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Global Annual Soil Respiration Data (Raich and Schlesinger 1992)

Creator: ORNL_CLOUD
Keywords: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide,Air Temperature,Soil Respiration,Precipitation Amount

Respiration_622

Version

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/622

Citation

Center/Project

Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC (ORNL DAAC)

Data at a Glance

Data Format

multiple

Dataset Size

79.582 KB

Spatial Extent

N: 71.18 S: -37.5 E: 146.5 W: -156.4

Temporal Extent

1963-01-01 to 1992-01-01

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Description

This data set is a compilation of soil respiration rates (g C m-2 yr-1) from terrestrial and wetland ecosystems reported in the literature prior to 1992. These rates were measured in a variety of ecosystems to examine rates of microbial activity, nutrient turnover, carbon cycling, root dynamics, and a variety of other soil processes. In this summary, only those data based on most or all of one full year of measurements were used so that annual rates of soil respiration could be estimated. Data from soil cores were excluded because the sample coring modifies root respiration. Also included in the data set are biome type, vegetation type, locality, and geographic coordinates, based on information from the original paper. Mean annual temperature and precipitation were based on the original paper; where those data were not included, they were estimated from a gridded global climate database [0.5 degree resolution; Legates D.R. and C.J. Willmott. 1988. Global Air Temperature and Precipitation Data Archive. Department of Geography, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA).

Product Summary

Platforms

FIELD INVESTIGATION

Instruments

THERMOMETERS ,

RAIN GAUGES ,

PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER ,

IRGA

Spatial Extent

N: 71.18 S: -37.5 E: 146.5 W: -156.4

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Temporal Extent

1963-01-01 to 1992-01-01

Data Partner

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)

Concept ID

C2216863171-ORNL_CLOUD

Data State

COMPLETE

Number of Files/Granules

Processing Level

Published

2001-12-06

Updated

2022-02-12

Science Keywords

Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide ,

Air Temperature ,

Soil Respiration ,

Precipitation Amount

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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Raich, J. W., & Schlesinger, W. H. (2001). Global Annual Soil Respiration Data (Raich and Schlesinger 1992) (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/622 Date Accessed: 2026-05-01

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USER'S GUIDE

ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

Publications Citing This Dataset

Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic
Addition of biochar decreased soil respiration in a permanent no-till cover crop system for organic soybean production	2024	Dewi, Ratih Kemala, Gong, Yingting, Huang, Qiliang, Li, Peiran, Hashimi, Rahmatullah, Komatsuzaki, Masakazu	Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Air Temperature, Soil Respiration, Precipitation Amount
Greenhouse Gas Production and Transport in Desert Soils of the Southwestern United States	2018	Oerter, Erik, Mills, Jennifer V., Maurer, Gregory E., Lammers, Laura Nielsen, Amundson, Ronald	Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Air Temperature, Soil Respiration, Precipitation Amount
Data-Model Needs for Belowground Ecology. A Summary Report from the Terrestrial Ecosystem Science (TES) Mini-Workshop, May 8, 2014	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
Nonlinearity of land carbon sensitivities in climate change simulations	2012	TACHIIRI, Kaoru, ITO, Akihiko, HAJIMA, Tomohiro, HARGREAVES, Julia C., ANNAN, James D., KAWAMIYA, Michio	Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Air Temperature, Soil Respiration, Precipitation Amount, Biomass Dynamics, Primary Production, Biomass, Water Table, Vegetation Cover, Soil Classification, Geomorphic Landforms/Processes, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification, Soil Color, Soil Depth, Soil Horizons/Profile, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Structure, Soil Ph, Drainage, Soil Texture, Terrain Elevation