HYDROBOD2: Hydrological Soil Characteristics for Lower Austria

HYDROBOD2 provides hydrological soil characteristics for the federal state of Lower Austria. The project compiled parameters like hydraulic conductivity, total pore volume, and usable field capacity, which are used as a basis for flood prediction models. Data includes reports, maps, and grid data from two project phases, with the second phase incorporating new agricultural land mapping.

Use Cases

• Predict flood events based on soil hydraulic conductivity and storage capacity parameters.
• Model water storage and drainage processes using total pore volume and topoindex data.
• Assess agricultural land water availability using the usable field capacity parameter.
• Visualize dominant drainage processes for heavy rain events of different durations using provided maps.

Strengths

• Covers the entire federal state of Lower Austria.
• Incorporates new data from agricultural land mapping in a second project phase, leading to a significant improvement in data quality in newly mapped areas.
• Provides data in multiple formats including GIS-ready grid data and visual maps.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Cooperation OGD Österreich, Wikimedia Österreich

Collection Method

Compiled from nationwide characteristic values and subsequent agricultural land mapping.

Geography

Lower Austria, Austria