European Soil Data Centre

Global Rainfall Erosivity Database (GloREDa) includes point R-factor data from almost 3,939 stations in 65 countries worldwide b) monthly erosivity values and c) Monthly erosivity ...

This dataset derives from the integration of the LUCAS soil survey with the bio-geochemistry process-based model DayCent. The model was ran for more than 11,000 LUCAS sampling poin...

The LUCAS topsoil survey 2018 included a module for visual assessment of gully erosion. Gully erosion channels were detected in 1% of the visited LUCAS topsoil sites. Find the 211 ...

This dataset contains the results of a study that mapped post-fire soil erosion in Portugal and identified the areas with higher post-fire erosion risk for past and future climate ...

Available Thematic Data Layers for Commission Decision of [11 June 2010] on guidelines for the calculation of land carbon stocks for the purpose of Annex V to Directive 2009/28/EC

We present the review of 54 articles in the literature and Member States policy documents which address Soil Biodiversity Conservation

This dataset (map) illustrates the variations in soil organic carbon (measured in g C kg y-1) within the 0-20 cm depth range for croplands and grasslands across the EU and UK betwe...

Process-based biogeochemical models are valuable instruments to monitor the P cycle and predict the effect of agricultural management policies. We upscale the calibrated DayCent mo...

A spatially distributed model coupling erosion, transport, and deposition to the carbon cycle was developed. Then, it was used to simulate the impact of cover crops on both erosion...

Maps of Arsenic (As) in EU topsoils at 250m resolution. In addition, we provide the exceedance probabilities for the threshold of 1.5, 20 and 45 mg kg-1 . We also provide compariso...

For the entire EU and UK, we provide estimates of sediments removal costs based on three quantification methods: a) Flat rate assignment from modelled sediment delivery b) Regional...

This datasets includes land suitability maps for several crops and land uses (14 crops , 7 fruit trees, 3 land-use types) in the temperate continental climate of Europe. To model t...

This dataset includes bulk density for Europe in 0-20cm, 0-10cm, 10-20cm layers generated with advanced Cubist rule-based regression model. We also provide the Packing density esti...

Soil-related citizen science projects have gained significant interest driven by the prominence of soil within public policy agendas. EUSO in collaboration with ECHO makes a review...

This dataset contains the results of a study targeting residues of active ingredients of pesticides used as crop protection products in soil samples collected from the 2018 LUCAS s...

Collection of EU Research projects in soils during the last forty years (n = 1101 projects) funded by the successive European Commission Framework Programs (FP) for research and in...

Zinc (Zn) is essential to sustain crop production and human health, while it can be toxic when present in excess. The Zn concentration (mg kg-1) in European topsoils as predicted b...

The dataset includes bacterial 18S raw DNA sequences for 885 samples collected as part of LUCAS 2018 Soil survey (Biodiversity module).

Novel assessment of the spatial distribution of individual and combined (additive) threat to soil due to five erosion processes across the world's areas suitable for farming. Susce...

This dataset encompasses global soil erodibility (K) factor maps, with the K factor being estimated through the Wischmeier and Smith (1978) method. In addition, measured values of ...

The EUropean SEDiments collaboration (EUSEDcollab) database contains a compilation of data contributions from monitored catchments spanning across multiple European institutions. T...

Cadmium content (mg kg-1) in the European Union topsoils applying an ensemble of machine learning models. The map of Cd distribution at a resolution of 100 m.

Cadmium content (mg kg-1) in the European Union topsoils applying an ensemble of machine learning models. The map of Cd distribution at a resolution of 100 m.

Land-use- and climate-mediated variations in soil bacterial and fungal biomass across Europe and their driving factors. These are data accompanying a study that was carried out by ...

This dataset includes the past reconstruction of soil erosion rates in Europe (incuding UK, Switzerland and Western balkans). The data provided have are aggregated per decade start...

We estimate the Phosphorus (P) removal from agriculural lands of EU and UK (c.a 173 million ha). This takes into account the P removed by crop harvesting and the plant residues. Fo...

We define as environmental debt: (a) the difference between natural forest potential and actual tree cover globally, and aggregated by latitude and by world region, (b) the differ...

Topsoil data for 18,984 samples from LUCAS 2018 are available as a CSV file and, to facilitate use of the data, an ESRI shapefile containing the theoretical points to which the tak...

We combine the open-source land-system model MAgPIE (Model of Agricultural Production and its Impact on the Environment) with the Spatial Economic Allocation Landscape Simulator (S...

