DOI: 10.16904/envidat.98
title: Chironico, Switzerland: Long-term forest meteorological data from the Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research Programme (LWF), from 2000 onwards

description: High quality meteorological data are needed for long-term forest ecosystem research, particularly in the light of global change. The long-term data series published here comprises almost 20 years of measurements for two meteorological stations in Chironico in Switzerland where one station is located within a natural coniferous forest stand (CIB) with Norway spruce (_Picea abies_; 160-180 yrs) and European silver fir (_Abies alba_; 140-160 yrs) as dominant tree species. A second station is situated in the very vicinity outside of the forest (field station, CIF). The meteorological time series are presented in hourly time resolution of air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and wind speed. Chironico is part of the Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research Programme (LWF) established and maintained by the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL.
description: Resource Title: Site aerial photo (Chironico)
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 Description: Site aerial photo from both Chironico stations. Source: Google. 2016. Site aerial photo from both Chironico stations. Retrieved November 11, 2016, from https://www.google.ch/maps
description: Resource Title: Site photo of the field station (CIF)
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 Description: Site photo of the field station from the side.
description: Resource Title: Site photo of the forest station (CIB)
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 Description: Site photo of the forest station from below (viewing upwards the slope).
description: Resource Title: Data plot of the field station (CIF)
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 Description: Data overview for air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, PAR, wind speed.
description: Resource Title: Data plot of the forest station (CIB)
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 URL: https://www.envidat.ch/dataset/aa85a779-49cb-4d55-bcaf-e957a48d0771/resource/806df5aa-7383-4d16-8318-4c26237ddd03/download/cibplot.pdf
 Description: Data overview for air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, PAR, wind speed.
description: Resource Title: Forest station data (CIB)
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 URL: https://www.envidat.ch/dataset/aa85a779-49cb-4d55-bcaf-e957a48d0771/resource/d2125be5-ab36-4a79-8873-100747c9304a/download/cibforest.csv
 Description: Data file.
description: Resource Title: Data plot of the field station (CIF)
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 URL: https://www.envidat.ch/dataset/aa85a779-49cb-4d55-bcaf-e957a48d0771/resource/5993f35c-f254-4f4e-b603-82f1999524f4/download/ciffield.csv
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