Longterm hydrological observatory Alptal (central Switzerland)
This data set includes 57 years of hydrometeorological measurements from small (first-order) catchments in the pre-alpine valley Alptal. Here we provide daily mean values; values in hourl...
lsUDPS Large-scale urban development projects in European urban regions
Table of Content: 1. General context of the data set "lsUDPs" ; 2. Background and aims of the study using the data set lsUDPs; 3. The data set lsUDPs: 3.1 Selection of cases and data coll...
LUSzoning: Land-use simulations integrating zoning regulations in Spanish functional urban areas
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 da...
LWF-Tea bag sites
Decomposition of plant litter is a key process for the transfer of carbon and nutrients in ecosystems. Carbon contained in the decaying biomass is released to the atmosphere as respired C...
MadCrypto – Bryophyte and macrolichen diversity in laurel forests of Madeira
This dataset includes species lists of bryophytes and macrolichens (presence/absence) sampled on the forest floor and on trees in disturbed and undisturbed plots along elevation gradients...
Management practices shape soil fungal diversity and functional traits in Swiss forests
This dataset includes the diversity of soil prokaryotes, fungi and micro-eukaryotes in unmanaged forest reserves with managed forests across nine locations within Switzerland. Forests hav...
Manual bi-weekly snow profiles from Weissfluhjoch, Davos, Switzerland
Dataset of manual bi-weekly snow profiles from Weissfluhjoch, Davos, Switzerland. Typical snow profile measurements and observations are included (temperature, density, grain size, grain ...
Manual circumference band measurement LWF
Tree circumference change measurements from plastic girth bands Purpose: Assessment of annual tree stem growth Manual Citation: * Dobbertin M, Neumann M, 2016: Part V: Tree ...
Matric potential (manual suction cups) LWF
Measurement of the soil water availability to plants at 10 LWF plots every 14 days in 5 soil depths (15, 30, 50, 80, 130 cm) with 8 replicates (usually in the IM plot). The range of meas...
Metabarcoding of urban and forest bird faecal samples
We captured birds in urban parks and peri-urban forests in the cities of Lugano, Zurich (Switzerland) and Napoli (Italy). The urban sites were located in urban forests (Lugano, Napoli) an...
Meteorological data for investigation of rain-on-snow events in 58 catchments in Switzerland
Meteorological data used to run SNOWPACK for 58 catchments in the Swiss Alps. The data consists of a 2 km grid of "virtual meteorological stations" for each catchment. It was used to simu...
Meteorological data used to develop and validate the bias-detecting ensemble (BDE)
These data were used to drive and evaluate Jules Investigation Model (JIM) snow simulations. The data provided are the forcing data used for the "deterministic" runs as described in Winst...
Meteorological measurements LWF
Continuous measurement of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, global radiation, photosynthetic active radiation, UVB radiation, and precipation in an open field ...
Meteorological Time Series Aligned with Projected Temperature Changes
This dataset provides 50 years of seasonal synthetic hourly time series for five meteorological variables: incoming shortwave radiation, total precipitation, relative humidity, 2-meter ai...
Meteorology and snow transport at S17 near Syowa, Antarctica, in austral summer 2018/2019
This dataset contains measurement and simulation data. The measurements characterize the standard meteorology, turbulence, and snow transport at the S17 site near Syowa Station in East An...
Modeled and measured fluxes of latent and sensible heat and snow transport at S17 near Syowa in Antarctica
This dataset supports a related publication (Sigmund et al., 2025) and contains - results of four **large-eddy simulations** (LES) coupled to a Lagrangian model (LM) for snow transport, a...
Modeled Isotopic Composition of Water Vapour Along Air Parcel Trajectories in the Antarctic
Summary This data set contains Python programming code and modeled data discussed in a related research article. We developed a simple isotope model to study the drivers of the particular...
Modeling snow failure with DEM
This data set includes the modeling results described in the research article by Bobiller et al. (2020). All the figures in the article can be reproduced with the data provided.
Modeling snow saltation: the effect of grain size and interparticle cohesion
This dataset includes the parallel application and the main results supporting the research article "Modeling snow saltation: the effect of grain size and interparticle cohesion" publishe...
Modified TypoCH reference list of diagnostic species for the classification of vegetation types in Switzerland
The TypoCH scoring system (Eggenberg & Bornand 2023), which is widely used in Switzerland, provides good results as classification method for vegetation types based on Delarze et al. (201...
Monitoring data sets of alpine photovoltaic power-plants
On this repository you can find the monitoring data of the 3 PV power-plants analysed in the article _"Confirmation of the power gain for solar photovoltaic systems in alpine areas"_ (doi...
Monitoring of ash trees as part of the Intercantonal Forest Observation Programme
In 2013, the Institute for Applied Plant Biology (IAP) started a monitoring programme to study the development and the spatial variation of the ash dieback disease with the aim to find so...
Monthly topsoil and near surface microclimate temperature data for Switzerland
Climate data matching the scales at which organisms experience climatic conditions are often missing. Yet, such data on microclimatic conditions are required to better understand climate-...
Mortality of regeneration: Acer spp. and Fagus sylvatica
One individual per species, vitality class (low and high) and height class (eight classes: 0–10, 11–20, 21–35, 36–60, 61–90, 91–130, 131–200 and 201–500 cm) was randomly selected and harv...