WRB Data for the Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region

These data are the WRB soil data for the whole area covered by the Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region. It comes as a single shapefile.
WRB Data for the Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region
Resource Type: 
Datasets
European Soil Database & soil properties
Registration is requested: 
Yes
Publisher: 
European Commission - Joint Research Centre
Year: 
2018
Keywords: 
Northern Circumpolar |

The actual soil data (WRB classification) behind the Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region can be found from this page. To obtain access please fill in the form in the Request Form tab.

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Notification:

  1. The data provided has been prepared for use by internal research activities in the ex- Land Resource Management Unit (Institute for Environment & Sustainability, JRC Ispra) in the context of  the project Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region.
  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:
       a) Make proper reference to the source of the data when disseminating the results to which this agreement relates;
       b) 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) :

The citation for this document is:
Jones, A., V. Stolbovoy, C. Tarnocai, G. Broll, O. Spaargaren and L. Montanarella (eds.), 2009, Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region. European Commission, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg. 142 pp.
© European Communities, 2009
Reproduction authorised for the sole purpose of teaching or scientific research provided the source is acknowledged.
Published by the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, L-2995 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
EUR 23499 — Atlas of Northern Circumpolar Soil
Catalogue number LB-NA-23499-EN-C
ISBN 978-92-79-09770-6
ISSN 1018-5593
doi 10.2788/95795
2009 – 142 pp. – 30.1 x 42.4 cm

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

 

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