Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-22T09:30:10Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 50 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NASA_LIS_DATA -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2012-09-04T04:00:00Z

The Land Information System (LIS) provides collection of sample data for demonstration of LIS code. The original source of each data set is given whenever possible. LIS does not endorse the validity, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_WISE5by5min_ver1-1 -180.0,-67.0,180.0,84.0 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-22T04:00:00Z

Version 1.2 describes a harmonized dataset of derived soil properties for the world. It was created using the soil distribution shown on the 1:5 million scale FAO-Unesco Soil Map of the World (DSMW) ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Africa_Soil_Profiles_Database_Ver1_0 -20.0,-35.0,52.0,20.0 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-31T04:00:00Z

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). ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_WISE_GlobalProfileDataSet_ver1_1 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-10-18T04:00:00Z

Version 3.1 of the ISRIC-WISE database (WISE3) was compiled from a wide range of soil profile data collected by many soil professionals worldwide. All profiles have been harmonized with respect to ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOTER_Cuba_primary -85.0,19.9,-74.3,23.3 2011-09-19T04:00:00Z

The Soil and Terrain database for Cuba primary data (version 1.0), at scale 1:1 million (SOTER_Cuba), was compiled of enhanced soil informtion within the framework of the FAO's program Land Degradation ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_WISE30by30min_v3 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-09-12T04:00:00Z

This harmonized, gridded global data set of soil parameter estimates includes files listing: (1) soil parameter estimates for the component soil units of each terrestrial grid cell, in un-binned format, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOTWISbrazil -73.985535,-33.750706,-34.790123,5.264877 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-09-12T04:00:00Z

This dataset presents harmonized soil parameter estimates for Brazil. The 1:5M scale Soil and Terrain Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (FAO et al. 1998), provided the basis for the current ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOTWISigpIndia 73.49997,21.535212,92.19179,32.22341 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 1982-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-09-12T04:00:00Z

This harmonized set of soil parameter estimates for the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) of India, at scale 1:1 000 000, has been derived from soil and terrain data collated in SOTER format by staff of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOTERLAC_primary_ver2 -118.4539,-55.9795,-34.79012,32.71676 2011-09-12T04:00:00Z

The Soil and Terrain database for Latin America and the Caribbean (SOTERLAC), version 2.0, at scale 1:5 million, replaces version 1.02. The update includes changes in the GIS file and in the attributes ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOTER_Nepal_primary 80.0,26.5,88.5,30.5 2011-09-12T04:00:00Z

The Soil and Terrain database for Nepal primary data (version 1.0), at scale 1:1 million (SOTER_Nepal). SOTER_Nepal is generalized from the original Soils and Terrain database of Nepal at scale 1:50,000 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOTER_Senegal_primary -17.6,12.4,-11.4,16.7 2011-09-12T04:00:00Z

The Soil and Terrain database for Senegal and The Gambia primary data (version 1.0), at scale 1:1 million (SOTER_Senegal_Gambia), was compiled of enhanced soil information within the framework of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOTER_South_Africa_primary 16.5,-34.9,33.0,-22.3 2011-09-12T04:00:00Z

The Soil and Terrain database for South Africa primary data (version 1.0), at scale 1:1 million (SOTER_South_Africa), was compiled of enhanced soil information within the framework of the FAO's program ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOTERSAF_primary_ver1 11.679219,-34.83983,40.842995,-0.99074 2011-09-12T04:00:00Z

The Soil and Terrain database for Southern Africa (SOTERSAF version 1.0), at scale 1:2 million, include the spatial and soil attribute data for 8 Southern African countries. The SOTERSAF database ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOTER_Tunisia_primary 7.5,30.2,11.65,37.4 2011-09-12T04:00:00Z

The Soil and Terrain database for Tunisia primary data (version 1.0), at scale 1:1 million (SOTER_Tunisia), was compiled of enhanced soil information within the framework of the FAO's program of Land ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SOTWIS_Tunisia 7.5,30.2,11.6,37.4 1963-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-09-12T04:00:00Z

This datasets describes a harmonized set of soil property estimates for Tunisia. It has been derived from the 1:1 million scale Soil and Terrain Database for the country (SOTER_TN, ver. 1.0) and the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOTWISjordan 34.96,29.19,39.32,33.38 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 1992-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-09-09T04:00:00Z

This harmonized set of soil parameter estimates has been developed using an updated 1:500 000 scale Soil and Terrain (SOTER) Database for Jordan. The associated soil analytical data were derived from ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_IGBP-DIS-PTFset -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z 2011-08-30T04:00:00Z

