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Soils Data Access and Tools
Soils Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABoVE: Wildfire Carbon Emissions and Burned Plot Characteristics, NWT, CA, 2014-2016 | MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY | Computer, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, CARBON ANALYZERS | 2014-07-02 to 2016-08-01 | N: 71.6982 S: 56.2534 E: -102 W: -136.127 | multiple | |
| ABoVE: Year-Round Soil CO2 Efflux in Alaskan Ecosystems, Version 2.1 | FIELD SURVEYS | SURVEYING TOOLS, Campbell Scientific CR800, THERMOCOUPLES | 2016-08-18 to 2023-09-02 | ALASKA | N: 70.47 S: 63.8801 E: -146.558 W: -157.41 | CSV |
| AirMOSS: In Situ Soil Moisture and Tree Measurements, Harvard Forest, 2012-2013 | FIELD SURVEYS | SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, STEEL MEASURING TAPE | 2012-10-15 to 2013-08-22 | MASSACHUSETTS | N: 42.5492 S: 42.5361 E: -71.1755 W: -72.184 | CSV |
| AirMOSS: L2 Hourly In-Ground Soil Moisture at AirMOSS Sites, 2011-2015 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | SOIL MOISTURE PROBE | 2011-09-01 to 2015-12-31 | N: 53.9169 S: 19.5086 E: -72.1712 W: -121.558 | netCDF-4 classic | |
| AirMOSS: L2/3 Volumetric Soil Moisture Profiles Derived From Radar, 2012-2015 | C-23 Sherpa | RADAR | 2012-09-18 to 2015-09-29 | N: 54.1254 S: 9.87958 E: -68.3196 W: -123.283 | netCDF-4 classic | |
| AirMOSS: L4 Daily Modeled Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE), AirMOSS sites, 2012-2014 | C-130 | Computer | 2012-01-01 to 2014-10-30 | N: 45.7861 S: 31.4912 E: -68.3359 W: -122.883 | netCDF-4 classic | |
| AirMOSS: L4 Modeled Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE), Continental USA, 2012-2014 | MODELS | Computer | 2012-01-01 to 2014-10-31 | N: 53.062 S: 25.062 E: -66.937 W: -124.938 | netCDF-4 classic | |
| AirMOSS: L4 Modeled Volumetric Root Zone Soil Moisture, 2012-2015 | MODELS | Computer | 2012-09-21 to 2015-09-28 | N: 54.1254 S: 19.1247 E: -68.1237 W: -123.283 | netCDF-4 classic | |
| Amazon Forest Structure from Airborne Lidar, ED2 Initial Condition Files, 2016 | COMPUTERS, AIRCRAFT | Computer, LIDAR | 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | BRAZIL | N: 5 S: -14 E: -45 W: -74 | multiple |
| AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L2B Half-Orbit 25 km EASE-Grid Surface Soil Moisture V001 | Aqua, GCOM-W1 | AMSR-E, AMSR2 | 2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04, 2012-07-02 to Present | GLOBAL | N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180 | HDF-EOS5 |
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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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