EEA geospatial data catalogue
Soil erodibility (K-Factor), May 2011
One key parameter for soil erosion modelling is the soil erodibility, expressed as the K- factor in the commonly used soil erosion model USLE (Universal Soil Loss Equation). The K-factor is related to crucial soil factors triggering erosion (organic matter content, soil texture, soil structure, permeability). We calculated soil erodibility using measured soil data, collected during the 2009 LUCAS (Land Use and Cover Area frame Survey) soil survey campaign across the member states of the European Union. The estimation method of soil erodibility is based on the LUCAS point data. Since the density of points has a variety, we have performed a first assessment of Uncertainty based on the number of points in the 10km Grid Cell (dataset called uncertainty.tif available in the same folder as k-factor).
Soil erodibility is expressed in [(t ha h)/(ha MJ mm)].
This metadata record is adapted from the orginal one received from JRC.
Simple
Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2011-05-01
- Citation identifier
- jrc_r_3035_10_km_esdb-k-factor_p_2009_V01_r00
- Status
- Obsolete
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
Spatial resolution
- Spatial resolution
- 10 km
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
Extent
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Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2009-01-01 2009-12-31
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Soil
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- GEMET
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soil
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- EEA topics
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Soil
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Water
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Sustainability challenges
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Resource constraints
- Use limitation
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Notification regarding these data:
The data provided has been prepared for use by internal research activities in the Land Management and Natural Hazards Unit of the Institute for Environment & Sustainability, JRC Ispra. The data produced in 2009 LUCAS (Land Use and Cover Area frame Survey) soil survey campaign and are made available for research and development purposes.
The data were developed for research purposes in the SOIL Action of the Joint Research Centre. 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.
The permission to use the data specified above is granted on condition that, under NO CIRCUMSTANCES are these data passed to third parties. Moreover they must NOT be used in any way for commercial gain or for purposes other than those specified above .
The user agrees to:
a) Make proper reference to the source of the data when disseminating the results to which this agreement relates;
b) Participate in the verification of the data (e.g. by noting and reporting any errors or omissions discovered to the JRC).
Reference of source (Citations) :
Panagos, P., Meusburger, K., Alewell, C., Montanarella, L. Soil erodibility estimation using LUCAS point survey data of Europe, Environmental Modelling & Software, Volume 30, April 2012, Pages 143-145, doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.11.002
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
Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Report
Result
- Title
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
Resource lineage
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Reference System Information
Reference System Information
- Code
- EPSG:3035
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- dafcec7e-b3bb-4583-a6c7-e0b8ade20553
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/dafcec7e-b3bb-4583-a6c7-e0b8ade20553
- Date info (Creation)
- 2013-01-25T20:39:02Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-10-09T11:18:08.79756Z
Metadata standard
- Title
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ISO 19115/19139
- Edition
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1.0
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