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Title of Listing:
GISS Global Soils Data Set
Category:
Maps/Geographic Data
Subcategory:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration-NASA, All Listings
Date:
Document #:
Web Site:
http://www.fgdc.gov/FGDP/GISS_Global_Soils_Data_Set.html
Email:
Abstract:

For each land cell, the data base includes major and associated soil units, surface texture, and slope; phase and miscellaneous land units are included where available. There are a total of 106 soil units, 7 combinations of 3 textures, 12 phases, and a series of miscellaneous units. These data were digitized from a global series of soil maps produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations at a scale of 1:5 million.

          The data base was compiled as part of an effort to improve modeling of the hydrologic cycle in the GISS General Circulation Model.

          Visit NCAR at http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/
Topics
Mapping/GIS, Soil Science

Additional Topics/Tags/Keywords
Soils, Subsurface, Manmade Features

Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Data Support Section
Address:
PO Box 3000
Phone:
DescriptionNumber
City:
Boulder
1.
Primary (303) 497-1000
State/Province/Territory:
CO
2.
(303) 497-1219
Zip/Postal Code:
80307-3000
3.
Country:
United States
4.
Fax:(303) 497-1298
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