Completed Projects (ECALP, DanubeSIS, SINFO, ESVA, SINFO, GroundWater Resources, INSEA, SOTER)

Soil Projects > Completed Projects

This page presents an overview of the achievements of a number of projects which have been completed with the participation of JRC:

(March 2007 - March 2009) AquaTRAIN: AquaTRAIN is a Marie Curie Research Training Network established specifically to develop a better understanding of the behaviour and environmental impact, including human health, of geogenic elements, in groundwater and soils in the European Union.

ECALP: "Eco- pedological Map for the Alpine Territory". In the context of ALPSIS, the JRC has set up a collaboration with the ECALP project. The main objective of ECALP is to create a useful network among regional and national institutions -data owners and managers of soil data in the alpine region and to exchange knowledge and experience among different regions and different countries, concerning the exchange of soil data in grid-based format. In technical terms the ECALP project aims at the implementation of the Alpine Ecopedological Information System that can provide information to operational end users, land managers that operate at different levels and soil scientists together with experts of other disciplines.

DanubeSIS: "Soil Information system on Danube River Basin" . In support of the Flood Risk Assessment Project, implemented by the Land Management Unit of the JRC, a collection of soil data from the countries that intersect the Danube river basin is in preparation.

(Jan 2007) ESVA, "Soil Visual Assessment in Europe" is a direct evaluation of those soil properties which are visible by naked eyes and can be evaluated directly in the field. The ESVA Concept, the Technical Development (using informatic tools) and some detailed examples are presented.

Digital Dataset of European Groundwater Resources - version 1.0 : data from digitizing European-wide groundwater maps, resulting from a study by the European Commission in 1982 to catalogue national water resources for several Member States of the European Union (Belgium, Federal Republic of Germany, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands and United Kingdom)

INSEA: "INtegrated Sink Enhancement Assessment" . The overall objective of INSEA is to support the formulation and implementation of the European Community policies, by providing a timely scientific contribution to policies that are targeted on the prevailing needs from the policy side, coherent across the various regions, and sensitive to changes in policies as they take place

(Jan 2008) New Soil Information for the MARS Crop Yield Forecasting System. In 2005, the JRC commissioned a study in order to develop a framework for the incorporation of version 4.0 of the Soil Geographical Database of Europe (SGDBE) in the Crop Growth Monitoring System (CGMS) which is a part of the Mars Crop Yield Forecasting System (MCYFS). This study resulted in an updated European Soil Database which is still under quality control and therefore not ready for release to the public.

SOTER: "SOil TERrain Database": Model Techniques and Description - Status, Problems and use of SOTER.

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