NASA ISLSCP GDSLAM Hydrology-Soils soils texture: Dominant_Soil_Texture data

soils Dominant_Soil_Texture from NASA ISLSCP GDSLAM Hydrology-Soils: Global data sets for land-atmosphere models, including precipitation, hydrology cover fractions, river basin streamflow, and soil properties.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Longitude (longitude)
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (179.5W) to (179.5E) by 1.0 N= 360 pts :grid
Latitude (latitude)
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.5N) to (89.5S) by 1.0 N= 180 pts :grid

Other Info

Key
0Ocean
1Coarse
2Medium/Coarse
3Medium
4Fine/Medium
5Fine
6Ice
7Organic
CE
7
CS
0
maxncolor
11
scale_max
7
scale_min
0
units
ids
colorscale

References

Zobler, L., 1986. A world soil file for global climate modeling. NASA Tech. Memo. 87802, NASA, 33pp.

Webb, R.S., C.E. Rosenzweig, and E.R. Levine, 1993. Specifying land surface characteristics in general circulation models: soil profile data set and derived water-holding capacities, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 7:97-108.

Last updated: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:16:01 GMT

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