1. Land cover/use data collection systems in Sweden
- Some indications on the possibility of integrating national data with LUCAS
Gerda Ländell
Statistics Sweden
Energy, Transport and Agricultural Statistics
SE Örebro
Sweden
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2. Land cover/use data collection systems
Corine Land Cover
GSD Marktäckedata – satellite data combined with other data sources
kNN Sweden – countrywide estimates of forest variables using satellite data
The Swedish National Forest Inventory
NILS – National Inventory of Lanscapes in Sweden
Block data base – Farm Structure Survey
Register of Real Estate Tax Assessement
Soil and crop sample survey

3. Soil and crop sample survey
Covers arable land, a repeated sampling which includes sample sites
Describes the state of the Swedish arable land as well as crop quality in relation to soil conditions
A network of permanent sample sites found in the field by GPS
Sampling of soil and crop occurs every 10th year in each sample site

4. How were the sample sites selected?
A grid was laid out across the country. The square size was adjusted for the desired number of sample sites
For reasons of confidentiality the sample sites in the grid have been moved with a random distance of m, so the grid is not completely symmetrical
Each point in the grid represents a possible sample site

5. Soil and crop sample survey
If the a point in the grid landed on arable land it was selected for sampling

6. Soil and crop sample survey
The maps of arable land were taken from the database of subsidy applications made by farmers
Selected sample site

7. Soil and crop sample survey
The samples are representative for Swedish arable land
This map shows the sample sites combined with drainage areas

8. This website of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences describes the soil and crop sample survey….
…. in Swedish

9. The database in this website contains data from the analysis of the selected soil samples
Cadmium in the soil, mg/kg

10. Soil and crop sample survey in Sweden
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