Zaragoza. The following specific objectives were addressed: i) to analyse the role of planning by defining three future scenarios that integrate digitized zoning plans and one scenario that assumes almost no planning intervention; ii) to introduce zoning constraints that reflect different degrees of urban densities; iii) to generate a transferable spatially-explicit modelling framework to integrate planning into land-use change simulations.
Four future land-use demands scenarios were defined for the FUAs. Storylines were created considering probable development scenarios related to zoning plans, current Spanish legislation and sustainability goals defined along two axes: a high market-oriented vs. high planning-intervention axis, and an axis of short-term economic growth vs. long-term sustainable growth. The sustainable development scenario (S1) is characterized by low gross floor area (GFA) growth that is limited to areas that are currently under development according to zoning plans. The business-as-usual scenario (S2) is characterized by medium GFA growth in the range of on-going trends. The strong development scenario (S3) is characterized by high GFA growth rates. Growth is restricted to buildable areas without urbanization project designated in zoning plans. The unrestricted development scenario (S4) prioritizes a high degree of market liberalization characterized by high GFA growth that surpasses population demands. S4 follows a rapid economic growth pattern with almost no planning intervention.
3.	 The data set “LUSzoning”.
The dataset includes 16 .asc raster layers providing the simulated land-uses under four defined scenarios for Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia and Zaragoza Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) for 2030. The simulated raster layers were created using CLUMondo simulation framework and have a spatial resolution of 30m. The .asc layers name include the name of the FUA and scenario number. For example, the output from simulating the urban growth for the city of Zaragoza under Scenario 2 is named “Zaragoza_S2.tif”. Furthermore, a .txt file named “Legend.txt” includes the numeric value of the land-use and the category of land-use that represents to interpret the .asc raster layers. The name of the land-use classes is a reclassification of the Urban Atlas 2012 land-use classes within the four Spanish FUAs analyzed.

digital-zoning-plans

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land-use-change

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land-use-simulations

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en: LUSzoning: Land-use simulations integrating zoning regulations in Spanish functional urban areas


en: soil-water beech fagus-sylvatica water-isotopes hydrology isotopes spruce cryogenic-extraction hydrogen-isotopes xylem-water picea-abies europe forest critical-zone ecohydrology oxygen-isotopes

en: Dataset containing information about sample weights, cryogenic water extraction and the actual hydrogen and oxygen isotope data of the study.

en: Dataset containing the information on the canopy cover.

en: All canopy pictures in one ZIP file.

en: WATSON_Canopy_Pictures (individual JPG files)

en: All canopy pictures as individual files.

en: Dataset containing the metadata of the sampling sites, including site-, soil-, tree-specific information.

en: Here, we present a comprehensive isotope dataset of soil and stem xylem water collected during two pan-European sampling campaigns in spring and summer 2023. The dataset includes samples from 40 forest sites featuring beech (Fagus sylvatica), spruce (Picea abies), or mixed beech-spruce forests, and is supplemented with detailed site-specific, soil-specific, and tree-specific metadata. Samples and metadata were collected by various researchers across Europe following a standardized protocol. Soil samples were taken at up to five depths (ranging from 0 to 90 cm), and stem xylem samples were collected from three beech and/or spruce trees at each site. All samples were sent to a single laboratory for analysis, where water was extracted using cryogenic vacuum distillation and analyzed with an isotope laser spectrometer. Additionally, a subset of the samples underwent analysis with an isotope ratio mass spectrometer. The complete description of the data can be found in a publication in Earth System Science Data (in review).

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europe

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fagus-sylvatica

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forest

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hydrogen-isotopes

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hydrology

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isotopes

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oxygen-isotopes

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soil-water

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spruce

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water-isotopes

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xylem-water

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educ

en: Education, culture and sport

en: Soil and stem xylem water isotope data from two pan-European sampling campaigns


en: ecosystem-protection hydropower decision-making gis integral-water-management

format: SHP

en: Indicators

en: The indicators capture supporting ecosystem functions.

en:
 A spatial dataset and tool to simultaneously assess hydropower potential and ecological potential of the Swiss river network (Version 2016)

