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Temporary Dataset Download: Pan-European SOC stock of agricultural soils

Dataset Access Expires on

20-October-2021

Notifications

  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 Land Resource Management Unit (Institute for Environment & Sustainability, JRC Ispra) in the context of CAPRESE project
  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.
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Download the data:

Distribution of average eroded SOC and updated SOC content in agricultural soils, Published: February 2016, Size: 19 MB
Alternative management practices (AMP) - Mitigate carbon emissions , Published: June 2014, Size: 57 MB. 
Pan-European SOC stock of agricultural soils, Published:November 2013, Size: 30 MB.

 

 

References - Porposed Citations

Data Information

Two type of Datasets are available: 
1. Pan-European SOC stock of agricultural soils 
Format: Polygon cover (shape file) 
Fields: a) [y2010] = Soil organic stock (t C ha-1) in the layer 0-30 cm at 2010 , b) [agr_ha] = hectares under agricultural land use 
Projection: ETRS_1989_LAEA_L52_M10
Coverage: pan-European scale (EU + Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Norway) 
Notes: values = 0 in the field[y2010] are units not simulated; the agricultural land use includes arable land, pasture and permanent croplands 
Methodology - Metadata: Application of CENTURY model. More details can be found in the A new baseline of organic carbon stock in European agricultural soils using a modelling approach. Global change biology or contact the first author.

2. Alternative management practices (AMP) - Using soils to mitigate carbon emissions 
Format: Polygon cover (shape file) and dbf files 
Projection: ETRS_1989_LAEA_L52_M10 
SOC_arable.shp = is the projected SOC baseline content (t C ha-1 in 0-30 cm depth) of the arable land use, where the following alternative management practices (AMP) are applied: 
AR_GR_LUC = conversion from arable to grassland; AR_RES = crop residue management; AR_RT = reduced tillage; AR_RET = crop residue + reduced tillage; AR_LEY = ley in rotation; AR_CC = cover crops. 
The dbf files contain the SOC changes related to the application of AMP in the arable land. 
Fields: [y2020, y2050, y2080, y2100] = Soil organic stock difference (t C ha-1) between AMP and the arable land use in the projected years. 
[st2020, st2050, st2080, st2100] = Uncertainty related to climatic scenarios. 
Instructions: values = 0 are units not simulated. 
In order to map AMP effects, the dbf files must be joined with the SOC_arable.shp by ID 
Methodology - Metadata: Potential carbon sequestration of European arable soils estimated by modelling a comprehensive set of management practices, Global change biology or contact the first author

Important Note: Further improved versions will be released in the next months.



SOC

 

 

  1. Lugato E., Panagos P. Bampa, F., Jones A., Montanarella L. 2014. A new baseline of organic carbon stock in European agricultural soils using a modelling approach. Global Change Biology. Global Change Biology 20 (1), pp. 313-326.
  2. Lugato E., Bampa F., Panagos P., Montanarella L. and Jones A. (2014). Potential carbon sequestration of European arable soils estimated by modelling a comprehensive set of management practices. Global Change Biology (2014), 20, 3557–3567, doi: 10.1111/gcb.12551
  3. Lugato, E., Paustian, K., Panagos, P., Jones, A., Borrelli, P., 2016. Quantifying the erosion effect on current carbon budget of European agricultural soils at high spatial resolution. Global Change Biology (2016),  22(5), 1976–1984, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13198
  4. 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

 

Joint Research Centre - European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)
ID 47680
Date - Time Wed, 10/06/2021 - 12:47
Name of User Ray Chang
Organization Carbon Count
Type of Organization Private Company
-- Other
E-mail ray.chang@carboncount.com
Purpose Geospatial data analysis for digital soil mapping
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