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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARVE-ARCSS: Methane Loss From Arctic- Fluxes From the Alaskan North Slope, 2012-2014 | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, C-23 Sherpa | EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, HUPCRS | 2012-05-23 to 2014-12-31 |
N: 71.5 S: 68.3 E: -155 W: -158 |
multiple | |
| LBA-ECO ND-01 Streamwater and Watershed Characteristics, Rondonia, Brazil: 1998-1999 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | TM | 1998-08-02 to 1999-01-28 |
N: -8 S: -12.63 E: -60.701 W: -64.43 |
CSV | |
| Site Averaged Neutron Soil Moisture: 1987-1989 (Betts) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1987-05-28 to 1989-08-08 |
N: 39.1161 S: 38.9753 E: -96.447 W: -96.611 |
CSV | |
| Remote Sensing Derived Topsoil and Agricultural Economic Losses, Midwestern USA | 1 | LANDSAT, WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3 | Computer | 2003-04-01 to 2018-07-31 |
N: 46.0461 S: 40.0397 E: -86.986 W: -97.3245 |
multiple | |
| ABoVE: Post-Fire and Unburned Vegetation Community and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2017 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE | 2015-07-13 to 2017-08-10 |
N: 62.5827 S: 60.5236 E: -111.367 W: -117.379 |
multiple | |
| BOREAS TE-20 NSA Soil Lab Data | 1 | LABORATORY | PH METERS, AAS, SOIL PRESSURE PLATE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, BALANCE, CORING DEVICES | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 55.93 S: 55.88 E: -98.29 W: -98.67 |
ASCII | |
| ABoVE: Soil Moisture and Active Layer Thickness in Alaska, USA and Canada, 2005-2022 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | SOIL DEPTH PROBE, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE | 2005-01-10 to 2022-09-28 |
N: 71.3236 S: 58.2077 E: -111.368 W: -165.974 |
CSV | |
| BOREAS TF-11 SSA-FEN Tower Flux and Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, LABORATORY | EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, IRGA, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, WATER LEVEL GAUGES, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, TUNABLE DIODE LASER | 1993-08-23 to 1995-10-09 |
N: 53.8 S: 53.8 E: -104.62 W: -104.62 |
ASCII | |
| ISLSCP II Global Gridded Soil Characteristics | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1995-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
ASCII | |
| SAFARI 2000 Meteorological and Flux Tower Measurements in Maun, Botswana, 2000 | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | PYRANOMETERS, IRGA, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, RTD, ANEMOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS | 2000-02-01 to 2000-09-30 |
N: -19.9 S: -19.9 E: 23.55 W: 23.55 |
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Featured Soils Observation Method: MODIS
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua and Terra platforms continually collects global data approximately every two days. One MODIS product, normalized vegetation difference index data, can be used to predict how much carbon dioxide is emitted from soils, which is major component of the global carbon cycle. Carbon is released in the process called soil respiration and driven by the decomposition of surface litter through microbial activity.
Researchers taught the SatVision Top-of-Atmosphere foundation model to recognize MODIS imagery features.
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Soils Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vertex | Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. | Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, Subsetting |
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