 Introduction
The steadily growing demand for energy and the simultaneous pursuit of decarbonisation are increasing interest in the expansion of renewable energies worldwide. In Switzerland, various funding projects have been launched to promote technologies in the field of renewable energies and their application as quickly as possible. With the introduction of a funding instrument in 2009, the number of projects submitted to produce renewable energies increased rapidly. The applications for small hydropower plants (≤ 10 MW) were correspondingly numerous. However, the assessment of the environmental impact and its comparison with hydropower importance is still not standardized.
To provide a basis for decision-making, a methodology was developed to determine the overall hydropower potential of a region. A detailed assessment of each river reach, and the systematic and holistic assessment of small hydropower projects at a regional scale are combined here. The assessment of a river reach is conducted at the river space (i.e., the river and adjacent areas) and at the surrounding landscape level. The HYDROpot_integral methodology was developed as part of Carol Hemund's dissertation (2012) at the University of Bern. It allows the evaluation of river reaches holistically, regarding ecological, social, economic and cultural criteria. As a second part of the overall project, the theoretical hydropower (or hydraulic) potential was calculated for the entire river network, which complemnets the spatial assessment. In particular, it is possible to classify river reaches into those that are more suitable for hydropower production (=”use”) and those that are more suitable for protection.

 Material and method
The HYDROpot_Integral method was developed and tested on the basis of cantonal and national data (Hirschi et al. 2013). The method relies on 73 geodata sets. This holistic assessment is the key element of the entire assessment procedure. Its aim is to quantify the importance of the ecosystem functions in terms of services. The river network (GWN07) is divided into reaches of about 450m and for each reach two study units are defined. The river space (RS) records the ecosystem functions of the water body and the nearby riparian area. The length of the RS is 315 m on average in Switzerland and a maximum of 450 m, whereas the width is based on the FOEN definition (BWG 2001: 18f) and varies between 7-107 m. The surrounding landscape (SLS) is the second survey unit that records the ecosystem functions of the surrounding area over a range of 21 m to 321 m. The SLS is calculated over three times the RS width. The length of the SLS is identical to the length of the RS. The ecosystem functions are divided into three types: regulating (service A), cultural (service B) and provisioning (service C) functions. Accordingly, the assessment of the functions is divided into three parts and three values are assigned to each river reach. The more functions there are and the greater their performance, the higher these values are and the more important the corresponding functions are. Hence, these values quantify the importance of the ecosystem functions and the ecological, cultural and economic ecosystem services of each river reach. The concatenation of ecosystem services results in a value (ABC) that can occur in 125 different versions due to the chosen five-level value scale; i.e. each digit of the three-digit number sequence can be assigned a value between 1 and 5. Each of the 125 combinations, and thus each river reach, has its own characteristics determined by the assessments of the three function types. To record the suitability, the combinations are ranked according to their ecological, cultural and economic ecosystem services. These rules mean that the combination that is most suitable for hydropower production at minimum cost in terms of ecological and cultural ecosystem services and has a high economic potential is ranked first; rank 125 indicates the highest ecological and cultural ecosystem services and the lowest economic services and is therefore most suitable for protection. A river reach that is excluded from hydropower use due to legislation, a so-called priority reach, is given rank 126 from the outset and specially marked. A more detailed description of the methods can be found in Hirschi et al. 2013 [Link]. The dataset presented here presents the latest state of the HYDROpot_integral methodology applied at the national level. Only national data that is easily accessible was used in the preparation of the dataset. The cantonal data, such as renaturation and revitalization, would have to be requested by each canton individually and was excluded here. The nationwide value synthesis was made with R.
A list of data sources can be found here [link to text file]
A list of all parameters can be downloaded here [link to PDF and text files]

 Dataset description
Data is presented as a single shapefile. It contains the river network and all assessment results obtained with HYDROpot_Integral.

 Changes in the methodology compared to the original method (Hirschi et. al 2013)

