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Global digital data sets of soil type, soil texture, surface slope and other properties: Documentation of archived data tapeThe file structure and coding of four soils data sets derived from the Zobler (1986) world soil file is described. The data were digitized on a one-degree square grid. They are suitable for large-area studies such as climate research with general circulation models, as well as in forestry, agriculture, soils, and hydrology. The first file is a data set of codes for soil unit, land-ice, or water, for all the one-degree square cells on Earth. The second file is a data set of codes for texture, land-ice, or water, for the same soil units. The third file is a data set of codes for slope, land-ice, or water for the same units. The fourth file is the SOILWRLD data set, containing information on soil properties of land cells of both Matthews' and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) sources. The fourth file reconciles land-classification differences between the two and has missing data filled in.
Document ID
19880007713
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Staub, B.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Rosenzweig, C.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Rind, D.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
September 5, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1987
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.15:100685
NASA-TM-100685
Accession Number
88N17097
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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