Soil Organic Carbon Measurements from Warming Experiments on the Tibetan Plateau

The Tibetan Plateau is the focus of this dataset containing measurements of particulate organic carbon and mineral-associated organic carbon in soils. It originates from long-term warming experiments, was authored by Siyi Sun, and was last updated on April 20, 2026. The data is provided in a 3.8 KB CSV file.

Use Cases

• Modeling soil carbon pool changes based on particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon fractions.
• Analyzing the impact of experimental warming on soil carbon storage on the Tibetan Plateau.
• Comparing carbon accumulation rates in different soil fractions under long-term climate manipulation.

Strengths

• Data is from a controlled long-term warming experiment, suggesting a structured research design.
• The dataset is openly available under a CC-BY-4.0 license, permitting reuse with attribution.
• A specific geographic focus on the Tibetan Plateau is provided.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 3.8 KB, indicating limited scope and likely a small number of observations.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for statistical modeling.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Siyi Sun.

Collection Method

Likely contains measurements from field experiments.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 11:48:31; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tibetan Plateau