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Temporary Dataset Download: Mercury content in the European Union topsoil

Dataset Access Expires on

03-August-2021

Notifications

  1. The data provided has been prepared for use by internal research activities in European Soil Data Centre (Sustainable Resources Directorate, JRC Ispra) in the context of developing the assessments of diffuse pollution and as a contribution to soil threats in Europe.
  2. 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.
  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 data/maps are result of interpolation (and advanced geostatistics) and they should be used with care. It is not recommended to use this dataset for qualifying the status of a point (parcel).
  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).

Data

The datasets available are two groups - based on recently published literature. The first group includes the Mercury content and is based on the publication of Ballabio et al (2021) and the second group includes the Mercury fluxes with soil erosion and is based on the publication of Panagos et al. (2021). 

Mercury content

The Mercury distribution in EU topsoils (Raster format) at 250m resolution. This dataset is refering to Fig.2 [Map of topsoil Hg concentration (μg kg-1) in the publication A spatial assessment of mercury content in the European Union topsoil.]

In addition, we provide the kriged residuals including outliers. This dataset corresponds to Fig.6 [Map of topsoil Hg kriged residuals (μg kg-1) in the publication A spatial assessment of mercury content in the European Union topsoil. This can be overlaid with coal fired power plants in circles with the size of the circle proportional to the power production and Hg mines with the size of the symbols representing their past production. The QGIS symbology is also available.

In addiiton, we also provide both the mercury content and the kriged residuals for the whole European continent. Those data are result of an extrapolation and should be used with care.

Mercury stocks and fluxes

The Hg stock (g ha−1) in European topsoils (Raster format) refers to the Fig. 4 of the Panagos, et al 2021. Mercury in European topsoils: Anthropogenic sources, stocks and fluxes.
 
A shape file includes the Estimated Hg displaced with water erosion per catchment and Estimated Hg losses to river basins and Hg fluxes to sea outlets. This shape file includes two fields relevant to the two figures of the publication (Fig.6, Fig 8): 
 
Eroded_HG_perha: (Micrograms ha-1 year-1) (converted: *-1000)
Figure 6.  Estimated Hg displaced with water erosion per catchment.
 
LostInRiverSea_HG_perha:  Soil losses in river basins (Micrograms ha-1 year-1) (converted: *1000)
Figure 8. Estimated Hg losses to river basins and Hg fluxes to sea outlets (Mg yr-1) due to water erosion.
 
Please note that you can also estimate the Desposited Hg in the field:
Hg displaced with water erosion =  Desposited Hg in the field + Estimated Hg losses to river basins 
 
In addition, we provide data from supplementary material figures:
 
Map of kriged residuals including outliers overlaid with a) Chlor-alkali plants b) coal fired power c) Hg mines
Citations:

Citations:

Ballabio, C., Jiskra, M., Osterwalder, S., Borrelli, P., Montanarella, L., Panagos, P. 2021. A spatial assessment of mercury content in the European Union topsoil. Science of the Total Environment. 769. Article No: 144755

Panagos, P., Jiskra, M., Borrelli, P., Liakos, L., Ballabio, C. 2021. Mercury in European topsoils: Anthropogenic sources, stocks and fluxes. Environmental Research. 201. Article No:  111556

 

Joint Research Centre - European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)
ID 46175
Date - Time Tue, 07/20/2021 - 07:54
Name of User Karoline Morling
Organization Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Type of Organization University
-- Other
E-mail karoline.morling@kit.edu
Purpose comparison to other dataset within a student project work
Notes

When making reference to the ESDAC

  • 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