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SOTER-based soil parameter estimates for Latin America and the Caribbean (ver. 1.0)

Entry ID: ISRIC_SOTWISlac

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Summary

Abstract: This harmonized set of soil parameter estimates for Latin America and the Caribbean was derived from a revised version of the 1:5M Soil and Terrain Database for the region (SOTERLAC, ver. 2.0) and the ISRIC-WISE soil profile database.

The land surface of Latin America and the Caribbean has been characterized using 1585 unique SOTER units, corresponding with ...

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Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Description: View project home page; download documentation and (zipped) data set

Multimedia Sample

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Caption: Example of secondary SOTER data for Latin America and the Caribbean

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: 32.72	S: -55.98	E: -34.79	W: -118.45
Min Altitude: 0 Max Altitude: 6900

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Niels H. Batjes

Dataset Title: SOTER-based soil parameter estimates for Latin America and the Caribbean ((ver. 1.0)

Dataset Release Date: 2005-03-01

Dataset Release Place: Wageningen

Dataset Publisher: ISRIC - World Soil Information

Version: ver. 1.0

Data Presentation Form: ArcView 3.3 and MSAccess tables (zipped)

Other Citation Details: http://www.isric.nl/isric/Webdocs/Docs/ISRIC_Report_2005_02.pdf

Online Resource: http://www.isric.nl/isric/CheckRegistration.aspx?dataset=23

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1950-01-01

Stop Date: 2002-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > SOUTH AMERICA > SURINAME

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA > PUERTO RICO

Science Keywords

OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH

OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE

OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY

ISO Topic Category

ELEVATION

OCEANS

Ancillary Keywords

TESAC

Originating Center

VNIIGMI/WDC

Data Center

World Data Center for Oceanography, Obninsk

Data Center URL: http://www.meteo.ru/nodc/index_e.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION WORLD DATA CENTER ALL-RUSSIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF Phone: (095)255-21-94 Fax: (095)255-22-25 Email: wdcb at meteo.ru Contact Address: 6, Korolev St. City: Obninsk Province or State: Kaluga Reg. Country: Russia

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-09-22

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