Indicator: Water Holding Capacity Potential

Status	Automated on Landler
Description	Plot-level forecast of future water holding capacity under different land management scenarios (e.g., reduced or no-till, increased carbon input). This forecast runs for 20 years and is related to the below ground carbon potential indicator.
Unit	m³ (total and per hectare)
Temporal Resolution	Projection into the future
Spatial Resolution	100m
Data	Satellite data (SMAP, SMOS, Landsat, MODIS, Sentinel 2); ISRIC SoilGrids v2.
Method	Future projections of Water Holding Capacity are generated using a conversion of soil organic carbon projections and soil texture via a pedotransfer function. This approach facilitates the conversion of soil organic carbon predictions into Water Holding Capacity estimates, primarily aimed at enhancing future projections. To account for differences between satellite based WHC estimates and PTF based scenario projections, we employ a data harmonization model that takes the satellite based WHC as a reference.