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Inventory of data at ESDAC (last update: 9/4/2013) - Number of Datasets: 85

Find below the list of data holdings currently available at the European Soil Data Center (ESDAC). Some of them are freely available for download while other are restricted due to copyright rules. This list provides the Dataset Title, a Short Description and some Keywords. Each Title is linked to the full dataset description.

This list represents the current state of affairs and is by no means final in length and contents. The list will be adapted as new data will be generated or current data will be updated.

  • ESDB v2.0 (European Soil Database v2.0)
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    European Soil Database v2.0, consisting of four components : the Soil Geographical Database of Eurasia at scale 1:1,000,000 (SGDBE), a PedoTransfer Rules Database (PTRDB), the Soil Profile Analytical Database of Europa (SPADBE) and documentation of the Database of Hydraulic Properties of European Soils (HYPRES)
    keywords: European Soil Database, Soil Geographical Database of Eurasia, Base de Donnees Geographique des Sols d'Eurasie au 1/1 000 000, SGDBE, Soils, Soil, Environment, Land Management, geo-scientific information

  • ESDB v1.0 (European Soil Database v1.0)
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    European Soil Database v1.0, consisting of four components : the Soil Geographical Database of Eurasia at scale 1:1,000,000 (SGDBE), a PedoTransfer Rules Database (PTRDB), the Soil Profile Analytical Database of Europa (SPADBE) and documentation of the Database of Hydraulic Properties of European Soils (HYPRES)
    keywords: European Soil Database, Soil Geographical Database of Eurasia, Base de Donnees Geographique des Sols d'Eurasie au 1/1 000 000, SGDBE, Soils, Soil, Environment, Land Management, geo-scientific information

  • ESDB v2.0 - Raster Version 1km x 1km
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    European Soil Database (v2.0) where the soil geometric component is offered as a raster in which each cell is labeled with an Soil Mapping Unit (SMU)
    keywords: Soil, Raster, Grid, SGDBE, Soil Geographical Database of Eurasia, PTRDB, Pedotransfer Rules Database, Soil Profile Analytical Database of Europe, SPADBE, Database of Hydraulic Properties of European Soils, HYPRES, Inspire, ESDB, The European Soil Database

  • ESDBv2 Raster Library - 1km x 1km
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    Prepared 1km raster images for 73 soil attributes of the European Soil Database v2.0 (ESDBv2)
    keywords: Soil, Raster, Grid, SGDBE, PTRDB, LAEA, Inspire

  • ESDBv2 Raster Library - 10km x 10km
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    Prepared 10km raster images for 73 soil attributes of the European Soil Database v2.0 (ESDBv2)
    keywords: Soil, Raster, Grid, SGDBE, PTRDB, GISCO, LAEA, Inspire

  • OCTOP soil organic carbon content data
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    Soil organic carbon data for Europe
    keywords: Soil organic carbon content, carbon, OCTOP, Topsoil, Geological, Geophysical

  • PESERA: Pan-European Soil Erosion Risk Assessment
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    Soil erosion risk data for Europe
    keywords: Soil erosion, erosion, Environment and Conservation, Risk Assessment, Pesera, Soil

  • EUDASM: European Digital Archive of Soil Map
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    Archive of scanned soil maps across many parts of the world
    keywords: EuDASM, Maps, Soil, European Digital Archive of Soil Maps

  • Heavy metals in topsoils
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    Maps of total heavy metal contents in European topsoils
    keywords: Heavy metals , regresssion-kriging, FOREGS databas

  • GW: Digital Dataset of European Groundwater Resources - version 1.0
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    Groundwater data at European scale, for many European countries
    keywords: Groundwater, groundwater resources

  • SPADE/M Version 2.0
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    Soil Profile Analytical Database of Europe – Measured data (measured data from SPADE of ESDB converted in a usable database format)
    keywords: SPADE, Soil Profile Analytical Database of Europe, soil profiles, ESDB, European Soil Database, measured soil profiles

  • SINFO - New soil information for CGMS (Crop Growth Monitoring System)
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    New and extended version of the soil data from Soil Geographical Data Base of Europe (SGDBE) version 3.1, developed for use in the MARS Crop Yield Forecast Sing System
    keywords: Soil, CGMS, MCYFS, Crop Mars Growth Monitoring System, MARS Crop Yield Forecast Sing System

  • Harmonized World Soil Database v 1.0
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    The Harmonized World Soil Database is a 30 arc-second raster database, that integrates existing regional and national soil databases worldwide.
    keywords: World Soil, Database

  • SOIL REGIONS of the EU and Adjacent Countries - version 1
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    Soil regions map for Europe v1.0
    keywords: Soil regions, Europe

