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Description

This data set provides gridded data for selected soil parameters derived from data and methods developed by the Global Soil Data Task, an international collaborative project with the objective of making accurate and appropriate data relating to soil properties accessible to the global change research community. The task was coordinated by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP-DIS). The data in this data set were produced by the International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project, Initiative II (ISLSCP II) staff from data obtained from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC, http://daac.ornl.gov/). See the related data sets section below. Two-dimensional gridded maps of selected soil parameters, including soil texture, at a 1.0 by 1.0 degree spatial resolution and for two soil depths are provided. All data layers have been adjusted to match the ISLSCP II land/water mask. There are 36 data files with this data set.

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
1995-01-01 to 1996-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2785271209-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
36
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Soil Bulk Density ,
Sediment Transport ,
Primary Production ,
Biogeochemical Cycles ,
Soil Chemistry ,
Soil Depth

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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Scholes, R. J., Brown de Colstoun, E., Hall, F. G., Collatz, G. J., Meeson, B. W., Los, S. O., & Landis, D. R. (2011). ISLSCP II Global Gridded Soil Characteristics (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1004 Date Accessed: 2026-05-15

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Diagnostic analysis of interannual variation of global land evapotranspiration over 1982-2011: Assessing the impact of ENSO Yan, Hao, Yu, Qin, Zhu, ZaiChun, Myneni, Ranga B., Yan, HuiMin, Wang, ShaoQiang, Shugart, Herman H. Carbon, Nitrogen, Soil Water Holding Capacity, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Horizons/Profile, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Depth
Phenological versus meteorological controls on land-atmosphere water and Puma, Michael J., Koster, Randal D., Cook, Benjamin I. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Cover, Land Use Classes, Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Plant Characteristics, Leaf Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Albedo, Reflectance
Present state of global wetland extent and wetland methane modelling: methodology of a model inter-comparison project (WETCHIMP) Wania, R., Melton, J. R., Hodson, E. L., Poulter, B., Ringeval, B., Spahni, R., Bohn, T., Avis, C. A., Chen, G., Eliseev, A. V., Hopcroft, P. O., Riley, W. J., Subin, Z. M., Tian, H., van Bodegom, P. M., Kleinen, T., Yu, Z. C., Singarayer, J. S., Zurcher, S., Lettenmaier, D. P., Beerling, D. J., Denisov, S. N., Prigent, C., Papa, F., Kaplan, J. O. Carbon, Nitrogen, Soil Water Holding Capacity, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Horizons/Profile, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Depth
Terrestrial carbon balance in tropical Asia: Contribution from cropland expansion and land management Tao, Bo, Tian, Hanqin, Chen, Guangsheng, Ren, Wei, Lu, Chaoqun, Alley, Kelly D., Xu, Xiaofeng, Liu, Mingliang, Pan, Shufen, Virji, Hassan Organic Matter, Soil Chemistry, Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Depth
Global estimation of evapotranspiration using a leaf area index-based surface energy and water balance model Yan, H., Wang, S.Q., Billesbach, D., Oechel, W., Zhang, J.H., Meyers, T., Martin, T.A., Matamala, R., Baldocchi, D., Bohrer, G., Dragoni, D., Scott, R. Carbon, Nitrogen, Soil Water Holding Capacity, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Horizons/Profile, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Depth
Parameterization of dust emissions in the global atmospheric chemistry-climate model EMAC: impact of nudging and soil properties Astitha, M., Lelieveld, J., Abdel Kader, M., Pozzer, A., de Meij, A. Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Plant Characteristics, Leaf Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Albedo, Reflectance
Climate and land use controls over terrestrial water use efficiency in monsoon Asia Tian, Hanqin, Lu, Chaoqun, Chen, Guangsheng, Xu, Xiaofeng, Liu, Mingliang, Ren, Wei, Tao, Bo, Sun, Ge, Pan, Shufen, Liu, Jiyuan Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth, Biomass Dynamics, Biomass
Use of satellite remote sensing data in the mapping of global landslide susceptibility Hong, Yang, Adler, Robert, Huffman, George Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
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