Water storage capacity (field capacity) of the soils of Germany up to 1 m depth (WMS)

The map of the water storage capacity of the soils in Germany gives an overview of the field capacity of the soils up to 1 m depth below ground surface. Field capacity refers to the amount of water that can be stored maximum against gravity in the soil. Only part of this amount of water is plant-available. The map is based on the evaluation of the utilisation-differentiated soil overview map 1:1,000,000 (BUEK1000N) and shows the classified field capacity. The method is published in the Soil History Carting Instructions (KA4) and in the Method Documentation Soil Science of the Ad-hoc-AG Boden. For usage-based differentiation of profile data, land use data CORINE Land Cover 2006 is used.