Soil Organic Carbon Content Data download

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The Soil Portal makes available the Maps of Organic carbon content (%) in the surface horizon of soils in Europe. The data are in ESRI GRID format and are available as an ASCII raster file or in native ESRI GRID format. In addition, an interactive application allows the user to navigate in the Organic Carbon data with OCTOP Map Server and print his own customized map.

The result is available as a map and an explaining booklet:

"The Map of Organic Carbon Content In Topsoils In Europe: Version 1.2 September - 2003. Explanation of Special Publication Ispra 2004 No.72 (S.P.I.04.73)." Robert J.A. Jones, Roland Hiederer,Ezio Rusco, Peter J. Loveland and Luca Montanarella European Soil Bureau Research Report No.15, EUR 21209, 40pp. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

Bibliographical Reference:
Jones, R.J.A, R. Hiederer, E. Rusco, P.J. Loveland and L. Montanarella (2005). Estimating organic carbon in the soils of Europe for policy support. European Journal of Soil Science, October 2005, 56, p.655-671.

Available Data, Documents and Services:

Download the report: The Map of Organic Carbon Content In Topsoils In Europe: Version 1.2 September - 2003 (S.P.I.04.72)
Navigate in the Organic Carbon data with OCTOP Map Server and Print your own map
The data are in ESRI GRID format and are available as a interchange file or in native format . (8/5/2006) OCTOP INSPIRE Raster: The data have been reprojected in order to align with the proposed INSPIRE standard GRID.

These data are freely available upon request; fill in this form and email to Marc Van Liedekerke
after which you will be provided with instructions on how to download the data.
Download the OCTOP Legend File (LYR Format) and use it in ArcGIS.

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