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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

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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: 2026-05-27

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Modeling microbial carbon fluxes and stocks in global soils from 1901 to 2016 He, Liyuan, Rodrigues, Jorge L. Mazza, Mayes, Melanie A., Lai, Chun-Ta, Lipson, David A., Xu, Xiaofeng Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter, Soil Respiration, Ecosystem Functions, Soil Respiration
The Impact of Climate Forcing Biases and the Nitrogen Cycle on Land Carbon Balance Projections Seiler, Christian, KouGiesbrecht, Sian, Arora, Vivek K., Melton, Joe R. Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
The impacts of modelling prescribed vs. dynamic land cover in a high-CO future scenario greening of the Arctic and Amazonian dieback Kou-Giesbrecht, Sian, Arora, Vivek K., Seiler, Christian, Wang, Libo Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy, Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Spatiotemporal Changes in Vegetation Cover during the Growing Season and Its Implications for Chinese Grain for Green Program in the Luo River Basin Qiao, Xuning, Zhang, Jing, Liu, Liang, Zhang, Jinyuan, Zhao, Tongqian Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Simulation-based assessment of residue management to mitigate N loss risk in winter wheat production Rothardt, Steffen, Kage, Henning Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Techno-economic insights and deployment prospects of permanent carbon dioxide sequestration in solid carbonates Muhlbauer, Andreas, Keiner, Dominik, Breyer, Christian Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Representation Of The Terrestrial Carbon Cycle In Cmip6 Gier, Bettina K., Schlund, Manuel, Friedlingstein, Pierre, Jones, Chris D., Jones, Colin, Zaehle, Sonke, Eyring, Veronika Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Trends and Drivers of Terrestrial Sources and Sinks of Carbon Dioxide: An Overview of the TRENDY Project Sitch, Stephen, OSullivan, Michael, Robertson, Eddy, Friedlingstein, Pierre, Albergel, Clement, Anthoni, Peter, Arneth, Almut, Arora, Vivek K., Bastos, Ana, Bastrikov, Vladislav, Bellouin, Nicolas, Canadell, Josep G., Chini, Louise, Ciais, Philippe, Falk, Stefanie, Harris, Ian, Hurtt, George, Ito, Akihiko, Jain, Atul K., Jones, Matthew W., Joos, Fortunat, Kato, Etsushi, Kennedy, Daniel, Klein Goldewijk, Kees, Kluzek, Erik, Knauer, Jurgen, Lawrence, Peter J., Lombardozzi, Danica, Melton, Joe R., Nabel, Julia E. M. S., Pan, Naiqing, Peylin, Philippe, Pongratz, Julia, Poulter, Benjamin, Rosan, Thais M., Sun, Qing, Tian, Hanqin, Walker, Anthony P., Weber, Ulrich, Yuan, Wenping, Yue, Xu, Zaehle, Sonke Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Predicting China's Maize Yield Using Multi-Source Datasets and Machine Learning Algorithms Miao, Lijuan, Zou, Yangfeng, Cui, Xuefeng, Kattel, Giri Raj, Shang, Yi, Zhu, Jingwen Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Patterns of nitrate load variability under surface water-groundwater interactions in agriculturally intensive valley watersheds Yang, Yun, Yuan, Yiliang, Xiong, Guiyao, Yin, Ziyue, Guo, Yong, Song, Jian, Zhu, Xiaobin, Wu, Jianfeng, Wang, Jinguo, Wu, Jichun Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Projected soil carbon loss with warming in constrained Earth system models Ren, Shuai, Wang, Tao, Guenet, Bertrand, Liu, Dan, Cao, Yingfang, Ding, Jinzhi, Smith, Pete, Piao, Shilong Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Regional flood frequency analysis in North Africa Tramblay, Yves, El Khalki, El Mahdi, Khedimallah, Abderrahmane, Sadaoui, Mahrez, Benaabidate, Lahcen, Boulmaiz, Tayeb, Boutaghane, Hamouda, Dakhlaoui, Hamouda, Hanich, Lahoucine, Ludwig, Wolfgang, Meddi, Mohamed, Elmehdi Saidi, Mohamed, Mahe, Gil Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Coupling of SWAT and EPIC Models to Investigate the Mutual Feedback Luo, Zeyu, Zhang, Huilan, Pang, Jianzhuang, Yang, Jun, Li, Ming Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Evaluating nitrogen cycling in terrestrial biosphere models: a disconnect between the carbon and nitrogen cycles Kou-Giesbrecht, Sian, Arora, Vivek K., Seiler, Christian, Arneth, Almut, Falk, Stefanie, Jain, Atul K., Joos, Fortunat, Kennedy, Daniel, Knauer, Jurgen, Sitch, Stephen, O'Sullivan, Michael, Pan, Naiqing, Sun, Qing, Tian, Hanqin, Vuichard, Nicolas, Zaehle, Sonke Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
First soil organic carbon report of Paraguay Encina-Rojas, Arnulfo, Rios-Velazquez, Danny, Sevilla-Linares, Victor, Villarreal, Samuel, Moriya, Miguel Angel Ken, Olivera, Carolina, Vargas, Ronald, Olmedo, Federico, Barreras, Aylin, Guevara, Mario Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
Humans and climate modulate fire activity across Ethiopia Harris, Lucas B., Taylor, Alan H., Kassa, Habtemariam, Leta, Samson, Powell, Bronwen Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
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Ideas and perspectives: Beyond model evaluation-combining experiments and models to advance terrestrial ecosystem science Caldararu, Silvia, Rolo, Victor, Stocker, Benjamin D., Gimeno, Teresa E., Nair, Richard Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
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Integrated effects of co-evolutions among climate, land use and vegetation growing dynamics to changes of runoff quantity and quality Chang, Di, Li, Shuo, Lai, Zhengqing, Fu, Fanjin, Qi, Xinlong Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter
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