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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: 

  1. 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]
  2. 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:

  1. 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]
  2. 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]
  3. 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:

  1. 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]
  2. 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]
  3. 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:

  1. 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]
  2. 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]
  3. 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]
  4. 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]
  5. 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:

  1. 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:

  1. 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]
  2. 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:

  1. 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]
  2. 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]
  3. 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]
  4. Amorsi, N. (2021): Learning Environment development strategy. Deliverable D7.4 of the EU Horizon 2020 project OPTAIN. [Link CORDIS] / [Link ZENODO] / [Link OPTAIN Website]
  5. 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

  1. 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]
  2. Szabó, B., & P. Kassai (2022): Map topsoil phosphorus content (Version v1.0.1) [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
  3. 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]
  4. Nemes, A. (2022): Algorithm to harmonize soil particle size data to the FAO/USDA system [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
  5. Plunge, S. (2023): Python script to prepare land use map for SWATbuildR (Version 1) [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
  6. Plunge, S., Rets, E., & M. Strauch (2023): biopsichas/svatools: Climate functions included (Version v0.1.0) [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
  7. 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]
  8. Szabó, B., & J. Mészáros (2023): Derivation of soil physical and hydraulic properties (Version 1.1.3) [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
  9. Plunge, S., Rets, E., & M. Strauch (2023): biopsichas/SWATprepR: Public version (Version v1.0.0) [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
  10. Shore, M. (2024): rswap—An R interface for the SWAP model (Version 0.4.0) [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
  11. Plunge, S., Piniewski, M., Schürz, C., & M. Strauch (2024): SWAT+ model setup preparation scripted workflow (in R language) [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
  12. Plunge, S., & M. Piniewski (2024): biopsichas/SWATtunR: The first release 2 (Version 0.0.2vr) [Software]. Zenodo. [Link ZENODO]
 

Peer reviewed articles

  1. 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]
  2. 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]
  3. 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]
  4. Eisenring, S., Holzkämper, A., & P. Calanca (2021): Berechnung der Bewässerungsbedürfnisse unter aktuellen und zukünftigen Bedingungen in der Schweiz. Agroscope. [Link Publisher] / [Link ZENODO]
  5. 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]
  6. 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]
  7. 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]
  8. 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]
  9. 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]
  10. 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]
  11. 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]
  12. 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]
  13. 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]
  14. 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]
  15. 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]
  16. 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]
  17. 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]
  18. 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]
  19. 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

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OPtimal strategies to retAIN and re-use water and nutrients in small agricultural catchments across different soil-climatic regions in Europe
European Commission