Datasets - ESDAC - European Commission

The European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) contains currently many soil data and information; most of the offered data are at European scale, while, when possible, links to national or global datasets are provided.

Datasets are organized in some broad categories.

A first category contains the European Soil Database (ESDB), datasets that have been derived with the help of the ESDB and general European datasets that contain soil properties.
A second category offers data that are related to soil threats (erosion, soil organic carbon, landslides, compaction, salinization, soil biodiversity, contaminated sites, soil sealing, etc.)
A third category offers soil point data (LUCAS, SPADE, etc)
A fourth category contains data that stem from projects.

Some datasets can be freely downloaded; others will be made accessible after prior registration, through a fill-in form, indicated by the button.

On top of the list below, there is also a handy one-page overview of all datasaets publicly available in ESDAC: the name (and link) for the dataset and a short abstract.

More information about some of the datasets in the European Soil Data Centre can be found in the following publications:

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
The European Soil Data Centre: a one-stop-shop for soil science "Science for Environment Policy": European Commission DG Environment News Alert Service (9 February 2012)

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	Title: European Soil Database v2.0 (vector and attribute data)
	Resource Type: Datasets European Soil Database & soil properties Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2001 Publisher: European Commission –- DG JRC

	Title: European Soil Database v2 Raster Library 1kmx1km
	Resource Type: Datasets European Soil Database & soil properties Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2006 Publisher: European Commission – DG JRC

	Title: Land degradation debt
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2021
	Attachments: Global Land Degradation

	Title: Soil microbial biomass and respiration
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2021

	Title: Water erosion in Europe by 2050
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2021

	Title: Land degradation in global arable lands
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2021 Language: en

	Title: Mercury content in the European Union topsoil
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2021 Language: en
	Attachments: Hg distribution

	Title: LUCAS 2015 TOPSOIL data
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Point Data Soil Projects Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2020

	Title: Carbon mitigation potential and radiative agricultural land management
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Functions Data Registration requested: Request Form	Country: IT Year: 2020 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) Language: en

	Title: Global phosphorus losses due to soil erosion
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2020

	Title: Global soil erosion by water in 2070
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2020 Language: en

	Title: Caesium-137 and Plutonium-239+240 in European topsoils
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Country: IT Year: 2020 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) Language: en

	Title: Soil Organic Matter (SOM) fractions
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Country: IT Year: 2019 Language: en

	Title: Maps of Soil Chemical properties at European scale based on LUCAS 2009/2012 topsoil data
	Resource Type: Datasets European Soil Database & soil properties Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2019 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) Language: en
	Attachments: pH in Water (H2O), pH in CaCl2 solution, C:N ratio, Cation Exchange Capacity, Calcium carbonates, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium

	Title: LUCAS 2015 Topsoil data of Switzerland
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Point Data Registration requested: Request Form	Author: Oihane Fernandez Ugalde, Arwyn Jones, R.G. Meuli Year: 2019 Publisher: European Commission - Joint Research Centre

	Title: Global Soil Erosion
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Country: IT Year: 2019 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Language: en

	Title: Soil loss due to crop harvesting in the European Union
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2019 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Language: en

	Title: Maps of heavy metals in the soils of the EU, based on LUCAS 2009 HM data
	Resource Type: Datasets Registration requested: Request Form	Author: Gergely Toth et al. Year: 2018

	Title: Carbon budget in the EU agricultural soils
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2018 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Language: en

	Title: Biodiversity factor in soil erosion.
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2018 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Language: en

	Title: Soil profile analytical database 14 (SPADE 14)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Point Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2018 Language: en

	Title: Copper distribution in topsoils in the European Union
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2018 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

	Title: Soil GHG fluxes using LUCAS soil-DayCent (for EU)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Functions Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2018

	Title: Net erosion and sediment transport using WaTEM/SEDEM (for EU)
	Resource Type: Datasets Soil Threats Data Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2018

	Title: WRB Data for the Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region
	Resource Type: Datasets European Soil Database & soil properties Registration requested: Request Form	Year: 2018 Publisher: European Commission - Joint Research Centre

15 Nov 2021	Manure and soil biodiversity. Data on annual manure production in the European Union plus the Database of articles reviewed to find the links between manure and soil biodiversity (described in this research study)
10 Nov 2021	Soil microbial biomass and respiration: Using the LUCAS soil biodiversity samples in EU, we developed datasets predicting potential soil basal respiration at 20°C, soil microbial biomass as estimated by substrate-induced respiration, and soil microbial respiratory quotient across Europe.
5 Oct 2021	Two new positions are available at the JRC, in relation to soil and the EU Soil Observatory. One is on the development of the Integrated Soil Monitoring System. The other on the development of indicators of soil organic carbon.
20 Sep 2021	EU Soil Observatory (EUSO) Forum takes place 19-21 October 2021. Preliminary agenda includes a high level meeting, Integrated monitoring, WGs, Young Soil Forum. Register here.
20 Sep 2021	Data on copper accumulation and net export from EU vineyards as described in a recent publication.