Soil Hydraulic Properties of Europe using EUPTFv2 and LUCAS

This dataset provides spatially continuous estimates of key soil hydraulic properties for the European Union and the United Kingdom at 0–20 cm depth and 500 m spatial resolution.
Resource Type: 
Datasets
Soil Functions Data
Registration is requested: 
Yes
Year: 
2026
Themes: 
Soil Hydraulic Properties
Keywords: 
PTF

Title: Soil Hydraulic Properties of Europe using EUPTFv2 and LUCAS 
Description: This dataset provides spatially continuous estimates of key soil hydraulic properties for the European Union and the United Kingdom at 0–20 cm depth and 500 m spatial resolution. The maps were generated from harmonized LUCAS-based soil property maps using the improved European pedotransfer functions (EUPTFv2) of Szabó et al. (2021). The dataset includes water content at saturation, field capacity at −10 and −33 kPa, wilting point at −1500 kPa, saturated hydraulic conductivity, and associated uncertainty maps, together with derived available water capacity and air capacity. The dataset is freely available for hydrological, environmental, and land-surface modelling applications.

Spatial coverage: EU27+ UK
Pixel size: 500mx500m   - Unit: all in cm3 cm−3 (except hydraulic conductivity which has cm/day)
Temporal coverage:  2018  Data Format: Geotiff
Projection: ETRS 1989 LAEA (EPSG: 3035)  - Soil Depth: 0-20cm.

Reference: Gupta, S., Alewell, C., Ballabio, C., Panagos, P. Soil Hydraulic Properties of Europe at 500 m Resolution for Topsoil Using EUPTFv2 and LUCAS Soil Data. Hydrological Processes. 40(8): e70670

Soil Hydrualic property maps:
  • Volumetric water content at saturation (THS)
  • Saturated hydraulic conductivity (log₁₀ Ksat)
  • Field capacity at −10 kPa
  • Field capacity at −33 kPa
  • Wilting point at −1500 kPa
  • Air capacity: THS − FC₋10 kPa
  • Air capacity: THS − FC₋−33 kPa
  • Available water capacity: FC₋10 kPa − WP₋1500 kPa
  • Available water capacity: FC₋−33 kPa − WP₋1500 kPa

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Reference of source (Citations) :

Gupta, S., Alewell, C., Ballabio, C., Panagos, P. Soil Hydraulic Properties of Europe at 500 m Resolution for Topsoil Using EUPTFv2 and LUCAS Soil Data. Hydrological Processes. 40(8): e70670

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