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Land Use and Coverage Area 2015
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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.
The LUCAS 2015 Soil Module targeted a revisit to 90% of the locations sampled in the 2009 survey and expanded to cover all 28 EU Member States (MS) and locations at altitudes above 1000 m. The remaining 10% of samples were reassigned to new locations within each MS. Approximately 22,000 samples have been analysed for pH, organic carbon, nutrient concentrations (N, P, K) and electrical conductivity (new in 2015) - over 23 000 samples were analysed if countries outside the EU). Particle size has was only measured for locations that were sampled for the first time in 2015 (otherwise see 2009 data for particle size). An additional 1,000 samples (approximately) were collected and analysed from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Switzerland. Data for these countries will be uploaded in the coming months.
The LUCAS 2015 Soil Module targeted a revisit to 90% of the locations sampled in the 2009 survey and expanded to cover all 28 EU Member States (MS) and locations at altitudes above 1000 m. The remaining 10% of samples were reassigned to new locations within each MS. Approximately 22,000 samples have been analysed for pH, organic carbon, nutrient concentrations (N, P, K) and electrical conductivity (new in 2015) - over 23 000 samples were analysed if countries outside the EU). Particle size has was only measured for locations that were sampled for the first time in 2015 (otherwise see 2009 data for particle size). An additional 1,000 samples (approximately) were collected and analysed from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Switzerland. Data for these countries will be uploaded in the coming months.
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Geographical Coverage:
Continental - Europe
GIS Data Type:
Vector - Point
Spatial resolution:
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Publication date:
2015-??-??
Reference period-start:
2015-??-??
Reference period-stop
2015-??-??
License:
[LICENCE LUCAS SOIL DATA] https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/projects/LUCAS/Documents/LUCAS_SOIL_LIC_AGR_final_for_web.pdf)
Key Soil Properties:
Coarse Fragments, Clay, sand, silt, pH, Electrical Conductivity, Organic Carbon Content, Calcium Carbonate, Phosphorus, Nitrogen, 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
| 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 | % | Laser diffraction | Sieving and sedimentation method (in 2009 and 2012) Laser diffraction (in 2015 only) | ISO 11277:1998 ; ISO 13320:2009 | - |
| Sand | % | Laser diffraction | Sieving and sedimentation method (in 2009 and 2012) Laser diffraction (in 2015 only) | ISO 11277:1998 ; ISO 13320:2009 | - |
| Silt | % | Laser diffraction | Sieving and sedimentation method (in 2009 and 2012) Laser diffraction (in 2015 only) | ISO 11277:1998 ; ISO 13320:2009 | - |
| pH_CaCL2 | - | 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 | ISO 10390:2005 | 2−10 |
| pH_H2O | - | 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 | ISO 10390:2005 | 2−10 |
| EC | mS/m | Metal electrodes in aqueous extract of soil | Metal electrodes in aqueous extract of soil | ISO 11265:1994 | 0.1 |
| OC | g/kg | Dry combustion (elementary analysis) | Dry combustion (elementary analysis) | ISO 10694:1995 | 2.0 |
| CaCO3 | g/kg | Volumetric Method | Volumetric method | ISO 10693:1995 | 1.0 |
| P_extractable | mg/kg | Spectrometric determination of P soluble in sodium hydrogen CaCO3 solution | Spectrometric determination of P soluble in sodium hydrogen CaCO3 solution | ISO 11263:1194 | 10.0 |
| N_total | g/kg | Modified Kjeldahl method | Modified Kjeldahl method | ISO 11261:1995 | 0.2 |
| K_extractable | mg/kg | Atomic absorption spectrometry after extraction with Na4OAc | Atomic absorption spectrometry after extraction with NH4OAc | USDA−NRCS, 2004 | 10.0 |
| CEC | mg/kg | Using barium chloride solution to saturate samples and extract cations | Using barium chloride solution to saturate samples and extract cations | ISO 11260:1994 | 2.0 |