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Description
The Soil Respiration Database (SRDB) is a near-universal compendium of published soil respiration (Rs) data. The database encompasses published studies that report at least one of the following data measured in the field (not laboratory): annual soil respiration, mean seasonal soil respiration, a seasonal or annual partitioning of soil respiration into its source fluxes, soil respiration temperature response (Q10), or soil respiration at 10 degrees C. The SRDB's orientation is to seasonal and annual fluxes, not shorter-term or chamber-specific measurements, and the database is dominated by temperate, well-drained forest measurement locations. Version 5 (V5) is the compilation of 2,266 published studies with measurements taken between 1961-2017. V5 features more soil respiration data published in Russian and Chinese scientific literature for better global spatio-temporal coverage and improved global climate-space representation. The database is also restructured to have better interoperability with other datasets related to carbon-cycle science.
Product Summary
Platforms
FIELD INVESTIGATION
Instruments
LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM
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LICOR SOIL GAS CHAMBER
Projects
Soil
Spatial Extent
N: 81.8S: -78.02E: 175.897W: -163.71
Location
GLOBAL LAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1961-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2216864433-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
3
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Soil Respiration
,
Ecosystem Functions
,
Soil Respiration
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Jian, J., Vargas, R., Anderson-Teixeira, K. J., Stell, E., Herrmann, V., Horn, M., Kholod, N., Manzon, J., Marchesi, R., Paredes, D., & Bond-Lamberty, B. P. (2021). A Global Database of Soil Respiration Data, Version 5.0 (Version 5). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1827 Date Accessed: 2026-09-27
@article{jian_vargas_anderson-teixeira_stell_herrmann_horn_kholod_manzon_marchesi_paredes_et al._2021,
title={A Global Database of Soil Respiration Data, Version 5.0},
url={https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/catalog/ornl-cloud-srdb-v5-1827-5},
DOI={10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1827},
abstractNote={The Soil Respiration Database (SRDB) is a near-universal compendium of published soil respiration (Rs) data. The database encompasses published studies that report at least one of the following data measured in the field (not laboratory): annual soil respiration, mean seasonal soil respiration, a seasonal or annual partitioning of soil respiration into its source fluxes, soil respiration temperature response (Q10), or soil respiration at 10 degrees C. The SRDB's orientation is to seasonal and annual fluxes, not shorter-term or chamber-specific measurements, and the database is dominated by temperate, well-drained forest measurement locations. Version 5 (V5) is the compilation of 2,266 published studies with measurements taken between 1961-2017. V5 features more soil respiration data published in Russian and Chinese scientific literature for better global spatio-temporal coverage and improved global climate-space representation. The database is also restructured to have better interoperability with other datasets related to carbon-cycle science.},
publisher={ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center},
author={Jian, J. and Vargas, R. and Anderson-Teixeira, K.J. and Stell, E. and Herrmann, V. and Horn, M. and Kholod, N. and Manzon, J. and Marchesi, R. and Paredes, D. and Bond-Lamberty, B.P.},
year={2021},
language={en},
}
Jian, J., Vargas, R., Anderson-Teixeira, K. J., Stell, E., Herrmann, V., Horn, M., Kholod, N., Manzon, J., Marchesi, R., Paredes, D., & Bond-Lamberty, B. P. (2021). A Global Database of Soil Respiration Data, Version 5.0 (Version 5). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1827 Date Accessed: 2026-09-27
Jian, J., et al. “A Global Database of Soil Respiration Data, Version 5.0.” With ORNL DAAC, Version 5, ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center, 1 Jan. 2021, https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1827. Date Accessed: 2026-09-27
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