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Description

This data set provides soil descriptions for forested areas in the BOREAS southern study area (SSA) in central Saskatchewan, Canada provided by Agriculture Canada. The data contain soil code, modifiers, extent, and soil names for the primary, secondary, and tertiary soil units within each polygon.

Product Summary

Platforms
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
Instruments
DIGITIZER
Projects
BOREAS
Spatial Extent

N: 55.0614 S: 52.8618 E: -99.8739 W: -110.451

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1980-01-01 to 2001-02-06
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2773240578-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
20
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Soil Depth ,
Soil Classification ,
Soil Structure ,
Soil Bulk Density

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.

Copy Citation

Knapp, D. E., & Rostad, H. (2016). BOREAS Agriculture Canada Central Saskatchewan Vector Soils Data, R1 (Version 2). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1346 Date Accessed: 2026-08-10

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