Soil and Terrain Database Soil for China primary data (version 1.0) - scale 1:1 million (SOTER_China)
Entry ID: ISRIC_SOTER_China_primary

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Summary
Abstract: The Soil and Terrain database for China primary data (version 1.0), at scale 1:1 million (SOTER_China), was compiled of enhanced soil information within the framework of the FAO's program of Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA). The primary database was compiled using the SOTER methodology. The SOTER unit delineation was based on a raster format of the soil map of China, correlated and ... View entire text
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Caption:  Example of SOTER view for dominant soils of China
 
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 54.0   S: 18.0   E: 135.0   W: 74.0
Min Altitude: -154 (TURPAN PENDI) Max Altitude: 8850 (MT. EVEREST)

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Koos Dijkshoorn, Jan Huting
Dataset Title: Soil and Terrain database for China (ver. 1.0)
Dataset Series Name: SOTER_China (version1.0)
Dataset Release Date: 2009
Dataset Release Place: Wageningen, Netherlands
Dataset Publisher: ISRIC - World Soil Information
Version: 1.0
Data Presentation Form: ArcMap9.x, ArcView3.x and MS Access database
Online Resource: http://www.isric.nl/isric/CheckRegistration.aspx?dataset=57
Science Keywords
AGRICULTURE > SOILS > CALCIUM Parameter Definition
AGRICULTURE > SOILS > CARBON Parameter Definition
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HYGROMETERS Ancillary Description
Originating Center
Data Center
Library Services Information Division, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.lib.noaa.gov/
Dataset ID: C/DE 35 A1
Dataset ID: C/DE 75 AOK

Data Center Personnel
Name: NOAA CENTRAL LIBRARY
Phone: (301) 713-2600 x124
Fax: (301) 713-4598
Email: reference at www.lib.noaa.gov
Contact Address:
NOAA Central Library
1315 East-West Highway 2nd Floor, SSMC3
City: Silver Spring
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20910-3282
Country: USA
Personnel
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: (301) 210-0250
Contact Address:
Scientific and Commercial Systems Corporation
6429 Virginia Manor Rd.
City: Beltsville
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20705
Country: USA
Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-02-23

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