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 study "Comparison of sampling with a spade and gouge auger for topsoil monitoring at the continental scale", published in the European Journal of Soil Science (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ejss.12862). The dataset format is an Excel file.
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2026): LUCAS 2015 Topsoil data of Switzerland. [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/JRC.V1JBWS8 PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-esdac-121
2015gouge auger methodLUCASspade methodswizerlandTopsoil