  • SOIL REGIONS of the EU and Adjacent Countries - version 2
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    Soil regions map for Europe v2
    keywords: Soil regions, Europe

  • SPADE-2 v1.0 - Soil Profile Analytical Database of Europe
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    Database of "estimated" soil profiles (through ECPA) covering part of EU15 (not an extension of SPADE-1 from ESDB)
    keywords: SPADE, Soil Profile Analytical Database of Europe, soil profiles, ESDB, European Soil Database

  • SPADE-2 v2.0 - Soil Profile Analytical Database of Europe
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    Database of "estimated" soil profiles (through ECPA) covering part of EU10 (not an extension of SPADE-1 from ESDB)
    keywords: SPADE, Soil Profile Analytical Database of Europe, soil profiles, ESDB, European Soil Database

  • SPADE-08 : Soil Profile Analytical Database of Europe 2008
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    Quality checked version of the SPADE-1 database component of the European Soil Database (ESDB)
    keywords: SPADE, Soil Profile Analytical Database of Europe, soil profiles, ESDB, European Soil Database, Estimated Profiles, Horizons

  • Natural susceptibility to compaction
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    Natural susceptibility to compaction for Europe - map and report
    keywords: Soil Compaction, Natural susceptibility to compaction, Geophysical, Soil threats, SOCO, Soil conservation

  • Soil Salinisation
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    Soil Salinisation for Europe - map and report
    keywords: Soil Salinisation, Saline, Sodic sols, Geophysical, Soil threats, SOCO, Soil conservation

  • Wind Erosion – Number of Erosive days
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    Wind Erosion – Number of Erosive days
    keywords: Wind erosion, Soil, Land Management, Geo-Scientific Information, Europe

  • PH of Soils in Europe
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    Acidification of soils in Europe, PH
    keywords: acidification, PH, chemical, physical and biological soil properties

  • HYPRES
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    Database of Hydraulic Properties of European Soils (HYPRES) - original data behind the formulas of the ESDB HYPRES component
    keywords: Database of Hydraulic Properties of European Soils, HYPRES, European Soil Database

  • G2 Soil erosion data
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    Erosion data for Strymonas river (14,500 km2), located in South East Europe (Greece / Bulgaria).
    keywords: Erosion, G2, modelling

  • European Food Agency Data (EFSA) Data
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    European Food Agency Data (EFSA) Data
    keywords: EFSA, Food security, ECOREGION, FATE

  • Support to Renewable Energy Directive
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    support to Renewable Energy Directive and relative datasets
    keywords: Climate Change, Climatic Zone , WRB, soil types, IPCC

  • Spatial Layers for Estimating Soil GHG Emissions from Indirect Land Use Changes(ILUC) due to the Production of Biofuels
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    Spatial Layers for Estimating Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Indirect Land Use Changes(ILUC) due to the Production of Biofuels
    keywords: Land use, Climate Change, Greenhouse gas

  • iSOIL data
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    Data for test sites of iSOIL project
    keywords: iSOIL, digital soil mapping, EMI, electromagnetic induction measurement, EM31, apparent electrical conductivity, soil moisture content, TDR

  • Soil Erodibility in Europe (using LUCAS point survey data)
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    Soil Erodibility in USLE (K-Factor)
    keywords: soil erodibility, K-Factor, USLE, LUCAS, Erosion Modelling

  • Global Soil Organic Carbon Estimates
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    Global estimates of soil organic carbon stocks (t/ha) in topsoil 0-30cm
    keywords: organic carbon, Harmonized World Soil Database , Climate change

  • Soil Atlas of Europe
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    The Soil Atlas of Europe is available for download. Atlas pages can be downloaded individually (128 pages in total), either in PDF format (higher quality) or JPEG format
    keywords: Atlas Contents, Key facts, Printouts, Commission Preface and information on how to obtain copy of the Atlas

  • Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region
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    The Soil Atlas of Europe is available for download. Atlas pages can be downloaded individually (144 pages in total), either in PDF format (higher quality) or JPEG format
    keywords: Northern Circumpolar Region, Usa, Russia, Canada

  • Atlas of Soil Biodiversity
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    The Atlas of Soil Biodiversity is available for download. Atlas pages can be downloaded individually (129 pages in total), either in PDF format (higher quality) or JPEG format
    keywords: Biodiversity

  • DANUBE_SIS: Soil Information System for the Danube basin at the scale 1:250,000
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    Soil point data from the countries that intersect the Danube river basin. (for building a soil database that can support the application of the LISFLOOD model in the Danube area).
    keywords: Soil database, soil, soils, Danube, Odra basin

