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Soils Data Access and Tools
Soils Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vertex | Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. | Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, Subsetting |
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Featured Soils Observation Method: MODIS
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua and Terra platforms continually collects global data approximately every two days. One MODIS product, normalized vegetation difference index data, can be used to predict how much carbon dioxide is emitted from soils, which is major component of the global carbon cycle. Carbon is released in the process called soil respiration and driven by the decomposition of surface litter through microbial activity.
Researchers taught the SatVision Top-of-Atmosphere foundation model to recognize MODIS imagery features.
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Soils Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
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| BOREAS TE-20 NSA Soil Lab Data | LABORATORY | PH METERS, AAS, SOIL PRESSURE PLATE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, BALANCE, CORING DEVICES | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 | N: 55.93 S: 55.88 E: -98.29 W: -98.67 | ASCII | |
| BOREAS TE-20 Soils Data over the NSA-MSA and Tower Sites in Raster Format | AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS | DIGITIZER | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 | N: 55.94 S: 55.87 E: -98.27 W: -98.68 | multiple | |
| BOREAS TE-20 Soils Data over the NSA-MSA and Tower Sites in Vector Format | AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS | DIGITIZER | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 | N: 56.06 S: 55.73 E: -98.09 W: -98.79 | multiple | |
| BOREAS TE-20 Supplementary Site Information For NSA Tower Sites | FIELD INVESTIGATION | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 | N: 55.88 S: 55.88 E: -98.48 W: -98.48 | CSV | |
| BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Soil Characteristics Data | FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER, THERMOCOUPLES, TDR, BALANCE, GC-TCD | 1994-02-02 to 1994-11-26 | N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 | ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TDR, THERMOCOUPLES, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, BAROMETERS | 1996-02-02 to 1996-12-31 | N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 | ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Understory Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, IRGA, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, NET RADIOMETERS | 1993-10-12 to 1994-12-31 | N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 | ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-03 NSA-OBS Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, NET RADIOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, RAIN GAUGES, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES | 1994-03-16 to 1996-10-31 | N: 55.88 S: 55.88 E: -98.48 W: -98.48 | ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-04 CO2 and CH4 Chamber Flux Data from the SSA | FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY | IR CO2 ANALYZER, GC-FID | 1994-05-26 to 1995-03-21 | N: 53.92 S: 53.88 E: -104.65 W: -104.69 | ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-04 CO2 and CH4 Soil Profile Data from the SSA | LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION | BALANCE, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, MASS SPECTROMETERS, IR CO2 ANALYZER, THERMOMETERS | 1994-05-26 to 1995-03-21 | N: 53.92 S: 53.88 E: -104.65 W: -104.69 | ASCII |
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