This uniform soil data set for the development of pedotransfer functions was developed at the request of the Global Soil Data Task (GSDT) of the Data and Information System (DIS) of the International ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_WISE_GlobalProfileDataSet_ver3_1 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1925-01-10T00:00:00Z 2005-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-08-30T04:00:00Z

Version 3.1 of the ISRIC-WISE database (WISE3) was compiled from a wide range of soil profile data collected by many soil professionals worldwide. All profiles have been harmonized with respect to ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOTWIScaf 12.206631,-13.455676,31.305758,5.386098 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-08-30T04:00:00Z

This harmonized set of soil parameter estimates for Central Africa, comprising Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, was derived from the Soil and Terrain Database for Central ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOTWISceEurope 12.1,41.25,40.22,59.69 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-08-30T04:00:00Z

This harmonized set of soil parameter estimates for Central and Eastern Europe has been derived from a revised version of the 1:2.5M Soil and Terrain (SOTER) Database for Central and Eastern Europe ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOTWISkenya 33.94069,-4.69259,41.88383,5.384588 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-03-12T00:00:00Z 2011-08-30T04:00:00Z

This harmonized data set has been derived from the Soil and Terrain Database for Kenya (KENSOTER), at scale 1:1M, compiled by the Kenya Soil Survey. The land surface of the Republic of Kenya - excluding ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOTWISlac -118.45395,-55.979496,-34.790123,32.71676 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-08-30T04:00:00Z

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 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOTWISsaf 11.679219,-34.83983,40.842995,-0.99074 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-06-01T00:00:00Z 2011-08-30T04:00:00Z

This harmonized set of soil parameter estimates for Southern Africa has been derived from the 1:2M scale Soil and Terrain Database for Southern Africa (SOTERSAF ver. 1.0) and ISRIC-WISE soil profile ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOTER_China_primary 74.0,18.0,135.0,54.0 2011-08-30T04:00:00Z

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 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOVEUR_primary_ver1 12.096195,41.188866,66.11553,70.0 2011-08-30T04:00:00Z

The Soil and Terrain Database(SOTER)was part of the Soil Degradation and Vulnerability Assessment for Central and Eastern Europe(SOVEUR project)and was implemented within the framework of the Food ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOTERCAF_primary_VER1 12.206631,-13.455676,31.305758,5.386098 2011-08-30T04:00:00Z

The Soil and Terrrain database of Central Africa (SOTERCAF, version 1.0) was compiled at scale 1:2 million for the Democratic Republic of Congo and at scale 1:1 million for Rwanda and Burundi. The ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SOTWIS_Upper_Tana_Kenya 37.463,-1.168,37.908,0.323 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z 2011-08-30T04:00:00Z

This data set describes a harmonized set of soil property estimates for the Upper Tana river catchment, Kenya. The data set was derived from the 1:250 000 scale Soil and Terrain Database for the Upper ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CNDP-ESP_GEOANT-UAM_Geomorphology-Soils-Permafrost -68.1,-67.6,-44.3,-60.5 1991-12-30T00:00:00Z 2008-02-20T00:00:00Z 2009-09-23T04:00:00Z

In English: Data on geomorphology, soils and permafrost in the Antarctic Peninsula region from projects of the research group on geology of the University Autonoma of Madrid (GEOANT). General geomorphology, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_OFR_2008_1306 -128.0,33.0,-118.0,42.0 2008-10-17T04:00:00Z

In 2004, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), and the Mexican Geological Survey (Servicio Geologico Mexicano, or SGM) initiated pilot studies in preparation for ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CSIRO.TRC.EM89 140.0,-39.0,142.0,-37.0 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-06-12T04:00:00Z

This experiment began in 1985. The site was previously a native eucalypt forest, but has been a Pinus radiata plantation for 47 years. There are four treatments as follows: 1) Slash and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[CANADA-CGDI]CLBRR.CEF.AGR.Woodslee -82.74,42.21,-82.73,42.22 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-05-14T04:00:00Z

This experiment began in 1959 at cool temperate site in Canada. The measurments made (data available), methodology, and frequency are as follows: a) Vegetation measurements ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]HUB.IFP.DIII 13.2,52.4,13.4,52.5 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-01-31T05:00:00Z

This experiment began in 1923. The land uses in the project are: 1923-66 "free" rotation, 50% cereals,50% non-cereals; since 1967 4 year rotation either fodder beet,winter wheat,potatoes,winter wheat ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WAU.Static 20.15,51.95,20.17,51.97 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-01-31T05:00:00Z

This experiment began in 1923 at a site that was in arable crops from the 18th century. The original ecosystem (before cropping) was a forest. The experiment consists of the following land use and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]UI.Morrow -88.24,40.0,-88.2,40.2 1876-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-01-31T05:00:00Z

