ISRIC Report 2004/06: Soil data derived from SOTER for studies of carbon stocks and change in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (India) (version 1.0)

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Soil data derived from SOTER for studies of carbon stocks and change in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (India) (version 1.0) (pdf, 685.64 kB)

Year of publication

2004

Author(s)

Batjes NH, Bhattacharyya T, mandal C, Dijkshoorn JA, Pal DK, Milne E, Gajbhiye KS

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ISRIC report

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The report presents a harmonized set of soil parameter estimates for the Indo-Gangetic Planins(IGP) of India at scale 1:1 000 000. It has been derived from the soil and terrain data collated in SOTER format by staff of the National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS&LUP), India. The data set has been prepared for use in the project on 'Assessment of soil organic carbon stocks and change at national scale' (GEFSOC), which has IGP-India as one of its four case study areas.
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