maintained at the University of Kassel
by Tobias Gabele

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Soil Science & Soil Physics Data Sources

• UNSODA: Particle size distribution, retention curve and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity database (bulk density, organic matter content and additional information regarding the soil and the experimental procedures is included). Has been widely used to develop and test Pedo-Transfer Functions. The interactive software for DOS includes a DBMS and an optimization code for the estimation of soil hydraulic function parameters.

Authors: Leij, F. J., W. J. Alves, M. Th. van Genuchten, and J. R. Williams., USDA-ARS Salinity Laboratory, Riverside/CA.
• HYPRES: HYdraulic PRoperties of European Soils Database. Responsible: Henk Woesten (SC-DLO) and Allan Lilly (MLURI). It appears the data are not accessible via WWW at the moment (work on HYPRES is in progress).
• SOIL DATA - Estimation of the waterholding-capacity of soils in Europe. The compilation of a soil dataset.(A predecessor of HYPRES)
• SOIL, a unsaturated flow and transport code by Per Erik Jansson that comes with the complete Swedish database of soil physical properties (PFPROF). The database contains basic and hydraulic property data of single horizons in the context of complete soil profiles.
• MACRO_DB - a decision-support tool for predicting pesticide fate and mobility in soils by Nicholas Jarvis.The system currently allows access to three soils databases : SEISMIC (c. 400 U.K. benchmark soils; Hollis et al., 1993), MARKDATA (26 Swedish soils), and a database that the user can develop independently. Automatic estimation procedures (pedo-transfer functions) translate the soils information into model parameter values. Two pesticide databases are available. The PETE database (Nicholls, 1994) contains information for over 600 common compounds. Databases are linked to MACRO, a Non-steady state model of waterflow and solute transport in macroporous soil
• Available Soils Databases at USDA-NRCS

US National Soil Survey:

• Soil Attribute Databases
• Soil Survey Data (MUIR)
• Official Soil Series Descriptions (OSD)
• Soil Series Classification (SC)
• National Soil Characterization Database (NSSL)
• Soil Geographic Databases
• STATSGO
• SSURGO
• Data Dissemination
• Hydric Soils of the United States
• Published Soil Surveys of the United States
• Soil Information System
• NASIS
• Applications
• Global Change Project
• Soil Quality
• Soils Photo Gallery
• Other NRCS Data Resources

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General Earth Science Data Sources

• EOS DIS Web Gateway for Earth Science Data

GLOBAL CHANGE MASTER DIRECTORY (NASA)

ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center for Biogeochemical Dynamics:

The following data Archives are accessible via the The DAAC BIOME Gateway
• BOREAS - intensive remote-sensing and field study of a Canadian boreal forest
• EOS Land Validation - in situ and aircraft measurements for validating satellite products
• FIFE - intensive remote-sensing and field study of a central USA grassland.
• FIFE Follow-On - additional analyses of FIFE data.
• FLUXNET - integrated worldwide, long-term measurements of carbon dioxide, water vapor , and energy exchange from a variety of ecosystems.
• Hydroclimatology Datasets - hydro-climatic and hydrometeorological data for the US, global wetlands methane emissions, and Amazon River Basin precipitation data.
• NPP - global terrestrial Net Primary Production (map of sites).
• OTTER - intensive remote-sensing and field study of western USA coniferous forests.
• Pre-LBA - field and remote sensing data from the Amazon River Basin.
• RivDIS - worldwide monthly river discharge measurements.
• Superior National Forest - intensive remote-sensing and field study of a north-central USA boreal forest.
• The Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) Data
• ERIN Environmental information of Australia
• Central European Environmental Data Facility, Vienna

USGS Databases

• Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
• Global Land Information System (GLIS)
• National Geologic Map Database
• Real Time Water Data for the United States
• U.S. Coal Quality Database
• U.S. Coal Resource Database

USDA NRCS Data Resources

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Global Climate Data

GLOBAL CHANGE MASTER DIRECTORY (NASA)

US GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM (USGCRP):

• GLOBAL CHANGE DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (GCDIS):
• GCDIS query for international GC-relevant data resources

WMO Distributed Databases

• WMO-DDBs Climate Data Sets:
• The Global Precipitation Climatology (Deutscher Wetterdienst)
• WMO World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases (Japan)
• Global Historical Climate Network (National Climate Data Center/NOAA)
• Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set (National Climate Data Center/NOAA)
• Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set (by NOAA,NCAR)
• Global Precipitation Climatology Project (NESDIS/NOAA)
• Blended SST Data Sets (NCEP/NOAA)
• Forecast Data, how to get them (NCEP/NOAA)
• CDAS Reanalysis Project (NCEP,NCAR)
• Pathfinder Program WWW Sites (NASA)
• The Satellite Active Archive (NESDIS/NOAA)
• Access to Climate Data (PMEL/NOAA)
• TAO Observing Array in the Tropical Pacific (PMEL/NOAA)
• Snow and Ice Data Sets (National Snow and Ice Data Center/NOAA)
• MO Hadley Centre Climate Datasets (United Kingdom)
• Near Surface Temperature Data Sets (by Drs. Jones and Parker)

Data at PIK Potsdam:

• CLIMATE database of monthly normals

for globally gridded climatic variables
• NPP-PIK database

(1994, 1995)
• PIK Metadatabase

Description of the MDB
Retrieval (PIK internal use only)

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GIS Data

• GLOBAL CHANGE MASTER DIRECTORY (NASA)
• West Virginia Div. of Environmental Protection GIS Data
• Zobler World Soils Dataset
• Matthews Global Vegetation Data Set

USDA NRCS Data Resources

FGDC Geospatial Data Clearinghouse SEARCH

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Water Specific Data

• USDA ARS Water Database (online)
• Download ARS Water Database
• Water and Climate at USDA - NRCS

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Agriculture, Land Use

• HYPPZ online at INRA, a database of agricultural Pests + Crops.

USDA NRCS Data Resources:

Base Cartographic
Map Library
Natural Resources Inventory The National Resources Inventory (NRI) is a statistically based sample of land use and natural resource conditions and trends on U.S. nonfederal lands. It is the most comprehensive database of its kind ever attempted anywhere in the world.
Plants
Soils
Status Maps
Water and Climate
FGDC Geospatial Data Clearinghouse SEARCH
• CPIDS
Crop Parameter Intelligent Database System