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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soil Water Prop. Derived Data (FIFE) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1989-10-31 to 1989-10-31 |
N: 39.09 S: 39.05 E: -96.47 W: -96.6 |
multiple | |
| BOREAS TGB-03 Dissolved Organic Carbon Data from the NSA | 1 | LABORATORY | CARBON ANALYZERS | 1994-05-04 to 1994-09-14 |
N: 55.88 S: 55.88 E: -98.48 W: -98.48 |
ASCII | |
| LBA-ECO CD-06 Water Balance of the Ji-Parana River Basin, Brazil: 1995-1996 | 1 | STREAMFLOW STATION, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | STREAM GAUGES, RAIN GAUGES | 1995-10-01 to 1996-08-31 |
N: -8.0333 S: -12.9269 E: -60.015 W: -63.4153 |
CSV | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS C3VP V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2007-01-20 to 2007-01-23 |
N: 75 S: 34 E: 23 W: 25 |
netCDF-3 | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots for IBP Tundra Biome, Barrow, Alaska, 1972-2010 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL SAMPLER | 1972-08-01 to 2010-08-01 |
N: 71.2997 S: 71.2882 E: -156.662 W: -156.711 |
CSV | |
| Burned and Unburned Field Site Data, Noatak, Seward, and North Slope, AK, 2016-2018 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS | 2016-07-22 to 2018-08-27 |
N: 69.6632 S: 65.0181 E: -148.641 W: -164.929 |
multiple | |
| LBA-ECO LC-21 Soil Characteristics, Logged Areas, Tapajos Forest, Para, Brazil: 2003 | 1 | LABORATORY | MASS SPECTROMETERS, ICP-AES | 2003-03-01 to 2003-03-01 |
N: -2.75 S: -3.5833 E: -54.8333 W: -55.25 |
CSV | |
| Site Averaged Gravimetric Soil Moisture: 1988 (Betts) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1988-04-11 to 1988-10-21 |
N: 39.1161 S: 38.9753 E: -96.447 W: -96.611 |
CSV | |
| NACP Regional: Supplemental Gridded Observations, Biosphere and Inverse Model Outputs | 1 | Terra, Aqua | MODIS | 1990-01-01 to 2008-12-31 |
N: 84 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170 |
Shapefile | |
| LANDMET Ancillary Soil Moisture data L3 V1 (LANDMET_ANC_SM) at GES DISC | 1 | LANDMET | NOT APPLICABLE | 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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Soils Data Tools
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|---|---|---|---|
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