3D Soil Hydraulic Database of Europe at 1 km and 250 m resolution
Created on 25/4/2025
A consistent spatial soil hydraulic database at 7 soil depths up to 2 m calculated for Europe based on SoilGrids250m and 1 km datasets and pedotransfer functions trained on the European Hydropedological Data Inventory. Saturated water content, water content at field capacity and wilting point, saturated hydraulic conductivity and Mualem-van Genuchten parameters for the description of the moisture retention, and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity curves have been predicted. The derived 3D soil hydraulic layers (EU-SoilHydroGrids ver1.0) can be used for environmental modelling purposes at catchment or continental scale in Europe. Currently, only EU-SoilHydroGrids provides information on the most frequently required soil hydraulic properties with full European coverage up to 2 m depth at 250 m resolution.
JRC
Wiley Online Library
English
Soil
0
CC BY 4.0
Open access. With registration and delayed access
Europe
BelgiumDenmarkFranceGermanyGreeceIrelandItalyLuxembourgNetherlandsPortugalSpainAustriaFinlandSwedenEstoniaHungaryLatviaLithuaniaPolandSlovakiaSloveniaBulgariaRomaniaCroatiaUnited Kingdom
MAP
1/1/2017
1/1/2017
N/A
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N/A
GeoTIFF
293
Keywords
SoilHydraulic Properties
Variables included : 5
| Name | Unit |
|---|---|
| Saturated water content | NA |
| Water content at field capacity and wilting point | NA |
| Saturated hydraulic conductivity | NA |
| Mualem-van Genuchten parameters (moisture retention) | NA |
| Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity curves |