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SAFARI 2000 Selected Soil Characteristics, 10-km Grid (IGBP-DIS)

Creator: ORNL_CLOUD
Keywords: Carbon,Nitrogen,Soil Water Holding Capacity,Soil Bulk Density,Soil Chemistry,Soil Classification,Soil Moisture/Water Content,Soil Horizons/Profile

s2k_IGBP-DIS_Soil_Surfaces_647

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/647

Citation

Center/Project

Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC (ORNL DAAC)

Data at a Glance

Data Format

ASCII

Dataset Size

14.373 MB

Spatial Extent

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: -5

Temporal Extent

1995-01-01 to 1996-12-31

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Description

The data set consists of a southern African subset of the "Global Gridded Surfaces of Selected Soil Characteristics (IGBP-DIS)" produced by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme - Data and Information Services. Data files are provided in ASCII GRID format. The "Global Gridded Surfaces of Selected Soil Characteristics (IGBP-DIS)" data set contains seven data surfaces: soil-carbon density, total nitrogen density, field capacity, wilting point, profile available water capacity, thermal capacity, and bulk density. All the surfaces are global, at a resolution of 5 x 5 arc-minutes, in ASCII GRID format for ARC INFO. Each file contains a single ASCII array in a geographic (lat/long) projection. The ASCII files consist of header information containing a set of keywords, followed by cell values in row-major order.

Product Summary

Platforms

NOT APPLICABLE

Instruments

NOT APPLICABLE

Spatial Extent

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: -5

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Temporal Extent

1995-01-01 to 1996-12-31

Data Partner

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)

Concept ID

C2804825260-ORNL_CLOUD

Data State

COMPLETE

Number of Files/Granules

Processing Level

Published

2002-07-26

Updated

2023-11-20

Science Keywords

Carbon ,

Nitrogen ,

Soil Water Holding Capacity ,

Soil Bulk Density ,

Soil Chemistry ,

Soil Classification ,

Soil Moisture/Water Content ,

Soil Horizons/Profile

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.

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GLOBAL SOIL DATA TASK. (2002). SAFARI 2000 Selected Soil Characteristics, 10-km Grid (IGBP-DIS) (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/647 Date Accessed: 2026-05-01

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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

Publications Citing This Dataset

Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic
Spatiotemporal Seamless Estimation of Global Surface Soil Moisture Using Triple Collocation, Machine Learning, and Data Assimilation	2025	Xu, Lei, Ye, Zhenni, Dai, Jin, Li, Qi, Hong, Youting, Tao, Yun, Yu, Hongchu, Zhang, Chong, Chen, Zeqiang, Chen, Nengcheng	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, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Carbon, Nitrogen, Soil Water Holding Capacity, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification, Soil Horizons/Profile
Data-Model Needs for Belowground Ecology. A Summary Report from the Terrestrial Ecosystem Science (TES) Mini-Workshop, May 8, 2014	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
Identifying priority areas for ecosystem service management in South African grasslands	2011	Egoh, Benis N., Reyers, Belinda, Rouget, Mathieu, Richardson, David M.	Carbon, Nitrogen, Soil Water Holding Capacity, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Horizons/Profile