Soil profile analytical database 14 (SPADE 14)

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.
Resource Type: 
Datasets
Soil Point Data
Registration is requested: 
Yes
Year: 
2018
Language: 
en

The existing Soil Profile Analytical Database (SPADE), a component of the Eurasian Soil Database (ESDB), has been updated to include estimated analytical data for the dominant soil units (STUs) of the 1:1.000.000 Soil Geographical database of Europe (i.e. not including Belarus, Russia and the Ukraine). This task was contracted out by the Joint Research Centre to the University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Prof. Henrik Breuning-Madsen, Prof. Thomas Balstrøm and M.Sc. Jeppe Aagaard Kristensen), in cooperation with stakeholders of various countries.

The results of this contract (a report and the corresponding data) are made available here. The data are presented as delivered by the contractors and do not carry any official status. Questions about the report and the data should be addressed to Mr. Arwyn Jones (arwyn.jones@ec.europa.eu).

Among other attributes, the SPADE14 includes the following parameters: Depth, Horizon names, Bulk density, Carbon-to-Nitrogen ratio, Total carbonate, Gypsum, Cation exchange capacity, Electric conductivity, Exchangable calcium, potassium, magnesium and sodium, Exchangable sodium percentage, Texture, Organic matter content, pH, Porosity, Structure, Water retention capacity.

Metadata

Title: SPADE14
Description: 1078 soil profile data from 28 countries. 571 Soil profiles originate from SPADE8, 349 soil profiles from other countries and 158 profiles are new.
Resolution: not applicable; the data are tabular and linked to Soil Typological Units of the ESDB
Time Reference:  2014
Format: Excel tables organized per country. Estimated Profile and Horizon data (with attributes) linked to STUs from the SGDBE
Release Date: 8/5/2018

More information can be found in the Final Report SPADE14.The data providers in the contributing countries are also acknowledged.

By sending these data, you declare that you have read & accept the notification below and that your personal data will be handled by the JRC only for statistical purposes (conformed with privacy statement).

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For any problem / question / comment on this dataset, please contact ec-esdac@ec.europa.eu

Notification:

  1. The data provided has been prepared for use by internal research activities in European Soil Data Centre (JRC Ispra) in collaboration with Henrik Breuning-Madsen, Jeppe Aagaard Kristensen & Thomas Balstrøm (Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark).
  2. The data were developed for research purposes of the JRC (European Commission). The JRC does not accept any liability whatsoever for any error, missing data or omission in the data, or for any loss or damage arising from its use. The JRC agrees to provide the data free of charge but is not bound to justify the content and values contained in the databases.
  3. The permission to use the data specified above is granted on condition that, under NO CIRCUMSTANCES are these data passed to third parties. They can be used for any purpose, including commercial gain.
  4. The user agrees to:
    • Make proper reference to the source of the data when disseminating the results to which this agreement relates;
    • Participate in the verification of the data (e.g. by noting and reporting any errors or omissions discovered to the JRC).

Reference of source (Citations) :

Breuning-Madsen H.,  Aagaard Kristensen J.,  Balstrøm T. 2018. Final report on the establishment of a SPADE 14 soil profile analytical database connected to the EU soil map at scale 1:1.000.000. Available in European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC).

When making reference to the ESDAC

  • 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