Desert Uplands 1 Soil Cores: Chemical and Physical Attributes

Intact soil core collection and analysis of chemical and physical attributes is carried out annually at the ALTAR Desert Uplands 1 site to a target depth of 100cm. Repeat sampling takes place at 24 fixed points associated within a radius around the core site flux tower. The dataset is managed by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery platform and was last updated on 2026-05-16.

Use Cases

• Modeling soil carbon sequestration based on annual core analysis.
• Analyzing temporal trends in soil chemical attributes from repeat sampling at fixed points.
• Studying soil physical properties and their variation within a defined radius around a flux tower.

Strengths

• Annual data collection provides a longitudinal time series.
• Sampling follows a structured protocol with 24 fixed repeat points.
• Cores are collected to a standardized target depth of 100cm.

Limitations

• Access to the dataset is available on request subject to agreement, which may delay availability.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Intact soil core collection and laboratory analysis of chemical and physical attributes.

Time Range

Annual collection.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-16 01:58:31.077686; freshness should be verified.

Geography

ALTAR Desert Uplands 1 site.