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Temporary Dataset Download: Topsoil Soil Organic Carbon (LUCAS) for EU25

Dataset Access Expires on

02-July-2026

Notifications

  1. The data provided have been prepared for use by the Land Resource Management Unit (Institute for Environment & Sustainability) of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission.
  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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 data:


Topsoil Soil Organic Carbon (LUCAS), Published: November 2014, Size: 96 MB. 

 

References - Porposed Citations

  • D. de Brogniez, C. Ballabio, A. Stevens, R. J. A. Jones, L. Montanarella and B. van Wesemael (2015). A map of the topsoil organic carbon content of Europe generated by a generalized additive model. European Journal of Soil Science. 66(1): 121-134, doi: 10.1111/ejss.12193,

 

Data Information

Two datasets are available: 
1. Map of predicted topsoil organic carbon content (g C kg-1) 
2. Map of standard error of the OC model predictions (g C kg-1) 
 



SOC

 

  1. D. de Brogniez, C. Ballabio, A. Stevens, R. J. A. Jones, L. Montanarella and B. van Wesemael (2014). A map of the topsoil organic carbon content of Europe generated by a generalized additive model. European Journal of Soil Science. 66(1): 121-134 . doi: 10.1111/ejss.12193
Joint Research Centre - European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)
ID 130318
Date - Time Thu, 06/18/2026 - 14:32
Name of User Mihaela Roxana Burbulea
Organization University of Padova
Type of Organization University
-- Other
E-mail roxana.burbulea@unipd.it
Purpose I need access to LUCAS data on soil organic carbon (SOC) in the Veneto region to support the selection of sampling areas for my doctoral project. The data will allow me to identify representative sites and compare the SOC values ​​I will collect with those already measured as part of LUCAS campaigns. This comparison will allow me to analyze temporal variations in SOC and contextualize the research results with respect to a consolidated reference dataset at regional and European scales.
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