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Soils Data Access and Tools
Soils Datasets
| Dataset | Version Sort ascending | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAFARI 2000 Kalahari Transect CO2, Water Vapor, and Heat Flux, Wet Season 2000 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | TDR, THERMOCOUPLES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, IR CO2 ANALYZER, NET RADIOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS | 2000-03-01 to 2000-03-19 |
N: -15.438 S: -24.164 E: 23.594 W: 21.713 |
Shapefile | |
| BOREAS TF-04 CO2 and CH4 Chamber Flux Data from the SSA | 1 | 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 | |
| SMAPVEX16 Manitoba PALS Brightness Temperature and Soil Moisture Data V001 | 1 | AIRCRAFT | PALS | 2016-06-08 to 2016-07-22 |
N: 49.79 S: 49.36 E: -97.75 W: -98.12 |
500 Meters x 500 Meters | CSV |
| STS-59_GRD | 1 | STS-59 | SIR-C | 1994-04-09 to 1994-04-22 | |||
| Dendrometer, Soil, and Weather Observations, Arctic Tree Line, AK and NWT, 2016-2019 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIELD SURVEYS | PYRANOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, DENDROMETERS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE | 2016-06-07 to 2019-09-13 |
N: 68.7274 S: 67.9724 E: -133.531 W: -149.761 |
CSV | |
| LBA-ECO ND-10 Soil Properties of Pasture Chronosequences, Para, Brazil: 1997 | 1 | LABORATORY | AUTOANALYZER | 1997-08-01 to 1997-08-31 |
N: -3.1333 S: -3.2666 E: -54.666 W: -54.933 |
CSV | |
| Soil Moisture Release Data (FIFE) | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | SOIL PRESSURE PLATE | 1989-10-31 to 1989-10-31 |
N: 39.09 S: 39.05 E: -96.47 W: -96.6 |
multiple | |
| STS-59_SLC | 1 | STS-59 | SIR-C | 1994-04-09 to 1994-04-22 | |||
| BOREAS TE-05 Soil Respiration Data | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, THERMISTORS, THERMOCOUPLES | 1994-05-26 to 1994-09-07 |
N: 55.93 S: 53.63 E: -98.51 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| Tidal Wetland Soil Carbon Stocks for the Conterminous United States, 2006-2010 | 1 | MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS | Computer, CARBON ANALYZERS | 2006-01-01 to 2010-12-31 |
N: 48.2372 S: 22.7286 E: -65.2711 W: -127.966 |
multiple |
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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 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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