The dataset includes 16S and ITS raw DNA sequences for 885 samples collected as part of LUCAS 2018 Soil survey2,3 for the biodiversity module. Raw DNA sequences are deposited on NC...

Annually, millions of hectares of land are affected by wildfires worldwide, disrupting ecosystems functioning by affecting on-site vegetation, soil, and above- and belowground biod...

Here we show, using a multi-model approach, the spatial risk of soil erosion by water, wind, tillage and harvesting and where the co-occurrence of these different processes is obse...

We estimate the Phosphorus (P) budget from agriculural lands of EU and UK (c.a 173 million ha). This takes into account the P inputs (fertilizers, manure, chemical weathering, atmo...

We present a comprehensive set of future erosivity projections at a 30 arc-second (~1 km2) spatial scale using 19 downscaled General Circulation Models (GCMs) simulating three Repr...

The objectives of this study were (i) to quantify and compare the priming effect (PE) in 126 soils from cropland and seminatural (i.e., forests and grasslands) ecosystems, as well ...

A number of layers for soil properties have been created based on data from the European Soil Database in combination with data from the Harmonized World Soil Database (HWSD) and S...

Indicators of climate change and extremes from regional models coming from 3 sources: PRUDENCE project of the Danish Meteorological Institute, consortial simulation of the Climate ...

Global estimates of soil organic carbon stocks have been produced in the past to support the calculation of potential emissions of CO2 from the soil under scenarios of change land ...

Reference Grid, Global Land Cover, Climate and Ecological Zones, Soil Default C-Stocks, Land Use System Factor(FLUSYS), IFPRI Global Regions, Crop Surface Area . The data made avai...

GloSEM stands for Global Soil Erosion Modelling platform. The GloSEM 1.3 dataset, contains present (2019) and future (2070) scenarios on soil erosion at global scale. The files are...

Despite the growing importance given to cover crops as a sustainable agricultural practice, the availability of spatial data about them is scarce. The best information available is...

Disaggregated map of cover crops occurrence for Europe and the United Kingdom. Using a disaggregation model, we combined satellite data (Sentinel-1) with aggregated survey data to ...

Data from the 2015 LUCAS campaign soil component containing soil properties data (clay, silt and sand content, coarse fragments, pH (CaCl2 and H2O), organic carbon content, CaCO3, ...

This dataset includes the spatial distribution of manure in EU and UK (per country, animal type) plus the database of the literature used to review interactions between Manure and...

Copper distribution in European Union topsoils based on LUCAS points. The data are at 500m resolution and have been the result of advanced interpolation modelling.

Data and software made public as the result of a collaboration between JRC and EFSA. It contains soil, weather and crop data collected by JRC and organised by EFSA for its purpose....

Dataset (GIS map) (2015) and associated products for the "Rainfall erosivity" (R-factor), one of the input layers when calculating the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) model, wh...

The dataset includes the soil loss by water erosion projections by 2050. The data include 3 raster files for the corresponding three different greenhouse gas concentration scenario...

Maps of potential soil microbial basal respiration (bas), microbial biomass (Cmic), and respiratory quotient (qO2) predicted across Europe. Monthly maps for bas and Cmic are also a...

Topsoil Hg concentrations (μg kg−1) across 26 EU countries estimated by deep neural network – regression kriging. We also provide Mercury stocks and mercury fluxes to main riverbas...

This dataset contains the original measured Soil Organic Matter (SOM) fractions of a subset of the LUCAS 2009 topsoil dataset. This dataset includes 352 samples for all land uses a...

This dataset (2015) provides maps for Topsoil Soil Organic Carbon in EU-25 that are based on LUCAS 2009 soil poibnt data through a generalized additive model. Map of predicted tops...

Global average phosphorus (P) losses due to soil erosion in kg ha−1 yr−1. Thus we combine the most recent spatially distributed global soil erosion estimates with global P content ...

Analysis of the spatial footprint of the multiple forms of land degradation in global arable lands. This includes 5 land degradation processes: aridity, soil erosion, vegetation de...

Global Applications of Soil Erosion Modelling Tracker (GASEMT) includes 3030 individual modelling records from 126 countries, encompassing all continents. GASEMT includes peer-revi...

This database (2004) is the only harmonized soil database for Europe, extending also to Eurasia. It contains a soil geographical database SGDBE (polygons) to which a number of esse...

