Published September 4, 2025 | Version v1

Adjusted bulk density data in the Hungarian Soil Information and Monitoring System

  • 1. Institute for Soil Sciences, HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary

Description

This dataset provides corrected bulk density (BD) values and their associated uncertainty estimates for 4,340 soil genetic horizons across 1,236 monitoring sites of the Hungarian Soil Information and Monitoring System. The correction was achieved by developing a pedotransfer function (PTF) based on the Hungarian Detailed Soil Hydro-physical Database (Hungarian acronym: MARTHA) and advanced machine learning algorithms. Soil properties (i.e., soil organic carbon, pH in water, and sand, silt, and clay content) together with environmental covariates, used as proxies for the soil forming factors, were integrated into the PTF development to improve predictive performance.

Uncertainty of the BD predictions is provided in two forms: (1) the 90% prediction interval (defined by its lower and upper limits, within which the true value is expected to occur nine times out of ten), and (2) the standard error of the corrected BD values. To ensure transparency, reproducibility, and open access, the corrected BD values, their corresponding uncertainty estimates, and the developed code are publicly available.

For more details / to cite this dataset please use:

Sohrab, S., Szabó, B., Pásztor, L., Makó, A., Szatmári, G. (2025). Adjusting bulk density observations in the Hungarian Soil Information and Monitoring System using pedotransfer functions. European Journal of Soil Science 76, e70245.

Codes are available on GitHub:

https://github.com/Mehrsoh/Soil-BD-Correction

Description of the files:

Two versions of the same dataset are provided, differing only in file format: (1) "HUN-SIMS_BD_corrected.csv" – CSV format (separated by semicolon), and (2) "HUN-SIMS_BD_corrected.xlsx" – Microsoft Excel format. The table below summarizes the column names, units, and data formats, and also provides a description for each column. Note that the coordinate reference system is the Hungarian Unified National Projection System (HD72/EOV; EPSG: 23700). For more details, see https://epsg.io/23700.

Column name

Format

Unit

Description

PROFILE_ID

string

-

Identifier of monitoring sites in the Hungarian Soil Information and Monitoring System

LAYER_ID

string

-

Identifier of soil genetic horizons at a monitoring site

X

numeric

[m]

X coordinate

Y

numeric

[m]

Y coordinate

TOP

numeric

[cm]

Upper depth boundary of soil genetic horizons

BOTTOM

numeric

[cm]

Lower depth boundary of soil genetic horizons

BD_CORRECTED

numeric

[g·cm-3]

Bias-corrected bulk density value

Q_05

numeric

[g·cm-3]

5th quantile; lower limit of the 90% prediction interval

Q_95

numeric

[g·cm-3]

95th quantile; upper limit of the 90% prediction interval

SE

numeric

[g·cm-3]

Standard error of the bias-corrected bulk density value

Files

HUN-SIMS_BD_corrected.csv

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Additional details

Additional titles

Translated title
Korrigált térfogattömeg adatok a Talajvédelmi Információs és Monitoring Rendszerben (TIM)

Funding

National Research, Development and Innovation Office
Digital mapping and assessment of soil functions and services using advanced statistical approaches FK-146391
National Research, Development and Innovation Office
Identifying opportunities to expand the potential and improve the performance of digital soil mapping at various scales to support soil security ADVANCED 150160
National Research, Development and Innovation Office
Development of new soil structure indicators to characterize the hydrophysical effects of soil degradation processes K-134563
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
János Bolyai Research Scholarship BO/00437/22