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News from Switzerland on Soil Monitoring & Data Management

Soil Section. News from Switzerland on Soil Monitoring & Data Management. Fabio Wegmann September 18, 2007. Agenda. Brief introduction of myself National Soil Observation Network (NABO) National Soil Pollutants Database (NABODAT). Short Introduction of myself.

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News from Switzerland on Soil Monitoring & Data Management

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  1. Soil Section News from Switzerlandon Soil Monitoring & Data Management Fabio Wegmann September 18, 2007

  2. Agenda • Brief introduction of myself • National Soil Observation Network (NABO) • National Soil Pollutants Database (NABODAT)

  3. Short Introduction of myself • Ph.D. in chemistry from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich • On modeling of transport, behaviour and fate of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) • I joined the soil section at the Federal Office for the Environment at the end of 2006 • Main topics • NABODAT • EEA activities • Chemical aspects of soil protection • My coworkers send greetings!

  4. National Soil Observation (NABO) • In operation since 1984 • 105 locations, different land usage • Monitoring of: • Nutrients: N, P, ... (soil fertility) • Soil parameters: pH, OC, physical & biological parameters • Pollutants: Pb, Cd, Cu, Ni, Cr, Co, F, Hg, Zn, PAH, PCB, ... • Some sites are sampled each year, but most are every 5th year • 4th complete sampling and analysis campaign completed soon • 48 locations with additional mass flux monitoring • Quality management: i.e. with round robin tests, systematic error analysis Not included here: cantonal soil observation

  5. Swiss Soil Monitoring Network status soil properties: depth profile, pH, CEC, ... chemical change: 8 heavy metals and F chemical status: PAH, PCB, Dioxine biological and physical properties: field experiments to evaluate methods

  6. 56 Trueb (Kt. Bern) arable mixed dairy farm since 1996: cattle-manure, poultry and pig manure

  7. 64 Duggingen orchads (cherry) mixed dairy / arable farm since 1996: cattle and pig manure, pesticides, gras cutting,

  8. Sampling design soil depth: 0-20 cm 51 Wartau special crops: vegetables

  9. More Information & Contact • Homepage • http://www.nabo.admin.ch

  10. National Canton / Region ‚Catchment‘ Municipal Comm. Parcel NABODAT: Goals • To harmonize soil pollutant data storage in Switzerland • To consolidate all soil pollutant information sources in Switzerland • To serve as a tool to analyse and assess spatial and temporal trends on different levels • To facilitate overall soil status reports (i.e. to EEA) • To be the soil element of the Swiss Environmental Data Centre

  11. NABODAT: Structure & Milestones • National Soil Pollutants Database • Is based on a ‘field-tested’ cantonal solution • Has multi-client functionality: • Closed data domains • Different user types (FABO, nonFABO, .edu,...) • Connection to GIS software • Seperate development of ‘R modules’ to facilitate spatial assessments based on point data • Begin development: early 2008 • (Scheduled) begin of productive stage: early 2009

  12. NABODAT: Data types & functionality

  13. Digital soil mapping: regional background concentrations of heavy metals in the top soil

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