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Overview of soil data at European scales

F. Carré & T. Mayr

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Need to distinguish…

EU Commission

25 EU Member States data

EU Commission data

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EU Commission data

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Vector map data (scale is important)

Raster data (resolution is important)

Profile measurement & estimates

3 kinds of data

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Vector map data (scale is important)

Raster data (resolution is important)

Profile measurement & estimates

3 kinds of data

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Vector data

Eurasian soil data at 1:1M scale

EuroRussiaSoil Database: Soil Reference

Groups in (WRB)

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Attributes attached to STU

Contains 73 attributes

Texture (according to FAO)

Land use

Parent material

Dominant limitation to agricultural use

STU name (WRB 98, FAO 90…)

Obstacle depth for root

derived from PTF

Extrapolated/ generalized

Crusting

Erodibility

AWC

Topsoil packing density…

OC of topsoil, CEC, BS…

Updated in the SINFO context

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CircumpolarSoil Database

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Attributes attached to STU

r s n m l Ks

Topsoils Coarse 0.025 0.403 0.0383 1.3774 0.2740 1.2500 60.000

Medium 0.010 0.439 0.0314 1.1804 0.1528 -2.3421 12.061

Medium/fine 0.010 0.430 0.0083 1.2539 0.2025 -0.5884 2.272

Fine 0.010 0.520 0.0367 1.1012 0.0919 -1.9772 24.800

Very Fine 0.010 0.614 0.0265 1.1033 0.0936 2.5000 15.000

Subsoils Coarse 0.025 0.366 0.0430 1.5206 0.3424 1.2500 70.000

Medium 0.010 0.392 0.0249 1.1689 0.1445 -0.7437 10.755

Medium/fine 0.010 0.412 0.0082 1.2179 0.1789 0.5000 4.000

Fine 0.010 0.481 0.0198 1.0861 0.0793 -3.7124 8.500

Very Fine 0.010 0.538 0.0168 1.0730 0.0680 0.0001 8.235

Organic* 0.010 0.766 0.0130 1.2039 0.1694 0.4000 8.000

* Within the organic soils no distinction is made in topsoils and subsoils

Parameters and Pedotransfer Functions Mualem-van Genuchten parameters fitting on the geometric mean curves

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Vector data

Ground Water Resources

Produce dProduce data from digitizing European-wide ground water maps, resulting from a study by EU

Catalogue national water resources for 12 Member States of the European Union

European Soil & Land Data

European Groundwater Resources Database

Aquifer Boundaries at 1:500,000 scaleTest Sheets 28 & 29 Po Valley Northern Italy

AquifersContoursArrows (dip)WellsSprings

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Vector data

Delineation of watersheds

Under FP6 CCM developed a first version of a European-wide river and catchment database for future use in environmental modeling activities. The database corresponds to a mapping scale of roughly 1:250 000 to 1:500,000, depending on the region.

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Vector map data (scale is important)

Raster data (resolution is important)

Profile measurement & estimates

3 kinds of data

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Raster data

PESERA: Pan-European Soil Erosion Estimation Risk Assessment

Soil erosion estimates (t/ha/yr) by applying the PESERA GRID model at 1km x 1km

New version redone by Salvaradjou from DSM techniques

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Raster data

Organic Carbon Content on Topsoils 0-30cm

The data are in GRID format and are available as ASCII raster file or in native ESRI GRID format (1km x 1km)

Done by PTF (Jones et al., 2004)

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Raster data

Eurasian soil database at 1 km*1km resolution

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Other raster data related to soil issues

Corine Land Cover 2000

GRID format in native ESRI GRID format (25 m x 25 m)

Description of 44 classes (mostly urban)

SRTM 90 m vs3 (Void filling corrected)

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Vector map data (scale is important)

Raster data (resolution is important)

Profile measurement & estimates

3 kinds of data

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Profiles & measurements

DanubeSIS - DanubeSIS - Soil Information System on the Danube River

Objectives:CollectionCollection of Soil Point Data in the Danube RiverProvideProvide the data to Flood Risk Assessment

Results: : 1200 points per countrycountry: CZ, AUT, BA, ROM, SK, HU, …

Data / hrz: granulometry, Soil type name, Hrz depth, OM class, humus type, obstacle to roots…

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Profiles & measurements

SPADE_M: SPADE_M: Soil profiles of Europe (146 profiles)Soil profiles of Europe (146 profiles)

Texture (& particle size grades) Organic matter content (C, N) Structure Total nitrogen content pH ESP or SAR Calcium carbonate content Calcium sulphate content Electric conductivity CEC and exchangeable bases Soil water retention Bulk density Root depth Groundwater level Parent material

Measured par. of the representative profiles of EuSIS STU

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Profiles & measurements

SPADE_M (from Forest Focus database)SPADE_M (from Forest Focus database)

4560 profiles in Forest Soils at Level I

Level I (mandatory at 16 km * 16 km) and Level II data (acc. to MS)

Sampled at 5 depths

Physical soil parameterOrganic layer Coarse fragmentsBulk density of the fine earthParticle size distributionClay contentSilt contentSand contentChemical soil parameterpH(CaCl2)Organic carbonTotal nitrogenCarbonatesAqua regia extracted P, Ca, K, Mg, MnAqua Regia extracted Cu, Pb, Cd, ZnAqua Regia extracted Al, Fe, Cr, Ni, S, Hg, NaExchangeable acidityExchangeable cations Ca, mg, K, Na, Al, Fe, Mn, HpH(H2O)Total elements Ca, Mg, Na, K, al, Fe, MnOxalate extractable Fe, Al

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Profiles & measurements

LUCAS LUCAS (Land Use/Cover Area frame Survey)

250.000 points in 2005

Deals with:

Very detailed land use classes

Erosion

Natural hazards

Now: soil texture…

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Data evaluated by Member States (from 2003)

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Member States data (1/3)

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Member States data (2/3)

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Member States data (3/3)

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Conclusions

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A lot of data but not too much measurements

A lot of estimated data by PTFs

For the moment, there is no harmonization of measured data. This will come from Biosoil study (measurements will be finished in August 2008) but it represents only 10% of the whole plots