The exact origin of the Morrow plots on the campus of the University of Illinois is obscure, but they are reputed to be the oldest continuous agronomic research study in the USA. Some evidence indicates ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]RICP.Praha 14.3,50.08,14.4,50.09 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-01-31T05:00:00Z

This experiment began in 1956 at a cold temperate boreal site. The location is an arable farm field, several hundred years under cultivation. The soil at the site is described as a Medudalf. The ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]UMO.Sanborn -93.34,38.94,-93.33,38.96 1888-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-01-31T05:00:00Z

This experimnet began in 1888 at a cool temperate site. The site was used as pasture up until 1886, corn was grown 1887 and 1888. the soil is described as Mexico series (fine montmorillonitic, mesic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]RAS.SCG.DryMeadow 37.16,55.41,37.17,55.42 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-01-31T05:00:00Z

This experiment began in 1965. The present cutting meadow was formed on land that was ploughed in 1890-1900, then used only for hay harvest without any treatment. The soil at the site developed on ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SAC.SouthRoad -8.0,54.0,1.0,61.0 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z 1992-12-31T00:00:00Z 2008-01-31T05:00:00Z

Collection of data for this data set began in 1967. The Data are collected at a cool temperate site which had mixed arable cropping for many years. The crops were: springbarley 1967-1983; winter ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]UFZ.SOM 11.88,51.39,11.89,51.5 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-01-31T05:00:00Z

This experiment began in 1902 at a Cool Temperate site in Germany. The parent material of the soil is loess which was deposited during the Weischel ice age as a 120-150 cm thick layer over calcareous ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSWAG.C1 149.0,-31.0,151.0,-29.0 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-01-31T05:00:00Z

This project began in 1985 at a Warm Temperate SubTropical site in Australia. The soil at the site is classified as a Vertisol. There are four rotations: cotton-cotton (until 1991), wheat-cotton ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ZAAS.Cereal 121.26,28.08,121.27,28.09 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-01-31T05:00:00Z

This experiment began in 1974 at a Warm Temperate SubTropical site in China. The soil was developed from marine deposits but had desalted after long-term cropping and classified as Entisols (Hydric ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PSU_CONUS_SOIL -136.0,19.0,-50.0,57.0 2006-08-18T04:00:00Z

CONUS-SOIL is a multi-layer soil characteristics data set for the conterminous United States which has been specifically designed for regional and continental-scale climate, hydrology, and ecosystem ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EUSOILS_ESDB -22.0,33.0,68.0,85.0 2006-07-20T04:00:00Z

The European Soil Database (ESDB) is the main source of information from which most other data information and services are derived. For instance, the European Soil Database v2 Raster Library contains ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IACR.ParkGrass -0.36,51.81,-0.34,51.82 1856-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2006-05-11T04:00:00Z

This experiment began in 1856 at a cool temperate grassland site that was probably grazed for several centuries before the experiment started. A uniformity trial was carried out for several years ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IACR.Woburn -0.7,52.03,-0.5,52.04 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2006-05-11T04:00:00Z

This experiment began in 1938 at a cool temperate site in England. There are 3 soil series present on the experiment. Cottenham, brown sand on Lower Greensand. Lowlands, colluvial brown earth in sandy ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IACR.WoburnMarket -0.61,52.03,-0.59,52.04 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2006-05-11T04:00:00Z

This experiment began in 1942 at a cool temperate site. The Land use and treatments in the project are as follows: Land use: 4 categories: 1. 1942-1961; 2. 1942-1967; 3. 1967-1972; 4. 1942-present. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_EDNA -177.1,13.71,-61.48,76.63 2006-04-10T04:00:00Z

The Elevation Derivatives for National Applications (EDNA) is a multi-layered database derived from a version of the National Elevation Dataset (NED), which has been hydrologically conditioned for ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LandIS -8.41,49.49,2.39,59.07 2005-11-01T05:00:00Z

The National Soil Resources Institute incorporates the former Soil Survey and Land Research Centre and as a result maintains all the published and unpublished paper soil reports and maps for England ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LTER_HBR006 -71.0,44.0,-71.0,44.0 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2004-02-24T05:00:00Z

LTER - Long-Term Ecological Research Program/Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBEF). LTER/HBR006: Soil solutions are collected in zero tension lysimeters at the three elevations near watershed ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OAU.Nigeria 4.0,7.08,6.0,7.09 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2003-09-12T04:00:00Z

This experiment was started at a tropical location in 1971 on a site that was originally undisturbed rainforest. The site was secondary forest before the experiment began, and has been under its ...