This community collects scientific information, public deliverables, datasets and material created within the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Action:
OPTAIN - OPtimal strategies to reTAIN and re-use water and nutrients in small agricultural catchments across different soil-climatic regions in Europe.
Grant Agreement: 862756
More information: https://www.optain.eu/
The OPTAIN project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 862756.
This page will be updated continuously and will provide a brief overview on the documents and data that have been published in the OPTAIN Zenodo community so far.
Public reports
WP1 on OPTAINs case studies and harmonised multi-actor approach:
- Van den Brink, C., De Vries, A., Nesheim, I. & C. Enge (2021): Stakeholder mapping report, covering the case studies. Deliverable D1.1 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
- Van den Brink, C., De Vries, A. & I. Nesheim (2021): Workshop and workshop report on how to establish and nurture MARG for constructive engagement in water – agriculture - environmental conflict related issues. Deliverable D1.2 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
WP2 on measures and indicators:
- Lemann, T., Fribourg-Blanc, B., Magnier, J. & J. Eichenberger (2022): Coherent catalogue with a selection of most promising NSWRM including results from MARG exchanges. Deliverable D2.1 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
- Krzeminska, D. & F. Monaco (2022): Tailored environmental and socio-economic performance indicators for selected measures. Deliverable D2.2 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
- Marval, Š., Fučík, P., Čerkasova, N., Schürz, C., Strauch, M., Witing, F., Piniewski, M., Plunge, S., Farkas, C., Weiland, S., Krzeminska, D., & T. Lemann (2022): SWAT+ and SWAP retention measure implementation handbook. Deliverable D2.3 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
WP3 on the retrieval of modelling data and solutions to overcome data scarcity:
- Honzak, L. & T. Pogačar (2022): Climate scenarios for integrated modelling. Deliverable D3.1 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
- Szabó, B., Mészáros, J., Kassai, P., Braun, P., Nemes, A., Farkas, Cs., Čerkasova, N., Monaco, F., Chiaradia, E. A. & F. Witing, F. (2022): Solutions to overcome data scarcity. Deliverable D3.2 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
- Čerkasova, N., Nemes, A., Szabó, B., Idzelytė, R., Cüceloğlu, G., Mészáros, J., Kassai, P., Shore, M., Farkas, C. & L. Czelnai (2022): Created data pre-processors successfully applied for input data restructuring. Deliverable D3.3 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
WP4 on the integrated assessment of NSWRM:
- Čerkasova, N. & R. Idzelytė (2021): Assessment of local conditions important for NSWRM implementation. Deliverable D4.1 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
- Schürz, C., Čerkasova, N., Farkas, C., Nemes, A., Plunge, S., Strauch, M., Szabó, B. & M. Piniewski (2022): OPTAIN Modelling Protocols Part 1 - SWAT+ modelling protocol for the assessment of water and nutrient retention measures in small agricultural catchments. Deliverable D4.2/a of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
- Farkas, C., Shore, M., Cuceloglu, G., Czelnai, L., Nemes, A., Szabó, B., Čerkasova, N., Idzelyté, R. & S. Weiland (2022): OPTAIN Modelling Protocols Part 2 - SWAP modelling protocol. Deliverable D4.2/b of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
- Schürz, C., Čerkasova, N., Farkas, C., Nemes, A., Plunge, S., Strauch, M., Szabó, B., Piniewski, M., Weiland, S., Shore, M., Cuceloglu, G. & L. Czelnai (2022): Modelling protocols. Deliverable D4.2 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
- Piniewski, M., Strauch, M., Plunge, S., Schürz, C., Čerkasova, N., Chiaradia, E. & F. Witing (2024): Assessment of NSWRM effectiveness under current and future climate at the catchment scale. Deliverable D4.4 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
WP5 on optimisation of NSWRM plans:
- Strauch, M. & C. Schürz (2024): Common optimisation protocol. Deliverable D5.1 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
WP6 on synthesis and policy recommendation:
- Čerkasova, N., Idzelytė, R., Banovec, P. & M. Glavan (2021): Common working environment with standardised metadata for the harmonised reporting of project outputs. Deliverable D6.1 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
- Glavan, M., Nesheim, I., Enge, C., Noč, M., Banovec, P. & R. Cvejić (2022): Legislative recommendations for future harmonisation of water and agricultural policy on local, regional, national and EU level. Deliverable D6.2 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
WP7 on OPTAINs dissemination, communication and Learning Environment:
- Amorsi, N., Semko, J., Bokal, S. & F. Witing (2020): Launch of OPTAIN website and social media. Deliverable D7.1 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [LINK ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
- Bokal, S., Semko, J., Witing, F., Volk, M., Strauch, M. & N. Amorsi (2023): Communication and Dissemination Strategy. Deliverable D7.2 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
- Bokal, S., Semko, J. & N. Amorsi (2021): Minutes of training event for project partners on knowledge transfer and dissemination. Deliverable D7.3 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
- Amorsi, N. (2021): Learning Environment development strategy. Deliverable D7.4 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
- Amorsi, N. (2022): Training analysis. Deliverable D7.5 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
The reports on project management (WP8) and ethics (WP9) are confidential, but selected information could be provided upon request:
- Witing, F. & N. Čerkasova (2021): Data management plan. Deliverable D8.1 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN.