 * RS_A11 Ecomorphology: recorded for the whole of Switzerland and zero values equated with NA;
individual cantons such as Zug and St. Gallen have no mapped values according to the modular
concept of the federal government, Valais and Graubünden only the main valleys, Ticino and Fribourg not
completely (BAFU 2009).
 * RS_A14 Renaturation and revitalization data: not centrally available at the time of data collection.
centrally available, therefore values in GR were equated with NA.
 * RS_A15 Dilution ratio at wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) for discharges: Zero values
equal to NA.
 * RS_A20 Water flow: use WASTA (2013) with hydroelectric power plants (> 300 kW) under
Federal control and dams serving hydroelectricity (Dam, as of 2013).
 * RS_C05 Synoptic hazard maps: are cantonally managed at the time of data collection,
Values in GR are marked with a 5 so that the systematics in the decision tree is not affected.
is affected.
 * Water quality (RS_A15, RS_A16, RS_A17, RS_A18, RS_A19): for the evaluation of the function type.
A Nature, it is important whether the median of the five values is less than or equal to 3 in total. This
evaluation is based on the decision tree for evaluating GR (Hirschi et al. 2013:22).
Therefore, an evaluation of the station data is made where critical and possible river segments
with poor quality (median less than 3) exist. Only two longer and one short
sections in Switzerland receive a lower median than 3 for water quality.
 * SLS_B06 Visibility: For 99 percent of the river segments (30,733 of 31,062) in the canton of
Bern (2015 reduced version), the landscape area is considered to be visible. Due to this high number
of sections, a large number of viewpoints in the layer of Swisstopo and
the computation time and computability in ArcGIS, the landscape area is classified as generally viewable
(equal to 1).
16 Method
Additional indicators were added (see Appendix B.2):
 * SLS_A21 Dissection
 * SLS_A22 Forest areas
 * SLS_B03 Hiking trails
 * SLS_B10 Residential and vacation homes
 * SLS_B11 Tourist infrastructure
 * SLS_C01 Landfill
 * SLS_C03 Infrastructure
 * SLS_C05 Industry
 * SLS_C06 Agricultural land
Not to be added, although present to some extent:
 * SLS_B06 Cultural assets of national importance: here, too, the calculability of the visibility analysis is
for the whole of Switzerland is limited
 * SLS_A15 Legally binding protection and land use planning: the individual river sections are not
clearly designated, i.e. no geodata exist
The following data are also not supplemented, as they are cantonal data:
 * SLS_A10 Cantonal nature reserves
 * SLS_A16 Forest reserves
 * SLS_A17 Cantonal inventories and contractually protected areas

decision-making

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ecosystem-protection

display_name: ecosystem-protection

gis

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hydropower

display_name: hydropower

integral-water-management

display_name: integral-water-management

envidat

en: EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal


maintainer: Camille Albouy

en: edna actinopterygii dna-metabarcoding bay-biscay atlantic-region fish-composition chondrichthyes teleo

en: Data access

en:
Environmental DNA complements scientific trawling in surveys of marine fish biodiversity (Dataset 2020)

In October 2020 we chose 16 sites from the 2020 EVHOE survey for eDNA sampling. The French international EVHOE bottom trawl survey is carried out annually during autumn in the BoB to monitor demersal fish resources. All sites were located on the continental shelf (26–170 m depth), except one on the upper slope with a depth of 1045 m. To perform eDNA sampling, we collected water samples at 15 sites (Figure 1a). At each site, we sampled seawater using Niskin bottles deployed with a circular rosette. There were nine bottles on the rosette, each of them able to hold ∼5 l of water. At each site, we first cleaned the circular rosette and bottles with freshwater, then lowered the rosette (with bottles open) to 5 m above the sea bottom, and finally closed the bottles remotely from the boat. The 45 l of sampled water was transferred to four disposable and sterilized plastic bags of 11.25 l each to perform the filtration on-board in a laboratory dedicated to the processing of eDNA samples. To speed up the filtration process, we used two identical filtration devices, each composed of an Athena® peristaltic pump (Proactive Environmental Products LLC, Bradenton, Florida, USA; nominal flow of 1.0 l min–1 ), a VigiDNA 0.20 μm filtration capsule (SPYGEN, le Bourget du Lac, France), and disposable sterile tubing. Each filtration device filtered the water contained in two plastic bags (22.5 l), which represent two replicates per sampling site. We followed a rigorous protocol to avoid contamination during fieldwork, using disposable gloves and single-use filtration equipment and plastic bags to process each water sample. At the end of each filtration, we emptied the water inside the capsule that we replaced by 80 ml of CL1 conservation buffer and stored the samples at room temperature following the specifications of the manufacturer (SPYGEN, Le Bourget du Lac, France). We processed the eDNA capsules at SPYGEN, following the protocol proposed by Polanco-Fernández et al., (2020). We performed library preparation and sequencing at Fasteris (Geneva, Switzerland). Specifically, we prepared four libraries using the MetaFast protocol (a ligation-based method) and sequenced them separately. We carried out paired-end sequencing using a MiSeq sequencer (2 × 125 bp, Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA) on two MiSeq Flow Cell Kits (v3; Illumina), following the manufacturer’s instructions. We analysed the sequence reads using the OBITools package (http:
//metabarcoding.org/obitools; Boyer et al., 2016), following the protocol described by Valentini et al. (2016).

