[Parameters: Topic='LAND SURFACE', Term='SOILS', Variable_Level_1='CALCIUM']
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
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
AGRICULTURE > SOILS > CALCIUM Parameter Definition
AGRICULTURE > SOILS > CARBON Parameter Definition
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ISO Topic Category
Platform
SHIPS Ancillary Description
Instrument
CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth Ancillary Description
MOCNESS > MOCNESS Plankton Net Ancillary Description
Project
Access Constraints These data are provided free of charge to the general public.
Use Constraints Recipients have a responsibility to read and adhere to the U.S. GLOBEC Data Acknowledgement Policy (http://globec.whoi.edu/globec-dir/data-acknowledgement-policy.html) and acknowledge the Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory and the University of New Hampshire's Coastal Observing Center as the data providers and WebCOAST as the data distributor of this dataset.
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
Data Center
WEBCOAST, Center for Coastal Ocean Observation and Analysis, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Univ. of New Hampshire Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.cooa.unh.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: DENISE BLAHA
Phone: 1-603-862-3785
Fax: 603-862-0188
Email: support at cooa.sr.unh.edu
Contact Address:
Complex Systems Research Center
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space
Morse Hall
University of New Hampshire
City: Durham
Province or State: New Hampshire
Postal Code: 03824
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Format: ASCII text, HDF-EOS, NetCDF
Personnel
ANNETTE SCHLOSS
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 603-862-1792
Fax: 603-862-0188
Email: annette.schloss at unh.edu
Contact Address:
Complex Systems Research Center
Morse Hall
University of New Hampshire
City: Durham
Province or State: New Hampshire
Postal Code: 03824
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2005-07-20
Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-12-11

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