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Original research article
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07 Oct 2019
Original research article |
| 07 Oct 2019
| 07 Oct 2019
Development of a harmonised soil profile analytical database for Europe: a resource for supporting regional soil management
Jeppe Aagaard Kristensen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund
University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University
of Copenhagen, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Thomas Balstrøm
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University
of Copenhagen, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Robert J. A. Jones
School of Energy, Environment and AgriFood, Cranfield University,
College Road, Cranfield, MK43 0AL, UK
Arwyn Jones
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Via E. Fermi 2749, 21027
Ispra (VA), Italy
Luca Montanarella
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Via E. Fermi 2749, 21027
Ispra (VA), Italy
Panos Panagos
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Via E. Fermi 2749, 21027
Ispra (VA), Italy
Henrik Breuning-Madsen
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University
of Copenhagen, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
deceased
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Short summary
In a world of increasing pressure on our environment, large-scale knowledge about our soil resources is in high demand. We show how five decades of collaboration between EU member states resulted in a full-coverage soil profile analytical database for Europe (SPADE), with soil data provided by soil experts from each country. We show how the dataset can be applied to estimate soil organic carbon in Europe and suggest further improvement to this critical support tool in continental-scale policies.
In a world of increasing pressure on our environment, large-scale knowledge about our soil...
