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Land Use and Coverage Area 2009
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Abstract:
Following a decision of the European Parliament, the European Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) in close cooperation with the Directorate General responsible for Agriculture and the technical support of the JRC, is organising regular, harmonised surveys across all Member States to gather information on land cover and land use. This survey is known as LUCAS (Land Use/Cover Area frame statistical Survey). The name reflects the methodology used to collect the information. Estimates of the area occupied by different land use or land cover types are computed on the basis of observations taken at more than 250,000 sample points throughout the EU rather than mapping the entire area under investigation. By repeating the survey every few years, changes to land use can be identified.
In 2009, the European Commission extended the periodic Land Use/Land Cover Area Frame Survey (LUCAS) to sample and analyse the main properties of topsoil in 25 Member States of the European Union (EU). This topsoil survey represents the first attempt to build a consistent spatial database of the soil cover across the EU based on standard sampling and analytical procedures, with the analysis of all soil samples being carried out in a single laboratory. Approximately 19,967 points were selected out of the main LUCAS grid for the collection of soil samples. A standardised sampling procedure was used to collect around 0.5 kg of topsoil (0-20 cm). The samples were dispatched to a central laboratory for physical and chemical analyses.
In 2009, the European Commission extended the periodic Land Use/Land Cover Area Frame Survey (LUCAS) to sample and analyse the main properties of topsoil in 25 Member States of the European Union (EU). This topsoil survey represents the first attempt to build a consistent spatial database of the soil cover across the EU based on standard sampling and analytical procedures, with the analysis of all soil samples being carried out in a single laboratory. Approximately 19,967 points were selected out of the main LUCAS grid for the collection of soil samples. A standardised sampling procedure was used to collect around 0.5 kg of topsoil (0-20 cm). The samples were dispatched to a central laboratory for physical and chemical analyses.
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Geographical Coverage:
Continental - Europe
GIS Data Type:
Vector - Point
Spatial resolution:
-
Publication date:
2013-??-??
Reference period-start:
2009-??-??
Reference period-stop
2012-??-??
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Key Soil Properties:
Coarse Fragments, Clay, sand, silt, pH, Organic Carbon Content, Calcium Carbonate, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Cation Exchange Capacity
Soil deph coverage (cm):
Up to 30 cm
Soil Functions:
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Soil Threats:
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Citation:
Orgiazzi, A., Ballabio, C., Panagos, P., Jones, A. and Fernández-Ugalde, O. (2018), LUCAS Soil, the largest expandable soil dataset for Europe: a review. Eur J Soil Sci, 69: 140-153. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12499
Soil parameters overview
Prior to data ingestion in the platform LUCAS 2009 used “0” to express values that were below the limit of detection (<LOD). Now these values are converted and show the symbol "< LOD".
| Original Soil Parameter | Unit of measurement | Description | Analytical method | Reference Standard | LOD (limit of detection) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coarse | % | Sieving to separate coarse fragments (2-60 mm) from fine earth fraction | Sieving to separate coarse fragments (2-60 mm) from fine earth fraction | ISO 11464:2006 | - |
| Clay | % | sieving and sedimentation method | Sieving and sedimentation method (in 2009 and 2012) Laser diffraction (in 2015 only) | ISO 11277:1998 ; ISO 13320:2009 | - |
| Sand | % | sieving and sedimentation method | Sieving and sedimentation method (in 2009 and 2012) Laser diffraction (in 2015 only) | ISO 11277:1998 ; ISO 13320:2009 | - |
| Silt | % | sieving and sedimentation method | Sieving and sedimentation method (in 2009 and 2012) Laser diffraction (in 2015 only) | ISO 11277:1998 ; ISO 13320:2009 | - |
| pH_in_H20 | - | Glass electrode in a 1:5 (V/V) suspension of soil in CaCl2 | Glass electrode in a 1:5 (V/V) suspension of soil in H20 and CaCl2 | ISO10390:1994 | 2−10 |
| pH_in_CaCl2 | - | Glass electrode in a 1:5 (V/V) suspension of soil in H2O | Glass electrode in a 1:5 (V/V) suspension of soil in H20 and CaCl2 | ISO10390:1994 | 2−10 |
| OC | g/kg | Dry combustion (elementary analysis) | Dry combustion (elementary analysis) | ISO10694:1995 | 2.0 |
| CaCO3 | g/kg | Volumetric Method | Volumetric method | ISO10693:1994 | 1 |
| N_total | g/kg | Modified Kjeldahl method | Spectrometric determination of P soluble in sodium hydrogen CaCO3 solution | ISO11263:1994 | 10.0 |
| P_extractable | mg/kg | Spectrometric determination of P soluble in sodium hydrogen CaCO3 solution | Modified Kjeldahl method | ISO11261:1995 | 0.2 |
| K_extractable | mg/kg | Atomic absorption spectrometry after extraction with Na4OAc | Atomic absorption spectrometry after extraction with NH4OAc | USDA, 2004 | 10.0 |
| CEC | cmolc/kg | Determination of effective cation exchange capacity and base saturation level using barium chloride solution | Using barium chloride solution to saturate samples and extract cations | ISO 11260:1994 | 2.0 |