GIS Maps related to Groundwater resources in Europe, covering 3 themes: Inventory of aquifers; Hydrogeology of aquifers; Groundwater abstraction; for 9 European countries (Belgium,...

Dataset that contains 3 GIS maps showing Potential threats to soil biodiversity in Europe (for soil microorganisms, for fauna,forbiological functions), along with 13 input layers (...

This dataset consists of various elements related to soil erosion by wind: 1) Soil loss by wind erosion in European agricultural soils (2016); 1km resolution, 2) Land susceptibili...

Google Earth Files (with ".kmz" extension) that correspond to 73 attribute maps derived from the European Soil Database v2 (ESDB v2) for EU27 countries.

Dataset (2016) containing 2 GIS maps from the Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas: 1) the Soil Biodiversity map showing a simple index describing the potential level of diversity livin...

This dataset consists of a number of data layers (raster GRID maps) that are associated to the peer-reviewed publication "Assessment of soil organic carbon stocks under future cl...

This dataset consists of 3 GIS maps that indicate the soil biomass productivity of grasslands and pasture, of croplands and of forest areas in the European Union (EU27)

A consistent spatial soil hydraulic database at 7 soil depths up to 2 m calculated for Europe based on SoilGrids250m and 1 km datasets and pedotransfer functions trained on the Eur...

Rainfall erosivity dataset (2017) is one of the input layers when calculating the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) model, which is the most frequently used model for s...

Database (2004) developed from the measured profiles; present in the Soil Profile Analytical Database of Europe of the European Soil Database v2. It counts 560 profiles within the ...

These data are the WRB soil data for the whole area covered by the Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region. It comes as a single shapefile.

Dataset (GIS map) (218) that shows the net soil erosion and deposition in European Union as a result of an application WaTEM/SEDEM model; resolution 100m; EU28. Data are also avail...

Soil fluxes (CO2 and N2O ) under mitigation scenarios using the LUCAS soil-DayCent model integration framework

Soil Profile Analytical Database 14 (SPADE 14) is based on the concept used in previous versions of SPADE (SPADE 1 and 8). It includes 1078 soil profile data from 28 countries.

A biological factor to be included in soil erosion modelling. The available data for Earthwork diversity (richness and abundance) introduced a new "earthworm factor" to be incorpor...

Qualitative assessment on desertification risk in Greece based on Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) data of MEDALUS methodology

Cumulative C budget over the period 2016-20100 in the EU agricultural soils under the accelerated and current soil erosion scenarios.

Detailed maps of heavy metals in the EU27 (EU-28 except Croatia), based on topsoil HM data from LUCAS 2009

Soil loss due to crop harvesting in the European Union. The regional estimates of total Soil Loss by Crop Harvesting (SLCH) are presented at country and regional level.

A database (2007) that is the result of adapting the European Soil Database for the provision of new and specific soil information for the CGMS (Crop Growth Monitoring System) for ...

Global Soil Erosion is a re-sampled dataset (25km) of the original Global Soil Erosion map. Both the 2012 and 2001 datasets are provided. The data package includes also the input l...

The dataset contains the data of physical and chemical properties analysed in samples taken in Switzerland within the context of LUCAS 2015 survey. These data have been used in the...

This group of datasets contains 8 chemical properties: pH, pH (CaCl), Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC), Calcium carbonates (CaCO3), C:N ratio, Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) and Potass...

Plutonium and Cesium inventories in European topsoils. Includes also the Chernobyl-derived 137Cs and Global-derived 137Cs

Land use and climate change impacts on global soil erosion by water (2015-2070). This dataset includes the baseline scenario (2015) and the future projections (2070) of soil erosio...

Maximising climate mitigation potential by carbon and radiative agricultural land management with cover crops

Soil Profile Analytical Database for Europe (2009) (separate from the European Soil Database SPADE-1) aiming to provide sufficient soil property data to support higher tier modelin...

Map (2008) showing the natural susceptibility of agricultural soils to compaction if they were to be exposed to compaction, based on the creation of logical connections between rel...

Saline and Sodic Soils Map for EU-27 (2008) showing the area distribution of saline, sodic and potentially salt affected areas within the European Union. The accuracy of input inpu...

A quantitative map of estimated soil pH values across Europe from a compilation of 12,333 soil pH measurements from 11 different sources, and using a geo-statistical framework base...

G2 generic model for soil erosion applied to 5 application areas (Crete island,Cyprus, Ishmi-Erzeni watershed, Korce, Strymonas/Struma); available layers: Soil erosion (Total & Mon...

