BOREAS Soil Carbon Stocks and Fluxes with Fire History Raster

1994 field data provides soil carbon inventories, fluxes, and fire history for a 733 km² area within the BOREAS Northern and Southern Study Areas. The dataset combines raster imagery, soil polygon files, and detailed lab analyses from the TGB-12 team to estimate stocks by horizon and model fluxes using radiocarbon data. It was created from original mapping by Hugo Veldhuis and incorporates soils data from researchers Susan Trumbore and Jennifer Harden.

Use Cases

• Modeling soil carbon stocks by horizon using the provided soil profile analyses and raster data.
• Estimating carbon fluxes by integrating stock data with fire history, drainage, and decomposition constants.
• Generating area-weighted maps of soil carbon and fire history from the associated soils table and raster image.
• Analyzing the relationship between time since last fire and soil carbon concentration or respiration rates.

Strengths

• Dataset is derived from detailed field lab analyses and radiocarbon work for flux estimation.
• Covers a specific, mapped 733 km² area within the BOREAS study regions.
• Integrates multiple data types: raster imagery, soil polygons, and tabular profile data.
• Available on multiple platforms (NASA EarthData and Data.gov), indicating established use.

Limitations

• Conflicting last updated dates: one source states 1996-12-31, another states 2026-03-13.
• Specific column names and row counts are not provided by any source.
• Original data formats (BIN, GZ, etc.) may require specialized tools for processing.

Provenance

Source

BOREAS TGB-12 team, incorporating data from Hugo Veldhuis, Susan Trumbore, and Jennifer Harden.

Collection Method

Created from raster files, soil polygon data, and detailed lab analysis of soils data collected during 1994 field mapping.

Time Range

1994

Freshness

2026-03-13 05:21:48.357759

Geography

733 km² area within the BOREAS NSA-MSA (Northern and Southern Study Areas).