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Africa Soil Profiles Database, Version 1.0.

Entry ID: Africa_Soil_Profiles_Database_Ver1_0

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Summary

Abstract: The Africa Soil Profiles Database, Version 1.0, was compiled by ISRIC - World Soil Information as a project activity for the Globally integrated- Africa Soil Information Service (AfSIS) project (www.africasoils.net/data/legacyprofile).

The Africa Soil Profiles Database is a compilation of georeferenced and standardized legacy soil profile data for Sub-Saharan Africa. Version 1.0 (April 2012) ...

Purpose: The purpose of the georeferenced Africa Soil Profiles data is to serve as input to prediction modelling, relating spatial soil data to spatial covariates, for producing evidence-based soil property maps. The data can also serve to inform conventional area-class mapping approaches as well as study of Africa soil. Basically, the database is a repository of soil profile data.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 20.0

S: -35.0

E: 52.0

W: -20.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Markus, T., J. C. Stroeve, and J. A. Miller

Dataset Title: CSB: Changes in Arctic sea ice melt onset, freeze-up, and melt season length derived from satellite data 1972-2008

Dataset Release Date: 2008

Dataset Publisher: J. Geophys. Research

Online Resource: http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/csb/science/slides.php?sciid=88

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1979-01-01

Stop Date: 2008-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE GROWTH/MELT

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS

Platform

RADIO TRANSMITTERS

BUOYS

DMSP > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

AQUA > Earth Observing System, AQUA

Instrument

BAROMETERS

DRIFTING BUOYS

Ancillary Keywords

Climate Diagnostics

NASA Code 610

Data Center

Cryospheric Sciences Branch, Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/csb/
Dataset ID: CSB_ArcticSeaIce79-08TM

Data Center Personnel
Name: THORSTEN MARKUS Phone: 301-614-5882 Email: thorsten.markus at nasa.gov Contact Address: Goddard Space Flight Center NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Instrumentation Sciences Branch Code 614.6 City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Publications/References

Markus, T., J. C. Stroeve, and J. A. Miller, Recent changes in Arctic sea ice melt onset, freeze-up, and melt season length, J. Geophys. Res., 2009 (submitted)

Howell, S. E. L., C. R. Duguay, and T. Markus, Sea Ice conditions and melt season duration variability within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: 1979-2008, Geophy. Res. Letter, 2009 (in press).

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2009-10-23

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-01-22

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