Data from the FP7 iSOIL research projectdealing with new technologies for assessing soil properties along depth accurately and with high resolution by combining existing sensors as...

Map at 500m resolution (2014) providing a complete picture of the soil erodibility in the European Union member states. It is derived on the basis of the LUCAS 2009 soil survey exe...

These maps of predicted distribution of SOC content in Europe (2016) are based on aggregated 23,835 soil samples collected from the LUCAS Project (samples from agricultural soil), ...

This dataset (map) (2016) shows the Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) saturation capacity, expressed as the ratio between the actual and the potential SOC stock in each pixel. Values close...

Soil hydraulic properties maps (2016) for Europe: for Water retention of topsoil: saturated water content (cm3/cm3), water content at field capacity (cm3/cm3), water content at w...

This database (2006) is a set of raster data sets that have been derived from the European soil Database v2, for most attributes. The values for the attributes are categorized (non...

This dataset (2016) contains 10 maps that relate to the soil's storing and filtering capacity in Europe (the EU only): cation storing capacity (STOR_CAPCA), cation filtering capaci...

Maps (2016) that indicate the preservation capacity of cultural artefacts and buried materials in soils in the EU, for bones, teeth and shells (bones), organic materials (organics)...

This dataset (map)(2016) presents the suitability of soil as a platform for most human activities in the EU. Calculation of suitability was done using vaious properties of the Euro...

This dataset (maps)(2016) indicates the availability of Raw Material (organic soil material and soil material for constructions) from soils in the European Union.

These Soil Erosion Risk Assessment in Europe data (2000) have been elaborated by INRA for JRC using the MESAES model and can be seen as an intermediate step towards a "state-of-the...

Dataset (2 GIS-maps) (2016) related to soil erosion in Forestland in Europe. One map is the soil loss potential for EU28; the other map is the European Forest Cover Change for 36 E...

A 2004 GIS map of Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) content (%) in the surface horizon of soils in Europe, associated to a JRC internal report.

A 2003 GIS map of Soil erosion estimates (t/ha/yr) by applying the PESERA GRID (physical) model at 1km, using the European Soil Database, CORINE land cover, climate data from the M...

This dataset (GIS maps) represent global lanform classification calculated by the JRC, according to 1) Meybeck et al., presenting relief classes, which are calculated based on the ...

Data (2011) associated to the publication "A quantitative review of the effects of biochar application to soils on crop productivity using meta-analysis. Agriculture, Ecosystems an...

The spatial dataset (GIS map) shows landslide susceptibility levels at European scale, derived from heuristic-statistical modelling of main landslide conditioning factors using als...

Data (2014) related to Pan-European SOC stock of agricultural soils, containing GIS maps for a) Pan-European SOC stock of agricultural soils (shapefile), b) Potential carbon seque...

These are the underlying data for the report "Progress in management of contaminated sites (CSI 015)", based on the 2011 EIONET NRC Soil data collection concerning contaminated sit...

GIS Maps (2008) produced by mapping the concentrations of eight critical heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, mercury, nickel, lead and zinc) using the 1588 georeferen...

This dataset (2015), an Excel file, contains the data associated to the peer-reveiwed paper: Gardi, C., Panagos, P., Van Liedekerke, M., Bosco, C., de Brogniez, D. 2015. Land take ...

This GIS map (2013), present in the Soil Atlas of Africa, contains the dominant WRB Reference Soil Group and associated qualifiers (shapefile).

Data from the 2009 LUCAS campaign soil component containing soil properties data (clay, silt and sand content, coarse fragments, pH, organic carbon content, CaCO3, nitrogen, phosph...

This dataset (GIS maps) (2015) represents the "Slope Length and Steepness factor" (LS-factor), one of the six input layers when calculating the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) ...

This GIS map (2015) represents the "Support Practices factor" (P-factor) for the EU. At European level, the effect of support practices (compulsory for farmers to receive incentive...

This dataset (GIS map) (2015) represents the Cover Management factor (C-factor), one of the input layers when calculating the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) model, which is t...

This dataset (GIS maps)(2016) contains 7 soil property maps that have been derived using soil point data from the LUCAS 2009 soil survey (around 20,000 points) for EU-25, using hy...

Dataset (GIS map) (2015) that shows the Soil Loss by Water Erosion in Europe and is the result of applying a modified version of the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) mo...