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Soils Data Access and Tools
Soils Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
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| 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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| LBA-ECO ND-11 Forest Soil Structure and Nitrate, NW Mato Grosso, Brazil: 2004-2005 | LABORATORY | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, BALANCE, SPECTROPHOTOMETERS | 2004-08-03 to 2005-08-18 | N: -10.4249 S: -10.4249 E: -58.7597 W: -58.7597 | CSV | |
| LBA-ECO ND-11 Litter Decomposition, Carbon, and Nitrogen Dynamics in Agroforestry | LABORATORY | SPECTROPHOTOMETERS, MASS SPECTROMETERS, CHN ANALYZERS | 2002-07-11 to 2002-10-15 | N: -2.518 S: -2.518 E: -60.03 W: -60.03 | CSV | |
| LBA-ECO ND-11 Regeneration in Undisturbed and Logged Forests, NW Mato Grosso, Brazil | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 2003-09-23 to 2004-01-21 | N: -10.4249 S: -10.4249 E: -58.7597 W: -58.7597 | CSV | |
| LBA-ECO ND-11 Soil Properties of Forested Headwater Catchments, Mato Grosso, Brazil | LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION | CARBON ANALYZERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 2004-05-01 to 2004-08-18 | N: -10.4249 S: -10.4249 E: -58.7597 W: -58.7597 | CSV | |
| LBA-ECO ND-11 Soil Water Pressure and Flow Measurements under Tree Crops | FIELD INVESTIGATION | TDR, Tensiometer | 1998-01-01 to 1999-12-31 | N: -3.1347 S: -3.1347 E: -59.88 W: -59.88 | CSV | |
| LBA-ECO ND-30 Nutrient Analysis and Gas Fluxes, Forest Chronosequences, Para, Brazil | LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | CHN ANALYZERS, MASS SPECTROMETERS, CARBON ANALYZERS, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, BALANCE | 2000-10-01 to 2005-01-31 | N: -1.2667 S: -15.9328 E: -47.3667 W: -47.7833 | CSV | |
| LBA-ECO ND-30 Water Chemistry, Rainfall Exclusion, km 67, Tapajos National Forest | LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION | ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, LYSIMETERS | 1999-05-17 to 2006-05-10 | N: -2.75 S: -2.75 E: -55 W: -55 | CSV | |
| LBA-ECO TG-05 NPP, Carbon Pool, Soil Characteristics, Soil Gas Flux Maps of Brazil | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1982-01-01 to 2001-12-31 | N: 6.02 S: -34 E: -34.035 W: -80 | GeoTIFF | |
| LBA-ECO TG-07 Forest Soil P, C, and N Pools, km 83 Site, Tapajos National Forest | FIELD INVESTIGATION | COLORIMETERS, BALANCE, CARBON ANALYZERS | 1999-04-20 to 2000-04-20 | N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707 | CSV | |
| LBA-ECO TG-07 Litter Decomposition, Tapajos National Forest, Para, Brazil: 2000-2001 | LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION | BALANCE, ICP-AES, CHN ANALYZERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 2000-03-01 to 2001-02-21 | N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707 | CSV |
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