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Description

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
Projects
Soil
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.

Copy Citation

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: 2026-06-11

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How much land is available for sustainable palm oil? Tapia, John Frederick D., Doliente, Stephen S., Samsatli, Sheila Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Gap-free global annual soil moisture: 15 km grids for 19912018 Guevara, Mario, Taufer, Michela, Vargas, Rodrigo Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Global patterns and climatic controls of forest structural complexity Ehbrecht, Martin, Seidel, Dominik, Annighofer, Peter, Kreft, Holger, Kohler, Michael, Zemp, Delphine Clara, Puettmann, Klaus, Nilus, Reuben, Babweteera, Fred, Willim, Katharina, Stiers, Melissa, Soto, Daniel, Boehmer, Hans Juergen, Fisichelli, Nicholas, Burnett, Michael, Juday, Glenn, Stephens, Scott L., Ammer, Christian 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
Closing yield and harvest area gaps to mitigate water scarcity related to China's rice production Lan, Kang, Chen, Xin, Ridoutt, Bradley G., Huang, Jing, Scherer, Laura Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Mountain Road-Culvert Maintenance Algorithm Mandic, Vladimir, Seslija, Milos, Kolakovic, Slobodan, Kolakovic, Sran, Jeftenic, Goran, Trajkovic, Slavisa Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Quantification of ecohydrological sensitivities and their influencing factors at the seasonal scale Hou, Yiping, Zhang, Mingfang, Wei, Xiaohua, Liu, Shirong, Li, Qiang, Cai, Tijiu, Liu, Wenfei, Zhao, Runqi, Liu, Xiangzhuo Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Soil carbon-food synergy: sizable contributions of small-scale farmers Iizumi, Toshichika, Hosokawa, Nanae, Wagai, Rota Pesticides, Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Quantifying the temporal-spatial scale dependence of the driving mechanisms underlying vegetation coverage in coastal wetlands Hao, Jing, Chen, Xiaoqin, Zhang, Zhong, Gao, Yue, Li, Longqin, Li, Hongyuan Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Restrictive irrigation improves yield and reduces risk for faba bean across the Middle East and North Africa: A modeling study Marrou, Helene, Ghanem, Michel Edmond, Amri, Moez, Maalouf, Fouad, Ben Sadoun, Sarah, Kibbou, Fatimaezzhara, Sinclair, Thomas R. Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Response of vegetation to drought in the Tibetan Plateau: Elevation differentiation and the dominant factors Wang, Yijia, Fu, Bojie, Liu, Yanxu, Li, Yan, Feng, Xiaoming, Wang, Shuai Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter, Biogeochemical Cycles
Validation of terrestrial biogeochemistry in CMIP6 Earth system models: a review Spafford, Lynsay, MacDougall, Andrew H. REFLECTED INFRARED, THERMAL INFRARED, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Visible Radiance, Biomass, Carbon, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Carbon, Nitrogen, Soil Water Holding Capacity, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Horizons/Profile, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter, Litter Characteristics
Uncertainty of modelled bioenergy with carbon capture and storage due to Shepherd, Anita, Martin, Mike, Hastings, Astley Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
A database for global soil health assessment Jian, Jinshi, Du, Xuan, Stewart, Ryan D. Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Balancing food production within the planetary water boundary Huang, Jing, Ridoutt, Bradley G., Sun, Zhongxiao, Lan, Kang, Thorp, Kelly R., Wang, Xiaohui, Yin, Xiaogang, Huang, Jianliang, Chen, Fu, Scherer, Laura Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Maximum Entropy Niche Modelling to Estimate the Potential Distribution of Phytophthora megakarya (Brasier & M. J. Griffin) in Tropical Regions Obiakara, Maxwell, Etaware, Peter, Chukwuka, Kanayo Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Impacts of climate change on key soil ecosystem services and interactions in Central Asia Li, Jiangyue, Chen, Hongxing, Zhang, Chi Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool) v2. 0an extended set of large-scale diagnostics for quasi-operational and comprehensive evaluation of ... Eyring, Veronika, Bock, Lisa, Lauer, Axel, Righi, Mattia, Schlund, Manuel, Andela, Bouwe, Arnone, Enrico, Bellprat, Omar, Brotz, Bjorn, Caron, Louis-Philippe, Carvalhais, Nuno, Cionni, Irene, Cortesi, Nicola, Crezee, Bas, Davin, Edouard L., Davini, Paolo, Debeire, Kevin, de Mora, Lee, Deser, Clara, Docquier, David, Earnshaw, Paul, Ehbrecht, Carsten, Gier, Bettina K., Gonzalez-Reviriego, Nube, Goodman, Paul, Hagemann, Stefan, Hardiman, Steven, Hassler, Birgit, Hunter, Alasdair, Kadow, Christopher, Kindermann, Stephan, Koirala, Sujan, Koldunov, Nikolay, Lejeune, Quentin, Lembo, Valerio, Lovato, Tomas, Lucarini, Valerio, Massonnet, Francois, Muller, Benjamin, Pandde, Amarjiit, Perez-Zanon, Nuria, Phillips, Adam, Predoi, Valeriu, Russell, Joellen, Sellar, Alistair, Serva, Federico, Stacke, Tobias, Swaminathan, Ranjini, Torralba, Veronica, Vegas-Regidor, Javier, von Hardenberg, Jost, Weigel, Katja, Zimmermann, Klaus Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
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GIS-Based Modeling for Selection of Dam Sites in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq Othman, Arsalan Ahmed, Al-Maamar, Ahmed F., Al-Manmi, Diary Ali Mohammed Amin, Liesenberg, Veraldo, Hasan, Syed E., Obaid, Ahmed K., Al-Quraishi, Ayad M. Fadhil Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Examining the soil erosion responses to ecological restoration programs and landscape drivers: a spatial econometric perspective Jiang, Chong, Zhao, Lingling, Dai, Jialing, Liu, Haimeng, Li, Zhouyuan, Wang, Xinchi, Yang, Zhiyuan, Zhang, Haiyan, Wen, Meili, Wang, Jun Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Predicting the spatiotemporal variation in soil wind erosion across Central Asia in response to climate change in the 21st century Li, Jiangyue, Ma, Xiaofei, Zhang, Chi Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Projections of global and UK bioenergy potential from Miscanthus giganteusFeedstock yield, carbon cycling and electricity generation in the 21st century Shepherd, Anita, Littleton, Emma, CliftonBrown, John, Martin, Mike, Hastings, Astley Carbon, Nitrogen, Soil Water Holding Capacity, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Horizons/Profile, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Soil organic carbon across Mexico and the conterminous United States (19912010) Guevara, Mario, Arroyo, Carlos, Brunsell, Nathaniel, Cruz, Carlos O., Domke, Grant, Equihua, Julian, Etchevers, Jorge, Hayes, Daniel, Hengl, Tomislav, Ibelles, Alejandro, Johnson, Kris, de Jong, Ben, Libohova, Zamir, Llamas, Ricardo, Nave, Lucas, Ornelas, Jose L., Paz, Fernando, Ressl, Rainer, Schwartz, Anita, Victoria, Arturo, Wills, Skye, Vargas, Rodrigo Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter, Soil Organic Carbon (SOC), Soil Bulk Density
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