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Description

This data set contains soils data from the Canada Soil Information System (CanSIS) in ESRI Shapefile format for the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. They are provided as part of the BOReal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) Staff Science GIS data collection program. Attribute tables provide the various soil data for the polygons. There is one attribute table for Saskatchewan and one for Manitoba. This data product may be useful to someone who is interested in studying this area at a regional scale.

Product Summary

Platforms
FIELD SURVEYS ,
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
Instruments
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS ,
MSS
Spatial Extent

N: 60 S: 49 E: -89 W: -110

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1982-01-01 to 1984-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2767509024-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
4
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Soil Classification ,
Soil Bulk Density ,
Soil Depth

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Monette, B., & Knapp, D. E. (2016). BOREAS CanSIS Regional Soils Data in Vector Format, V2 (Version 2). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1347 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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