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Description

The data set consists of a southern African subset of the "Global Gridded Surfaces of Selected Soil Characteristics (IGBP-DIS)" produced by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme - Data and Information Services. Data files are provided in ASCII GRID format. The "Global Gridded Surfaces of Selected Soil Characteristics (IGBP-DIS)" data set contains seven data surfaces: soil-carbon density, total nitrogen density, field capacity, wilting point, profile available water capacity, thermal capacity, and bulk density. All the surfaces are global, at a resolution of 5 x 5 arc-minutes, in ASCII GRID format for ARC INFO. Each file contains a single ASCII array in a geographic (lat/long) projection. The ASCII files consist of header information containing a set of keywords, followed by cell values in row-major order.

Product Summary

Platforms
NOT APPLICABLE
Instruments
NOT APPLICABLE
Spatial Extent
N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: -5
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1995-01-01 to 1996-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
c2804825260-ornl_cloud
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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GLOBAL SOIL DATA TASK. (2002). SAFARI 2000 Selected Soil Characteristics, 10-km Grid (IGBP-DIS). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/647 Date Accessed: 2025-07-30

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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION Data Set Documentation
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION Data Set Documentation
USER'S GUIDE ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation

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