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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.

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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: 2026-06-12

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Description and validation of the Simple, Efficient, Dynamic, Global, Ecological Simulator (SEDGES v.1.0) Paiewonsky, Pablo, Elison Timm, Oliver Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Plant Characteristics, Leaf Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Albedo, Reflectance, Vegetation Index, Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Carbon, Forests, Respiration Rate, Primary Production, Heat Flux, Sediment Transport, Soil Respiration
Model structures amplify uncertainty in predicted soil carbon responses to climate change Shi, Zheng, Crowell, Sean, Luo, Yiqi, Moore, Berrien Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter, Nitrogen, Phosphorus
The importance of forest structure for carbon fluxes of the Amazon rainforest Rodig, Edna, Cuntz, Matthias, Rammig, Anja, Fischer, Rico, Taubert, Franziska, Huth, Andreas Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Variation pattern of particulate organic carbon and nitrogen in oceans and inland waters Huang, Changchun, Jiang, Quanliang, Yao, Ling, Yang, Hao, Lin, Chen, Huang, Tao, Zhu, A-Xing, Zhang, Yimin Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Tree cover shows strong sensitivity to precipitation variability across the global tropics Xu, Xiangtao, Medvigy, David, Trugman, Anna T., Guan, Kaiyu, Good, Stephen P., RodriguezIturbe, Ignacio Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Climate model uncertainty in impact assessments for agriculture: A multi-ensemble case study on maize in sub-Saharan Africa Dale, Amy, Fant, Charles, Strzepek, Kenneth, Lickley, Megan, Solomon, Susan Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Interacting Effects of Leaf Water Potential and Biomass on Vegetation Optical Depth Momen, Mostafa, Wood, Jeffrey D., Novick, Kimberly A., Pangle, Robert, Pockman, William T., McDowell, Nate G., Konings, Alexandra G. Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Global pattern and controls of soil microbial metabolic quotient Xu, Xiaofeng, Schimel, Joshua P., Janssens, Ivan A., Song, Xia, Song, Changchun, Yu, Guirui, Sinsabaugh, Robert L., Tang, Diandong, Zhang, Xiaochun, Thornton, Peter. E. Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
High-resolution inventory of ammonia emissions from agricultural fertilizer in China from 1978 to 2008 Xu, P., Liao, Y. J., Lin, Y. H., Zhao, C. X., Yan, C. H., Cao, M. N., Wang, G. S., Luan, S. J. Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Methane emissions from global rice fields: Magnitude, spatiotemporal patterns, and environmental controls Zhang, Bowen, Tian, Hanqin, Ren, Wei, Tao, Bo, Lu, Chaoqun, Yang, Jia, Banger, Kamaljit, Pan, Shufen Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Spatial congruence between carbon and biodiversity across forest landscapes of northern Borneo Labriere, Nicolas, Locatelli, Bruno, Vieilledent, Ghislain, Kharisma, Selly, Basuki, Imam, Gond, Valery, Laumonier, Yves Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Explicitly representing soil microbial processes in Earth system models Wieder, William R., Allison, Steven D., Davidson, Eric A., Georgiou, Katerina, Hararuk, Oleksandra, He, Yujie, Hopkins, Francesca, Luo, Yiqi, Smith, Matthew J., Sulman, Benjamin, ToddBrown, Katherine, Wang, YingPing, Xia, Jianyang, Xu, Xiaofeng Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Observational evidence of summer precipitation deficit-temperature Zhang, Qiang, Xiao, Mingzhong, Singh, Vijay P., Liu, Lin, Xu, ChongYu Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Representing life in the Earth system with soil microbial functional traits in the MIMICS model Wieder, W. R., Grandy, A. S., Kallenbach, C. M., Taylor, P. G., Bonan, G. B. Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Data-Model Needs for Belowground Ecology. A Summary Report from the Terrestrial Ecosystem Science (TES) Mini-Workshop, May 8, 2014 Bailey, Vanessa, Hanson, Paul J., Jastrow, Julie, Torn, Margaret, Stover, Daniel Organic Matter, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Classification, Soil Depth, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Texture, Phosphorus, Soil Chemistry, Soil Chemistry, Soil Respiration, Soil Respiration, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Air Temperature, Precipitation Amount, Soil Water Holding Capacity, Biomass, Nutrients, Plant Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Carbon, Forests, Respiration Rate, Primary Production, Heat Flux, Sediment Transport, Carbon, Nitrogen, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Leaf Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Albedo, Reflectance, Water Table, Soil Classification, Geomorphic Landforms/Processes, Soil Color, Soil Horizons/Profile, Soil Structure, Soil Ph, Drainage, Terrain Elevation, Methane, Nitric Oxide, Nitrous Oxide, Litter Characteristics, Soil Gas/Air, Isotopes, Reforestation/Revegetation, Soil Gas/Air, Ammonia, Nitrogen Oxides, Ecosystem Functions, Cation Exchange Capacity, Suspended Solids, Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Vegetation Species, Humidity, Soil Moisture, Soil Porosity, Nitrogen, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Soil Fertility, Permafrost, Calcium, Potassium, Magnesium, Total Dissolved Solids, Wetlands, Inundation, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Carbon, Nitrous Oxide, Discharge, Groundwater Chemistry, Discharge/Flow, Surface Water Chemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles
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