Africa Soil Profiles Database, Version 1.0.
Entry ID: Africa_Soil_Profiles_Database_Ver1_0

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Summary
Abstract: The Africa Soil Profiles Database, Version 1.0, was compiled by ISRIC - World Soil Information as a project activity for the Globally integrated- Africa Soil Information Service (AfSIS) project (www.africasoils.net/data/legacyprofile).

The Africa Soil Profiles Database is a compilation of georeferenced and standardized legacy soil profile data for Sub-Saharan Africa. Version 1.0 (April 2012) ... View entire text

Purpose: The purpose of the georeferenced Africa Soil Profiles data is to serve as input to prediction modelling, relating spatial soil data to spatial covariates, for producing evidence-based soil property maps. The data can also serve to inform conventional area-class mapping approaches as well as study of Africa soil. Basically, the database is a repository of soil profile data.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 20.0   S: -35.0   E: 52.0   W: -20.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Leenaars, J.G.B (Johan)
Dataset Title: Africa Soil Profiles Database, Version 1.0.
Dataset Release Date: April 2012
Dataset Release Place: Wageningen
Dataset Publisher: ISRIC - World Soil Information
Version: 1.0
Online Resource: http://www.isric.org/content/africa-soil-profiles-database
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1938-01-01
Stop Date: 2010-12-31
Science Keywords
AGRICULTURE > SOILS > CALCIUM Parameter Definition
AGRICULTURE > SOILS > CARBON Parameter Definition
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/
Dataset ID: 651

Data Center Personnel
Name: ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE
Phone: (865) 574-7447
Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov
Contact Address:
ORNL DAAC User Services Office
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
City: Oak Ridge
Province or State: TN
Postal Code: 37831-6407
Country: USA
Personnel
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 61-6-242 1755
Fax: 61-6-241 2362
Email: pep.canadell at dwe.csiro.au
Contact Address:
GCTE International Project Office
CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology
PO Box 284
City: Canberra
Province or State: ACT
Postal Code: 2601
Country: Australia
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2002-12-11
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-03-16

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