European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)
JRC reference centre hosting European soil datasets relevant to agricultural water, including the European Soil Database, soil water content/erosion layers and soil hydraulic property products used for crop water and irrigation modeling.
esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu
At a glance
- Region
- Europe
- Coverage
- Europe
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- soil
- soil hydraulic properties
- agriculture
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Irrigation scheduling
Decide when and how much to irrigate.
Because it has: agriculture
- 02
Water accounting
Track how much water crops actually consume across a command area.
- 03
Crop stress
Spot water stress early in the season.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Field-scale ET
Estimate crop water use per field by combining satellite and weather with ML.
- 02
Demand forecasts
Predict irrigation demand weeks ahead for canal and pump planning.
- 03
Irrigated area maps
Classify irrigated and rainfed fields from imagery.
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