- Witing, F., Volk, M., Schürz, C. & M. Strauch (2021): Minutes of the plenary meetings. Deliverable D8.2 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN.
- Witing, F. (2021): H-Requirement No. 1 (Ethics). Deliverable D9.1 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN.
- Witing, F. (2021): POPD Requirement No. 2 (Ethics). Deliverable D9.2 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN.
Data and software publication
- Honzak, L., Čerkasova, N., Farkas, C., Gelybó, G., Piniewski, M., Pogačar, T., Schürz, C., Strauch, M., Tóth (Szabó), B., & F. Witing (2022): Bias-corrected EURO-CORDEX RCM simulations for the OPTAIN case studies (Version v4) [Dataset]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
- Szabó, B., & P. Kassai (2022): Map topsoil phosphorus content (Version v1.0.1) [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
- Mészáros, J., & B. Szabó (2022): Script to derive and apply crop classification based on Sentinel 1 satellite radar images in Google Earth Engine platform (Version cropmap) [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
- Nemes, A. (2022): Algorithm to harmonize soil particle size data to the FAO/USDA system [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
- Plunge, S. (2023): Python script to prepare land use map for SWATbuildR (Version 1) [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
- Plunge, S., Rets, E., & M. Strauch (2023): biopsichas/svatools: Climate functions included (Version v0.1.0) [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
- Turek, M. E., & A. Holzkämper (2023): Supporting data to Turek et al. 2023 SOIL https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1077 (Version 1) [Dataset]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
- Szabó, B., & J. Mészáros (2023): Derivation of soil physical and hydraulic properties (Version 1.1.3) [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
- Plunge, S., Rets, E., & M. Strauch (2023): biopsichas/SWATprepR: Public version (Version v1.0.0) [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
- Shore, M. (2024): rswap—An R interface for the SWAP model (Version 0.4.0) [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
- Plunge, S., Piniewski, M., Schürz, C., & M. Strauch (2024): SWAT+ model setup preparation scripted workflow (in R language) [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
- Plunge, S., & M. Piniewski (2024): biopsichas/SWATtunR: The first release 2 (Version 0.0.2vr) [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
Peer reviewed articles
- Ćosić-Flajsig, G., Karleuša, B., & Glavan, M. (2021). Integrated Water Quality Management Model for the Rural Transboundary River Basin—A Case Study of the Sutla/Sotla River. Water, 13(18), 2569. [Link Journal] / [Link ZENODO]
- Zhang, L., Zeng, Y., Zhuang, R., Szabó, B., Manfreda, S., Han, Q., & Su, Z. (2021). In Situ Observation-Constrained Global Surface Soil Moisture Using Random Forest Model. Remote Sensing, 13(23), 4893. [Link Journal] / [Link ZENODO]
- Nasta, P., Szabó, B., & Romano, N. (2021). Evaluation of pedotransfer functions for predicting soil hydraulic properties: A voyage from regional to field scales across Europe. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 37, 100903. [Link Journal] / [Link ZENODO]
- Eisenring, S., Holzkämper, A., & P. Calanca (2021): Berechnung der Bewässerungsbedürfnisse unter aktuellen und zukünftigen Bedingungen in der Schweiz. Agroscope. [Link Publisher] / [Link ZENODO]
- Zajíček, A., Hejduk, T., Sychra, L., Vybíral, T., & Fučík, P. (2022). How to Select a Location and a Design of Measures on Land Drainage – A Case Study from the Czech Republic. Journal of Ecological Engineering, 23(4), 43–57. [Link Journal] / [Link ZENODO]
