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Changes in Soil Organic Carbon in Croplands and Grasslands between 2009 and 2018 are presented in a single TIFF file at a 500m resolution
Reference: De Rosa, D., Ballabio, C., Lugato, E., Jones, A., Panagos, P. 2024. Soil organic carbon stocks in European croplands and grasslands: How much have we lost in the past decade? Global Change Biology 30(1), e16992 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16992
Note about the data:
The 0.75% represents the total percentage, not the average delta (the tiff data). The data are presented as grams of carbon per kilogram of soil (basically rate of change based on soil climatic condition and land use). We chose to provide the raw model output to ensure maximum transparency. This approach prevents the addition of unnecessary uncertainties.
As detailed in the methods section of the manuscript (De Rosa et al., 2024), we derived the bulk density values using a pedotransfer function (Hollis et al). This allows for the possibility of applying different methodologies for calculating bulk density. There can be used different Bulk density maps which allows to have different SOC stocks.
Furthermore, all the exogenous variables used in our study are publicly available. Therefore, you could download and use this data to test any other different bulk density data as well as digest our raw data in the way that you prefer. If we had provided the data in t/ha, this process would not have been possible, and therefore you wouldn't have the chance to exploit the dataset to its fullest extent. As a scientist, having access to the raw data is an ideal situation because it allows you to truly analyze any other form of interoperability.
De Rosa, D., Ballabio, C., Lugato, E., Jones, A., Panagos, P. 2024. Soil organic carbon stocks in European croplands and grasslands: How much have we lost in the past decade? Global Change Biology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16992
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Joint Research Centre - European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)
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| ID | 129102 |
| Date - Time | Fri, 05/15/2026 - 12:47 |
| Name of User | Konstantinos Peponakis |
| Organization | Agrotikes Lyseis |
| Type of Organization | Private Company |
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| kostas.peponakis@agrolyseis.gr | |
| Purpose | Use in multiple agroeconomical studies, mostly in Crete |
| 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