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Soils Data Access and Tools
Soils Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain Asia LDAS 1 km Snow and Temperature Parameters V001 | 1 | MODELS | NOT APPLICABLE | 2007-09-01 to 2008-08-31 |
N: 41 S: 20 E: 101 W: 66 |
1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers | netCDF-3 |
| High Mountain Asia LIS Model Terrestrial Hydrological Parameters V001 | 1 | MODELS | NOT APPLICABLE | 2003-02-01 to 2018-01-31 |
N: 40.875 S: 20.875 E: 100.875 W: 66.875 |
netCDF-4, PNG | |
| Hourly Soil Moisture Logger Data, Alberta and Alaska, 2017-2021 | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE | 2017-07-24 to 2021-07-29 |
N: 69.6336 S: 56.6564 E: -115.112 W: -148.811 |
CSV | |
| Impacts of Wildfires on Boreal Forest Ecosystem Carbon Dynamics | 1 | MODELS, LANDSAT-1 | Computer, MSS | 1986-01-01 to 2020-12-31 |
N: 70 S: 43.5 E: -53 W: -166 |
CSV | |
| Integrated Biosphere Simulator Model (IBIS), Version 2.5 | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1994-01-01 to 1994-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| ISLSCP II ECMWF Near-Surface Meteorology Parameters | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1985-01-01 to 1998-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
ASCII Grid | |
| ISLSCP II Global Gridded Soil Characteristics | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1995-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
ASCII | |
| ISLSCP II Reanalysis Near-Surface Meteorology Data | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
ASCII Grid | |
| ISLSCP II Total Plant-Available Soil Water Storage Capacity of the Rooting Zone | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, IR CO2 ANALYZER | 1987-01-01 to 1988-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
ASCII | |
| Land Surface Atmospheric Boundary Interaction Product L3 V1(LANDMET) at GES DISC | 1 | LANDMET | NOT APPLICABLE | 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers | |
| Land Surface Model (LSM 1.0) for Ecological, Hydrological, Atmospheric Studies | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1996-01-15 to 1996-01-15 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| LANDMET Ancillary Soil Moisture data L3 V1 (LANDMET_ANC_SM) at GES DISC | 1 | LANDMET | NOT APPLICABLE | 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers | |
| LBA Regional Derived Soil Properties, 0.5-Deg (ISRIC-WISE) | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | PH METERS | 1950-01-01 to 1995-12-31 |
N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 |
Binary | |
| LBA Regional Organic Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Data (Zinke et al.) | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | CARBON ANALYZERS, COLORIMETERS | 1940-01-01 to 1984-12-31 |
N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 |
multiple | |
| LBA Regional Vegetation and Soils, 1-Degree (Wilson and Henderson-Sellers) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1900-01-01 to 1999-12-31 |
N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 |
multiple | |
| LBA Regional Wetlands Data Set, 1-Degree (Matthews and Fung) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1971-01-01 to 1982-01-01 |
N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 |
multiple | |
| LBA-ECO CD-02 Oxygen Isotopes of Plant Tissue Water and Atmospheric Water Vapor | 1 | LABORATORY | MASS SPECTROMETERS | 1999-03-01 to 2004-09-30 |
N: 1 S: -10.7618 E: 54.5792 W: -62.3572 |
CSV | |
| LBA-ECO CD-03 Flux-Meteorological Data, km 77 Pasture Site, Para, Brazil: 2000-2005 | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 2000-09-01 to 2006-01-01 |
N: -3.0202 S: -3.0202 E: -54.8942 W: -54.8942 |
CSV | |
| LBA-ECO CD-03 Mesoscale Meteorological Data, Santarem Region, Para, Brazil: 1998-2006 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | THERMISTORS, TDR, RAIN GAUGES, PRESSURE PROBE, WIND VANES, PYRANOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, ANEMOMETERS, THERMOMETERS | 1998-08-20 to 2006-12-31 |
N: -3.3502 S: -3.3502 E: -54.924 W: -54.924 |
CSV | |
| LBA-ECO CD-04 Meteorological and Flux Data, km 83 Tower Site, Tapajos National Forest | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | SONIC ANEMOMETER, IRGA, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, NET RADIOMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOCOUPLES | 2000-07-01 to 2004-03-12 |
N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707 |
CSV | |
| LBA-ECO CD-04 Soil Moisture Data, km 83 Tower Site, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | RAIN GAUGES, TDR | 2001-12-31 to 2003-12-17 |
N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707 |
CSV | |
| LBA-ECO CD-06 Carbon Cycling in Rivers in Amazonas and Acre, Brazil: 2005-2006 | 1 | LABORATORY | FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY, MASS SPECTROMETERS | 2005-07-16 to 2006-09-25 |
N: -2.589 S: -10.073 E: -58.746 W: -72.7 |
CSV | |
| LBA-ECO CD-06 Soil Classification Map, Ji-Parana River Basin, Rondonia, Brazil | 1 | MAPS | DIGITIZER | 1983-01-01 to 1983-12-31 |
N: -8.0333 S: -12.9269 E: -60.015 W: -63.4153 |
Shapefile | |
| LBA-ECO CD-06 Water Balance of the Ji-Parana River Basin, Brazil: 1995-1996 | 1 | STREAMFLOW STATION, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | STREAM GAUGES, RAIN GAUGES | 1995-10-01 to 1996-08-31 |
N: -8.0333 S: -12.9269 E: -60.015 W: -63.4153 |
CSV | |
| LBA-ECO CD-08 Carbon Isotopes in Belowground Carbon Pools, Amazonas and Para, Brazil | 1 | LABORATORY | MASS SPECTROMETERS, CHN ANALYZERS | 1992-05-01 to 1999-07-05 |
N: -2.5 S: -3.017 E: -47.516 W: -60.2091 |
CSV |
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