The Abruzzo Soil, Environment and Landscape Study Center of the former ARSSA has developed in collaboration with the CRA-RPS 2 specific environmental indicators (erosion and organic carbon) using data relating to 1799 georeferenced soil profiles with: altitude, slope, horizons and related granulometric analyzes (percentages of sand, silt, clay and organic carbon content) and precipitation data (monthly averages) from 17 rainfall stations of the national network (source CRA-CMA). The digital terrain model with 30m resolution (source ASTER) and the land use map (source Corine Land Cover) were also used. The estimate of the amount of eroded soil (t/ha x year) in the regional territory was carried out using the RUSLE (Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation): The results of the RUSLE were represented as potential erosion (i.e. without the coverage factors and practices for soil conservation) and the value assigned to the cells of the INSPIRE network corresponds to the average of the values of the cells at 30m inscribed in each 1x1 km cell.
