A 2015 soil property map for the Alpine space, modeled at a 500-meter resolution. The dataset was created by Eurac Research using Multivariate Additive Regression Splines (MARS) on LUCAS 2009 Topsoil data. It represents the available water capacity, a key metric for soil health and water retention.
Use Cases
- Modeling crop water stress and irrigation needs based on soil water capacity.
- Assessing drought risk and water retention potential across the Alpine landscape.
- Informing land management and conservation strategies using geospatial soil property data.
- Calibrating hydrological models with region-specific soil parameter estimates.
Strengths
- Spatial resolution is specified as 500 meters.
- Geographic coverage is clearly defined as the Alpine space.
- Modeling methodology (MARS) and input data source (LUCAS 2009 Topsoil) are explicitly stated.
- Creation year (2015) is provided.
Limitations
- Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Eurac Research, via the European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC).
- Collection Method
- Modeled using Multivariate Additive Regression Splines (MARS) on LUCAS 2009 Topsoil survey data.
- Time Range
- 2015 (model year). Input data from 2009.
- Geography
- Alpine space.