REDES 2.0

REDES 2.0: A pan-European rainfall erosivity dataset showing intensifying erosivity trends
Resource Type: 
Datasets
Soil Threats Data
Registration is requested: 
Yes
Year: 
2026
Themes: 
Erosion by water
Erosion by water›Rainfall Erosivity in Europe
Keywords: 
erosivity

Title: REDES 2.0: A pan-European rainfall erosivity dataset showing intensifying erosivity trends

Description: Rainfall erosivity (defined as R-factor of the Revised Universal Soil Loss equation (RUSLE)), a key driver of soil erosion by water, varies greatly across Europe due to differences in climate regimes, precipitation patterns, storm intensities, and their frequencies. Updated and harmonized rainfall erosivity datasets are therefore important to provide robust input data for soil erosion models and to account for changes in climate that occurred in recent decades. This study presents REDES 2.0, the new pan-European Rainfall Erosivity Database, based on high-frequency sub-hourly and hourly rainfall data from 9,138 locations across Europe, which corresponds to an average station density of 1.9 stations per 1,000 km2. REDES 2.0 represents an order-of-magnitude increase in data availability compared to the 1,675 stations included in REDES (henceforth referred to as REDES 1.0).

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Reference of source (Citations) :

Bezak., N., Botrrelli, P., Cesarini, L., Panagos., P et al. 2026. REDES 2.0: A pan-European rainfall erosivity dataset showing intensifying erosivity trends. in Review.

When making reference to the ESDAC

  • Panagos, P., Van Liedekerke, M., Borrelli, P., Köninger, J., Ballabio, C., Orgiazzi, A., Lugato, E., Liakos, L., Hervas, J., Jones, A.  Montanarella, L. 2022. European Soil Data Centre 2.0: Soil data and knowledge in support of the EU policies. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(6), e13315. DOI: 10.1111/ejss.13315
  • Panagos P., Van Liedekerke M., Jones A., Montanarella L., “European Soil Data Centre: Response to European policy support and public data requirements”; (2012) Land Use Policy, 29 (2), pp. 329-338. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.07.003
  • European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC), esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu, European Commission, Joint Research Centre