HYDROBOD2 — Hydrological soil characteristics — Final report and grid data Lower Austria

Hydrological soil characteristics, such as the hydraulic conductivity (the ability of the soil to transfer water to depth), the total pore volume (air space inside the soil body) or the usable field capacity (water storage capacity of the soil) are an important data base for applications in hydrological practice. Numerous models for predicting flood events are based on these parameters. In the first phase of the HYDROBOD-NÖ project, such characteristic values could be compiled nationwide for the entire federal state of Lower Austria.
Since the completion of the first phase of HYDROBOD (2011), further parts of Lower Austria have been collected through agricultural land mapping. These new foundations have now been incorporated into the existing data base, leading to a significant improvement in data quality in the newly mapped areas.

Data packages for download:

Reports from both phases of the project
— Download Hydrological soil characteristics Lower Austria — HYDROBOD NÖ II, second project phase
— Download Hydrological soil characteristics of the soils of Lower Austria (HydroBodNÖ)
— Download Hydrological soil characteristics of the soils of Lower Austria (HydroBodNÖ)

Download maps Hydrobod II (zip file): Cards in jpg format (A2) for the parameters: Soil storage, total pore volume, storage capacity, topoindex

Download maps Hydrobod I (zip file): Maps in jpg format (A2) for dominant drain processes with (mv) and without (ov) mud for heavy rain events of different durations (15 min, 60 min, 12 h) T=100 years

Download grid data Hydrobod II metadata: ODS file in table form with descriptions and metadata of the individual grid data sets

Download grid data Hydrobod II (zip file): Grid data in GRID format for displaying in GIS applications (e.g. ArcGIS) including metadata table