The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL, German: ''Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft'', French: ''Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt, la neige et le paysage'') is a
Swiss
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research institution, part of the
Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain.
Its scope of research includes "...changes to the terrestrial environment, and the use and protection of natural habitats and cultural landscapes."
It is headquartered in
Birmensdorf, Zürich and maintains a large office in
Davos
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Davos (, ; or ; rm, ; archaic it, Tavate) is an Alpine resort town and a municipality in the Prättigau/Davos R ...
, home of the WSL's Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF). The SLF is responsible for producing a national
avalanche
An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain.
Avalanches can be set off spontaneously, by such factors as increased precipitation or snowpack weakening, or by external means such as humans, animals, and earth ...
bulletin twice daily during winter.
From 1942 until 2019, the WSL owned and operated a research institute on the
Weissfluhjoch
The Weissfluhjoch () is a summit southeast of the Weissfluh () situated in the Plessur Range in Graubünden. Since 1932, a funicular railway (the Parsennbahn) leads to its summit from Davos.
On the Weissflujoch are located several laborat ...
mountain (2693 meters, 8835 ft) above Davos. It was mostly used to study avalanches.
See also
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Science and technology in Switzerland
Science and technology in Switzerland play an important role in the Swiss economy, which has very few natural resources that are available in the country. The Swiss National Science Foundation, mandated by the Federal government, is the most ...
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Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology
MeteoSwiss (german: MeteoSchweiz, french: MétéoSuisse, it, MeteoSvizzera), officially the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, is an office of the federal administration of Switzerland. It employs 290 people at locations in Zurich ...
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Research institutes in Switzerland
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Laboratories in Switzerland