Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-20T01:45:55Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 162 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USDA0395 -177.1,13.71,-61.48,76.63 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-01-18T05:00:00Z

The objective of the "Carbon Sequestration by Switchgrass Managed as an Energy Crop" dataset is to monitor carbon sequestration over time in switchgrass and to compare the economic and carbon sequestration ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USDA.ARS.SWCRU.CropSysTrial2 -96.0,41.0,-96.0,41.0 1998-04-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-11-29T05:00:00Z

(adapted from Project Summary) PROBLEM: Soil and water conservation concerns have been and continue to be the major driving forces in agricultural production in the western Corn Belt. In addition, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USDA0098 -177.1,13.71,-61.48,76.63 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z 1992-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-11-29T05:00:00Z

The dataset consists of data resulting from an experimental study involving seven cropping systems (three monoculture, two 2-year, and two 4-year rotations) with three rates of N fertilizer. Data ...

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]NBId0017_101 -30.0,-45.0,60.0,40.0 2012-06-11T04:00:00Z

New-ID: NBI17 Irrigable soils of Africa. The African Irrigable Soils Dataset documentation Files: IRRIGUT.E00 Code: 100050-001 IRRIGUB.E00 ...

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]GEIA_N2O -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-02-15T05:00:00Z

The Global Emissions Inventory Activity (GEIA) is an activity of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Core Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP). ...

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]EOSWEBSTER_US_County_Data_7 -124.0,26.0,-66.0,50.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-10-11T04:00:00Z

This dataset provides agricultural lands soil property data for US Counties within the contiguous US. Variable include with this dataset include: high and low soil bulk density (g C/cm3 soil), high ...

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]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_SOTWISsenegal -18.0,12.0,-11.0,16.5 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-08-30T04:00:00Z

This data set describes a harmonized set of soil parameter estimates for Senegal and The Gambia. It was derived from the Soil and Terrain Database for Senegal and The Gambia (SENSOTER ver. 1.0) 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_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]FAO.SOTERLAC -120.0,-60.0,-31.0,36.0 2011-08-30T04:00:00Z

Up till now the major source of geo-referenced soil data of Latin America and the Carribean at a scale of 1:5 Million was the FAO/UNESCO Soil Map of the World. Since the publication of the South ...

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]ARK.Czarny 20.05,49.01,20.15,49.1 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-05-10T04:00:00Z

This experiment began in 1968 on a natural grassland area of Poland. The site was arable crops to 1945 and later returned to grassland. The land use of this area is permanent meadow now. Treatments ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ACI.Meckenheim 6.9,30.59,7.1,30.61 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-04-15T04:00:00Z

This experiment began in 1958 at a site that has been in arable crops for more than 100 years. The climate of the site is cool temperate, with mean annual temperature of 9.1 deg. C, and Mean annual ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USDA.ARS.NRI.ECL.RapidMeasure -77.0,38.0,-76.0,40.0 2011-03-21T04:00:00Z

(adapted from project description) Problem: The need to assess impact of conventional and sustainable agricultural practices on soil quality requires development of routine procedures that can rapidly ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USDA.ARS.NRI.ECL.TillMngt -177.1,13.71,-61.48,76.63 2011-03-21T04:00:00Z

(adapted from project description) Problem: The use of no-tillage cropping systems has increased as their advantages in sustainable crop production have been documented. This includes better maintenance ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]HAU.FYM 75.75,29.17,75.77,29.19 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-03-21T04:00:00Z

This experiment began in 1967 at a site that was originally shrubland. The project consists of one rotation: Pearl millet-wheat. Treatments = 1) Absolute control, 2) Farm yard manure added, 3) N-fertilizer ...

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?[CANADA-CGDI]NFIS_FOREST_INFO_SYSTEM -141.0,42.0,-52.0,84.0 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-05-04T04:00:00Z

The Canadian National Forest Information System (NFIS) data holding is a collection of natural resource data sets which have been developed by researchers in the Canadian Forest Service, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K052_2001_2005_NZ_1 163.8334,-78.05,163.9667,-78.0167 2002-01-09T00:00:00Z 2002-01-19T00:00:00Z 2003-01-16T00:00:00Z 2003-01-30T00:00:00Z 2005-01-22T00:00:00Z 2005-01-28T00:00:00Z 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z 2006-01-21T00:00:00Z 2009-05-01T04:00:00Z

