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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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Too little, too late? Conservation exigencies for Borneo inferred from biogeographic considerations of its endemic plant genera against intense landscape ... Neo, Louise, Tan, Hugh T. W., Wong, K. M. Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
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Relationships Between Key Dryland Ecosystem Services: A Case Study in Ordos, China Su, Ning, Zhao, Yuanyuan, Ding, Guodong, Duan, Weili Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Ex ante mapping of favorable zones for uptake of climate-smart agricultural practices: A case study in West Africa Andrieu, Nadine, Dumas, Patrice, Hemmerle, Emma, Caforio, Francesca, Falconnier, Gatien N., Blanchard, Melanie, Vayssieres, Jonathan Carbon, Food Security, Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Fire effects on the persistence of soil organic matter and long-term carbon storage Pellegrini, Adam F. A., Harden, Jennifer, Georgiou, Katerina, Hemes, Kyle S., Malhotra, Avni, Nolan, Connor J., Jackson, Robert B. Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
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Divergent controls of soil organic carbon between observations and process-based models Georgiou, Katerina, Malhotra, Avni, Wieder, William R., Ennis, Jacqueline H., Hartman, Melannie D., Sulman, Benjamin N., Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw, Grandy, A. Stuart, Kyker-Snowman, Emily, Lajtha, Kate, Moore, Jessica A. M., Pierson, Derek, Jackson, Robert B. Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
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East Asian monsoon intensification promoted weathering of the magnesium-rich southern China upper crust and its global significance Yang, Yibo, Galy, Albert, Fang, Xiaomin, France-Lanord, Christian, Wan, Shiming, Yang, Rongsheng, Zhang, Jian, Zhang, Ran, Yang, Song, Miao, Yunfa, Liu, Yudong, Ye, Chengcheng Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
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A modelling platform for climate change impact on local and regional crop water requirements Masia, Sara, Trabucco, Antonio, Spano, Donatella, Snyder, Richard L., Susnik, Janez, Marras, Serena Soil Porosity, Carbon, Organic Matter, Soil Chemistry, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Ph, Cation Exchange Capacity
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