Data

Cropland and grassland map of Switzerland based on Sentinel-2 data

EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
Education, culture and sport

We developed a map of cropland and grassland allocation for Switzerland based on several indices dominantly derived from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery captured over multiple growing...

Grassland-use intensity maps for Switzerland

EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
Education, culture and sport

A rule-based algorithm (Schwieder et al., 2022) was used to produce annual maps for 2018–2021 of grassland-management events, i.e....

CHELSAcruts - High resolution temperature and precipitation timeseries for the 20th century and beyond

EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
Education, culture and sport

CHELSAcruts is a delta change monthly climate dataset for the years 1901-2016 for mean monthly maximum temperatures, mean monthly minimum temperatures, and monthly precipitation...

Present and future multifaceted plant diversity, uniqueness and conservation in the European Alps

EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
Education, culture and sport

This repository contains extensive data for the European Alps:

• Observations of ~3,500 plant species
• Climate (1-km), soil (100-m) and land cover predictors (1km); current...

CHELSA-TraCE21k: Downscaled transient temperature and precipitation data since the last glacial maximum

EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
Education, culture and sport

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...

Snow depth mapping by airplane photogrammetry (2017 - ongoing)

EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
Education, culture and sport

The available datasets are snow depth maps with a spatial resolution of 0.5 m derived from images of the survey camera Vexcel Ultracam mounted on a piloted airplane. Image...

LiDAR 2019 - Pente du terrain classifiée

Ville de Lausanne
Regions and cities, Environment

La pente est calculée sur la base du MNT. La grille est à 0.5m de résolution et contient les valeurs de la pente (en %) regroupées par classe.

Pente (%) : Classification 0–4 :...

LiDAR 2019 - Pente du terrain

Ville de Lausanne
Regions and cities, Environment

La pente est calculée sur la base du MNT. La grille est à 0.5m de résolution et contient les valeurs de pente en degré.

LiDAR 2019 - Orientation du terrain classifiée

Ville de Lausanne
Regions and cities, Environment

L’orientation du terrain est calculée sur la base du MNT. La grille est à 0.5m de résolution et contient les valeurs de l’orientation de la pente entre 0° (Nord) et 360° dans la...

LiDAR 2019 - Ombrage du MNS (rayonnement solaire)

Ville de Lausanne
Regions and cities, Environment

Cette carte d’ombrage est une image raster obtenue par ombrage du MNS qui offre une représentation précise du relief.

La méthode par rayonnement a été utilisée ici : calcul du...

LiDAR 2019 - Ombrage du MNT

Ville de Lausanne
Regions and cities, Environment

Cette carte d’ombrage est une image raster obtenue par ombrage du MNT qui offre une représentation précise du relief.

Ces ombrages ont été réalisés par la méthode standard :...

LiDAR 2019 - Ombrage du MNS

Ville de Lausanne
Regions and cities, Environment

Cette carte d’ombrage est une image raster obtenue par ombrage du MNS qui offre une représentation précise du relief.

Ces ombrages ont été réalisés par la méthode standard :...

LiDAR 2019 - Modèle numérique de terrain (MNT)

Ville de Lausanne
Regions and cities, Environment

Le MNT a été généré à partir de points bruts classifiés issus de l'office fédérale de topographie, swisstopo. Les points bruts sont interpolés sur une grille raster régulière d'une...

LiDAR 2019 - Modèle numérique de surface (MNS)

Ville de Lausanne
Regions and cities, Environment

Le MNS a été généré à partir de points bruts classifiés issus de l'office fédérale de topographie, swisstopo. Les points bruts sont interpolés sur une grille raster régulière d'une...

Wind Atlas of Switzerland: Annual average of the modelled wind speed and direction at a height of 75 metres above the ground

Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment

The Wind Atlas of Switzerland describes the wind conditions at five different heights above the ground: 50, 75, 100, 125 and 150 metres. The data are based on a nation-wide...

Wind Atlas of Switzerland: Frequency of meteorological icing at 100 metres above the ground

Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment

In Switzerland, the mountain regions (Jura, Alps and Alpine foothills) are the most suitable regions for exploiting wind energy potential. But here, the air temperature during the...

Thermal networks: demand from residential and commercial buildings

Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment

The demand for heat and cooling is a key element in the strategic planning of thermal networks. Building a thermal network is only viable if sufficient sales turnover can be...

Wind Atlas of Switzerland: Annual average of the modelled wind speed and direction at a height of 50 metres above the ground

Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment

The Wind Atlas of Switzerland describes the wind conditions at five different heights above the ground: 50, 75, 100, 125 and 150 metres. The data are based on a nation-wide...

Thermal networks: demand from industry

Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment

In strategic planning, heat demand is used to identify large connected areas that may be appropriate for a thermal network. Areas with a heat density of at least 700 MWh/a per...

Wind Atlas of Switzerland: Annual average of the modelled wind speed and direction at a height of 150 metres above the ground

Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment

The Wind Atlas of Switzerland describes the wind conditions at five different heights above the ground: 50, 75, 100, 125 and 150 metres. The data are based on a nation-wide...