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Soil Carbon Estimates in 20-cm Layers to 1-meter Depth, Conterminous US, 1970-1993

Creator: ORNL_CLOUD
Keywords: Carbon,Carbon

West_Soil_Carbon_1238

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1238

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Center/Project

Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC (ORNL DAAC)

Data at a Glance

Data Format

Shapefile

Dataset Size

135.127 MB

Spatial Extent

N: 53.5415 S: 22.2706 E: -54.822 W: -135.682

Temporal Extent

1970-01-01 to 1993-12-30

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Description

This data set provides a soil map with estimates of soil carbon (C) in g C/m2 for 20-cm layers from the surface to one meter depth for the conterminous United States.STATSGO v.1 (State Soil Geographic Database, Soil Survey Staff, 1994) data were used to estimate by 20-cm intervals to a 1-m depth the mean soil carbon for each of the STATSGO-delineated soil map units. These map units are the polygons represented in the provided Shapefile data product.

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Soil

Spatial Extent

N: 53.5415 S: 22.2706 E: -54.822 W: -135.682

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Temporal Extent

1970-01-01 to 1993-12-30

Data Partner

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)

Concept ID

C2216863502-ORNL_CLOUD

Data State

COMPLETE

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Processing Level

Published

2014-08-12

Updated

2022-02-12

Science Keywords

Carbon ,

Carbon

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West, T. O. (2014). Soil Carbon Estimates in 20-cm Layers to 1-meter Depth, Conterminous US, 1970-1993 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1238 Date Accessed: 2026-10-03

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Soil Carbon Estimates in 20-cm Layers to 1-meter Depth, Conterminous US, 1970-1993

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