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Water availability in the soil (site water balance)

The trees often have less water available during the vegetation period.

•The water supply during the vegetation period is decisive for the growth and vitality of the forests. The availability of water can be calculated from the difference between precipitation and potential evaporation. This is the climatic water balance. If the soil reservoir is added, the site water balance is calculated. •The site water balance is closely related to the occurrence of trees, their vitality and growth.

•The tree species have different demands on the water supply. While oaks are frugal, spruce need considerably more water during the vegetation period.

•Trend: Return and expansion of yellow to red areas increase in the period 1981-2018.

Period 1981-2018, April to August, spatial resolution 250m x 250m. Source: Remund et al. (2016).

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Alternate title

Water availability in the soil

Date (Creation)
2019-02-06
Date (Revision)
2019-02-06
Identifier
ch.bafu.wald-wasserverfuegbarkeit_boden

Status
Completed

Owner

Forest Division, Federal Office of the Environment - BAFU Wald
Bern
3003
CH
+41 58 464 78 64
+41 58 464 78 66 (facsimile)
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/en/forest-division

Owner

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL - Info WSL
Birmensdorf
8903
+41 44 739 21 11

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
25000
Topic category
  • G Biota

Extent

Extent

Description

Switzerland

N
S
E
W








Maintenance and update frequency
Irregular
Duration of Conservation
100
Appraisal of Archival Value
A
Reason for Archiving Value
Evidence of business practice
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  • Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation

GEMET
  • forest ecology

  • wood

  • forest resource

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Resource constraints

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Opendata OPEN: Open use.

Associated resource

Title

Wasserverfügbarkeit im Boden

Association Type
Reference to a master resource of which this one is a part
Language
Deutsch
Character encoding
8859 Part 1
Distribution format
  • Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (TIFF / TIF)

Distributor

Forest Division, Federal Office of the Environment - BAFU Wald
Bern
3003
CH
+41 58 464 78 64
+41 58 464 78 66 (facsimile)
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/en/forest-division

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ch.bafu.wald-wasserverfuegbarkeit_boden

WMS-FSDI service, layer "Water availability in the soil"

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ch.bafu.wald-wasserverfuegbarkeit_boden

WMTS-FSDI service, layer "Water availability in the soil"

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https://www.wsl.ch/en/about-wsl/programmes-and-initiatives/completed-programmes-and-large-projects/research-programme-forests-and-climate-change.html

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https://data.geo.admin.ch/browser/index.html#/collections/ch.bafu.wald-wasserverfuegbarkeit_boden

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http://map.bafu.admin.ch

Link to portal

Geometric object type
Surface
Reference system identifier
EPSG:2056

Metadata

Metadata identifier
843579c9-927b-4691-b4b4-aa3a90c98007

Language
Deutsch
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Français
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Italiano
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Rumantsch
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research - Peter Brang
Zürcherstrasse 111
Birmensdorf
8903
CH
0041 44 739 21 11
0041 44 739 24 86
http://www.wsl.ch

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage

https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/843579c9-927b-4691-b4b4-aa3a90c98007

Date info (Creation)
2019-05-29T10:30:05Z
Date info (Revision)
2026-04-13T09:27:56.997061Z

Metadata standard

Title

eCH-0271

 
 

Spatial extent

Keywords

GEMET

forest ecology forest resource wood
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Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure opendata.swiss


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