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Temporary Dataset Download: High resolution cropland africa soil erosion (GloSEM 1.3)

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30-January-2026

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  1. The data provided has been prepared for use by internal research activities in the Joint Research Centre (JRC) Ispra in collaboration with University of Pavia, Kangwon National University and  UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. This work has been done in the context of the Working group of Soil Erosion of the European Soil Obseervatory addressing the Global soil erosion challenges .
  2. 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.
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A total of five layers is released (69 GB). Four of them provide estimated rates (Mg ha-1 yr-1) of soil displacement by water , while the last layer provides the fractional (%) cropland cover (ESA100_Cropland_fraction.tif)

  • GloSEM 1.3 baseline scenario 2019-1 - GloSEM 1.3 baseline scenario 2019-2 –This scenario considers the ESA’s global cropland (reference year 2019; 1.4 billion ha) and the recent climate scenarios described by Panagos et al.and Borrelli et al..
  • GloSEM 1.3 scenario RCP2.6-1 - GloSEM 1.3 scenario RCP2.6-2 - SOIL_DISPLACEMENT_ESTIMATE_2070_SSP1–RCP2.6.tif: This scenario considers the ESA’s global cropland (reference year 2019; 1.4 billion ha) and the future (2070) climate scenario obtained from 14 GCMs (WorldClim) for the scenario RCP2.6 (CMIP5) (more details are given in Borrelli et al.).
  • GloSEM 1.3 scenario RCP4.5-1 - GloSEM 1.3 scenario RCP4.5-2 - SOIL_DISPLACEMENT_ESTIMATE_2070_SSP2–RCP4.5.tif :This scenario considers the ESA’s global cropland (reference year 2019; 1.4 billion ha) and the future (2070) climate scenario obtained from 14 GCMs (WorldClim) for the scenario RCP4.5 (CMIP5) (more details are given in Borrelli et al.).
  • GloSEM 1.3 scenario RCP8.5-1 - GloSEM 1.3 scenario RCP8.5-2 - SOIL_DISPLACEMENT_ESTIMATE_2070_SSP5–RCP8.5.tif : This scenario considers the ESA’s global cropland (reference year 2019; 1.4 billion ha) and the future (2070) climate scenario obtained from 14 GCMs (WorldClim) for the scenario RCP8.5 (CMIP5) (more details are given in Borrelli et al.).
  • Global Land cover Map - ESA100_Cropland_fraction: Global land-cover map (expressed in %) of the ESA and CGLS (CGLS-LC100 Collection 3) for the reference year 2019.

In addition, we provide a summary table with the  "Country-based descriptive statistics of soil displacement estimates for the 2019 and 2070 scenarios and the impact of conservation agriculture"

Borrelli, P., Ballabio, C., Yang, J., Robinson, D., Panagos, P. 2022. GloSEM: High-resolution global estimates of present and future soil displacement in croplands by water erosion. Scientific Data (9), Article number: 406.

 

Joint Research Centre - European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)
ID 123913
Date - Time Fri, 01/16/2026 - 10:14
Name of User Samuele Bumbaca
Organization SAGEA centro di saggio s.r.l.
Type of Organization Research Organization
-- Other
E-mail samuele.bumbaca@sagea.com
Purpose Preliminary environmental study of the impact of copper use on hill vineyards with complex human settlements, in collaboration with the University of Turin's Department of Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Science.
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