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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Organic Soil Carbon and Nitrogen (Zinke et al.) | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | BALANCE, COLORIMETERS | 1940-01-01 to 1986-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| Global Peatland Carbon Balance and Land Use Change CO2 Emissions Through the Holocene | 1 | MODELS | Computer | 1000-01-01 to 2001-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| Global Soil Data Products CD-ROM Contents (IGBP-DIS) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1995-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Binary | |
| Global Soil Profile Data (ISRIC-WISE) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1950-01-01 to 1995-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| Global Soil Texture and Derived Water-Holding Capacities (Webb et al.) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1950-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| Global Soil Types, 0.5-Degree Grid (Modified Zobler) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1974-01-01 to 1982-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| Global Soil Types, 1-Degree Grid (Zobler) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1972-01-01 to 1982-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS C3VP V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2007-01-20 to 2007-01-23 |
N: 75 S: 34 E: 23 W: 25 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS LPVEX V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2010-09-21 to 2010-10-21 |
N: 75 S: 34 E: 25 W: 23 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS MC3E V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2011-04-25 to 2011-05-21 |
N: 43 S: 28 E: -91 W: -121 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS TWP-ICE V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2006-01-23 to 2006-02-06 |
N: -10 S: -25 E: 140 W: 125 |
netCDF-3 | |
| Greenness Trends and Carbon Stocks of Mangrove Forests Across Mexico, 2001-2015 | 1 | Aqua, MODELS | MODIS, Computer | 2001-01-01 to 2015-12-31 |
N: 29.7262 S: 14.4292 E: -86.5302 W: -114.055 |
multiple | |
| Gridded Winter Soil CO2 Flux Estimates for pan-Arctic and Boreal Regions, 2003-2100 | 1 | MODELS | Computer | 1993-01-01 to 2100-11-30 |
N: 89.979 S: -84.6916 E: 179.896 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| Gross Primary Production Maps of Tidal Wetlands across Conterminous USA, 2000-2019 | 1 | Terra, MODELS | MODIS, Computer | 2000-03-05 to 2019-11-17 |
N: 47.6967 S: 23.5017 E: -65.9019 W: -128.026 |
GeoTIFF | |
| 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 TEMPERATURE PROBE, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE | 2017-07-24 to 2021-07-29 |
N: 69.6336 S: 56.6564 E: -115.112 W: -148.811 |
CSV | |
| Impacts of Permafrost Degradation on Nitrous Oxide Emissions | 1 | MODELS | Computer | 1969-01-01 to 2019-12-31 |
N: 83 S: 45 E: 180 W: -180 |
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) | 1 | LANDMET | NOT APPLICABLE | 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers |
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.
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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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