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Datasets
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: Climate Change Regional Indicators of Change and Extremes for Europe | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Year: 2012 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission |
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Title: European Landslide Susceptibility Map version 2 (ELSUS v2) | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Year: 2018 |
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Title: Soil erosion by wind | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Year: 2016 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) Language: en |
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Title: Rainfall Erosivity in the EU and Switzerland (R-factor) | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Year: 2015 Publisher: European Commission, Joint Research Centre |
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Title: Global Soil Organic Carbon Estimates | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Author: R. Hiederer, M. Köchy Year: 2012 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission |
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Title: Soil Erodibility (K- Factor) High Resolution dataset for Europe | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Year: 2014 Publisher: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission |
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Title: iSOIL project (Interactions between soil related sciences) | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Year: 2011 Publisher: JRC and iSOIL partners |
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Title: G2 soil erosion model data | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Year: 2013 Publisher: JRC and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
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Title: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Data & PERSAM software tool | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Year: 2015 Publisher: EFSA and JRC |
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Title: Global Spatial Layers for Estimating Soil GHG Emissions from Indirect Land Use Changes(ILUC) due to the Production of Biofuels | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Year: 2011 Publisher: JRC |
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Title: Soil Erosion Risk Assessment in Europe data (MESALES model) - Dataset | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Year: 2002 Language: en |
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Title: Groundwater Resources maps of Europe | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Year: 2006 Publisher: European Commission - DG JRC |
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Title: Soil pH in Europe | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Year: 2010 Language: en |
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 pH in Europe |
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Title: Saline and Sodic Soils in European Union | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Year: 2008 Language: en |
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Saline and Sodic Soils in European Union |
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Title: Natural susceptibility to soil compaction in Europe | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Author: Beata Houšková Year: 2008 Language: en |
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Natural susceptibility to compaction |
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Title: OCTOP: Topsoil Organic Carbon Content for Europe | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Author: Jones, R.J.A., Hiederer, R., Rusco, E., Loveland, P.J. and Montanarella, L. Year: 2004 Language: en |
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Title: Pan European Soil Erosion Risk Assessment - PESERA | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Year: 2003 Language: en |
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Title: Soil Profile Analytical Database 2 | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Year: 2009 |
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Title: SINFO: ESDB Data adapted for the MARS Crop Yield Forecasting System | |
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Resource Type: Registration requested: Request Form |
Year: 2005 Publisher: European Commission - DG JRC |
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Title: Legend Files | |
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Year: 2010 |
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Title: Google Earth Files | |
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Author: Panagos P., Van Liedekerke M., Jones A., Montanarella L. Year: 2008 |
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Title: European Soil Database v2 Raster Library 10kmx10km | |
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Year: 2006 Publisher: European Commission – DG JRC |
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Title: Global Applications of Soil Erosion Modelling Tracker | |
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Year: 2021 |
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Title: Support to Renewable Energy Directive | |
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Year: 2010 Publisher: JRC |
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Title: Desertification risk in Greece | |
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Country: GR Year: 2018 Publisher: Joint Research Centre and Agricultural University of Athens Language: en |
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