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The International Soil Reference and Information Centre-World Inventory of Soil Emission Potentials (ISRIC-WISE) international soil profile data set consists of a homogenized, global set of 1,125 soil profiles for use by global modelers. These profiles provided the basis for the Global Pedon Database (GPDB) of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) - Data and Information System (DIS). The data set consists of a selection of 665 profiles originating from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS, Lincoln), 250 profiles obtained from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO, Rome), and 210 profiles from the reference collection of the International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC, Wageningen). All profiles are georeferenced and classified according to the 1974 Legend of the FAO-UNESCO Soil Map (FAC-UNESCO, 1974) of the World, as well as the 1988 Revised Legend of FAO-UNESCO (FAO, 1990). The data set includes information on soil classification, site data, soil horizon data, source of data, and methods used for determining analytical data. The data files are in a comma-delimited format. Data Citation: The data set should be cited as follows: Batjes, N. H. (ed). 2000. Global Soil Profile Data (ISRIC-WISE). Available on-line from the ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Product Summary

Platforms
NOT APPLICABLE
Instruments
NOT APPLICABLE
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1950-01-01 to 1995-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2216862983-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
30
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Water Table ,
Vegetation Cover ,
Soil Classification ,
Geomorphic Landforms/Processes ,
Land Use/Land Cover Classification ,
Soil Bulk Density ,
Soil Chemistry ,
Soil Classification ,
Soil Color ,
Soil Depth ,
Soil Horizons/Profile ,
Soil Moisture/Water Content ,
Soil Structure ,
Soil Ph ,
Drainage ,
Soil Texture ,
Terrain Elevation

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

Batjes, N. H. (2000). Global Soil Profile Data (ISRIC-WISE) (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/547 Date Accessed: 2026-05-01

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Global estimates of daily evapotranspiration using SMAP surface and root-zone soil moisture Kim, Youngwook, Park, Hotaek, Kimball, John S., Colliander, Andreas, McCabe, Matthew F. Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Soil Porosity, Carbon, Organic Matter, Soil Chemistry, Soil Ph, Water Table, Vegetation Cover, Soil Classification, Geomorphic Landforms/Processes, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Classification, Soil Color, Soil Depth, Soil Horizons/Profile, Soil Structure, Drainage, Soil Texture, Terrain Elevation
Mapping the Global-Scale Maize Drought Risk Under Climate Change Based on the GEPIC-Vulnerability-Risk Model Yin, Yuanyuan, Gao, Yuan, Lin, Degen, Wang, Lei, Ma, Weidong, Wang, Jingai Water Table, Vegetation Cover, Soil Classification, Geomorphic Landforms/Processes, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification, Soil Color, Soil Depth, Soil Horizons/Profile, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Structure, Soil Ph, Drainage, Soil Texture, Terrain Elevation
Implementation of a sigmoid depth function to describe change of soil pH with depth Zhang, Yakun, Biswas, Asim, Adamchuk, Viacheslav I. Water Table, Vegetation Cover, Soil Classification, Geomorphic Landforms/Processes, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification, Soil Color, Soil Depth, Soil Horizons/Profile, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Structure, Soil Ph, Drainage, Soil Texture, Terrain Elevation
Data-Model Needs for Belowground Ecology. A Summary Report from the Terrestrial Ecosystem Science (TES) Mini-Workshop, May 8, 2014 Bailey, Vanessa, Hanson, Paul J., Jastrow, Julie, Torn, Margaret, Stover, Daniel Organic Matter, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Classification, Soil Depth, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Texture, Phosphorus, Soil Chemistry, Soil Chemistry, Soil Respiration, Soil Respiration, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Air Temperature, Precipitation Amount, Soil Water Holding Capacity, Biomass, Nutrients, Plant Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Carbon, Forests, Respiration Rate, Primary Production, Heat Flux, Sediment Transport, Carbon, Nitrogen, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Leaf Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Albedo, Reflectance, Water Table, Soil Classification, Geomorphic Landforms/Processes, Soil Color, Soil Horizons/Profile, Soil Structure, Soil Ph, Drainage, Terrain Elevation, Methane, Nitric Oxide, Nitrous Oxide, Litter Characteristics, Soil Gas/Air, Isotopes, Reforestation/Revegetation, Soil Gas/Air, Ammonia, Nitrogen Oxides, Ecosystem Functions, Cation Exchange Capacity, Suspended Solids, Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Vegetation Species, Humidity, Soil Moisture, Soil Porosity, Nitrogen, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Soil Fertility, Permafrost, Calcium, Potassium, Magnesium, Total Dissolved Solids, Wetlands, Inundation, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Carbon, Nitrous Oxide, Discharge, Groundwater Chemistry, Discharge/Flow, Surface Water Chemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles
Digital Mapping of Soil Carbon Minasny, Budiman, McBratney, Alex B., Malone, Brendan P., Wheeler, Ichsani Water Table, Vegetation Cover, Soil Classification, Geomorphic Landforms/Processes, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification, Soil Color, Soil Depth, Soil Horizons/Profile, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Structure, Soil Ph, Drainage, Soil Texture, Terrain Elevation
Linking vegetation response to seasonal precipitation in the Okavango-Kwando-Zambezi catchment of southern Africa Gaughan, Andrea E., Stevens, Forrest R., Gibbes, Cerian, Southworth, Jane, Binford, Michael W. Water Table, Vegetation Cover, Soil Classification, Geomorphic Landforms/Processes, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification, Soil Color, Soil Depth, Soil Horizons/Profile, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Structure, Soil Ph, Drainage, Soil Texture, Terrain Elevation, Vegetation Species, Dominant Species, Savannas, Forests
Nonlinearity of land carbon sensitivities in climate change simulations TACHIIRI, Kaoru, ITO, Akihiko, HAJIMA, Tomohiro, HARGREAVES, Julia C., ANNAN, James D., KAWAMIYA, Michio Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Air Temperature, Soil Respiration, Precipitation Amount, Biomass Dynamics, Primary Production, Biomass, Water Table, Vegetation Cover, Soil Classification, Geomorphic Landforms/Processes, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification, Soil Color, Soil Depth, Soil Horizons/Profile, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Structure, Soil Ph, Drainage, Soil Texture, Terrain Elevation
Pattern and variation of C:N:P ratios in China's soils: a synthesis of observational data Tian, Hanqin, Chen, Guangsheng, Zhang, Chi, Melillo, Jerry M., Hall, Charles A. S. Organic Matter, Soil Chemistry, Water Table, Vegetation Cover, Soil Classification, Geomorphic Landforms/Processes, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Classification, Soil Color, Soil Depth, Soil Horizons/Profile, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Structure, Soil Ph, Drainage, Soil Texture, Terrain Elevation
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