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Description
This data set provides estimates of different forms of naturally occurring soil phosphorus (P) including labile inorganic P, organic P, occluded P, secondary mineral P, apatite P, and total P on a global scale at 0.5-degree resolution.
The data were assembled from chronosequence information and global spatial databases to develop a map of total soil P and the distribution among mineral bound, labile, organic, occluded, and secondary P forms in soils. Uncertainty was calculated for the different forms. The data set has no explicit temporal component -- data were nominally for the pre-industrial period ca. 1850.
The estimated global spatial variation and distribution of different soil P forms presented in this study will be useful for global biogeochemistry models that include P as a limiting element in biological production by providing initial estimates of the available soil P for plant uptake and microbial utilization (Yang et al., 2013).
There is one netCDF data file (.nc) with this data set.
Product Summary
Platforms
NOT APPLICABLE
Instruments
NOT APPLICABLE
Projects
Soil
Spatial Extent
N: 90S: -90E: 180W: -180
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1850-01-01 to 1850-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2216863372-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Phosphorus
,
Soil Chemistry
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Yang, X., Post, W. M., Thornton, P. E., & Jain, A. K. (2014). Global Gridded Soil Phosphorus Distribution Maps at 0.5-degree Resolution (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1223 Date Accessed: 2026-09-27
@article{yang_post_thornton_jain_2014,
title={Global Gridded Soil Phosphorus Distribution Maps at 0.5-degree Resolution},
url={https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/catalog/ornl-cloud-global-phosphorus-dist-map-1223-1},
DOI={10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1223},
abstractNote={This data set provides estimates of different forms of naturally occurring soil phosphorus (P) including labile inorganic P, organic P, occluded P, secondary mineral P, apatite P, and total P on a global scale at 0.5-degree resolution.
The data were assembled from chronosequence information and global spatial databases to develop a map of total soil P and the distribution among mineral bound, labile, organic, occluded, and secondary P forms in soils. Uncertainty was calculated for the different forms. The data set has no explicit temporal component -- data were nominally for the pre-industrial period ca. 1850.
The estimated global spatial variation and distribution of different soil P forms presented in this study will be useful for global biogeochemistry models that include P as a limiting element in biological production by providing initial estimates of the available soil P for plant uptake and microbial utilization (Yang et al., 2013).
There is one netCDF data file (.nc) with this data set.},
publisher={ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center},
author={Yang, X. and Post, W.M. and Thornton, P.E. and Jain, A.K.},
year={2014},
language={en},
}
Yang, X., Post, W. M., Thornton, P. E., & Jain, A. K. (2014). Global Gridded Soil Phosphorus Distribution Maps at 0.5-degree Resolution (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1223 Date Accessed: 2026-09-27
Yang, X., et al. “Global Gridded Soil Phosphorus Distribution Maps at 0.5-Degree Resolution.” With ORNL DAAC, Version 1, ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center, 1 Jan. 2014, https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1223. Date Accessed: 2026-09-27
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