Data content:
	* rawdata/: contains the raw reads for each individual sample. One archive contains the paired-end reads specified by the _R1 or _R2 suffix as well as individually tagged PCR replicates (if available) together with an archive containing all extraction and PCR blank samples of the library. Reads have been demultiplexed using cutadapt but not trimmed, individual demultiplexing tags and primers remain present in the sequences.
	* taxadata/: contains the table with all detected taxonomy for each sample after bioinformatic processing (see Polanco et al. 2020 for details; https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.140) and associated field metadata.
	* metadata/: contains two metadata files, one related to the data collected in the field for each filter, and the second related to the sequencing process in the lab (including the tag sequence, library name, and marker information for each sample)

actinopterygii

display_name: actinopterygii

atlantic-region

display_name: atlantic-region

bay-biscay

display_name: bay-biscay

chondrichthyes

display_name: chondrichthyes

dna-metabarcoding

display_name: dna-metabarcoding

edna

display_name: edna

fish-composition

display_name: fish-composition

teleo

display_name: teleo

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: Environmental DNA Marine France Evhoe 2020


en: conservation landscape amphibians wetlands connectivity occupancy-models

en: Model code 2, description

media_type: text/html

en: This is the output of the R markdown file Model code 2 that provides JAGS model code and describes how to format the provided data and fit the dynamic occupancy models described in the second associated publication, for a quick overview.

format: HTML

en: Covariate data 2

en: This file contains covariate data that changes over time for 856 ponds in 21 years (long format): whether or not a pond exists in year _t_, the age of constructed ponds in year _t_, structural connectivity of the pond in year _t_.

en: Original raw data

en: This file contains the original raw monitoring data as provided by the canton of Aargau. Access is restricted and only considered upon request and in consultation with the canton of Aargau.

en: Readme

en: Description of methods and datasets. Version 1.

en: Structural connectivity data

en: This file contains structural connectivity data (three different metrics), calculated based on all existing ponds in each year, in long format. See Readme v2.0 for details. Required to run Model code 2.

en: Covariate data 1

en: This file contains covariate data that does not change over time for 856 ponds: the region the pond is in, whether the pond is old or new (constructed since 1991), elevation, water surface area, fluctuations of the water table (yes, no), the percent forest cover in 100m radius around the pond, the area or large (>6m wide) roads in 1km radius around the pond.

en: Readme, v 2.0

en: Description of methods and datasets. Version 2.0, including new datasets fro structural and potential population connectivity.

en: Model code

en: This R markdown file contains all code and descriptions necessary to load and format the provided data and to fit the dynamic occupancy models described in the associated publication, including JAGS code for the fitted models.

en: Model code, description

en: This is the output of the R markdown file that provides JAGS model code and describes how to format the provided data and fit the dynamic occupancy models described in the associated publication, for a quick overview.

en: Potential population connectivity data

en: This file contains potential population connectivity data (three different metrics), calculated based on all existing and occupied ponds in each year, for each species, in long format. See Readme v2.0 for details. Required to run Model code 2.

en: Model code 2

en: This R markdown file contains all code and descriptions necessary to load and format the provided data and to fit the dynamic occupancy models described in the second associated publication, including JAGS code for the fitted models.

en: Observation data

en: This file contains detection/non-detection data for the 12 amphibian species between 1999 and 2019 for 3 annual visits. Detectable denotes whether or not a visit j was made to pond i in year t. ObservedID gives a unique ID for the observer collecting the data during visit j to pond i in year t.

en:
In the canton of Aargau, hundreds of new ponds have been constructed since the 1990s to benefit declining amphibian populations. This dataset consists of monitoring data for all 12 pond-breeding amphibian species in the canton of Aargau from 1999 to 2019 in 856 ponds, and environmental variables that describe the ponds and the landscape surrounding the ponds. Species observation data is detection/non-detection data from repeat visits during survey years, during which all potentially suitable ponds in an area were surveyed. Environmental variables describing the ponds are whether the pond has been newly constructed since 1991 or not, pond age (if constructed), elevation a.s.l., the water surface area, and whether the water table fluctuates or not. Environmental variables describing the surroundings of the ponds are the percent area of forest within a circular buffer of radius 100m around the pond, the area of large (width ≥6m) roads within a circular buffer of radius 1km around the pond, as well as structural and potential population connectivity, quantified by three different metrics each.
The canton of Aargau is the owner of the monitoring data; the original datafile is only disclosed upon request and in consultation with the canton of Aargau.
The edited dataset contains cleaned observation data for the 12 amphibian species, as well as compiled and edited covariate data and code to fit dynamic occupancy models.

amphibians

display_name: amphibians

connectivity

display_name: connectivity

conservation

display_name: conservation

landscape

display_name: landscape

occupancy-models

display_name: occupancy-models

wetlands

display_name: wetlands

en: Amphibian observation and pond data (Aargau, Switzerland)