ISRIC-WISE international soil profile dataset

  • The WISE database provides a homogenized set of primary soil data relevant for a wide range of environmental studies, including agro-ecological zoning, assessments of crop production, soil vulnerability to pollution and soil gaseous emission potentials.
     
  • This subset of WISE 1 contains 1125 globally distributed profiles and provided the basis for the Global Pedon Database (GPDB) of IGBP-DIS.
       
  • Profiles were selected from data holdings provided by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO-SDB), and the International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC-ISIS).
     
  • This dataset is presented in dBaseIV (dbf) format.
      
  • Download documentation (PDF) or data set dataset (550 K).


      ISRIC-WISE international dataset -- A selection of 1125 globally distributed soil profiles




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