EUropean SEDiments collaboration (EUSEDcollab) Network

Across ten European countries, EUSEDcollab currently covers over 1600 catchment years of time series data from 245 catchments at event (11 catchments), daily (22 catchments) and monthly (212 catchments) temporal resolution, and is unique in its focus on small to medium catchment drainage areas (median = 43 km2, min = 0.04 km2, max = 817 km2) with applicability for soil erosion research. We release this database with the aim of uniting people, knowledge and data through the European Union Soil Observatory (EUSO).

 

EUSEDcollab.v1 is intended as the first version of a continued effort to gather and platform data through collaborative efforts from across the community.

 

What can I use it for?

The database has many fundamental and applied uses, with over 40 publications already originating from the data. These catchment studies have already been highly important in developing our fundamental knowledge on runoff, soil erosion and sediment transport in European locations. Measurements in small to medium sized catchments are relatively the most rare, but are critical for developing and validating models which aim to simulate soil erosion and sediment transport on the land surface. Since these data are measured at a spatial scale in which the signal of the processes occurring on land is reflected in the measurement record, these data offer many opportunities to understand the dynamics and magnitudes of soil erosion and sediment delivery. Data compilations offer new opportunities to advance our knowledge and understand how soil erosion changes through time and space, as well as in different land use and environmental settings.

 

How can I contribute?

Further contributions can be made to the database by downloading and completing the data and meta-data template files available in the ESDAC data portal (https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/EUSEDcollab). We welcome data submissions from all potential contributors across the European continent who wish to share access to their catchment measurements. Upon the completion of the metadata and time series fields, data submissions will be first screened and then included in future EUSEDcollab releases. Template submissions can be made by contacting the listed data manager through the contact details listed in the ESDAC data portal.

 

 

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Reference: Matthews F., Verstraeten G., Borrelli P., Vanmaercke M., Poesen J., Steegen A., Degré A., Rodríguez B.C., Bielders C., Franke C., Alary C., Zumr D., Patault E., Nadal-Romero E., Smolska E., Licciardello F., Swerts G., Thodsen H., Casalí J., Eslava J., Richet J.-B., Ouvry J.-F., Farguell J., Święchowicz J., Nunes J.P., Pak L.T., Liakos L., Campo-Bescós M.A., Żelazny M., Delaporte M., Pineux N., Henin N., Bezak N., Lana-Renault N., Tzoraki O., Giménez R., Li T., Zuazo V.H.D., Bagarello V., Pampalone V., Ferro V., Úbeda X., Panagos P.  2023. EUSEDcollab: a network of data from European catchments to monitor net soil erosion by water. Sci Data 10, 515. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02393-8