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Soil Inorganic Carbon Map
- Key Words: soil carbon, Inorganic carbon, soil carbon map
- About the Map: The Soil Inorganic Carbon map is based on a reclassification of the FAO-UNESCO Soil Map of the World combined with a soil climate map. The soil Inorganic carbon map shows the distribution of the soil Inorganic carbon to 1 meter depth.
- Possible Uses of the Map: Useful for teachers and students who are interested in the global distribution of soil carbon.
Climate change modelers may be able to use the data for small scale analysis.
Data
- Source: FAO-UNESCO, Soil Map of the World, digitized by ESRI. Soil climate map, USDA-NRCS, Soil Survey Division, World Soil Resources, Washington D.C.
- Data Aggregation and Reliability: The soil carbon map data is rasterized on a 2 minute grid cell.
- Data Definitions: Eight classes of soil Inorganic carbon volume ranges. Kg/m2
- Data Disclaimer: Country boundaries are not
authoritative.
- Database Manager: Paul Reich, Geographer, World Soil
Resources. Email: paul.reich@usda.gov
Map Production Information
- Map Identification: sic.jpg
- Production Date: 1997 Revised: September, 2000
- Geographic Coverage: Global
- Projection: Geographic
- Minimum Scale: 1:5,000,000
This page last updated on September 8, 2003.
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