  • ClimChAlp: Soil Erosion in the Alps
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    Soil Erosion Risk in the Alps. The RUSLE model was applied to the whole alpine space, with a specific setting on mountain areas for slope and rain erosivity parameters. Future Scenarions (IPCC A2 Scenario and B2 Scenario are also available)
    keywords: Soil erosion, erosion, Environment and Conservation, Risk Assessment, RUSLE , Soil, IPCC

  • ECALP: Ecopedological Map of the Alps
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    Soil data for pilot areas in the Alpine region.
    keywords: Soil, Pilot Areas in the Alps, ECALP, Environment and Conservation, Alps, alpine convention, soil, protection, pedology, ecology, INSPIRE grid

  • MEUSIS (Multiscale EUropean Soil Information System) - Alpine Grid
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    Soil data delivered as grids for some pilot areas in Europe (e.g. Slovakia)
    keywords: Alpine Reference Grid, INSPIRE grid, Environment and Conservation, Multiscale Soil Information system, participatory approach

  • Geochemical Atlas of Europe
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    360 geochemical maps showing the distribution of many elements (>60) across Europe
    keywords: geochemical surveys, baseline studies, soils, sediments, stream water, sampling, sample preparation, chemical analysis, geochemical maps, atlas, areal geology, Europe

  • MEUSE-SIS (Meuse Soil Information System)
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    Soil data for the Meuse basin
    keywords: Soil Information System, SIS, Meuse, soil data

  • MEUSIS-SK: MEUSIS in Slovakia
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    Soil data in grid format for a pilot area in Slovakia
    keywords: MEUSIS, Multiscale European Soil Information System, soil, soil data, landscape data

  • ETC_TE: European Topic Centre - Terrestrial Environment datasets (ETC/TE)
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    Overview of datasets held by the ETC/TE
    keywords: Soil, soils, contaminated sites

  • Biosoil data
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    Biosoil data
    keywords: Soil, forest soils

  • Forest Focus Monitoring Database
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    Soil data stemming from the Forest Focus regulation and databases
    keywords: Forest monitoring, atmospheric pollution, tree damage, Level I, Level II

  • LUCAS soil data
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    Soil data gathered in the context of the LUCAS project
    keywords: Soil, soils, LUCAS, Land Use, Land Cover, Area Survey

  • ODRA: Soil digital database for the ODRA basin at the scale 1:250,000
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    Soil data for the Odra basin according to the Manual of Procedures.
    keywords: Soil database, soil, soils, Odra, Odra basin

  • FAO_DSMW: FAO Digital Soil Map of the World (DSMW) version 3.6
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    FAO soil map of the world
    keywords: DSMW, FAO, Digital Soil Map of the World

  • SOTER : SOIL and TERRAIN Database for Northern and Central EURASIA
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    FAO Soil data for the North and Central Eurasia region according to the SOTER method
    keywords: SOTER, SOIL and TERRAIN Database, EURASIA

  • SOVEUR : Mapping of Soil and Terrain Vulnerability in Central and Eastern Europe
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    FAO Soil vulnerability data for Central and Eastern Europe
    keywords: SOVEUR, SOTER, SOIL and TERRAIN Database, Central and Eastern Europe

  • Northern and Mid Latitude Soil Database
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    Soil data for the polar and mid-latitude regions of the northern hemisphere (including Alaska, Canada, Conterminous United States, Eurasia, Greenland, Iceland, Kazakstan, Mexico, Mongolia, and Svalbard)
    keywords: Soil, soils

  • SERAE: Soil Erosion Risk Assessment in Europe
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    Soil erosion risk data for Europe (precursor to PESERA data)
    keywords: Soil, Erosion, SERAE, Soil Erosion Risk Assessment

  • Heavy metal and organic matter contents of European topsoils
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    Study on heavy metal and organic matter contents of European topsoils
    keywords: Soil, soil data, Heavy metal, organic matter, European, Europe, EU15, topsoils, topsoil

  • ITALY: Ecopedological map of Italy, 1:250,000
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    Soil database for Italy according to the “Manual of procedures v1.1”
    keywords: Carta Ecopedologica, Soil, Italy

  • ITALY SOIL EROSION: Soil erosion data for Italy
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    Soil erosion data for Italy
    keywords: Soil erosion, Italy

  • ITALY NATURA2000 SOIL: Soil data for NATURA2000 sites in Italy
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    Soil data at NATURA2000 sites in Italy
    keywords: Soil, NATURA2000, Italy

