ISRIC-WISE revised soil parameter estimates for the soil types of the World

• This dataset presents derived parameter values for 28 soil chemical and physical attributes identified as being useful for AEZ studies, crop growth simulation, and analyses of global environmental change. 
       
• It is based on the analysis of over 9600 globally distributed soil profiles, held in a working copy of WISE. 
   
• Criteria for clustering the data are in accordance with conventions developed at FAO, IIASA, and ISRIC for use with the Soil Map of the World. 
    
• The lists of derived soil parameters can be linked to the 1:5 million scale Soil Map of the World through the 1974 Legend soil unit code, and to SOTER databases through the Revised Legend code. Map unit complexity should be considered when making such linkages (see documentation). 
   
• Download data (3.0 Mb)
   
• Further details:
  - Batjes NH 2002. Revised soil parameter estimates for the soil types of the world. Soil Use and Management 18: 232-235    more ...
  - Batjes NH 2002. Soil parameter estimates for the soil types of the world for use in global and regional modelling (Version 2.1). ISRIC Report 2002/02c. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and ISRIC, Wageningen    PDF
   

              
             Example of soil parameter estimates for the soil types of the World, derived from WISE, linked to GIS

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