1970-2021 modeled estimates of total organic carbon mass fraction in Australian soils across six depth layers down to 200 cm. The Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia produced 18 raster maps at 1 arc-second resolution, with each layer containing approximately 2 billion pixels. The product follows GlobalSoilMap specifications and is provided in Cloud Optimised GeoTIFF format.
Use Cases
- Modeling national soil carbon stocks based on depth-specific organic carbon estimates.
- Analyzing spatial patterns of soil organic carbon for land management planning.
- Validating remote sensing or ecological models using the 30m resolution raster data.
- Assessing changes in soil carbon over time using the 1970-2021 temporal coverage.
Strengths
- High spatial resolution of 1 arc-second (approximately 30 meters).
- Provides data for six standardized soil depths from 0-5 cm to 100-200 cm.
- Includes upper and lower confidence limits for each depth layer.
- Temporal coverage spans over 50 years, from approximately 1970 to 2021.
Limitations
- Data is modeled, representing estimates rather than direct measurements.
- 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 via the Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia.
- Collection Method
- Modeled estimates produced as part of the Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia digital soil attribute products.
- Time Range
- 1970-2021
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-13 13:14:56.449626; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia