Division of Geological Vector Datasets GeoCover
The GeoCover datasets are available according to the 1:25,000 national map grid. The «Division GeoCover» layer shows the perimeter, number and name of each sheet. Clicking on the perimete...
Geothermal Map of Switzerland 1:500000
The geothermal map shows the thermal energy that is produced in the subsurface and traverses the Earth's surface within an area of 1 m2 (mW/m2). The heat flow data is calculated from the ...
Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000
The Tectonic Map of Switzerland (TK500) depicts the tectonic units and structural elements of the entire Swiss territory and neighboring regions. These units group together rocks with a c...
Brickworks raw materials: Production and mining sites
This dataset shows the brickwork production and mining sites in operation and decommissioned of the brickworks in Switzerland. Clay, marl and also sand are the most important raw material...
Cement raw materials: Production and mining sites
Cement is a fundamental component for the manufacturing of concrete, one of the most widely used construction materials in Switzerland and around the world. This dataset shows the product...
A high-resolution snow and hydrometeorological dataset for the Dischma region in Switzerland
This repository contains data from the alpine Dischma watershed and its surroundings in eastern Switzerland and includes: (a) hourly hydrometeorological data with 100m spatial resolution,...
Aerosol Data Davos Wolfgang
Aerosol properties were measured between February 8 and March 31 2019 at the measurement site Davos Wolfgang (LON: 9.853594, LAT: 46.835577). Optical and aerodynamic particle counters, a...
Aerosol Data Weissfluhjoch
Aerosol properties were measured between February 8 and March 31 2019 at the measurement site Weissfluhjoch (LON: 9.806475, LAT: 46.832964). Optical and aerodynamic particle counters, as...
Alpine3D Climate Data
Alpine3D (A3D) runs between 1950 and 2022 in hourly resolution. Simulations are run for every year separately (year n = Sept. n-1 to Aug. n), starting again with no snow every 1st of Sept...
Alpine3D simulations of future climate scenarios CH2014
Overview The CH2014-Impacts initiative is a concerted national effort to describe impacts of climate change in Switzerland quantitatively, drawing on the scientific resources available in...
Alpine3D simulations of future climate scenarios for Graubunden
This is the simulation dataset from _"Response of snow cover and runoff to climate change in high Alpine catchments of Eastern Switzerland"_, M. Bavay, T. Grünewald, M. Lehning, Advances ...
Amphibian observation and pond data (Aargau, Switzerland)
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-b...
Angle of repose experiments with natural and spherical snow
Angle of repose experiments were performed with different snow types at temperatures between -2 and -40°C. They were used to examine granular snow dynamics on the grain-scale with focus ...
Antarctic sea-ice freshwater fluxes associated with freezing, transport, and melting
This data set provides estimates of annual fresh water fluxes related to sea-ice formation from ocean freezing and snow-ice formation, sea-ice melting, lateral transport of sea ice in the...
Arthropod biomass, abundance and species richness trends over 32 years in the agricultural Limpach valley, Switzerland
Recent publications about declines in arthropod biomass, abundance and species diversity raise concerns and call for measures. Agricultural intensification is likely one cause for the neg...
ATLFISHREF A 12S mitochondrial reference dataset for metabarcoding Atlantic Fishes frequently caught during scientific surveys in the Bay of Biscay
The global biodiversity crisis driven by anthropogenic pressures significantly threatens marine ecosystems functioning. The rate of climate change and the impacts of anthropogenic pressur...
Carabid beetles in forests
Carabidae data from all historic up to the recent projects (21.10.2019) of WSL, collected with various methods in forests of different types. Version 2 ('FIDO_global_extract 2019-11-22_18...
Case study applications demonstrating the use and potential of the TreeMig framework v1
The TreeMig framework allows for an easy application of the forest landscape model TreeMig for simulating forest dynamics in space under changing environmental and land use conditions. He...
Ceilometer Klosters
Cloud base height (m) and vertical visibility (m) were measured with the VAISALA Ceilometer CL31 in Klosters (LON: 9.880413, LAT: 46.869019). The CL31 is an instrument with constant relia...
CH-POA300 -- Hourly Plane-of-Array Solar Irradiance at High Resolution for Switzerland
**CH-POA300** is a dataset of hourly solar irradiance maps projected onto tilted surfaces (analogous to monofacial solar panels). - **Spatial resolution:** 300 m - **Coverage:** Switz...
CHELSA-BIOCLIM+ A novel set of global climate-related predictors at kilometre-resolution
A multitude of physical and biological processes on which ecosystems and human societies depend are governed by climatic conditions. Understanding how these processes are altered by clima...
CHELSA-TraCE21k: Downscaled transient temperature and precipitation data since the last glacial maximum
High resolution, downscaled climate model data are used in a wide variety of applications in environmental sciences. Here we present the CHELSA-TraCE21k downscaling algorithm to create gl...
CHELSACanaryClim-climatologies
CHELSACanaryClim is a high-resolution, terrain-informed downscaling model developed specifically for the Canary Islands. It builds on the CHELSA v1.2 framework and integrates extensive lo...
CHELSAcerra-daily
CHELSA is a mechanistic downscaling model that links large-scale atmospheric conditions with local topographic factors to produce very high-resolution climate data. It includes commonly u...