Institute of Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology Institute People Projects
Modeling forest soil properties in the canton Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland

Research Projects Dr. Jens Groß

Modeling forest soil properties in the canton Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland

Led by:  Thomas Mosimann
E-Mail:  herbst@phygeo.uni-hannover.de
Team:  Philipp Herbst
Year:  2006
Funding:  Canton Basel-Landschaft
Duration:  2006 - 2010
Is Finished:  yes

Short description

Based on the data of extensive field surveys, this project utilized Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) methods to develop maps of different forest soil properties for forests in the cantons Basel-Landschaft and Basel-Stadt.

The soil properties maps can be viewed at the map server of the canton Basel-Landschaft www.geoview.bl.ch (> Themenbereich Boden > Böden Wald).