  • PUGLIA: Base dati georiferita relativa al suolo dell'intera regione Puglia (Italia) su scala 1:50.000
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    Soil georeferenced data for Puglia (Italy) at scale 1:50,000
    keywords: Soil georeferenced data, Puglia, soil database, Interreg

  • RUSSIA: LAND RESOURCES OF RUSSIA CD-ROM, Version 1.0, January, 2002
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    Soil and many other land resources data for Russia
    keywords: Land resources, Russia

  • ALBANIA : Soil Database at 1:50,000 Scale for the districts of Kavaja, Lushnje and Peqin of the republic of Albania
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    Georeferenced database of soils for the Albanian districts of Kavaja, Peqini and Lushnja, at scale 1:50,000 according the the "Manual of procedures v1.1"
    keywords: Soil georeferenced data, Albania, soil database, KAVAJA, LUSHNJE, PEQIN

  • ALBANIA: (1) Database Georeferenziato dei suoli dell’intero territorio della Repubblica d’Albania in scala 1:250.000 AND (2) Database Georeferenziato dei suoli delle pianure costiere della Repubblica di Albania in scala 1:50.000
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    Georeferenced database of soils for Albania (at scale 1:250,000 for the whole of the country and at scale 1:50,000 for the coastal areas) according the the "Manual of procedures v1.1"
    keywords: Soil georeferenced data, Albania

  • AUSTRIA: Austria soil data for incorporation into ESDB v3
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    New soil data delivered by Austria to be integrated into ESDB v3
    keywords: Soil, soil data, Austria

  • CYPRUS: Cyprus soil data
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    Georeferenced soil data for Cyprus, to be integrated into ESDB v3
    keywords: Soil, soils, Cyprus

  • LEBANON: Lebanon soil data
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    Georeferenced soil data for Lebanon, based on “Manual of Procedures”, to be integrated in ESDB v3.0
    keywords: Soil, soils,Lebanon

  • MAGHREB: Maghreb soil data for incorporation into ESDB v3
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    Soil data of Magreb countries for incorporation into ESDB v3
    keywords: Soil, soil data, Magreb, Maghreb

  • SOTER terrain units for Europe (1:5000,000)
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    Soil database at a scale 1:5,000,000 for global modeling, based on the SOTER
    keywords: SOTER, SOil TERrain, DEM

  • SWEDEN: Sweden soil data for incorporation into ESDB v3
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    Soil data for Sweden for integration in ESDB v3.0
    keywords: Soil, soil data, Sweden

  • TURKEY: Turkey soil data for incorporation into ESDB v3
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    Soil data for Turkey for integration in ESDB v3.0
    keywords: Soil, soil data, Turkey, SMU, STU, European Soil Database

  • EGYPT: Egypt soil data
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    Georeferenced soil data for Egypt, to be integrated into ESDB v3
    keywords: Soil, soils, Egypt

  • Hungary - Case study soil, terrain and land use information in Hungary
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    Detailed information of a principally agricultural area within 744 km2, with high risk of soil degradation and detailed data on: soil (including profile and polygon data), agricultural parcels (location and extent), farm data (time series cropping and land management data), cadastral map data (location and extent), ortho-photo, topographic map and digital elevation .model
    keywords: Soil, terrain, land use, soil threats

  • PAVIA - Soil in the province of Pavia (Italy) - Il suolo della Provincia di Pavia
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    Realization of a detailed spatial description of inorganic and organic elements concentration, on Pavia district.
    keywords: Soil, mosses, bacteria, LUCAS, trace elements, dioxines

  • CLIMPC - Climatic stratification of Europe
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    Grid representing PC components of climatic attributes
    keywords: Principal Component Analysis, climatic data

  • GRABEN soil database Bavaria
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    Soil profiles, Bavaria, GRABEN-project
    keywords: Soil profiles, Bavaria, GRABEN-project

  • ASTER DATA for Italy
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    RAW L1A Data for SoCo project - DEM comparison
    keywords: VNIR, NIR, SoCo, DEM

  • SRTM Ver. 4.0 - for soil studies
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    SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission) for use in soil studies
    keywords: SRTM V4 , CIAT/JRC, void filled data, Terrain

  • Landform classification
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    The landform classification following Meybeck et al. (2001) presents relief classes, which are calculated based on the relief roughness. Roughness and elevation are classified based on a DEM according to static thresholds, with a given window size ( e.g. 20 in the dataset shown). This is an example of a static (in terms of thresholds) landform classification method. The landform classification following Iwahashi and Pike ( 2007) present relief classes which are classified using an unsupervised nested-means algorithms and a three part geometric signature. Slope gradient, surface texture and local convexity are calculated based on the SRTM30 DEM, within a given window size ( e.g. 10 in the dataset shown) and classified according to the inherent data set properties. This is an example for a dynamic (in terms of thresholds) landform classification method.
    keywords: SRTM V4 , CIAT/JRC, void filled data, Terrain

