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Temporary Dataset Download: Soil Organic Carbon - Saturation Capacity in Europe

Dataset Access Expires on

20-February-2026

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Notification:
 
  1. The data are made available for any activity even commercial.
  2. The data provided has been prepared for use by internal research activities in the Joint Reseach Centre (JRC Ispra).
  3. The data were developed for research purposes of the JRC (European Commission). 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.
  4. 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.
  5. The user agrees to: 
  • Make proper reference to the source of the data when disseminating the results to which this agreement relates; 
  • Participate in the verification of the data (e.g. by noting and reporting any errors or omissions discovered to the JRC).
 
 
When making reference to the data/map:
 
  • Lugato, E., Panagos, P., Bampa, F., Jones, A., Montanarella, L. 2014a. A new baseline of organic carbon stock in European agricultural soils using a modelling approach. Global Change Biology, 20 (1), pp. 313-326.
  • Lugato, E., Bampa, F., Panagos, P., Montanarella, L., Jones, A. 2014b. Potential carbon sequestration of European arable soils estimated by modelling a comprehensive set of management practices. Global Change Biology, 20 (11), pp. 3557-3567.

The data come as a single ESRI Grid (250m resolution) in the ETRS_LAEA_10_52 Coordinarte System + the two referenced articles

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Joint Research Centre - European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)
ID 124792
Date - Time Fri, 02/06/2026 - 17:27
Name of User Boguslaw Podlas
Organization Cargill
Type of Organization Private Company
-- Other
E-mail boguslawpodlas@cargill.com
Purpose Baseline assessment of soil organic carbon stocks for agricultural land in Europe, used for sustainability analysis, soil management planning, and internal reporting.
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