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Phenological observations
Regions and cities, Environment
The Swiss phenology network consists of 170 stations. Some 26 different plant species are observed in order to describe the vegetation development. On the basis of this informat...
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Measurement values wind gust 1 s, 10 min maximum
Regions and cities, Environment
Current measurement values of Wind gust 1 s, 10 min [km/h]. Data is updated every 10 minutes. The data set contains all weather stations of the SwissMetNet, the automatic monito...
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Measurement values wind speed, 10 min mean
Regions and cities, Environment
Current measurement values of Wind speed, 10 min [km/h]. Data is updated every 10 minutes. The data set contains all weather stations of the SwissMetNet, the automatic monitorin...
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Visual meteorological observations
Regions and cities, Environment
The information on current weather events is supplemented by visual human observations. The atmospheric conditions around the observation site are described in detail. Visual ob...
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Hail hazard on a reference area of 100m2: hail size with 10-year return period
Regions and cities, Environment
The hail hazard maps show statistically estimated return values of the hailstone size LEHA-100 for the 10-year return period. LEHA-100 describes the largest hailstone size to be...
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Climate normals temperature 1961-1990
Regions and cities, Environment
Spatial analysis of monthly and yearly averages of temperature over the norm period 1961-1990. Source: MeteoSwiss
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Swiss temperature mean
Regions and cities, Environment
The Swiss temperature mean describes the temperature measured on average across the entire area of the country and at the various altitudes of Switzerland. The mean has been ava...
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Observations for aviation
Regions and cities, Environment
MeteoSwiss is responsible for flight safety from a meteorological perspective and makes an important contribution to aviation safety with its meteorological readings. The high v...
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Climate normals precipitation 1961-1990
Regions and cities, Environment
Spatial analysis of monthly and yearly averages of precipitation over the norm period 1961-1990. Source: MeteoSwiss
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Atmosphere stations
Regions and cities, Environment
MeteoSwiss monitors the atmosphere and measures its properties and composition. To do so, it uses various instruments and methods, including radio soundings, remote sensing devi...
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Potential use of lakes and rivers for heat extraction and heat discharge
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
Lakes and rivers provide a great yet largely untapped source of thermal energy. In Switzerland, this renewable source of energy source could be used for heating (heat extraction...
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Solar irradiation on a surface inclined 30° to the south
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The irradiation maps show the solar radiation on a south-facing surface for four different inclinations: Horizontal, 30°, 75° and 90°. The data is based on Switzerland-wide mode...
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Solar irradiation on a horizontal surface
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The irradiation maps show the solar radiation on a south-facing surface for four different inclinations: Horizontal, 30°, 75° and 90°. The data is based on Switzerland-wide mode...
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Solar irradiation on a surface inclined 75° to the south
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The irradiation maps show the solar radiation on a south-facing surface for four different inclinations: Horizontal, 30°, 75° and 90°. The data is based on Switzerland-wide mode...
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Groundwater heat utilisation potential
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The thermal energy stored in groundwater can be used for heating purposes. With groundwater heat pump systems, the heat can be extracted from the groundwater and transferred to ...
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Solar irradiation on a surface inclined 90° to the south
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The irradiation maps show the solar radiation on a south-facing surface for four different inclinations: Horizontal, 30°, 75° and 90°. The data is based on Switzerland-wide mode...
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Estimation of direct CO₂ emissions based on heat demand according to SIA...
Regions and cities, Environment
The Swiss building stock is responsible for around a quarter of CO2 emissions. Reductions in this area are key to achieving the climate targets. </p><p> The map "CO2 Emissions B...
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Mean daily temperature high in July, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 8.5
Regions and cities, Environment
Mean daily temperature high in July (period 2070-2099). The temperature increase of the climate scenario was added to the map «Air temperature July 1981-2010». Among the represe...
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Mean daily temperature high in July, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 2.6
Regions and cities, Environment
Mean daily temperature high in July (period 2070-2099). The temperature increase of the climate scenario was added to the map «Air temperature July 1981-2010». Among the represe...
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Aspects related to the use of ground-mounted photovoltaic installations
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
Aspects related to use as set out in the document "Freistehende Photovoltaikanlagen: Methodische Grundlage des Bundes" (Ground-mounted photovoltaic installations: methodological...
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Anthropogenic change and soil net N mineralization
Education, culture and sport
This dataset contains all data on which the following publication below is based. Paper Citation: Risch Anita C., Zimmermann, Stefan, Moser, Barbara, Schütz, Martin, Hagedorn,...
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Greenland shrubs and microclimate
Education, culture and sport
Study Aim We collected these data to alternatively train and validate high resolution (~ 90 m) Species Distribution Models (SDMs) and Species Abundance Models (SAMs) for _Betu...
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Resolution in species distribution models shapes spatial patterns of plant...
Education, culture and sport
This dataset comprises a large array of ecological data for the European Alps: (1) Current soil and climate predictors at various resolutions. (2) GBIF observations of the ...
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Greenland Climate Network (GC-Net) Data
Education, culture and sport
In Memory of Dr. Konrad (Koni) Steffen <br /> <br /> Update October 2022: The GC-Net is kindly continued by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS). Starting Oc...
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IMIS Phenology Data Since 1998
Education, culture and sport
Long-term phenological data in alpine regions are often limited to a few locations and thus, little is known about climate-change induced plant phenological shifts above the tre...