Title
Pan-European Soil Erosion Risk Assessment (PESERA)
Subject
(probably ok)
Soil erosion risk data for Europe
Publisher
Soil erosion, erosion, Environment and Conservation, Risk Assessment, Pesera,
Soil
European Commission – DG JRC
Status
Final
Keywords
Abstract
Description
(objectives,
scope)
Soil erosion is a natural process, occurring over geological time, and indeed it
is a process that is essential for soil formation in the first place. With respect to
soil degradation, most concerns about erosion are related to accelerated erosion,
where the natural rate has been significantly increased mostly by human
activity. Soil erosion by water is a widespread problem throughout Europe
PESERA (Pan European Soil Erosion Risk Assessment) has been created in
order to design a model and to handle spatial and temporal data of variable
quality and detail and to enable the impacts of agricultural policy, land use and
climate changes to be assessed and monitored across Europe.
Description
(background)
Description
(contents)
The Pan-European Soil Erosion Risk Assessment - PESERA - uses a processbased and spatially distributed model to quantify soil erosion by water and
assess its risk across Europe.
In more detail, the scientists can require to view in detail the Soil erosion
estimates data. The Soil erosion estimates (t/ha/yr) have been calculated by
applying the PESERA GRID model at 1km, using the European Soil Database,
CORINE land cover, climate data from the MARS Project and a Digital
Elevation Model. The resulting estimates of sediment loss are from erosion by
water. The PESERA model produces results that depend crucially on land
cover as identified by CORINE and the accuracy of the interpolated
meteorological data.
Documentation is on :
Nature and extent of Soil Erosion in Europe (CD_ROM)
http://eusoils.jrc.it/ESDB_Archive/pesera/pesera_cd/index.htm
and also described in :
Pan-European Soil Erosion Risk Assessment: The PESERA Map, Version 1
October 2003. Explanation of Special Publication Ispra 2004 No.73
(S.P.I.04.73)." by Kirkby, M.J., Jones, R.J.A., Irvine, B., Gobin, A, Govers,
G., Cerdan, O., Van Rompaey, A.J.J., Le Bissonnais, Y., Daroussin, J., King,
D., Montanarella, L., Grimm, M., Vieillefont, V., Puigdefabregas, J., Boer, M.,
Kosmas, C., Yassoglou, N., Tsara, M., Mantel, S., Van Lynden, G.J. and
Huting, J.(2004). European Soil Bureau Research Report No.16, EUR 21176,
18pp. and 1 map in ISO B1 format. Office for Official Publications of the
European Communities, Luxembourg.
This report is available from :
http://eusoils.jrc.it/ESDB_Archive/eusoils_docs/esb_rr/n16_ThePeseraMapBk
Let52.zip
Source
Type
Format
Coverage
Joint Research Centre (JRC)
European Soil Bureau Network (ESBN)
EU-25
ESRI ArcSDE
Applications - ArcIMS Service
Map
SDE Feature Class
ESRI ArcIMS 9.0 and WMS (Web Mapping Service)
ESRI GRID
(EU-15 and New member states of the European Union)
Scale/Resoluti
on
1: 1,000,000
Frequence of
Updates
Not established, but potentially every 2 to 3 years
Last update
Contact
Rights /
Accessibility
URL
Luca Montanarella (luca.montanarella@jrc.it), JRC
Marc Van Liedekerke (marc.van-liedekerke@jrc.it), JRC
Panos Panagos (panos.panagos@jrc.it), JRC
Free to public after registration
http://eusoils.jrc.it/Data.html
http://eusoils.jrc.it/ESDB_Archive/pesera/pesera_data.html