Environmental Data: Water availability of Swiss forests during the 201...
Description
The Swiss forests' water availability during the 2015 and 2018 droughts was modelled by implementing the mechanistic Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Transport (...
Citation
Meusburger, K., Gharun, M., Walthert, L. (2022). Water availability of Swiss forests during the 2015 and 2018 droughts. EnviDat. https://www.doi.org/10.16904/envidat.335.
Resources
monthly covariance measurements
Data from Davos and Lägeren from 2013-2019
monthly covariance measurementsmeasured soil matric potential
In daily resolution for a site near Neunkirch and Hohtenn from 2014 to 2018.
measured soil matric potentialPosterior LWF-Brook90 model parameters
Sensitive above and belowground parameters of LWF-Brook90 model are provided for best runs of the calibration against soil matric potential data.
Posterior LWF-Brook90 model parametersavailable water storage capacity (AWC)
available water storage capacity (AWC)water balance fluxes
Average yearly simulated water fluxes (mm) for the Swiss forest at 500m spatial resolution.
water balance fluxesRatio of actual to potential transpiration
Simulated monthly values at 500m spatial resolution.
Ratio of actual to potential transpirationRoot distribution and root water uptake
Root density distribution derived from 44 soil profiles and simulated daily root water uptake (mm) aggregated for deciduous and coniferous trees across Switzerland.
Root distribution and root water uptakeSoil matric potential (kPa)
Mean simulated values for August 2018 with 500m spatial resolution.
Soil matric potential (kPa)Gravitational water capacity (mm)
Calculated for 1m soil depth and the potential rooting depth at 500m spatial resolution.
Gravitational water capacity (mm)Uncertainties of the available water storage capacity (mm)
Calculated for 1m soil depth and the potential rooting depth (mrd).
Uncertainties of the available water storage capacity (mm)Soil water pools with soil depth
Average plant available - (AWC), gravitational (GWC) and residual (RES) water capacity per soil depth layer of the Swiss forest.
Soil water pools with soil depth