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Soils Data Access and Tools
Soils Datasets
| Dataset | Version Sort ascending | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOREAS TF-08 NSA-OJP Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | HYGROMETERS, IRGA, NET RADIOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, PYRHELIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TEMPERATURE PROBES, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, BAROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1994-05-24 to 1996-11-12 |
N: 55.93 S: 55.93 E: -98.62 W: -98.62 |
ASCII | |
| Greenness Trends and Carbon Stocks of Mangrove Forests Across Mexico, 2001-2015 | 1 | Aqua, MODELS | MODIS, Computer | 2001-01-01 to 2015-12-31 |
N: 29.7262 S: 14.4292 E: -86.5302 W: -114.055 |
multiple | |
| Pre-LBA CABARE Mapped Land Surface and Vegetation Characteristics, Rondonia, Brazil | 1 | MAPS, LANDSAT | DIGITIZER, TM | 1978-01-01 to 1994-12-31 |
N: -8 S: -13 E: -60 W: -65 |
Text File | |
| ABoVE: TVPRM Simulated Net Ecosystem Exchange, Alaskan North Slope, 2008-2017 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, OCO-2, COMPUTERS, SATELLITES | TEMPERATURE SENSORS, THERMOMETERS, OCO SPECTROMETERS, Computer, MODIS | 2008-01-01 to 2017-12-31 |
N: 77.2626 S: 56.0895 E: -128.592 W: -177.469 |
netCDF-4 classic | |
| SMAPVEX12 Probe-Based In Situ Soil Moisture Data for Forest Area V001 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE | 2012-06-07 to 2012-07-13 |
N: 49.96 S: 49.44 E: -97.85 W: -98.51 |
100 Meters x 100 Meters | Excel |
| Surface Flux Baseline 92 Derived (FIFE) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1987-05-14 to 1987-10-19 |
N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61 |
CSV | |
| SMAP_L1B_SIGMA_NAUGHT_LOW_RES_METADATA_V001 | 1 | SMAP | SAR | 2015-02-12 to 2021-11-04 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Arctic Vegetation Plots, Poplars, Arctic and Interior AK and YT, Canada, 2003-2005 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 2003-06-18 to 2005-08-17 |
N: 69.4718 S: 61.076 E: -135.222 W: -162.741 |
CSV | |
| Coastal Wetland Elevation and Carbon Flux Inventory with Uncertainty, USA, 2006-2011 | 1 | MODELS | Computer | 2006-01-01 to 2011-12-31 |
N: 48.9917 S: 20.3831 E: -56.6627 W: -135.028 |
multiple | |
| LBA-ECO ND-02 Trace Gas Flux from Forest Soil, Para, Brazil : 1999-2001 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | GC-FID, GC-ECD, IRGA, CHEMILUMINESCENCE | 1999-11-17 to 2001-12-12 |
N: -2.983 S: -2.983 E: -47.516 W: -47.516 |
CSV |
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Soils Data Tools
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|---|---|---|---|
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