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Temporary Dataset Download: Predicted distribution of SOC content in Europe (based on LUCAS, BioSoil and CZO) in the context of the EU-funded SoilTrEC project

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09-November-2026

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  1. The data provided has been prepared for in the context of work done at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission,for the EU funded SoilTReC project.
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Download the data as a zip file.

 

This zip file contains the data/maps/figures associated to the article "Combining Soil Databases for Topsoil Organic Carbon Mapping in Europe" that was published on PLOS-One journal on 24th of March 2016. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0152098#sec002.

Please read the ReadMe.docx file first.

Also an ArcGIS project file is added for a quick inspection of the data. 

For citation of the article, use: 

Aksoy E, Yigini Y, Montanarella L (2016) Combining Soil Databases for Topsoil Organic Carbon Mapping in Europe. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0152098. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152098

For citation of the data, use: 

"Predicted distribution of SOC content in Europe (based on LUCAS, BioSoil and CZO) in the context of the EU-funded SoilTrEC project.", European Commission, European Soil Data Centre, 2016, M. Van Liedekerke, P. Panagos.

For citation of the article, use: 

  • Aksoy E, Yigini Y, Montanarella L (2016) Combining Soil Databases for Topsoil Organic Carbon Mapping in Europe. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0152098. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152098

For citation of the data, use both: 

  • Aksoy E, Yigini Y, Montanarella L (2016) Combining Soil Databases for Topsoil Organic Carbon Mapping in Europe. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0152098. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152098
  • "Predicted distribution of SOC content in Europe (based on LUCAS, BioSoil and CZO) in the context of the EU-funded SoilTrEC project.", European Commission, European Soil Data Centre, esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu , 2016, M. Van Liedekerke, P. Panagos.
Joint Research Centre - European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)
ID 135258
Date - Time Mon, 10/26/2026 - 14:11
Name of User Francesca Borghini
Organization University of Siena
Type of Organization University
-- Other
E-mail francesca.borghini@unisi.it
Purpose to study the state of the art on soil
Notes

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