Through this page you will be able to download the LUCAS_TOPSOIL data (soil properties data; multispectral reflectance data).
There are three download files.
- LUCAS_TOPSOIL_v1: an Excel file that contains the geographical coordinates of the location where the data were sampled and for each location the values for a number of properties.
- LUCAS_Romania_Bulgaria_2012.zip: 2 Excel files containing data for Romania and Bulgaria, from the LUCAS 2012 campaign; (27/09/2019, important note: the values for nitrogen N are in mg/100g)
- LUCAS_TOPSOIL_v1_spectral consists of a file that contains the multispectral absorbance data (formats available: RDATA and .csv)
(05/12/2018) For the convenience of the user, and based on the data that are in the files LUCAS_TOPSOIL_v1 and LUCAS_Romania_Bulgaria_2012, a package has been created that contains a number of shapefiles:
- Shapefile SoilAttr_LUCAS2009: all 19969 LUCAS Topsoil 2009 points minus the 109 points for Malta and Cyprus, thus in total 19,860 points
- Shapefile SoilAttr_BG_RO: 2034 points for Romania and Bulgaria (part of 2012 LUCAS campaign)
- Shapefile SoilAttr_CYP_MLT: 109 points for Cyprus and Malta
- Shapefile SoilAttr_ICELAND: 65 points for Iceland
Please consult the readme file (inluded in the package) before using the data.
Please consult also the report for the LUCAS SOIL 2009 data:: LUCAS Topsoil Survey. Methodology, data and results
(27/09/2019) important notes:
- the values for nitrogen N in the shapefile SoilAttr_LUCAS2009 have been erroneously rounded to integers, and therefore should not be considered to be valid;
- the values for nitrogen N in the shapefile SoilAttr_BG_RO are in mg/100g, and therefore not comparable with N values of other countries;
- the values for nitrogen N in the shapefile SoilAttr_ICELAND are in mg/kg, and therefore not comparable with N values of other countries;
These issues have been addressed in an updated version of the shapefiles, distributed as a new package with shapefiles on 03/10/2019.
(02/02/2023). We also provide data for 21,681 LUCAS point with Total Phosphorus (csv, shapefiles)
The LUCAS_TOPSOIL data are covered by a Privacy Statement.
Note that on the Eurostat website https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/lucas/data/primary-data/2009, you can find the general LUCAS 2009 data (such as observed LandUse and LandCover) which can be combined with the LUCAS SOIL 2009 data using the POINT_ID field)
Data from the LUCAS SOIL 2015 campaign are avaialble here.
Data from the LUCAS SOIL 2018 campaign are avaialble here.
Access to download the data will be given to you after filling the request form. Note that this form contains a Licence Agreement and that by sending this form you acknowledge to have read, understood and agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of the licence.
The documentation (citation) associated to the data is available from the reports/publications:
- Tóth, G., Jones, A., Montanarella, L. (eds.) 2013. LUCAS Topsoil Survey. Methodology, data and results. JRC Technical Reports. Luxembourg. Publications Office of the European Union, EUR26102 – Scientific and Technical Research series – ISSN 1831-9424 (online); ISBN 978-92-79-32542-7; doi: 10.2788/97922
- Toth G., Jones A., Montanarella L. (2013) The LUCAS topsoil database and derived information on the regional variability of cropland topsoil properties in the European Union. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 185 (9), pp. 7409-7425.
- Orgiazzi, A., Ballabio, C., Panagos, P., Jones, A., Fernández-Ugalde, O. 2018. LUCAS Soil, the largest expandable soil dataset for Europe: A review. European Journal of Soil Science, 69(1): 140-153, DOI: 10.1111/ejss.12499