- Ćosić-Flajsig, G., Karleuša, B., Vučković, I., & M. Glavan (2022). Significance of Hydromorphological and Sediment Analysis in River Basin Water Quality Management. Environmental Sciences Proceedings, 21(1), Article 1. [Link Journal] / [Link ZENODO]
- Molnár, P., Somogyi, E., Farkas-Iványi, K., Kassai, P., Horel, A., Braun, P., & B. Szabo (2022): Vízmegtartó intézkedések lehetőségeinek azonosítása az OPTAIN projekt magyarországi mintaterületein. Hungarian Hydrological Society 2022 (218). ISBN: 9789638172440 [Link Journal] / [Link ZENODO]
- Zhang, Y., Weihermüller, L., Toth, B., Noman, M., & H. Vereecken (2022): Analyzing dual porosity in soil hydraulic properties using soil databases for pedotransfer function development. Vadose Zone Journal, 21(5), e20227. [Link Journal] / [Link ZENODO]
- Zsigmond, T., Braun, P., Mészáros, J., Waltner, I., & Á. Horel (2022): Investigating Plant Response to Soil Characteristics and Slope Positions in a Small Catchment. Land, 11(6), Article 6. [Link Journal] / [Link ZENODO]
- Horel, Á., Zsigmond, T., Molnár, S., Zagyva, I., Z. & Bakacsi (2022): Long-term soil water content dynamics under different land uses in a small agricultural catchment. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 70(3), 284–294. [Link Journal] / [Link ZENODO]
- Platjouw, F. M., Nesheim, I., & C. Enge (2023): Policy coherence for the protection of water resources against agricultural pollution in the EU and Norway. Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law, 32(3), 485–500. [Link Journal] / [Link ZENODO]
- Forio, M. A. E., Goethals, P. L. M., Lock, K., Nguyen, T. H. T., Damanik-Ambarita, M. N., Dominguez-Granda, L., & O. Thas (2023): Determining Tipping Points and Responses of Macroinvertebrate Traits to Abiotic Factors in Support of River Management. Biology, 12(4), Article 4. [Link Journal] / [Link ZENODO]
- Turek, M. E., Nemes, A., & A. Holzkämper (2023): Sequestering carbon in the subsoil benefits crop transpiration at the onset of drought. SOIL, 9(2), 545–560. [Link Journal] / [Link ZENODO]
- Möckel, S., Bartkowski, B., Beckmann, M., Strauch, M., Stubenrauch, J., Volk, M., Witing, F., Wolf, A., & M. C. Baaken (2024): Zukunftsfähige Agrarlandschaften in Deutschland – praktische Maßnahmen und ihre Wirksamkeit im Vergleich. Natur und Recht, 46(1), 13–24. [Link Journal] / [Link ZENODO]
- Plunge, S., Schürz, C., Čerkasova, N., Strauch, M., & M. Piniewski (2024): SWAT+ model setup verification tool: SWATdoctR. Environmental Modelling & Software, 171, 105878. [Link Journal] / [Link ZENODO]
- Magnier, J., Fribourg-Blanc, B., Lemann, T., Witing, F., Critchley, W., & M. Volk (2024): Natural/Small Water Retention Measures: Their Contribution to Ecosystem-Based Concepts. Sustainability, 16(3), Article 3. [Link Journal] / [Link ZENODO]
- Plunge, S., Szabó, B., Strauch, M., Čerkasova, N., Schürz, C., & M. Piniewski (2024): SWAT + input data preparation in a scripted workflow: SWATprepR. Environmental Sciences Europe, 36(1), 53. [Link Journal] / [Link ZENODO]
- Szabó, B., Kassai, P., Plunge, S., Nemes, A., Braun, P., Strauch, M., Witing, F., Mészáros, J., & N. Čerkasova (2024): Addressing soil data needs and data gaps in catchment-scale environmental modelling: The European perspective. SOIL, 10(2), 587–617. [Link Journal] / [Link ZENODO]
- Möckel, S., Baaken, M. C., Bartkowski, B., Beckmann, M., Strauch, M., Stubenrauch, J., Volk, M., Witing, F., & A. Wolf (2024): Sustainable Cultivated Landscapes in Germany: Comparison of 27 Practical Measures for more Sustainability and their Effectiveness. UFZ Discussion Papers (Bd. 2/2024). Leipzig: Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ. [Link Publisher] / [Link ZENODO]
Last update: 25.10.2024 - Felix Witing