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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| SnowEx21 Prairie Station In Situ Dielectric Soil Moisture and Soil Temperature V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE | 2020-11-05 to 2021-04-02 |
N: 47.065 S: 47.055 E: -109.946 W: -109.959 |
CSV | |
| ABoVE: Active Layer Thickness from Remote Sensing Permafrost Model, Alaska, 2001-2015 | 1 | SATELLITES, SMAP | MODIS, SMAP L-BAND RADAR | 2001-01-01 to 2015-12-31 |
N: 70.214 S: 55.5667 E: -132.576 W: -179.18 |
netCDF-4 classic | |
| BOREAS TE-20 Soils Data over the NSA-MSA and Tower Sites in Raster Format | 1 | AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS | DIGITIZER | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 55.94 S: 55.87 E: -98.27 W: -98.68 |
multiple | |
| Global Gridded Surfaces of Selected Soil Characteristics (IGBP-DIS) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1950-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
ASCII Grid | |
| Mowing Experiment Biophys. Data (FIFE) | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | COLORIMETERS, BALANCE | 1987-05-07 to 1987-10-28 |
N: 39.12 S: 39.09 E: -96.52 W: -96.59 |
multiple | |
| SMAP Level 1C High Resolution Radar Sigma Naught Swath Grid Product (Version 1) | 1 | SMAP | SAR | 2015-02-12 to 2021-11-04 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| LBA-ECO ND-04 Pasture Soil Water and Precipitation, Km 54, Manaus, Brazil: 1999-2001 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS, GROUND STATIONS | NEUTRON PROBE, RAIN GAUGES | 1999-01-01 to 2001-12-31 |
N: -2.518 S: -2.518 E: -60.03 W: -60.03 |
CSV | |
| ABoVE: Post-Fire and Unburned Vegetation Community and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2019 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SOIL DEPTH PROBE | 2018-08-16 to 2019-09-05 |
N: 62.5658 S: 60.9206 E: -113.016 W: -117.425 |
CSV |
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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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