WSL/SLF - sensors, experiments and field sites

The WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF), Davos is a part of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) and belongs to the ETH domain. Its responsibilities are research and provision of services in snow, natural hazards and mountain ecosystems.

SLF and WSL have a large involvement in many of the projects listed on the left and are one of the main driving forces behind the Swiss Experiment infrastructure supporting these projects. In addition to storing data from the projects listed, SLF is making use of the infrastructure to store and provide access to other measurements located across Switzerland.

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Measurement locations in Davos (any institute)
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Specific links:

Dorfberg: Data from Dorfberg wet snow avalanche research area

IRKIS data: Data from the IRKIS soil moisture demonstration network

Gipfelflora: Pages of the WSL/SLF Gipfelflora project

Jungfraujoch Permafrost Borehole

Latschuelfurgga Stations

North Pole 2009: Files from the North Pole expedition in 2009

Snow and Permafrost research unit organisational page (under construction)

Stillberg treeline ecology research site

VdlS data

Wannengrat Alpine Observatory: Mainly a research area to measure the wind transportation of snow, this area is one of the SwissEx fieldsites where multiple projects are collaborating.

Weissfluhjoch Versuchsfeld

Wind Tunnel: Wind tunnel organisational page

File:SLF Safety concept.pdf

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