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Temporary Dataset Download: Soil function data measured in LUCAS 2018 sites across the EU

Dataset Access Expires on

24-January-2026

Notifications

  • The data provided has been prepared for use by internal research activities in the Joint Research Centre (JRC) Ispra in collaboration with German Centre for Integrative BiodiversityResearch (iDiv) and other institutes. The research activities support the LUCAS soil campaign. The LUCAS Soil sample collection is supported by the Directorate‐General Environment (DG‐ENV), Directorate‐General Agriculture and Rural Development (DG‐AGRI) and Directorate‐General Climate Action (DG‐CLIMA) of the European Commission. 
  • The data are the result of JRC research activities and are primarily made available for further research. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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).

 

Download the:

Soil functions data (LUCAS_2018_soil_functions.csv)

Documentation (PDF) explaining the dataset: ESDAC_LUCAS_2018_functions_20241018_metadata.pdf

Zeiss, R., Eisenhauer, N., Orgiazzi, A., Rillig, M., Buscot, F., Jones, A.,  Lehmann, A., Reitz, T., Guerra, C. A. (2022). Challenges of and opportunities for protecting European soil biodiversity. Conservation Biology, 36(5), e13930.

Joint Research Centre - European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)
ID 123581
Date - Time Sat, 01/10/2026 - 10:28
Name of User Bandappa Bandappa
Organization DLR
Type of Organization Research Organization
-- Other
E-mail bandubaragali@gmail.com
Purpose I am an research student at DLR and working on crop prediction using soil data
Notes

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