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Mean Precipitation throughout the Alps 1971–2008

The present maps show the distribution of long-term mean precipitation in the Alpine region 1971–2008 for a a calendar year, the twelve calendar months, as well as the four seasons. The underlying grid data set consists of spatial precipitation analyses for every day in the period, based on measurements at typically 5500 weather stations. Area means are shown for catchments 100 km² or larger.

Simple

Date (Publication)
2018-01-01
Identifier
hydromaps:b02

Status
Completed

Owner

Federal Office for the Environment / Hydrology Division - BAFU Hydrologie
Bern
3003
CH
+41 58 464 71 87
+41 58 464 76 81 (facsimile)
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/en/hydrology-division
Spatial representation type
Vector

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
500000

Spatial resolution

Spatial resolution
1 km
Topic category
  • I Inland waters

Extent

Extent

Description

Switzerland

N
S
E
W








Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned

Resource format

Title

ESRI Shapefile (SHP)

Date
geocat.ch
  • opendata.swiss

  • confederation

Resource constraints

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Opendata BY: Open use. Must provide the source.

Associated resource

Title

-- Bezeichnung gemäss: «Bezeichnung GeoIV» (in GeoIV Anhang 1, Spalte B) --

Association Type
Reference to a master resource of which this one is a part
Language
Deutsch
Character encoding
UTF8
Basic Geodata
false
Basic Geodata Legal Level
Federal
Basic Geodata Type
openData
Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile (SHP)

Publisher

Federal Office for the Environment / Hydrology Division - BAFU Hydrologie
Bern
3003
CH
+41 58 464 71 87
+41 58 464 76 81 (facsimile)
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/en/hydrology-division

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

https://hydrologicalatlas.ch/products/analysis/water-in-the-atmosphere/precipitation-alps

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Geometric object type
Surface
Reference system identifier
LV95 EPSG:2056

Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

Metadata

Metadata identifier
d44da92b-b107-4df0-b591-f8e31fb6e388

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

Publisher

Federal Office for the Environment / Hydrology Division - BAFU Hydrologie
Bern
3003
CH
+41 58 464 71 87
+41 58 464 76 81 (facsimile)
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/en/hydrology-division

Resource provider

Institute of Geography of the University of Berne - Hydrologischer Atlas der Schweiz Geographisches Institut der Universität Bern (Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland)
Bern
3012
CH
+41 31 684 88 73
https://hydrologicalatlas.ch/contact

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage

https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/d44da92b-b107-4df0-b591-f8e31fb6e388

Date info (Creation)
2025-11-10T10:11:43.576Z
Date info (Revision)
2026-04-20T12:08:34.102131Z

Metadata standard

Title

eCH-0271

 
 

Spatial extent

Keywords

geocat.ch

confederation opendata.swiss


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