Historical reconstruction of soil erosion in Europe

The past soil erosion rates have been reconstructed by applying the CE-DYNAM model. We have estimated annual losses by water erosion from 1860-2018; here, we present the average loss per decade (16 Geotiff files). The annual and monthly soil erosion reconstruction data (1860-2018) can be useful inputs for Earth System Models.
Historical reconstruction of soil erosion in Europe
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Datasets
Soil Threats Data
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Year: 
2022
Themes: 
Erosion by water

Using CE-DYNAM model, we were able to reconstruct the historical spatiotemporal variability of soil loss by water erosion in Europe. The annual variations do not follow a linear pattern through time, thus affecting erosion calculations unequally. The calculations also indicate an overall increase in erosion rates from 1860 to 1960 due mainly to land cover changes and a peak in rainfall erosivity, followed by an overall decrease from 1960 to 2018. The hillslope erosion rates were externally validated by comparing our estimates with some field observations and modeled values in the literature.

Title: Historical reconstruction of soil erosion in Europe
Description: This dataset includes the past reconstruction of soil erosion rates in Europe (incuding UK, Switzerland and Western balkans). The data provided have are aggregated per decade starting from 1860. The soil erosion change is driven by changes in land use and rainfall erosivity. The simulations have been done using the CE-DYNAM model. We also make available the annual histrorical soil loss by water erosion rates (per year for the period 1860 - 2018). Advanced users may also download the monthly files (12 bands per file). The annual and monthly soil erosion reconstruction data (1860-2018) can be useful inputs for Earth System Models.
Spatial coverage: EU & UK, Switzerland and Western Balkans.
Pixel size: 10 Km
Projection: WGS
Temporal coverage:  1860-2018
More information: Histrorical reconstruction of soil erosion rates (1860 - 2018),  Soil loss by water erosion

Reference: Fendrich, A.N., Ciais, P., Lugato, E., Carozzi, M., Guenet, B., Borrelli, P., Naipal, V., McGrath, M., Martin, P. and Panagos, P., 2022. Matrix representation of lateral soil movements: scaling and calibrating CE-DYNAM (v2) at a continental level. Geoscientific Model Development, 15, pp.7835–7857.

 

Historical reconstruction of soil erosion in Europe

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Reference of source (Citations) :

Fendrich, A.N., Ciais, P., Lugato, E., Carozzi, M., Guenet, B., Borrelli, P., Naipal, V., McGrath, M., Martin, P. and Panagos, P., 2022. Matrix representation of lateral soil movements: scaling and calibrating CE-DYNAM (v2) at a continental level. Geoscientific Model Development, 15, pp.7835–7857.

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
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