Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
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The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research is concerned with the use, development and protection of natural and urban spaces. The focus of their research is on solving problems to do with the responsible use of landscapes and forests and a prudent approach to natural hazards, especially those common in mountainous countries.
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- Towards comparable species richness estimates across plot-based inventories - dataThe data file refers to the data used in Portier et al. "Plot size matters: towards comparable species richness estimates across plot-based inventories" (2022) *Ecology and Evolution*. This paper describes a methodoligical framework developed to allow meaningful species richness comparisons across plot-based inventories using different plot sizes. To this end, National Forest Inventory data from Switzerland, Slovakia, Norway and Spain were used. NFI plots were aggregated into mega-plots of larger sizes to build rarefaction curves. The data stored here correspond to the mega-plot level data used in the analyses, including for each country the size of the mega-plots in square meters (A), the corresponding species richness (SR) as well as all enrionmental heterogeneity measures described in the corresponding paper. Mega-plots of country-specific downscaled datasets are also provided. The raw data from the Swiss NFI can be provided free of charge within the scope of a contractual agreement (http://www.lfi.ch/dienstleist/daten-en.php). Contact details for data requests from all NFIs can be found in the ENFIN website (http://enfin.info/).1Licence not specifiedover 1 year ago
- Literature data of sound speed in snowThis dataset contains literature data for snow density and frequency dependency of speed of sound waves in snow. The data were either available as tabular data in the original publications or were digitized from plots contained in the original publications. The data were originally collected and used for first figure in Capelli et al. (2016) .1Licence not specifiedover 1 year ago
- Fire Weather Index for Hydrological Bavaria from 1980-2099 derived from the 50 member CRCM5-LEThis dataset contains the Fire Weather Index for Hydrological Bavaria from 1980 - 2099 as stated in the paper "Climate change impacts on regional fire weather in heterogeneous landscapes of Central Europe" published in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciens (NHESS) 2023. The dataset contains daily Fire Weather Index values for all 50 members (subfolders of the dataset) of the CRCM5-LE (11 km spatial resolution) from 1980 to 2099 over the domain of Hydrological Bavaria. Please cite this dataset as the publication: Miller, J., Böhnisch, A., Ludwig, R., & Brunner, M. I. (2023). Climate change impacts on regional fire weather in heterogeneous landscapes of Central Europe. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 1-25. doi: 10.5194/nhess-2023-51.1Licence not specifiedover 1 year ago
- Lens, Switzerland: Long-term forest meteorological data from the Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research Programme (LWF), from 1997 onwardsHigh 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.1Licence not specifiedover 1 year ago
- Input datasets for forest snow modelling in Fluela valley, WY 2016-21This dataset contains surface datasets (in particular canopy structure fields) and meteorological input (water years 2016-2021) required to run the snow model FSM2 over the Fluela valley. Land surface datasets are available for a 1.5x2.5km model domain at 2m spatial resolution, meteorological input at hourly resolution is provided for a point and corresponds to the location of the automatic weather station / snow measurement field 5DF in Davos. Corresponding FSM2 simulations are used and analyzed in the publication 'Canopy structure, topography and weather are equally important drivers of small-scale snow cover dynamics in sub-alpine forests' by Mazzotti et al. (submitted to HESSD). This publication should be cited whenever the dataset is used.1Licence not specifiedover 1 year ago
- Production de biogaz à partir d’engrais de ferme en SuisseL'objectif de ce livre blanc est de fournir aux décideurs, aux administrations et aux parties prenantes les résultats de recherche les plus récents afin de promouvoir l'utilisation optimale de la bioénergie issue des engrais de ferme dans la transition énergétique suisse. A cette fin, les résultats du centre de compétence suisse pour la recherche en bioénergie - SCCER BIOSWEET - sont résumés et présentés dans un contexte plus large. Si rien d'autre n'est mentionné, les résultats se réfèrent à la Suisse et, dans le cas de la matière première, aux potentiels nationaux de biomasse.1Licence not specifiedover 1 year ago
- Swiss Canopy Crane II research site This research site is located near Hölstein in Canton Basel-Landschaft in a mature temperate forest that harbours more than 400 trees from 14 different species. The 1.6 ha site is equipped with the latest infrastructure, including 60 automated point dendrometers, automated soil respiration chambers, 72 ceramic suction cups at various locations and depths across the site, and a range of automated environmental sensors in the soil, the forest floor and in the canopy. A key piece of infrastructure is the new Swiss Canopy Crane II (SCC II), a 50 m tall crane with a 50 m jib that provides canopy access to 250 trees from 12 different species.1Licence not specifiedover 1 year ago
- Salvage logging*Volume of stemwood with bark of all trees and shrubs starting at 12 cm dbh that were removed from the forest as a result of damage occurring (e.g. windthrow, avalanches, insects, rockfall), and not because of management planning. This theme is derived on the level of a sample plot from the cuttings of the sample trees and the salvage cut proportion (according to information from the forester). *In the calculation no D7/tree height data were used. The values calculated like this have not been corrected for bias, but allow for cantons or forest districts a more robust estimation of changes and could thus be better interpreted. __Citation:__ > _Abegg, M.; Brändli, U.-B.; Cioldi, F.; Fischer, C.; Herold-Bonardi, A.; Huber M.; Keller, M.; Meile, R.; Rösler, E.; Speich, S.; Traub, B.; Vidondo, B. (2014). Fourth national forest inventory - result tables and maps on the Internet for the NFI 2009-2013 (NFI4b). [Published online 06.11.2014] Available from World Wide Web http://www.lfi.ch/resultate/ Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. [doi:10.21258/1057112](https://doi.org/10.21258/1057112)_1Licence not specifiedover 1 year ago
- Dendrochronological analyses of tree core samples (subplot) LWFTwo stem core samples of all trees of a subplot of approximately 1 a. Basal Area, Wood volume increment per area estimation ### Purpose: ### Investigation of the relation between dendroparameters of dominance/surpression and stem growth. Abgleich Jahrringdaten mit Inventurdaten. ### Paper Citation: ### * Nehrbass-Ahles C, Babst F, Klesse S, Nötzli M, Bouriaud O, Neukom R, Dobbertin M, Frank D (2014) The influence of sampling design on tree-ring-based quantification of forest growth. Global Change Biology, 20 (9): 2867–2885. [doi: 10.1111/gcb.12599](http://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12599) * Klesse S, Etzold S, Frank D (2016) Integrating tree-ring and inventory-based measurements of aboveground biomass growth: research opportunities and carbon cycle consequences from a large snow breakage event in the Swiss Alps. European Journal of Forest Research, 135 (2): 297-311.1Licence not specifiedover 1 year ago
- Total basal areaSum of the stem cross-section areas of all living and dead trees and shrubs starting at 12 cm dbh at a height of 1.3 m (dbh measurement height). __Citation:__ > _Abegg, M.; Brändli, U.-B.; Cioldi, F.; Fischer, C.; Herold-Bonardi, A.; Huber M.; Keller, M.; Meile, R.; Rösler, E.; Speich, S.; Traub, B.; Vidondo, B. (2014). Fourth national forest inventory - result tables and maps on the Internet for the NFI 2009-2013 (NFI4b). [Published online 06.11.2014] Available from World Wide Web http://www.lfi.ch/resultate/ Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. [doi:10.21258/1057112](https://doi.org/10.21258/1057112)_1Licence not specifiedover 1 year ago
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