Multiscale European Soil Information System

The Multi-Scale Soil Information System (MEUSIS) is a data analysis method introduced late 2010 as part of the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme, under the INSPIRE directive. It was proposed as a solution to the lack of a singular approach to soil data aggregation across the European Union[1] accessible through the European Soil Portal.

It applies upscaling methods to allow data which was produced at a certain scale to be coalesced into coarser, bigger cells. It applies a variety of calculations (eg. average, median, mean, etc.) to the blocks that fit inside the upscaled block size, then labels that larger block with the value of your selection.[2] It has 3 spatial resolution levels that are recommended for use, 1 km², 5 km², and 10 km².[3]

References

  1. ^ Panagos, Panos & Van Liedekerke, Marc & Montanarella, Luca. (2011). Multi-scale European Soil Information System (MEUSIS): A multi-scale method to derive soil indicators. Computational Geosciences. 15. 463. 10.1007/s10596-010-9216-0.
  2. ^ Panagos, Panos & Van Liedekerke, Marc & Montanarella, Luca. (2011). Multi-scale European Soil Information System (MEUSIS): A multi-scale method to derive soil indicators. Computational Geosciences. 15. 465. 10.1007/s10596-010-9216-0.
  3. ^ Panagos, Panos & Van Liedekerke, Marc & Montanarella, Luca. (2011). Multi-scale European Soil Information System (MEUSIS): A multi-scale method to derive soil indicators. Computational Geosciences. 15. 466. 10.1007/s10596-010-9216-0.