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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: 2026-05-01

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Revisiting the Curve Number Approach for Improving Surface Runoff Estimation: A State-of-the-Art Review Panigrahi, Anubhab, Ramadas, Meenu Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
Identifying the main drivers of the spatiotemporal variations in wetland methane emissions during 20012020 Hu, Yihan, Yue, Xu, Tian, Chenguang, Zhou, Hao, Fu, Weijie, Zhao, Xu, Zhao, Yuan, Chen, Yuwen Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
Incorporating Plant Access to Groundwater in Existing Global, SatelliteBased Evaporation Estimates Hulsman, P., Keune, J., Koppa, A., Schellekens, J., Miralles, D. G. Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
Development and evaluation of the interactive Model for Air Pollution and Land Ecosystems (iMAPLE) version 1.0 Yue, Xu, Zhou, Hao, Tian, Chenguang, Ma, Yimian, Hu, Yihan, Gong, Cheng, Zheng, Hui, Liao, Hong Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
Machine Learning: New Potential for Local and Regional Deep-Seated van Natijne, Adriaan L., Lindenbergh, Roderik C., Bogaard, Thom A. Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
MIROC-INTEG-LAND version 1: a global biogeochemical land surface model with human water management, crop growth, and land-use change Yokohata, Tokuta, Kinoshita, Tsuguki, Sakurai, Gen, Pokhrel, Yadu, Ito, Akihiko, Okada, Masashi, Satoh, Yusuke, Kato, Etsushi, Nitta, Tomoko, Fujimori, Shinichiro, Felfelani, Farshid, Masaki, Yoshimitsu, Iizumi, Toshichika, Nishimori, Motoki, Hanasaki, Naota, Takahashi, Kiyoshi, Yamagata, Yoshiki, Emori, Seita Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
Seasonal Predictability of Four Major Crop Yields Worldwide by a Hybrid System of Dynamical Climate Prediction and Eco-Physiological Crop-Growth ... Doi, Takeshi, Sakurai, Gen, Iizumi, Toshichika Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
Evapotranspiration reconstruction based on land surface models and observed water budget components while considering irrigation Lv, Meixia, Ma, Zhuguo, Chen, Liang, Peng, Shaoming Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
African and Asian savannas: Comparisons of vegetation composition and drivers of vegetation structure and function Ratnam, Jayashree, Sheth, Chintan, Sankaran, Mahesh Phosphorus, Soil Chemistry, Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Depth
Savanna Woody Plants and Large Herbivores Phosphorus, Soil Chemistry, Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Depth
Foliar nutrient resorption differs between arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal trees at local and global scales Zhang, HaiYang, Lu, XiaoTao, Hartmann, Henrik, Keller, Adrienne, Han, XingGuo, Trumbore, Susan, Phillips, Richard P. Phosphorus, Soil Chemistry, Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Depth
Effects of Climate/Land Surface Changes on Streamflow With Consideration of Precipitation Intensity and Catchment Characteristics in the Yellow River Basin Lv, Meixia, Ma, Zhuguo, Lv, Meizhao Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Carbon, Forests, Respiration Rate, Primary Production, Heat Flux, Sediment Transport, Soil Respiration, Soil Bulk Density, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
Revised mineral dust emissions in the atmospheric chemistryclimate model EMAC (MESSy 2.52 DU_Astitha1 KKDU2017 patch) Klingmuller, Klaus, Metzger, Swen, Abdelkader, Mohamed, Karydis, Vlassis A., Stenchikov, Georgiy L., Pozzer, Andrea, Lelieveld, Jos Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
Varying Benefits of Irrigation Expansion for Crop Production Under a Changing Climate and Competitive Water Use Among Crops Okada, Masashi, Iizumi, Toshichika, Sakamoto, Takaaki, Kotoku, Mizuki, Sakurai, Gen, Hijioka, Yasuaki, Nishimori, Motoki Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
Data-mining analysis of the global distribution of soil carbon in observational databases and Earth system models Hashimoto, Shoji, Nanko, Kazuki, Tupek, Boris, Lehtonen, Aleksi Carbon, Nitrogen, Soil Water Holding Capacity, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Horizons/Profile, Carbon, Grasslands, Forests, Vegetation Cover, Topographic Effects, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Terrain Elevation, Rivers/Streams, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Use Classes, Albedo, Canopy Characteristics, Leaf Characteristics, Plant Characteristics, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Index, Reflectance, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Depth, Precipitation Amount, Cloud Frequency, Humidity, Air Temperature
Mitigation of drought negative effect on ecosystem productivity by Van den Hoof, Catherine, Lambert, Fabrice Boundaries, Population, Terrain Elevation, Climate Adaptation, Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
Convergence among global biogeographical realms in the physiological Buitenwerf, Robert, Higgins, Steven I. Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
Diagnostic and model dependent uncertainty of simulated Tibetan permafrost area Wang, W., Rinke, A., Moore, J. C., Cui, X., Ji, D., Li, Q., Zhang, N., Wang, C., Zhang, S., Lawrence, D. M., McGuire, A. D., Zhang, W., Delire, C., Koven, C., Saito, K., MacDougall, A., Burke, E., Decharme, B. Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
Projecting the release of carbon from permafrost soils using a perturbed parameter ensemble modelling approach MacDougall, Andrew H., Knutti, Reto Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
Modeling irrigation-based climate change adaptation in agriculture: Model development and evaluation in Northeast China Okada, Masashi, Iizumi, Toshichika, Sakurai, Gen, Hanasaki, Naota, Sakai, Toru, Okamoto, Katsuo, Yokozawa, Masayuki Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
BECCS capability of dedicated bioenergy crops under a future land-use Kato, Etsushi, Yamagata, Yoshiki Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth, Albedo, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Plant Characteristics, Leaf Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Reflectance
Development of a remotely sensing seasonal vegetation-based Palmer Drought Severity Index and its application of global drought monitoring over 1982-2011 Yan, Hao, Wang, ShaoQiang, Lu, HouQuan, Yu, Qin, Zhu, ZaiChun, Myneni, Ranga B., Liu, Qiang, Shugart, Herman H. Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
Contributions of historical changes in sowing date and climate to U.S. maize yield trend: An evaluation using large-area crop modeling and data assimilation IIZUMI, Toshichika, SAKURAI, Gen, YOKOZAWA, Masayuki Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
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
If Anthropogenic CO2Emissions Cease, Will Atmospheric CO2Concentration Continue to Increase? MacDougall, Andrew H., Eby, Michael, Weaver, Andrew J. Soil Bulk Density, Sediment Transport, Primary Production, Biogeochemical Cycles, Soil Chemistry, Soil Depth
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
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
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
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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