  • CN-LITTFOR: C/N ratio prediction of the forest litter in Europe
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    Grid representing the C/N ratio prediction of the forest litter in Europe
    keywords: Neural Network prediction, forest mask

  • Rainfall Erosivity in Switzerland and Application(Code) for Calculation of R-Factor
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    Rainfall Erosivity and R-Factor in RUSLE. Application in Switzerland and executalbe code for Calculation of R-Factor
    keywords: soil erosivity, R-Factor, RUSLE, Erosion Modelling, Switzerland, Climate change

  • Biochar Meta-analysis Database
    • Meta-analysis of crop yield response to biochar application database
    keywords: Biochar, meta-analysis, crop yield

  • Agriculture Field Parameters
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    Agriculture Field Parameters
    keywords: Field Size Area , Field Direction , Length to Witdh Ratio, Field Length , Percentage Agricultural Wind Erosion Susceptible fields/ non susceptible field ,Agriculture Field Parameters, Soil, Land Management, Geo-Scientific Information, Europe

  • Classified European Landslide Susceptibility map v1.0 (ELSUS1000)
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    Classified European Landslide Susceptibility map v1.0 (ELSUS1000)
    keywords: Landslides, Susceptibility, Soil, Soil Parent Material, Slope Gradient, Land Cover, Natural Hazard, Environment, Land Management, Geo-Scientific Information, Europe

  • Confidence Level map of the Classified European Landslide Susceptibility map v1.0
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    Confidence Level map of the Classified European Landslide Susceptibility map v1.0 (ELSUS1000)
    keywords: Landslides, Susceptibility, Reliability/quality, Landslide Inventory Data, NUTS3, Soil, Natural Hazard, Environment, Land Management, Geo-Scientific Information, Europe

  • NUTS 3-aggregated map of the Classified European Landslide Susceptibility map v1.0
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    NUTS 3-aggregated map of the Classified European Landslide Susceptibility map v1.0 (ELSUS1000)
    keywords: Landslides, Susceptibility, Reliability/quality, Landslide Inventory Data, NUTS3, Soil, Natural Hazard, Environment, Land Management, Geo-Scientific Information, Europe

  • Climato-Physiographic Regions for European Landslide Susceptibility Assessment
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    Climato-Physiographic Regions for European Landslide Susceptibility Assessment(used for Classified European Landslide Susceptibility map v1.0; ELSUS1000)
    keywords: Landslides, Susceptibility, Climato-Physiographic regions, Koppen climate, Mountains, Plains, Coastal areas, Soil, Natural Hazard, Environment, Land Management, Geo-Scientific Information, Europe

  • Classified Slope Gradient map for European Landslide Susceptibility Assessment
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    Classified Slope Gradient map for European Landslide Susceptibility Assessment (input criterium of Classified European Landslide Susceptibility map v1.0; ELSUS1000)
    keywords: Landslides, Susceptibility, Input criteria, Slope Gradient, Soil Parent Material, Land Cover, Soil, Natural Hazard, Environment, Land Management, Geo-Scientific Information, Europe

  • Classified Soil Parent Material map for European Landslide Susceptibility Assessment
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    Classified Soil Parent Material map for European Landslide Susceptibility Assessment (input criterium of Classified European Landslide Susceptibility map v1.0; ELSUS1000)
    keywords: Landslides, Susceptibility, Input criteria, Soil Parent Material, European Soil Database, Slope Gradient, Land Cover, Soil, Natural Hazard, Environment, Land Management, Geo-Scientific Information, Europe

  • Classified Land Cover map for European Landslide Susceptibility Assessment
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    Classified Land Cover map for European Landslide Susceptibility Assessment (input criterium of Classified European Landslide Susceptibility map v1.0; ELSUS1000)
    keywords: Landslides, Susceptibility, Input criteria, Land Cover, GLOBCOVER, Slope Gradient, Soil Parent Material, Soil, Natural Hazard, Environment, Land Management, Geo-Scientific Information, Europe

  • Climate Change Regional Indicators of Change and Extremes
    • Climate Change Regional Indicators of Change and Extremes
    keywords: Climate Change, Indicators, temperature, Precipitation, Precipitation intensity, Relative Humidity, Aridity Index, Humidex

    For further information on the ESDAC or any of these datasets, please contact Marc Van Liedekerke.

     

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