Gupta et al. (2026) Soil Hydraulic Properties of Europe at 500 m Resolution for Topsoil Using EUPTFv2 and LUCAS Soil Data

⚠️ Warning: This summary was generated from the abstract only, as the full text was not available.

Identification

• Journal: Hydrological Processes
• Year: 2026
• Date: 2026-08-01
• Authors: Surya Gupta, Christine Alewell, Cristiano Ballabio, Panos Panagos
• DOI: 10.1002/hyp.70670

Research Groups

• European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC)
• University of [Unknown]

Short Summary

This study presents a spatial dataset of soil hydraulic properties for Europe, developed using harmonised soil property maps and improved pedotransfer functions.

Objective

• Develop a reliable and spatially consistent dataset of soil hydraulic properties for Europe to support environmental and modelling applications.

Study Configuration

• Spatial Scale: Continental (Europe)
• Temporal Scale: Not applicable

Methodology and Data

• Models used: Improved Pedotransfer Functions (EUPTFv2) by Szabó et al.
• Data sources:
  • LUCAS dataset
  • European Hydropedological Data Inventory
  • Harmonised soil property maps derived from the LUCAS dataset

Main Results

• Spatial dataset of soil hydraulic properties for Europe at 0–20 cm depth, including:
  • Water content at saturation
  • Field capacity (at −10 and −33 kPa)
  • Wilting point (−1500 kPa)
  • Saturated hydraulic conductivity
  • Available water capacity
  • Air capacity (air-filled porosity)

Contributions

• This study provides a reliable and spatially consistent dataset of soil hydraulic properties for Europe, addressing the limitations of existing products.
• The developed dataset is expected to support a wide range of environmental and modelling applications.

Funding

• Not specified in the provided text.

Citation

@article{Gupta2026Soil,
  author = {Gupta, Surya and Alewell, Christine and Ballabio, Cristiano and Panagos, Panos},
  title = {Soil Hydraulic Properties of Europe at 500 m Resolution for Topsoil Using EUPTFv2 and LUCAS Soil Data},
  journal = {Hydrological Processes},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1002/hyp.70670},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70670}
}