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Soils Data Access and Tools
Soils Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Annual Soil Respiration Data (Raich and Schlesinger 1992) | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | THERMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER, IRGA | 1963-01-01 to 1992-01-01 |
N: 71.18 S: -37.5 E: 146.5 W: -156.4 |
multiple | |
| Global Data Set of Derived Soil Properties, 0.5-Degree Grid (ISRIC-WISE) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1950-01-01 to 1995-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
ASCII Grid | |
| Global Distribution of Plant-Extractable Water Capacity of Soil (Dunne) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1996-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| Global Forest Ecosystem Structure and Function Data For Carbon Balance Research | 1 | NOAA-14 | AVHRR | 1897-01-01 to 2006-12-31 |
N: 67.36 S: -42.87 E: 172.75 W: -159.5 |
Shapefile | |
| Global Gridded 1-km Annual Soil Respiration and Uncertainty Derived from SRDB V3 | 1 | Models | Computer | 1963-01-01 to 2011-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
GeoTIFF | |
| Global Gridded 1-km Soil and Soil Heterotrophic Respiration Derived from SRDB v5 | 1 | Models | Computer | 1961-01-01 to 2016-06-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
COG | |
| Global Gridded Soil Phosphorus Distribution Maps at 0.5-degree Resolution | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1850-01-01 to 1850-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 classic | |
| 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 | |
| Global Hydrologic Soil Groups (HYSOGs250m) for Curve Number-Based Runoff Modeling | 1 | Models | Computer | 2017-01-01 to 2017-11-28 |
N: 83.9997 S: -56.0008 E: 180 W: -180 |
GeoTIFF | |
| Global MODIS and FLUXNET-derived Daily Gross Primary Production, V2 | 2 | Aqua, Models, Terra | MODIS, Computer | 2000-03-01 to 2020-08-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 classic |
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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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Remote sensing data's drought-indicating parameters are essential to manage the impact of water scarcities and minimize drought losses.
Soils Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthdata Search | Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. | Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading | |
| Vertex | Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. | Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, Subsetting | |
| Worldview | Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events |
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