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Open Science Support at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. The EnviDat Concept

This poster was originally created for the swissuniversities Open Science Action Plan: Kick-Off Forum, and showed to the audience on 17.10.2019. It illustrates how the environmental data ...

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Optimizing renewable energy siting in the Swiss landscape

This study examines the siting scenarios for renewable energy infrastructure (REI) in Switzerland, incorporating the external costs of ecosystem services and, innovatively, social prefere...

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Othmarsingen, Switzerland: Long-term forest meteorological data from the Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research Programme (LWF), from 1996 onwards

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 ...

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Overland and topsoil interflow time series from the Studibach - summer 2022

The dataset comprises the time series of overland flow (OF) and topsoil interflow (TIF) discharges from 14 small runoff plots (1 x 3 m) over 27 rainfall events in 2022 across the Studibac...

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Ozone measurement and analysis in the Intercantonal Forest Observation Program

In order to quantify effects of ozone on Swiss forest ozone flux calculations are needed. Currently 5 stations are operated to measure the ozone load on forests. These data form the basis...

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Passive sampling of NH3 LWF

NH&8323; concentrations were measured at 11 LWF plots (1999/2000) with Zürcher passive samplers (Palmes-type diffusion tubes with an acidic solution as absorbent) during one year. Three s...

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Passive sampling of NO2 LWF

NO&8322; concentrations were measured at 11 LWF plots (1999/2000) with passive samplers (Palmes-type diffusion tubes) during one year. Three samplers per site and period (usually 14 days)...

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Passive sampling of O3 LWF

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

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Permanent vegetation quadrats LWF

Ground vegetation is an important compartment of the ecosystem in terms of biodiversity and it takes an active part in the general functioning of the ecosystem. It is also a useful bio-in...

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Pfynwald 2019 - Dendrochronological and tree-ring isotope dataset

Data from a 17-year-long irrigation experiment (Pfynwald, Switzerland) in a naturally dry forest dominated by 100-year-old pine trees (Pinus sylvestris). This dataset includes measure tre...

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Pfynwald Geoelectric Experiment 2022

This collection of datasets consists of various measurements taken during the year 2022 in Pfynwald. It combines 2 electrical resistivity transects which were monitored in May and July, b...

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Pfynwald VPDrought experiment canopy temperature parameter

The dataset includes spatially aggregated canopy temperature measurements (°C) of one to two tree crowns obtained using infrared (IR) point sensors. The dataset was quality screened using...

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Pfynwald VPDrought experiment sap flow parameter

Description This dataset contains continuous sap-flow measurements and derived whole-tree transpiration estimates for 45 Pinus sylvestris trees at the Pfynwald experimental platform in so...

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Pfynwald VPDrought experiment soil parameters

Dataset content Continuous soil measurements (10-min resolution) from the Pfynwald long-term irrigation experiment, covering five treatments: **control, irrigation, irrigation+VPD, roof, ...

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Pfynwald VPDrought experiment stem radius changes (TreeNet)

**Continuously measured stem radius change data (time series) from high-precision point dendrometers (Natkon) mounted on the stems of Pinus sylvestris trees at 1.5 m in the Pfynwald VPDro...

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Phenological observations LWF

Phenological observations are recorded every 14 days on LWF plots where throughfall and bulk precipitation are sampled. The percentage of foliage in reference to its maximum potential dev...

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Phenotypic and Growth Stage Development Data of a Quercus robur Mycorrhization Experiment

In this experiment, we investigated the inoculation-effects of two ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) species with contrasting evolutionary histories, ecological properties, host-preferences, an...

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Phosphorus and nitrogen leaching from beech forest soils

Data on dissolved organic and inorganic phosphorus and nitrogen concentrations in leachates and their corresponding fluxes from the litter layer, the Oe/Oa horizon, and the A horizon of t...

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Photogrammetric Drone Data Dorfberg

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 sn...

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Photogrammetric Drone Data Grüenbödeli

We conducted various drone flights at Grüenbödeli near Davos with the Sony RX1R II mounted on a Wingtra drone during 2020/21/22. The data was processed with the Agisoft Metashape Professi...

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Photogrammetric Drone Data Latschuelfurgga

To map and assess snow depth on different dates, 9 flights were conducted in the winter season of 2020/21 at the Latschüelfurgga in Davos. The data was captured with a Sony RX1R II mounte...

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Photogrammetric Drone Data Schürlialp

The data was collected on 16.04.2021 and on 28.05.2021 with a Wingtra Gen II and a Sony RX1 II RGB sensor to obtain snow depth and distribution data. Following the data collection, the da...

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Photogrammetric Drone Data Wolfgang Arelen

We conducted four drone flights in Davos Wolfgang Arelen, in 2020/21 and 2022 to obtain data for the generation of DSMs and orthomosaics at a high resolution. The data was processed with ...

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Photos of vegetative and reproductive parts of 560 vascular plant species taken in all biogeographic regions of Switzerland

This data set contains roughly 5600 photographs of plants and plant parts from 153 sites recorded in all major biogeographic regions of Switzerland using smartphone cameras. Image names c...

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