The soils of the McMurdo Dry Valleys are hypothesized to rely on external sources of nutrients (carbon, nitrogen, etc). The importance of these spatial subsidies on productivity and biological diversity ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K052_2004_2005_NZ 163.8334,-78.05,163.9667,-78.0167 2002-01-09T00:00:00Z 2002-01-19T00:00:00Z 2003-01-16T00:00:00Z 2003-01-30T00:00:00Z 2005-01-22T00:00:00Z 2005-01-28T00:00:00Z 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z 2006-01-21T00:00:00Z 2009-05-01T04:00:00Z

These data consist of a number of subsets of soil samples gathered from the upper Garwood Valley in January 2002, January 2003, January 2005 and January 2006. Replicate randomly-located samples of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K052_2005_2006_NZ 161.6286,-77.5248,161.8802,-77.5197 2006-01-14T00:00:00Z 2006-01-21T00:00:00Z 2009-05-01T04:00:00Z

These data consist of a number of subsets of soil samples gathered from the Wright Valley in January 2006. Replicate randomly-located samples of surface soils to 10 cm depth have been gathered from ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K052_2004_2006_NZ_1 163.8334,-78.05,163.9667,-78.0167161.6286,-77.5248,161.8802,-77.5197 2005-01-22T00:00:00Z 2005-01-28T00:00:00Z 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z 2006-01-21T00:00:00Z 2009-05-01T04:00:00Z

The Dry Valleys of Victoria Land, Antarctica, contain naturally simple ecosystems operating under extreme climatic conditions. Nutrients are limited and are thought to come from external sources from ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USDA_AGRICOLA -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1500-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. Production ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EOSWEBSTER_US_County_Data -124.0,26.0,-66.0,50.0 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

Annual crop data from 1972 to 1998 are now available on EOS-WEBSTER. These data are county-based acreage, production, and yield estimates published by the National Agricultural Statistics ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USDA.ARS.CGPRS.CNPcrp -105.0,39.0,-103.0,42.0 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-01-20T05:00:00Z

(adapted from abstract presented at ARS Carbon Storage Workshop, Jan 1999 Baltimore, MD) Problem: Marginal, highly erodible croplands have been taken out of production and replanted to grasslands ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Harmonized_World_Soil_Database_v1 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-12-03T00:00:00Z 2008-11-13T05:00:00Z

The Harmonized World Soil Database is a 30 arc-second raster database with over 15000 different soil mapping units that combines existing regional and national updates of soil information worldwide ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WWAI.GlenInnes 151.69,-29.71,151.71,-29.69 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-10-02T04:00:00Z

This study was initiated in 1921 in cool temperate region. the soil is described as Prairie - Australian Great Soil Group (ref Stace HCT, Hubble GD, Brewer R, Northcote KH, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PU.Agronomy.TillageSystem -87.01,40.46,-86.09,40.47 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-10-01T04:00:00Z

This experiment was initiated in 1976. In the previous years (1955-1975), the site had corn/soybean production with annual moldboard ploughing. It is estimated that between 1880-1955 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]T.Soest 3.54,50.56,7.62,53.59 2008-06-19T04:00:00Z

We wish to compare the responses to environmental stress of the ecophysiological traits of organisms in the detrital soil food webs of grasslands in the Netherlands, using the relationship between ...

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?[GCMD]UNE.LongtermTillage -100.8,41.2,-100.7,41.25 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-06-04T04:00:00Z

The site was in native short-grass prairie until 1969. The prairie was grazed by cattle and wildlife. Soil parent material is alluvium mixed with aeolian deposits. It has been cropland now for 25 ...

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]USDA0426 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-03-03T05:00:00Z

"CAB Abstracts" is a comprehensive bibliographic database of agricultural and biological data from all journals published by CAB International. Material abstracted and in the database include scientific ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USDA0407 -88.3,37.58,-84.59,41.96 2008-03-03T05:00:00Z

The purpose of the "Soils and Terrain Database - Indiana and Hungary" is to improve soils information on a global and regional basis and the Global Soils and Terrain Database (SOTER), using satellite ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USDA0514 -177.1,13.71,-61.48,76.63 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-12-31T00:00:00Z 2008-02-27T05:00:00Z

The purpose of "Biocontrol of Soil-borne Plant Pathogens Using Natural Attributes of Microbes and Their Environs" is to characterize naturally-occurring biocontrol systems and identify microbes responsible ...