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This data set describes select global soil parameters from the Harmonized World Soil Database (HWSD) v1.2, including additional calculated parameters such as area weighted soil organic carbon (kg C per m2), as high resolution NetCDF files. These data were regridded and upscaled from the Harmonized World Soil Database v1.2

The HWSD provides information for addressing emerging problems of land competition for food production, bio-energy demand and threats to biodiversity and can be used as input to model global carbon cycles.

The data are presented as a series of 27 NetCDF v3/v4 (*.nc4) files at 0.05-degree spatial resolution, and one NetCDF file regridded to the Community Land Model (CLM) grid cell resolution (0.9 degree x 1.25 degree) for the nominal year of 2000.

Product Summary

Platforms
NOT APPLICABLE
Instruments
NOT APPLICABLE
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2000-01-01 to 2000-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2216863856-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
28
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Carbon ,
Cation Exchange Capacity ,
Organic Matter

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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Wieder, W. R., Boehnert, J., Bonan, G. B., & Langseth, M. (2014). Regridded Harmonized World Soil Database v1.2 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1247 Date Accessed: 2026-05-28

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Identifying sources of uncertainty in wheat production projections with consideration of crop climatic suitability under future climate Jiang, Tengcong, Wang, Bin, Xu, Xijuan, Cao, Yinxuan, Liu, De Li, He, Liang, Jin, Ning, Ma, Haijiao, Chen, Shang, Zhao, Kuifeng, Feng, Hao, Yu, Qiang, He, Yingbin, He, Jianqiang Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Hydrological impact of widespread afforestation in Great Britain using a large ensemble of modelled scenarios Buechel, Marcus, Slater, Louise, Dadson, Simon Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
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Nutrient limitations lead to a reduced magnitude of disequilibrium in the global terrestrial carbon cycle Wei, Ning, Xia, Jianyang, Wang, YingPing, Zhang, Xuanze, Zhou, Jian, Bian, Chenyu, Luo, Yiqi Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
A new integrated assessment framework for climate-smart nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa: the integrated Future Estimator for Emissions and Diets ... Jennings, Stewart A., Challinor, Andrew J., Smith, Pete, Macdiarmid, Jennie I., Pope, Edward, Chapman, Sarah, Bradshaw, Catherine, Clark, Heather, Vetter, Sylvia, Fitton, Nuala, King, Richard, Mwamakamba, Sithembile, Madzivhandila, Tshilidzi, Mashingaidze, Ian, Chomba, Christian, Nawiko, Masiye, Nyhodo, Bonani, Mazibuko, Ndumiso, Yeki, Precious, Kuwali, Pamela, Kambwiri, Alfred, Kazi, Vivian, Kiama, Agatha, Songole, Abel, Coskeran, Helen, Quinn, Claire, Sallu, Susannah, Dougill, Andrew, Whitfield, Stephen, Kunin, Bill, Meebelo, Nalishebo, Jamali, Andrew, Kantande, Dhaquirs, Makundi, Prosper, Mbungu, Winfred, Kayula, Frank, Walker, Sue, Zimba, Sibongile, Yamdeu, Joseph Hubert Galani, Kapulu, Ndashe, Galdos, Marcelo Valadares, Eze, Samuel, Tripathi, Hemant G., Sait, Steven M., Kepinski, Stefan, Likoya, Emmanuel, Greathead, Henry, Smith, Harriet Elizabeth, Mahop, Marcelin Tonye, Harwatt, Helen, Muzammil, Maliha, Horgan, Graham, Benton, Tim Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
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